Big news from digital surveillance and human vulnerability—Intimate Surveillance is a Gold Prize Finalist for the 2024 Clauder Competition at Portland Stage!
That means this award-winning play gets another round of live beta-testing, with a week-long development residency led by the focused and thoughtful Lisa DiFranza. If you’re near Maine—or just looking for a reason to road trip to a regional theatre that believes in bold new work—you can catch a public presentation of the piece on Wednesday, May 21, or Friday, May 23.
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This opportunity is about more than a new perspective—it’s a chance to keep the conversation going. This piece explores the creeping normalization of digital control, the collapse of autonomy under the weight of convenience, and the deep human need for connection in a hyperconnected world. With each iteration, the play evolves. The characters deepen. And the questions sharpen.
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Being part of the Clauder Competition puts Intimate Surveillance in dialogue with a vibrant network of New England theatremakers—another reminder that serious new plays are being developed here, not just in New York, Chicago, or LA. I’m grateful to Portland Stage for betting on stories like this. Stories that ask: Who is watching? Who is profiting? And who decides what intimacy means in a world where everything is monetized?
Let’s get this reading on your calendar.
Bring a friend. Bring your questions.
And let’s keep developing the kind of theatre that won’t look away.
