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Performing Arts 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8053 United StatesHallie Flanagan’s Can You Hear Their Voices
Conceived and produced by Emily Brolin, Caleigh Davis, and Ayla Taffel.
Program Notes
- Directed by Eli O’Brien
- Videography and Editing by Alan Cameron
- Costumes and Design Elements by Ayla Taffel
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Featuring—
Emily Brolin as ‘Harriet Bageheot’
Caleigh Davis as ‘Representative Bageheot’
Director's Notes
by Eli O’Brien
Can You Hear Their Voices? follows a morning conversation between a rich politician father and his daughter with a much different worldview. The piece doesn’t follow any real-world events for politicians, yet the tone of the argument feels familiar and I immediately identified a dynamic that many audiences would connect with. When the team discussed the piece, we compared it to a political argument at the thanksgiving table. We tried to infuse the same tensions, power imbalances, and frustrations that one might find in a discussion between stubborn members of different generations anywhere.