September 2023 | HERE Arts

// 2024 OBIE Special Citation for Concept and Production Design to Normandy Sherwood for Psychic Self Defense
// 2024 Henry Hewes Design Nominations for Scenic Design (Daniel Allen Nelson and Normandy Sherwood) and Lighting Design (Christina Tang)

The abstract, hallucinatory world of PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE—simultaneously a séance, a sculpture, and a live action screen saver—creates a space for you to recalibrate your attention. PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE invites you to experience mystery and mental spaciousness by way of that most basic of theatrical machineries—the curtain reveal.

PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE is created, written, designed, and directed by Normandy Sherwood. It features composition and sound design by Craig Flanagin, scenic and rigging design by Daniel Allen Nelson, curtain and costume design and construction by Normandy Sherwood, and lighting design by Christina Tang.

Conceptual collaborators include Craig Flanagin, Daniel Allen Nelson, Christina Tang, Nikki Calonge, and Ean Sheehy.

Photos by Maria Baranova.