RESTRAINTS created and performed by Diane Edgecomb

Developed under the artistic guidance of Jola Cynkutis
Lighting design, Rigging and Technical assistance: Larry Buckley
Costumes: Amanda Mujica
Performance filming by Austin de Besche

RESTRAINTS:
Created through improvisations spanning six years and three countries, RESTRAINTS hovers on the razor’s edge of madness and spiritual transcendence. This existential piece weaves Shaker hymns, the ecstatic poetry of Rumi and recollected dreams into a surreal tapestry etched through with moments of irony, pathos and humor. Hope and despair are twins on the wild roller coaster ride as mind, body and soul struggle to open the right “doors of perception” while walking a dangerous path.

“Restraints swings soundly into the next world. Edgecomb expertly captures the terrifying fluidity of psychosis… her juxtapositions prove inspired; she’s aware that fairytales, the gospels and all great drama come from the same tormented place.” Boston Globe

About Diane Edgecomb An eclectic performer with a 25-year background in both traditional and alternative theater, Edgecomb, a Boston-based theatre artist and winner of a Year’s Best Performance award from the Boston Herald, continues to explore new approaches. Her work in avant-garde theatre is strongly influenced by the Polish Laboratory Theatre. In addition to studying with members of that company, most notably Zbigniew Cynkutis, she has trained and performed with companies influenced by this work such as Stage One Theater Lab and with Double Edge Theater, for whom she played Bruno Schultz in their acclaimed production of Song of Absence. Edgecomb also creates spoken word performances in the revivalist form of storytelling for which she has won numerous awards including the prestigious national Oracle award for Regional Excellence. She tours nationally and internationally with over fifteen performances – both as a solo artist and with musicians.