Emily Trace
IMG_20181106_031318_653.jpg

“The Medium” by Gian Carlo Menotti at Spadina Museum

Charlotte \ Ghost \ Content Creator

Prophecy and heresy look all too similar until the future decides which was which.
— The Prayer to iorene

Creative Projects 

IMG_20181026_222405_412.jpg

The Other Bedroom

A horror screenplay exploring abuse recovery and mental heath through haunted house tropes

...myths require a living exegesis to understand: I illuminate their text beneath my skin and draw their silhouette upon its surface.
— Lady Asteroid
the Prayer to iorene.png

The Prayer to Iorene

Twenty years ago, a famed ballerina danced the role of a goddess and won a demonic husband. Now as his desire inverts towards the newest member of the company, her reply to power will transgress all scriptures as the two women negotiate their future beyond the sight of their gods. A science-fantasy queer love story inspired by Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”.

Lady Asteroid.png

Lady Asteroid

An asteroid lost to the vacuum passed on a set course within my mind until I was old enough to see her clearly. Charting the boundary between myth and madness in this abuse-recovery memoir, I analyze the imaginal structures my mind created as a child to survive a home poisoned by hatred and terror.

ngc6357a_hst_big.jpg
 

The Medium

libretto and composition by gian carlo menotti

Staged by White Mills Theatre company at Spadina Museum in Partnership with The city of TorontO

Directed by Brandon White and Shannon Mills

Musical Direction by William Shookhoff and claire Harris of Opera by RequesT

Screen Shot 2019-02-24 at 8.13.21 PM.png

A short series of five videos filmed during White Mills Theatre Co.'s workshop performance of "The Medium" from October, 2017. As we prepare for our collaboration with the City of Toronto in 2018, we've begun to reimagine these scenes and adapt them for an audience-immersive format.