Sarah GOEBEL
After the sudden death of their larger-than-life friend Louisa, roommates Isabella, Nick and Cherry are left to pack up her room with the help of Louisa's younger sister Sofia. As they sift through clothes, memories and cardboard boxes the group struggles to face their grief and questions how life can continue without her
Cast
Isabella – Sarah Goebel
Nick – Shelby Ray Foster
Sophia – Olivia Taliangis
Cherry – Sanna Ansaldo
Credits
Lead Creative – Olivia Taliangis
Director - Ionia Venoutsos
Script Writers - Peyton Ada
Devisers – Lachlan Ives, Peyton Ada, Ben Canute, Marshall Brown, Asha Vincent, Sarah Goebel, Joseph Stevens, Matthew J. Young
Sound Design – Ben Canute
CONTENT WARNING: death, sexual innuendo, course language
Process
With messy characters such as these, we went through many 'messy' improvisations. The outside prompts from our director and script writers lead to breakthroughs in the show's quick-witted comedy and heartbreaking character truths.
The script writing process of 'How To Grieve' had everyone in the team grieving at least one idea we each had to let go of. The limit of a 15 minute piece meant every word, movement and line had to ultimately mean something. What a beautiful challenge this show was, even in the final script read through, let alone the performance, there was not a dry eye.