Janet Ulrich Brooks as Sophie Treadwell in NOT ENOUGH AIR, Timeline Theatre, 2009 (Photo by Lara Goetsch)
Three Pieces from "Not Enough Air"
Music written and performed by Andy Hansen
from the 2009 Timeline Theatre production of
NOT ENOUGH AIR by Masha Obolensky
Directed by Nick Bowling
Set Design by Brian Sidney Bembridge
Costume Design by Lindsey Pate
Lighting Design by Heather Gilbert
Masha Obelensky’s play tells the true story of journalist Sophie Treadwell writing the play MACHINAL, a major work of modernism and expressionist theatre. Treadwell was inspired by her work as a journalist covering the trial of Ruth Snyder, the first woman to be executed by electric chair. In NOT ENOUGH AIR, the “real” world is inventively blended with the world of Treadwell’s play. The production required expressionist music that blurred the line between music and sound.