BLUE DEVILS is a work in progress which uses music, voice, physical theatre, movement to explore imagined moments in the lives of  four of Tennessee Williams’ heroines who were treated as mentally unstable because of their refusal to satisfy the expectations of society. 
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In  1943, after being diagnosed as schizophrenic, Rose Williams, Tennessee Williams’ sister, underwent a prefrontal lobotomy which left her menatlly incapacitated. Williams was very close to his sister and this trauma left its mark on the man and on the writer.

Shades of Rose can be found in many of Williams’ female characters.
Mentally unstable or free spirited ? Blanche, Zelda ,Serafina, Catherine are strong, unconventional women that normative society tries to ground down. In the plays that feature these heroines, Tennessee Williams questions society’s treatment of women who don’t fit into the mold.

Inspired by his writings, the piece will take the audience into the imagined private world of these characters, into the unwritten.

"This is an engaging and compelling piece. Stella Godmet, the deviser and performer is by turns agitated and frenetic and absorbing to watch on stage." 
 Samantha McCaffrey, Gcn, https://bit.ly/2SJW3z1