Crimson and Cobalt

A one-person experimental and intermedial performance consisting of a series of found and actor-written monologues that portray the internal reasoning and key events that lead to a young girl's suicide. 

“...I like to think of all those little moments that add up to the final one, because it meant that my death would be my own, the result of my life, and not just something that happened to me.” 

“Don’t ignore the complex realities of suicide and its impacts on those left behind.”

“I want to die. I want to die but come back a new me, a better me. Please, help me. I want to go home.”

“Do you ever feel like your brain is working against you? Like it makes decisions and changes its mind but doesn’t consult you on any of it?”

Using monologues from plays such as ‘Hamlet’, ‘4.48 Psychosis’ and ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ and including…