Goodbye Doctor
Psykout! Is honored to Be producing Goodbye Doctor, a play written by the internationally renowned author and psychoanalyst Betty Milan.
The play tells the story of Seriema, a Brazilian woman descended from Lebanese immigrants. After miscarrying twice, Seriema divorces her husband and flees her native Brazil for Paris. There, she encounters the famous psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, and the two begin an in depth analysis of Seriema. Soon, Seriema uncovers fantastic secrets buried in her unconscious mind, and Lacan, the seemingly indefatigable psychoanalyst, reveals his own inner turmoil. All the while, Seriema, The Doctor, and the audience are challenged by "The Voice", a manifestation of the unconscious that burrows into their souls and uncovers their deepest emotions, and by Maria, Seriema's mother figure and spiritual guide. By the end, both analyst and analysand reckon with the conflict brewing within their own unconscious.
Goodbye Doctor had a staged reading at the Brazilian Consulate in NYC on September 17th. We are incredibly grateful to the Consulate for their official support of our project. We will be performing at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre A.R.T./New York Theatres 502 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 from October 24th through November 3rd. Tickets are on sale now!
MEET THE ensemble
director
Debora is a Brazilian director, actor, producer and performer. She has an extensive performance background in ballet, modern dance, and tap. After becoming Hatha yoga certified, mindfulness and overall well-being greatly influenced her approach to the arts. Debora has fostered a growing vision of traditional and experimental exceptionalism from voice-overs to theater acting, choreographic theatre direction, and production, from cabaret to variety, from feature films to short films. Debora is one of the co-founders of the award-winning Group Dot BR – NY’s only Brazilian theater company, an award-winning ensemble, as well as one of the co-founders of Nettles Artists Collective (NAC), a Latina-based collective that has received multiple awards and nominations for original work.
Playwright
CAST
as
Jacques lacan
as
The voice
as
Seriema
Dianne Dixon
as
maria
crew
Adam Shulman
Production manager
dominique jakowec
set/props designer
naveen bhatia
sound designer
Belle Pace
website designer
Laura knoedler
stage manager
miller koppang
lighting designer
sarah constable
costume designer
sasha reist
photographer