HAS:
Three heads and a body made of other bodies (of work).
IS:
A collaboration between performer Erin Pike (right), playwright Courtney Meaker (center), and director HATLO (left).
LAUNCHED:
A national conversation about copyright law and gender equity.
Erin Pike was on the normal actor track. She had her monologues ready. She was gunning for roles. When she wasn’t onstage, she was in the audience supporting her friends in their acting endeavors. She enjoyed performing, but she was also “experiencing a lot of frustration, fatigue, and curiosity” about the roles she was getting.
She noticed that there were fewer parts for women in Seattle theater than for men, and that the roles weren’t as interesting. She often felt as if she were “a prop for a man” onstage. When she’d see her women friends in plays, even if they were in leading roles, their characters didn’t seem to have much agency.
