For Now (2023)

I was an actor and devisor in For Now directed by Erika Chong Shuch for the Stanford University Main Stage in November 2023.

For Now is an original performance that considers the effects of living in a state of overwhelm, and the attempts we make to slow, steady, and arrive in the present moment. A movement-driven and musical experience, this imagistic work is created by performance-maker Erika Chong Shuch in collaboration with the cast and creative team. This work is motivated by Jenny Odell’s NYT bestseller, How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. For Now invites audiences into a contemplation of time and stillness, and aims to inspire — in the words of Odell — “the revolutionary potential of taking back our attention.”

Review in The Stanford Daily

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Director Erika Chong Shuch
Associate Director & Intimacy Choreographer Natalie Greene
Assistant Director Yonatan Laderman
Set Designer Nina Ball
Costume Designer Becky Bodurtha
Lighting Designer Christian Mejia
Sound Designer Andrew Shuch
Projections Designer Ryan Yu
Text Vocal Coach Stephanie Hunt
Singing Vocal Coach Westley Montgomery
Stage Manager Hannah Bailey
Assistant Stage Managers Victor Ragsdale, Anna Zheng
Assistant Set Designer Claire Munting Fernandez
Assistant Costume Designer Mikaela Hawkins
Assistant Lighting Designer Trini Rogando
Dresser Chetanya Pandey
Light Board Operator Caroline Sasso
Deck Crew Lela Rose Hanson