Wild Child Presents
"HER KIND: The Life & Poetry of Anne Sexton"
Based on the life and work of the ground-breaking Confessional poet, Anne Sexton.
Pulitzer Prize winning poet, professor and playwright, “Sexton was the modern woman poet who first gave extended voice to issues of female identity†(Diane Middlebrook, Sexton’s biographer) before her untimely death in 1974.Using images, music, dance, film and spoken word, HER KIND tells the tale of the sensuality, candor and charisma that made Anne Sexton one of the most controversial and popular poets of the mid-twentieth century.
Run time: 60 minutes.
Adapted by Hannah Wolfe
Co-directed by Hannah Wolfe & Shanara Gabrielle with special thanks to Jenni Lobland
Sound design by Daniel Mintseris, including original music composed by Lindsday Rae Spurlock and mixed by Daniel Mintseris
Video by Franco Barbeite, Edited by Alyssa Polacsek
Featuring on-camera performances by Debra Kay Anderson and Collin Biddle
Choreographed by Laurel Tentindo
Featuring live performances by Laurel Tentindo and Hannah Wolfe
Performed in New York, NY at Bowery Poetry Club, Dixon Place, The New York International Fringe Festival, the University Settlement Live Arts Collaboration Salon and Planet Connections Festivity and also at the San Francisco Fringe Festival
Nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show (Hannah Wolfe), Outstanding Use Of Projections, Special Effects, and/or Multi-Media Event (Franco Barbeite & Alyssa Polacsek) and Winner of Best Sound Design by Daniel Mintseris
