Circle Mirror Transformation

Circle Mirror Transformation is a case study of strangers willing to take a chance and open themselves to the revelations, indignities, hilarity, and heartbreak of an amateur acting class in a community center classroom. In doing so, they transform the space into the anti-Zoom room; it becomes a quietly poignant reminder of the power of being present with one another, a reflection of the stories we share through the silliness and the silences, an open invitation to partake in the transformative and sublime power of play.

Circle Mirror Transformation premiered at Playwrights Horizons in October 2009. The play received Obie Awards for Best New American Play, Performance, Ensemble, and Directing.^[Circle Mirror was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Director of a Play, and the cast was awarded a special Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble Performances.

Written by Annie Baker (2009)
Directed by Leah Adcock-Starr

Performed by
Hisam Goueli
Sharon Barto Gouran
Sarah Harlett
Chris MacDonald
Raya Tuffaha

Designed & Constructed by
Adam Zopfi Hulse
Aiyana Stephens
Andi Villegas
Greg Carter
Maia Gomez

Stage Manager Lily N Nguyen
Intimacy Coordinator Alyssa Kay