Severed

SEVEREDby Ignacio Lopezwith an introduction by Noel AllainOct 2020$1280 pages4.5x6paper/perfect boundISBN: 978-1732545227Dark, disturbing, deft, irreverent, and revelatory, Ignacio Lopez’s monologue is at once a coming-of-age story, a horror story, and a highly theatrical experiment in radical empathy. Weaving together two very different voices grappling with strikingly similar crises of sexuality and conscience, Severed asks: where do we draw the line between human and monster, severing, as we do so, the possibility of empathy, forgiveness, and understanding? What happens when we see ourselves reflected in the monster’s eye?PRAISE FOR SEVERED:"With terrifying elegance, Severed blurs the lines between violence and desire, casting a spell in which even the tenderest intimacy can feel like a murder, a haunting, a loss of vital self. The play moved me as deeply as it scared me; I felt the cold fingers of a dogmatic past reach for my throat with stunning physical realness. A remarkable wor