IT IS WHAT IT IS
What do you call that random moment of LOL levity that get you through a time of XXL gravity? Hey, It Is What It Is.
Oh, you wanted a real answer? Okay…
It Is What It Is (IIWII) incorporates multimedia (texting, emailing, IMing), onstage and in real time, to illustrate the many simultaneous lines of communication we conduct at any given time — and how the medium affects the message.
Siblings Peter, Lena, and their much younger brother Bink reunite at the deathbed of their elderly father, George. In doing so, it comes to light how childhood “memories” (or, are they?) shaped the adults they became. The seeds of Peter’s need to control, Lena’s obsession with documenting events, and Bink’s lack of attention from his father are put under the microscope – and projected onto the stage wall, through their text, email, and instant messages – message that often contradict the actual words they speak.
As they struggle through this crisis — and the other issues in their lives — they consciously or unconsciously are “shaping” these new experiences; thus curating future memories. And in the end, they come to understand the people that they call “family”.
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Download the 2008 SF Fringe Festival (abridged) version of the script here. iiwii_2009
CAST & CREW
Lena……………..Katarina Fabic
Bink………………Robert Anthony Peters
George………….Duane Schirmer
Peter………….Colin Stuart