May 6, 2023 | 4:30PM
Logan Screening Room
Beverly Hill is a TV pilot created by Marissa Fenley and Madeline Mahrer that explores the dynamics of rich housewifery by forcing it to adjust to a post-capitalist world. Set ten years after a major economic revolution, this episode follows six housewives, represented by papier mâché rod puppets, who live together in a dilapidated mansion atop Beverly Hill—the last hill left standing in the one-time playground of the rich and famous.
May 6th 4:30-7:30 PM
Logan Center Screening Room (rm 201)
Please RSVP here: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/beverlyhill
Schedule
4:30-5:45 Multimedia Presentations on Puppetry and Reality Television
Torry Bend
Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Duke University
Beatrice Bradley
Assistant Professor of English
Muhlenberg College
Sarah Rebecca Kessler
Assistant Professor of English
University of Southern California
Olivia Stowell
Ph.D. Student in the Department of Communication & Media
University of Michigan
Brandon Truett
Luce Foundation Curator of Academic Programs
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University
5:45-6:00 Break
6:00-6:15 Introduction to the film
Marissa Fenley
Harper Schmidt Fellow in TAPS
University of Chicago
6:15-6:45 Beverly Hill Screening
6:45-7:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A
7:30-8:30 Catered reception