AFDM (Another f****** Dear Masato)
Some advice, or information (but not rules):
NOT A PLAY
This is not a play. It is a piece of writing. However this piece of writing might resemble a play. The writing was not written, it was spoken. It is the record of an exchange between Sophie Perillo and Cara Best.
ACTS
The writing is made from four Acts. These Acts could also be called vignettes or non-sequiturs. The performance of the Acts requires 2 Actors. There is a Chorus, which is additional.
LOGIC & STRUCTURE
Room B6.27 is the stage. Building B, Level 6 contains a loop. This loop is a structure with its own logic.
DURATION
The play will be performed at Monash over 2 hours. There will be a beginning, middle and an end, but in no particular order.
*Special thanks to Sam George, Makiko Yamamoto and Kalinda Vary and the amazing Cara Best & Sophie Perillo, who wrote and performed this iteration. The script can be found here. x
AFDM (Another f****** Dear Masato)
Another fucking Dear Masato, all at once (get a life, the only thing that cuts across the species is death)
SETTING
Black Vinyl dot, 5 performers, Black IKEA Beckväm stool,2 x DXP 10-WATT HAND-HELD MEGAPHONE, 1 throw pillow, 1 taekwondo belt, Vesper Vibrator Rose Gold, 1 Avocado, Rhubarb, Flowers, Masato Takasaka’s Untitled (pegboards) Household gloss enamel on display shelf MDF pegboard (1979/1999) with blue circle self-adhesive vinyl stickers, Archival solander box made by Irwin & McLaren containing Fence Mesh Airtex Printed Pantone 3005, Vesper Vibrator Gold, 1 Megaphones, flowers, 1 Takewondo belt, 1 Lapiz Blue Uniqlo long rain coat with hood, Nonslip matting, 92 found images printed as props occupying 3163.845 centimetres, a set of used cue cards, 1 throw cushion, a usb of archival material relating to the works exhibited in Dear Masato, all at once (2014), a catalogue for Dear Masato, all at once (2014), a selection of 6 x 4 photographs taken by Assistant Director Teresa Noble from Dear Masato, all at once (get a life, the only thing that cuts across the species is death) (2016), suggestions for making a play and one script typeset by Rowan McNaught printed by Grant McDonald at Print City and co-authored by friends and members of Northern Theatre Company, Casula Powerhouse Youth Committee, George Grey Centre and Maffra High School including: KellyAnn Standley, Rekha Dhanaram, An Le, Ariadna Kiehn, Gregory Gaydon, SopeaArian Bozorg, George Grey Centre Gippsland, Georgie Glanville, Evelyn Morris, Rosemary Overall, Kylie White, Rebecca Harris, Tom Polo, David Capra, Annaliese Constable, Eva Abbinga, Geoffrey Watson, Rebecca Harris,Teresa Noble, Ange Arabatzis, Kelly Neilsen, Suzanne Brimley, Rebecca Grinblat, Genevieve Neve, Nicola De Rosbo-Davies, Sam Browne, Sally Guildford, Shrut Parmar (Nash), Bikramjeet Singh, Will Sutherland, Westpace, Melbourne.
PERFORMERS Cara Best, Sophie Perillo, Sam George, Makiko Yamamoto and Kalinda Vary.
WRITERS Cara Best, Sophie Perillo, Lisa Radford.
Another fucking Dear Masato, all at once (get a life, the only thing that cuts across the species is death)
Flowers and Archival solander box made by Irwin & McLaren containing Fence Mesh Airtex Printed Pantone 3005, Vesper Vibrator Gold, 1 Megaphone, flowers, 1 Takewondo belt, 1 Lapiz Blue Uniqlo long rain coat with hood, Nonslip matting, 92 found images printed as props occupying 3163.845 centimetres, a set of used cue cards, 1 throw cushion, a usb of archival material relating to the works exhibited in Dear Masato, all at once (2014), a catalogue for Dear Masato, all at once (2014), a selection of 6 x 4 photographs taken by Assistant Director Teresa Noble from Dear Masato, all at once (get a life, the only thing that cuts across the species is death) (2016), suggestions for making a play and one script typeset by Rowan McNaught printed by Grant McDonald at Print City and co-authored by friends and members of Northern Theatre Company, Casula Powerhouse Youth Committee, George Grey Centre and Maffra High School including: KellyAnn Standley, Rekha Dhanaram, An Le, Ariadna Kiehn, Gregory Gaydon, SopeaArian Bozorg, George Grey Centre Gippsland, Georgie Glanville, Evelyn Morris, Rosemary Overall, Kylie White, Rebecca Harris, Tom Polo, David Capra, Annaliese Constable, Eva Abbinga, Geoffrey Watson, Rebecca Harris,Teresa Noble, Ange Arabatzis, Kelly Neilsen, Suzanne Brimley, Rebecca Grinblat, Genevieve Neve, Nicola De Rosbo-Davies, Sam Browne, Sally Guildford, Shrut Parmar (Nash), Bikramjeet Singh, Will Sutherland, Westpace, Melbourne.
Another fucking Dear Masato, all at once (get a life, the only thing that cuts across the species is death)
SETTING
(distance) Masato Takasaka’s Untitled (pegboards) Household gloss enamel on display shelf MDF pegboard (1979/1999) with blue circle self-adhesive vinyl stickers, 2 Megaphones.
Vesper Vibrator Gold, 1 Takewondo belt, 1 throw cushion,
Another fucking Dear Masato, all at once (get a life, the only thing that cuts across the species is death)
SETTING
(detail) Masato Takasaka’s Untitled (pegboards) Household gloss enamel on display shelf MDF pegboard (1979/1999) with blue circle self-adhesive vinyl stickers, 2 Megaphones.
