BUTCHERY LESSONS, 2025
Butchery Lessons by Emmeline Chuy is a high-energy ensemble piece surrounding Jo, a New York waitress looking for a cure to her loneliness in all the wrong places. A ghost twin, a dug-addicted chef, a sadistic therapist and a suicide attempt later, we are left questioning trust, satisfaction, and the meaning of feeling whole. Emmeline was both our playwright and lead actor, creating an extremely trusting and collaborative space where we could dance, lift, sweat, and serve. The show had a three day run at the Tank in March of 2025.
Butchery Lessons
By Emmeline Chuy
Presented by The Tank
Lead Producer: Michael Dufek
Co-Producer: Maya Jade Frank
Director: Cameron King
Lighting Designer: Claire Talbott
Jo: Emmeline Chuy
The Girl: Lia Elms
Chef: Brendan O'Leary
Harry: Atticus Shaindlin
Dr. Graves, Melinda: Alexa Roosevelt
Dan, Mr. Hundsberger, Dr. Heimann, Yankee Man: Andrew Otchere
Ashlynn, Louise, Jenna, Mrs. Hundsberger, Park Man: Isabel Renner
Lift Call at the Tank
"Butchery Lessons is fun, inventive, and honest. A rarity in an artistic industry that's afraid to take risk. Butchery Lessons gives me hope in indie art and in the future of narratives around messy women."
From the Rehearsal Room