The Girl that Grew Up Out of the Ground
Jenna Alstad
2020 Staged Reading
photography by Bill Cameron
The Girl that Grew Up Out of the Ground is an interview-based “ethno-theatre” piece exploring the topic of motherhood, daughterhood, and the lessons we learn, inherit, and teach, both consciously and unconsciously, about what it means to live in the world in a feminine body. The script looks specifically to the strained mother/daughter relationships that emerge in one’s early 20s, analyzing the ways in which our present selves can more deeply understand the events of our childhood.
This script was devised from a series of interviews conducted in 2018 in combination with scenes inspired by spoken word poetry. The 2020 performance was a staged reading hosted by The Southern Theatre as a part of their ‘Goodnight’ series.
Cast
Claire Loveall
Madeline Larson
Agustina Victoria Borré
Tyanna Gross
Ayla Carbonell
Callie Tovar
