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“SIMULACRA”

Inspired by Amadeus by Peter Schaffer 

Simulacra, the most famous pop star of the year 3098, finds herself in a New London alley after discovering she is an android made for mass entertainment. Through her words and personality, she shows us how human she really is.  

CW: strong language, substance use, racism, implied sexual exploitation, suicide mention 

SIMULACRA was performed as Ciarlene’s performance dissertation at East 15 School of Acting as a part of completing her Masters of Fine Arts in Acting International on 28th October, 2023. Based on Peter Schaffer’s groundbreaking play Amadeus, SIMULACRA explores the image of Mozart to the extreme, applying themes of commodified artistry and Techno-Orientalism in a uniquely vaporwave setting.

“YOUR BEST AMERICAN GIRL”

…is an original, solo short play written and performed by Ciarlene Coleman. A world premiere, one-woman music and dance spectacle, Ciarlene grapples with what it takes for a mixed race military kid to become the ideal American girl.

YOUR BEST AMERICAN GIRL received its world premiere as part of the 7th Annual International Fringe Festival on June 6th, 2019. It was directed by Yari Cervas and produced by MaArte Theatre Collective, with stage management by James Ramirez, projections by Nicholas Hessling, choreography by Patrick Mayuyu, and costumes by Bertha Tsai.

The world premiere production received several 2019 Artist Awards from the Festival, including "Outstanding World Premiere,” “Critic’s Pick”, and “Best of Fest”.

“accents”

…is an original sketch written by Ciarlene for the one-night event, “the FLIP side: a night of FOB-ulous theatre” from MaArte Theatre Collective in 2018. Celebrating the language of diverse friend groups, “Accents” reveals what happens when buddies of different backgrounds play with each others’ accents.

“Accents” is available on New Play Exchange (click the link here). Ciarlene’s author page on NPX can be found here.