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Location
La Jolla, CA
Project Title
The Wholehearted
Fiscal Year Awarded
2017
Grant or Program
National Theater Project Presentation Grant
Grant Amount
$6,000
THE WHOLEHEARTED is the unflinching portrait of a female boxer who survives a brutal attack by her husband. A tale of revenge and redemption, the violence of love, the sexuality of sports, and the high cost of fame, this new play utilizes live projections, film, and a thumping rockabilly score to explore the line between personal fantasy and hard reality—and what it takes to be a champion. Using text, song and physicality, it is a story fraught with the violence of love, the sexuality of sports and the truth behind the stories we tell ourselves. Deborah Stein and Suli Holum tackle the story of a fictive female boxer based on the biographies of iconic women in athletic history.