Grand Gesture

I love you. I love New Year’s Eve. I love Romeo. I love the house you built me. I love Paris. I love the top of the Empire State Building. I love summer. I love my brother. I love dogs. I love Frida Kahlo. I love Ryan Gosling. I love mid-century architecture. I love Adidas. I love banana bread. I love my Macbook Pro. I love you.

Using verbatim romcom texts as a starting point and everything in the universe as an ending point Grand Gesture is a take down of the one-true-love bullshit we have all been eating since birth.

Performed in 2019 at Studio 4 and 2021 at La Mama Courthouse.

Co-created and Directed by: Katrina Cornwell and Morgan Rose

Co-created and Performed by: Joel Beasley, Eamon Dunphy, Matilda Gibbs, Joe Kenny, Michelle McCowage, Finn McGrath, Ruby Rawlings, & Katie Rowe

Co-produced by: Natasha Phillips

Lighting Design by: Lisa Mibus

Sound Design by: Byron Scullin

Stage Manager: Brooke Simmonds