QUINN EMANUEL ‘Artist IN Residency’ portfolio
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In progress work samples - “backwash”
“BACKWASH” is an in-progress concert length musical variety show modeled after the televised variety acts of the 1950’s (specifically Spike Jones Show and the Colgate Comedy Hour). The work follows the host of the show, who is a person who stutters. The variety show format allows for monologues, musical numbers, skits, and sketches to serve as the frame for an exploration of speech, communication, fluency, and what it is like to live with a stutter.