



photos by Mae Koo
BLOOD / SUGAR
created & performed by Diana Wyenn
co-written by Wyenn & Guy Zimmerman
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.
All performances are directly followed by a thirty-minute discussion with local diabetes educators.
CREATIVE TEAM
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
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.
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
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
February 24 & 25, 2017
Highways Performance Space (first workshop showing)