Knowing You
PictureDesign and Photographs by Robert Gottlieb

A series of  vignettes that spans two continents and two realities stretching from 1980s to present day Cape Town and bursting with South African song!
American student Amy meets the mysterious healer Mundi and determined domestic worker Elizabeth in Cape Town 2010. As Elizabeth tells Amy the story of her life, she re-imagines her real daughter Melanie as a silent figure and her real future son-in-law Rowland as a colonial explorer/frat boy. The space of Elizabeth’s memory is cool and tinged blue. Will Elizabeth be able to relive the most painful moments of her life to connect with Amy in the present day?

Writer/Director                                                    Claire Redfield
Elizabeth                                                                 Aline Gue
Melanie (her daughter)                                      Khadijah Hall
Rowland                                                                 Bradley Starr
Mundi                                                                     Amish Bhatia
Amy                                                                         JT Vancollie
Police Officer/Voice Over/Clyde                       Jack Esposito
Olga                                                                         Erica Goldstein
Ensemble Dancers                   Makala Noble, Natalie Perry, MayaBea Schechner
Stage Manager                                                      Abby Setterholm