JANUARY 4 - 6
YOU DID IT!
by PAYSON WHITWELL
Co-Directed by JAX BLASKA & MOLLY KIRSCHENBAUM
Original Set Design by DORA PALMER
You Did It! is a show about a woman named Me. Me has an eating disorder. Me runs a small artisanal grocery store. Here, surrounded by bread and vegetables, Me seeks herself in everyone she meets. She wants to know— what are you having for dinner and also what is the worst thing you’ve ever done? I’ll go first. You Did It! is a show about the distance between who we are and who we get to be, and what happens when you try to close that distance. It hurts really bad because no one taught you how to do it. And they are angry you are trying to learn without them, and scared because they don’t know how to help you. It is a show about hurting yourself and also thinking you’re the most beautiful woman in the world. It is also a show about thinking your mom is the most beautiful woman in the world and knowing that she hurts herself too. You Did It! is a show about desire. All this produce has Me feeling hot. Hot and bothered. Hot and bothered and embarrassed. What do you do when you are embarrassed of your own desire? If you are Me, you talk at great length and in great detail about it using thinly-veiled food metaphor. Me does not know why she wants what she wants, but she knows she is a woman of want. No one and nothing in this play is real except for Me.
Content Warning: eating disorders, familial loss, and imagined violence
Run Time: 75min with no intermission
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CAST & CREW
PAYSON WHITWELL - PLAYWRIGHT
Payson Whitwell (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based writer and actor whose work is grounded in a deep commitment to vulnerability in storytelling. As a writer, Payson deals with questions like: why does my mom act like that? Do I act like that? And, additionally, am I the only person in the world who cares this much about being pretty? Payson is a lover– not a fighter– a freak, and an intellectual. She has a bad habit of seeking things that cannot be found.
JAX BLASKA - DIRECTOR
Jax Blaska (they/them) is a San Francisco-born creative maker and collaborator dedicated to transformational theatrical experiences. They make and support art that celebrates process, curiosity, and the unconventional, and incorporates interdisciplinary performance, nonlinear storytelling, immersive exploration, ritual, spectacle, and a healthy dose of the absurd. Jax works in production, arts administration, and creative collaboration with a diverse variety of Bay Area artists and organizations, including FACT/SF, Detour Dance, EyeZen Presents, and Cutting Ball Theater, where they will serve as the inaugural Directing Apprentice for the 2023-24 season. They hold a BA with honors from Yale University, and can occasionally be found in alien drag (Nasturtium!).
MOLLY KIRSCHENBAUM - DIRECTOR
Molly Kirschenbaum (they/them) is an actor, writer, and musician from the quaint, seaside town of Los Angeles, California. They have toured with Claud, Paramore, Phoebe Bridgers, and Boygenius. Their solo show, "Hot! :(", received an Encore Award at the LA Fringe Festival, and in 2023, they released their debut album, based on their solo show, with their music project, Goblynne, described as "lush and genre-bending" by LA Weekly. Their short film "Harpies", made in collaboration with Payson Whitwell, placed in Austin Film Festival, LAFA, and The Script Lab. They make work about everyday dread, fixations with body and gender, and monsters. They are ten feet tall and spiritually blonde.
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CBT GUEST ATTRACTION
We are excited to offer open slots for co-productions with independent producers or small to mid-size companies that are looking for space to produce experimental art. These co-productions will have full box office and front-of-house support along with production and technical assistance. With the loss of so many theatrical houses in the district, we are excited to collaborate with our artistic peers to continue to make the Tenderloin a bastion for high quality performance art that takes risks.