PhysFestNYC Presents: Pat Frisk/Duck & Stop, Replay

This is a Multi-Bill Show. Scroll down for descriptions of both shows included in this performance.

Pat Frisk / Duck

Pat Frisk / Duck is a fictional first two nights of female incarceration along with the trajectory of being released.

Joanne Edelmann is on the faculty at the Stella Adler Studio. She is the Curator of the Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series, teaches in the NYU, Day Conservatory and Adler Youth Arts Justice Division. She also teaches in the Musical Theatre Intensive, Physical Theatre Lab and the Enhanced Curricular Option in the summers. Ms. Edelmann is a dancer. She performed with many Modern Dance companies including Charles Weidman and Mimi Garrard. She lead a Movement Theatre/Poetry class at the Rose M. Singer Center - women’s facility on Rikers Island for over seven years. She recently performed Pat Frisk; a glimpse into a fictional first two days, as an incarcerated person and is premiering Duck, a performance art piece on wondering in the park.

Joanne Edelmann, Performer

Alice Saltzman, Director

Zoe Briskey, Composer

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Stop, Replay (Early Draft)

I aim to use the rich vocabulary of Bharatanatyam, together with poetry, dialogues, and music, to craft a piece adapted from Indian mythology. I am inspired by the challenge of placing ancient texts and age-old folktales in a modern context, much like Shakespeare in the Park finds contemporary parallels to classic works.

My goal is to bring forth a timeless story into the present, highlighting the enduring emotions and themes they evoke—those that continue to resonate deeply across generations.


Abhirami Rao is an American-Indian multidisciplinary performer based in NJ/NYC. Since 2015, her work actively blends movement, voice, and storytelling. With a background that spans journalism, acting, singing, and Indian classical dance, Abhirami’s training has been both intensive and deeply rooted in tradition. She trained in Bharatanatyam with A. Lakshmanaswamy for a solid 19 years, and along the way picked up skills in yoga, Carnatic music, improv, theatre, and even a dash of clowning! She’s enjoyed performing at international festivals and some of India’s most respected venues. When she’s not creatively engaged, Abhirami enjoys drinking ginger chai, people-watching, and catching new plays/musicals, while somehow still getting lost in the NYC subway.

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PhysFestNYC is a community-focused festival that celebrates, enriches, and envisions our field of physical theaters. As an annual gathering, provides space for practitioners, audiences, and the physical-theater-curious to share in presented works, diverse workshop offerings, and community-building events.

Broken Box Mime Theater's mission is to activate the imagination of our audiences, contemporize the art of mime, and remind us all of the power of simple storytelling.