I had the opportunity to collaborate with three of the MFA Theatre Design students on an evening of design showcases inspired by T. S. Eliot's "The Wasteland." It was a different approach to creating performance than I've engaged in previously; using design as the leading element and developing narrative and performance from the visual concept for the piece.

I worked with Valentin Peter Eisele on a piece inspired by this portion of the poem:

If there were water

And no rock

If there were rock

And also water

And water

A spring

A pool among the rock

IF there were the sound of water only

...

But there is no water

I worked with Ciara Murnane and Bill Woodland on a piece inspired by this line:

My feet are at Moorgate, and my heart

Under my feet