MELISSA R. RANDEL
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
"I don’t believe in boundaries in theater. I use dance and music when words fail, and visual artists to design sets and props. Because of the physical demands of my work, I design costumes based on the stories they need to tell.
The kind of theater I strive to make is a response to what I feel is lacking in the theater: I love when my brain is engaged, but not at the expense of the body. On the other hand, I love physical theater, but unless the heart is also engaged, I’m not moved.
My goal is to unite the exquisite physical world of the body with the irreconcilable complexity of the heart."
Leap in the Dark Productions is a bi-coastal, experimental theater company. Collaborations unite visual and performing artists in revelation of the human experience onstage.
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