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October 08

How to Make a Monster

How to Make a Monster

Synopsis: This is a staged reading of the poetry adaptation of 'Frankenstein' entitled How to Make a Monster by Linda Ravenswood, directed by Brian Sonia Wallace. A performance and sound installation. The work reckons with the monstrous in midsts: the monster of relationships, the monster of industry, the monster of time. How to Make a Monster is a curated tableaux in 12 scenes based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The IPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report, Agnes Varda’s DAGUERREOTYPES, Meredith Monk’s Book of Days, and The Tanztheater Wuppertal’s Cafe Muller. Originally workshopped from 2014-2015 with the support of The Schkapf Arts Incubation Centre (Bryan Brown and Olya Petrakova) and Liminal L.A. (Brian Sonia Wallace, founder).


The Argument: Poetry is at the core of all of Shakespeare’s works. Poetry was always a love of Helen’s and LBSC wants to honor her, her memory and bring another one of her loves to our theater. We kick off our October season by bringing artists from the poetry world and celebrated poet laureates to the stage at the Helen Borgers Theater.
10/08/2023 8:00 PM

Door Time: 7:30 PM

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Tickets on sale beginning September 6, 2023.

This is a staged reading of the poetry adaptation of Frankenstein entitled How to Make a Monster by Linda Ravenswood, directed by Brian Sonia Wallace. A performance and sound installation. The work reckons with the monstrous in midsts: the monster of relationships, the monster of industry, the monster of time. How to Make a Monster is a curated tableaux in 12 scenes based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The IPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report, Agnes Varda’s DAGUERREOTYPES, Meredith Monk’s Book of Days, and The Tanztheater Wuppertal’s Cafe Muller. Originally workshopped from 2014-2015 with the support of The Schkapf Arts Incubation Centre (Bryan Brown and Olya Petrakova) and Liminal L.A. (Brian Sonia Wallace, founder).

View the biography for the synopsis of the show and how it fits into our season theme.

Staged Reading Production

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Synopsis: This is a staged reading of the poetry adaptation of 'Frankenstein' entitled How to Make a Monster by Linda Ravenswood, directed by Brian Sonia Wallace. A performance and sound installation. The work reckons with the monstrous in midsts: the monster of relationships, the monster of industry, the monster of time. How to Make a Monster is a curated tableaux in 12 scenes based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The IPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report, Agnes Varda’s DAGUERREOTYPES, Meredith Monk’s Book of Days, and The Tanztheater Wuppertal’s Cafe Muller. Originally workshopped from 2014-2015 with the support of The Schkapf Arts Incubation Centre (Bryan Brown and Olya Petrakova) and Liminal L.A. (Brian Sonia Wallace, founder).


The Argument: Poetry is at the core of all of Shakespeare’s works. Poetry was always a love of Helen’s and LBSC wants to honor her, her memory and bring another one of her loves to our theater. We kick off our October season by bringing artists from the poetry world and celebrated poet laureates to the stage at the Helen Borgers Theater.