Pawel and Ebola investigates spirituality, mental illness and the female voice in the age of disaster and consumerism. Pawel & Ebola tells the story of the imagined offspring of neurologist and famed “hysteric” photographer Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot in order to
examine trauma and how notions of hysteria have been projected onto women from fin de siècle France to contemporary American popular culture. Borne of the discourse surrounding the scientific community in the late 19th century, the story bridges history and modernity and veers into chaos as a local cult, The Method, develops a mystical obsession with Ebola as a sacrificial lamb, and devises a plan to kidnap and kill her. The play focuses on Ebola (Bobbi Salvor Menuez), as she discovers her spiritual powers—and traverses the mythology regarding her gender and psyche.
Written By Marianna Ellenberg
Directed by Marianna Ellenberg and Greg Zuccolo
Choreography by Greg Zuccolo
Music Composed by Paula Matthusen
Sound Design and Live Electronics By Anthony Dean
Cast: India “Bobby” Menuez, Maxwell Cosmo Cramer, T Ryder Smith, Mikeah Earnest Jennings,
and Alexandra Tatarsky.