ONE FLEA SPARE

DIRECTED BY | Gisela Cardenes

WRITTEN BY | Naomi Wallace

COSTUME DESIGN | Aleah Shockley

SET DESIGN | Maruti Evans

SOUND DESIGN | Broken Chord

LIGHTING DESIGN | Yuki Nakase Link

STAGE MANAGEMENT | Kathryn Chevren

INTAMACY CO-ORDINATOR | Alexandra Haddad

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGEMENT | Grace Batesi

An audience favorite because of her lovable charm and mischievous nature, Morse had our jaws on the floor when she, a 12-year-old character, walked Bunce and Darcy Snelgrave through a thoroughly intimate exercise in what we will only refer to here as a consensual adult activity all while Mr. Snelgrave was blindfolded and tied to a chair in the same room. Explaining how she, a mere tot, knew such lude information, she said, very nonchalantly, that she had been schooled through keyholes. Needless to say, we understood and appreciated this reference, and actress Kiana Mottahedan perfectly embodied the proud sexual knowledge of a tween. 

Bwog

“Standouts Abigail Duclos, BC ’23, as Darcy Snelgrave and Kiana Mottahedan, CC ’26, as Morse both are able breathe life into the sometimes stiffly written dialogue, and it’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role. After the show, murmurs went around the audience, in disbelief that Mottahedan, with her small stature and voice, was not really a 12-year-old girl. She does a masterful job of balancing Morse’s innocence with the disturbing scenes she is placed in: her open facial expressions never quite let the audience forget she is a child, even when she is being sexualized by a grown man or directing Darcy and Bunce’s intimate moments.”

The Columbia Spectator

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