I Am, You Are, We Are the Oracle: Self-reflective Questions as Provocations for Playwriting

We change our voice depending on the environment, interactions, and personal safety, but what is our voice when we are by ourselves? Finding ways to elicit freer self-expression has the potential to enable self-reclamation. 'I Am, You Are, We Are the Oracle' is an intersectional investigation into the nuanced construction of women's voices in modern society.

This presentation will investigate the construction of metaphorical voice as a socially crafted resonant response and identify methods to enhance personal agency when engaging in playwriting. In a society rich with stimuli and laden with noise, finding one's voice amongst it all proves increasingly challenging. Can oracle cards be a tool to help women find a voice that resonates with themselves?