Framed: A Personal Narrative/Ethnographic Performance/One-Woman Show

This script explores the intersections of ethnography, autoethnography, theatre, and narrative performance by applying to ethnographic work the theatrical and performance techniques of direct audience address, audience interaction, props, music, and the performance of voice and actions of the self and others. I experiment with this multifaceted process by utilizing both the nonverbal and verbal stimuli of live performance to engage the audience's senses and sense memories. In this way, I explore not only my own self-reflexive work, but also encourage audience members to explore ways in which the performance stimulates reflections of their own life and work.