(Vimeo here) https://vimeo.com/48248825

written by Tanya Marquardt

directed by Mallory Cattlet

performed by Jessica Jelliffe and Peter Blomquist, musical assistance by Rick Burkhardt, piano accompaniment by Alex Horwitz, dramaturgy by DD Kugler & Heidi Taylor

A contemporary retelling of a classic romance, Nocturne (the incomplete and inaccurate account of the love affair between George Sand & Frederic Chopin) is the love story between Fred, an ailing musician and George, a genderfluid writer. Neighbors in a New York apartment, George steals into Fred’s window one night to hear his music, and leaves with his heart. Later, when Fred is unable to satisfy George’s sexual needs, she creates a role-playing game in the hopes of seducing him, a servant that Fred is in charge of every night. But when the game starts turning sour, both Fred and George must risk seeing one another for who they really are, even if it has deadly consequences. 

PERFORMANCES

March 2011, Dixon Place, Manhattan, NY

May 2003, Walking Fish Festival, Vancouver, BC

August 2003, VIVO Media Arts, Vancouver, BC, Canada

September 2003, Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada

May 2001, NeXtFeSt, Edmonton, Alberta (Premiere)