The inspiration for Kate Hamill’s latest play came from across centuries and the planet.
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Joey Parsons, from left, Kate Hamill, and Matthew Saldivar appear during a performance of"The Light and the Dark" at Primary Stages in New York on Nov. 1, 2024. “I am disheartened by how extremely relevant this play is right now,” Hamill says. “Much of the same things that Artemisia Gentileschi was dealing with then are still true now.”Gentileschi rebelled against the male-dominated art world — even using herself as a nude model — and has lately become a symbol of courageous women for testifying in court, even while being tortured, against a prominent painter who raped her.
“I felt like if what I need to do to get survivors' stories heard is take off all my clothes and scream in the middle of off-Broadway, then that’s what I’m going to do.”It came at a time when Hamill was disheartened by #MeToo stories at home and wondered how — or even if — she could continue as a feminist playwright.
The painting depicts Gentileschi and her maid plunging a sword into their enemy, inspiring the play's final powerful speech: “Every daughter of mothers who ever sees this work/Will know she is not alone/She will see what it means/To survive, despite the hands at your throat.” “I come at adaptation from a sort of a new play lens,” she says. “So, I think of it as a collaboration between myself and an author who’s often currently dead. So, in a way, it’s sort of the same muscle.”
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