Speech — Shayok Misha Chowdhury

“Chowdhury directs the ensemble with a conductor’s precision, from verbal crescendos to marinating silence.”

“This show would be worth seeing twice just for the finely grained verbal and physical ensemble work: a finger drawn across the crevices of the body, the delicate lurch of guilty attraction, the pompous little embarrassments of academia, the words fighting to get out—or stay in.”

“The feuding characters of SPEECH rarely address each other; as they argue, they look determinedly at us—capturing the way we declaim instead of discuss, always hoping someone else is listening.”
— Alaina Johns, Broad Street Review

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A Lightning Rod Special Production, created by Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Scott R. Sheppard, and Alice Yorke, written by Scott R. Sheppard in collaboration with the ensemble, directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury, featuring creator-performers Fernando Gonzalez, Yuki Kawahisa, Jaime Maseda, Terran Scott, Scott R. Sheppard, Alice Yorke, and Jehan O. Young, with scenic by Peiyi Wong, lighting by Oona Curley, costumes by Kimberly Redman, sound by M. Florian Staab, and props by Victoria Gill-Gomez. Photos by Johanna Austin.

“Chowdhury directs the ensemble with a conductor’s precision, from verbal crescendos to marinating silence.”

“This show would be worth seeing twice just for the finely grained verbal and physical ensemble work: a finger drawn across the crevices of the body, the delicate lurch of guilty attraction, the pompous little embarrassments of academia, the words fighting to get out—or stay in.”

“The feuding characters of SPEECH rarely address each other; as they argue, they look determinedly at us—capturing the way we declaim instead of discuss, always hoping someone else is listening.”— Alaina Johns, Broad Street Review

“The feuding characters of SPEECH rarely address each other; as they argue, they look determinedly at us—capturing the way we declaim instead of discuss, always hoping someone else is listening.”
— Alaina Johns, Broad Street Review