BLOOD / SUGAR

created & performed by Diana Wyenn

co-written by Wyenn & Guy Zimmerman

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What do you do when one of the interconnected systems which malfunctions is your own? 
 

Blood / Sugar is a sixty minute solo performance which explores theater artist Diana Wyenn's own body and the chronic noncommunicable disease it carries—Type 1 Diabetes—as a vehicle for transmission. Inspired by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy’s L’intrus and actor Mark Rylance’s 2004 performance in William Shakespeare’s Richard II, Wyenn uses text, voice-over, and choreography to challenge the binary of health and illness, while searching for balance in the bardo, the liminal space between life and death. Unfolding on a rich aural landscape, Blood / Sugar weaves the personal and the existential, the historic and the artistic, the stories we tell ourselves and the truths we find hard to believe. 

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All performances are directly followed by a thirty-minute discussion with local diabetes educators. 

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CREATIVE TEAM ​

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Diana Wyenn, creator & performer

Diana Wyenn & Guy Zimmerman, co-writers & directors

John Zalewski, sound designer

Jason L Thompson & Kaitlyn Pietras, video designers

Joey Guthman, lighting designer

Rebecca Carr, costume designer
Lauren Campedelli and Laban Pheidias, voice overs

Plain Wood Productions, producer

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Blood / Sugar is made possible in part by a developmental residency from LADADSpace and grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.

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To get involved in the future of blood • sugar, make a donation, or receive more information, email Diana.

 

 

PAST PERFORMANCES
 

July 20-22, 2018

Teatro Latea at The Clemente

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity

post show conversation with Ellen Coonerty, RN, BSN, BA in Education, CDE

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April 21, 2018
New York University's Frederick Loewe Theater

post show conversation with Ellen Coonerty, RN, BSN, BA in Education, CDE and Maria Elena Rodriguez, RD, CDN, CDE

 

December 10-11, 2017

REDCAT / Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater

presented as part of Studio: Fall 2017

May 15, 2017
Cornerstone Theater Company 
post show conversation with Lauren Decker, MS, RD, CD and Matt Ruscigno, MPH, RD
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February 24 & 25, 2017
Highways Performance Space​ (first workshop showing)

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