Silent Reflections at

FemmeFest 2024

Wheelwright Auditorium | Coastal Carolina University | Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 pm

Women from Mars is proud to be a part of FemmeFest: International Womxn’s Festival. FemmeFest was made possible thanks to a Belong @ Coastal Inclusive Excellence Grant and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.

Silent Reflections is a "clown-noir cabaret" that explores women's insecurities and societal pressures through the medium of silent film. The piece attacks the portrayal of women in media and the role women play in supporting these highly sexualized, and many times, demeaning and powerless stereotypes. The show aims to funnel these dark themes through the imagination of three different female clowns, striving for a fresh, farcical, and sometimes grotesque look at what society has done to the way women view themselves, where they locate their power and, as a result, how they treat themselves and each other.

The clowns employ physical theatre techniques, animation, projections, comedy, music and drama to reflect upon and expose inherent struggles in three stages of womanhood.

SILENT REFLECTIONS

A Clown-Noir Cabaret

PRODUCTION TEAM

Women from Mars Theatre........………………………… Francesca Chilcote, Dory Sibley, Echo Sunyata Sibley

Lighting Designer……………………………………………… William K. D’Eugenio

Sound Supervisor……………………………………………… William K. D’Eugenio

Stage Manager.…………………………………………………. Gillian Rispoli

Light Board Operator……………………………………….. Treyvon Little

Sound and Video Operator………………………………… Diana Damore

Assistant Stage Manager……………………………………. Grace Gardner

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

“The Clocksong,” “The Choice” & “Word Orchestra” Vocals by Women From Mars Theatre - Created & Produced by Women From Mars Theatre & Raffaele Abbate at Orange Home Records.

“The Balloon Song” Composed & Produced by Christian Howard-Loomis.

COVERS

“Someday My Prince Will Come” Vocals by Dory Sibley

“I Enjoy Being A GIrl” Vocals and Ukulele by Echo Sibley

“Umbrella Song” Adaptation of “Baby Mine” Vocals by Dory Sibley

“Joyful Girl” Vocals by Women From Mars Theatre, Guitar by Stefano Barelli. Produced by Women From Mars Theatre & Raffaele Abbate at Orange Home Records.

“The Man” Produced by Christian Howard-Loomis.

“Tonight you Belong to Me” Vocals by Dory Sibley, Echo Sibley, Elisabetta Marie Sibley & Isabeau Abbate. Cover by Christian Howard-Loomis & Raffaele Abbate.

Additional sound design by William K. D’Eugenio.

*All music was arranged, mixed and mastered by Raffaele Abbate, Produced at Orange Home Records.

VIDEOS

“Opening Credits”, “Joyful Girl”, “Ending Credits” by Echo Sibley

“A Gentleman’s Interlude” by Dory Sibley

“Shooting for Perfection”, “Mother of a Storm” by Vojin Vasovic

CONTENT WARNING

This show includes scenes containing body dysmorphia, eating disorders, physical and emotional abuse, and abstract representations of sexual assault.

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Coastal Carolina University, Wheelwright Auditorium, Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts, CCU Women’s and Gender Studies Program, CCU Theatre Department, Sadie DeSantis, Amanda Masterpaul, Ina Seethaler, Jesse Sibley, Don Sibley, Elisabetta Marie Sibley, and Isabeau Abbate.

COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As an institution that expresses the responsibility to be the role model in assuring fair and honest treatment with whom it interacts and sustainable stewardship of resources entrusted to it, we recognize the importance of acknowledging the original habitants of the land on which we reside. Coastal Carolina University is located on the ancestral land of the Waccamaw Indian People and other American Indian Nations. Through the operations of CCU, we honor and express our gratitude to the ancestors, current peoples and future generations to come.