perfect pie (2017)

Perfect Pie Promotional Video

Perfect Pie by Judith Thompson
Produced at Texas State University (2017)

Directed by Carly Conklin
Assistant Directors: Carlos Rodriguez and Simone McQuitty
Scenic Design: Alejandra Hernandez Gomez
Costume Design: Emily Tyminski
Lighting Design: Miriah Borden
Sound Design: Ryan Casteneda
Production Stage Manager: Diamond Morgan

Emily Absher as Patsy
Alana Garcia as Young Patsy
Kailey Hyman as Francesca
Casey Glaude as Marie

Perfect Pie served as the thesis production for my Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing at Texas State University.
(Photography by Bret Brookshire)

 

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"Abide with me..."
"Abide with me..."

Alana Garcia as Young Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie, Emily Absher as Patsy

"You're gonna have to come to me, Marie."
"You're gonna have to come to me, Marie."

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy

"We'll play musical chairs!"
"We'll play musical chairs!"

L to R (upstage): Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy
L to R (downstage): Alana Garcia as Young Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie

"Is that what they're wearing in the States? Is that what's in style?"
"Is that what they're wearing in the States? Is that what's in style?"

Alana Garcia as Young Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie

"Here's to..."
"Here's to..."

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy

"This is the first time I ever been on a sleepover."
"This is the first time I ever been on a sleepover."

L to R (upstage): Emily Absher as Patsy, Kailey Hyman as Francesca
L to R (downstage): Alana Garcia as Young Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie

"I walk out of my beautiful penthouse...feeling this big kind of Dirty Yellow Stain all over me. The Marie Begg Stain."
"I walk out of my beautiful penthouse...feeling this big kind of Dirty Yellow Stain all over me. The Marie Begg Stain."

Emily Absher as Patsy, Kailey Hyman as Francesca

"I can't hang around with you if you use that kind of language. I promised my mother."
"I can't hang around with you if you use that kind of language. I promised my mother."

L to R (downstage): Casey Glaude as Marie, Alana Garcia as Young Patsy
L to R (upstage): Emily Absher as Patsy, Kailey Hyman as Francesca

"How long will that be? Till the lightning passes?"
"How long will that be? Till the lightning passes?"

Emily Absher as Patsy, Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Casey Glaude as Marie, Alana Garcia as Young Patsy

"My mouth aches, it aches, Patsy, from wanting to kiss."
"My mouth aches, it aches, Patsy, from wanting to kiss."

Casey Glaude as Marie, Alana Garcia as Young Patsy

"I live in fear of the next seizure it's like there's a stalker."
"I live in fear of the next seizure it's like there's a stalker."

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy

"Remember how we used to arm wrestle?"
"Remember how we used to arm wrestle?"

Emily Absher as Patsy, Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Alana Garcia as Young Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie

"You think you could beat me now?"
"You think you could beat me now?"

L to R (upstage): Alana Garcia as Young Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie
L to R (downstage): Emily Absher as Patsy, Kailey Hyman as Francesca

"It is you who never left, Marie. I mean look: Just look at your face."
"It is you who never left, Marie. I mean look: Just look at your face."

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Casey Glaude as Marie

"Patsy. You do not want to know what I was thinking."
"Patsy. You do not want to know what I was thinking."

Casey Glaude as Marie, Alana Garcia as Patsy

"I'm falling apart here."
"I'm falling apart here."

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy

"And the moon was so big and so low and so yellow."
"And the moon was so big and so low and so yellow."

Casey Glaude as Marie, Alana Garcia as Patsy

"Is the train coming, Patsy? Is the train coming soon?"
"Is the train coming, Patsy? Is the train coming soon?"

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy

"Marie, if you don't get down from there the train is going to hit you."
"Marie, if you don't get down from there the train is going to hit you."

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Alana Garcia as Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie, Emily Absher as Patsy

"...suddenly I looked at that moon and I thought 'Yeah. Me and Marie, me and Marie.'"
"...suddenly I looked at that moon and I thought 'Yeah. Me and Marie, me and Marie.'"

Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Alana Garcia as Young Patsy, Casey Glaude as Marie, Emily Absher as Patsy

"We are gonna die beautiful, we are gonna get crashed by the train and fly through the sky."
"We are gonna die beautiful, we are gonna get crashed by the train and fly through the sky."

L to R (upstage): Casey Glaude as Marie, Alana Garcia as Young Patsy
L to R (downstage): Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy

"I am the train I am big I am metal! I am moving so fast I am --"
"I am the train I am big I am metal! I am moving so fast I am --"

L to R (upstage): Casey Glaude as Marie, Alana Garcia as Young Patsy
L to R (downstage): Kailey Hyman as Francesca, Emily Absher as Patsy

"We aren't going to see each other again, are we, Marie...?"
"We aren't going to see each other again, are we, Marie...?"

Emily Absher as Patsy, Kailey Hyman as Francesca

"I will not forget you. You are carved in the palm of my hand."
"I will not forget you. You are carved in the palm of my hand."

Emily Absher as Patsy