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Play a Day: It Always Comes Back to This

June 1, 2015 Dana

A woman sits in a ball pit. A sign to the right says, “Juggling lessons: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm”

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Play a Day: Distraction

May 20, 2015May 19, 2015 Dana

A woman is trying to complete a project. Someone comes to make a bid for her attention. Someone else comes by, sure what they need done is more important. Repeat. Repeat. Soon, the woman is surrounded on all sides by… Read morePlay a Day: Distraction

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Play a Day: Alone Time

May 11, 2015 Dana

A woman is trying to work on a project in a public place. She keeps being interrupted – whether by noise/conversation, people bumping into her chair, or people asking if anyone is sitting in the empty chair at her table…. Read morePlay a Day: Alone Time

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Play a Day: One Step Forward

May 6, 2015May 7, 2015 Dana

The Woman originally from Day 11 has turned the fishbowl upside down and dumped the slips of paper into a pile on a desk. She works feverishly, occasionally reaching over to the side without looking to grab another slip. Eventually,… Read morePlay a Day: One Step Forward

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Play a Day: In and Out

May 2, 2015May 3, 2015 Dana

A woman is waiting in a long line. Everyone in the line is holding stacks of cash. At the end of the line is a counter. Above the counter is a sign that reads “Housing.” When the woman gets to… Read morePlay a Day: In and Out

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Play a Day: Baggage

April 23, 2015April 22, 2015 Dana

A woman walks with a large backpack. She stops, tired, and takes it off her shoulders. Once it hits the ground, she starts to slowly rise into the air. Unencumbered, she flies away.

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Play a Day: Lessons

April 18, 2015April 19, 2015 Dana

A woman sits in a ball pit. Behind her, a YouTube video about how to learn to juggle plays on a projection screen.

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Play a Day: That’s Better

April 13, 2015April 14, 2015 Dana

Stage right. A giant heap of items – miscellaneous things: papers, clothes, notepads, books, stuffed animals, picture frames. A woman enters stage left. One by one, she takes items out of the heap and moves them stage left, arranging them… Read morePlay a Day: That’s Better

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Play a Day: Priorities

April 11, 2015April 11, 2015 Dana

A bedroom. Stage left, a desk and chair. A large red neon sign blinks: “Art” Stage right, a bed. A large blue neon sign blinks: “Sleep” A woman stands center stage, looking from one side to the other. Sheepishly, she… Read morePlay a Day: Priorities

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Play a Day: Something > Nothing

April 11, 2015April 11, 2015 Dana

A giant fish tank, the like of which you would see in an aquarium. It is filled with small bits of paper with tasks written on them. It bears a label reading “Everything.” A smaller fish bowl, in which a single… Read morePlay a Day: Something > Nothing

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