Diana Wyenn's BLOOD/SUGAR Available Now On-Demand

Plain Wood Productions has announced that its groundbreaking theater and film hybrid Blood/Sugar-created, directed, and performed by theater artist Diana Wyenn-is now available on-demand to the public.Historical perspectives, staggering statistics, and personal narrative collide with video effects, Shakespearean texts, and original movement to create a vivid account of the life-sustaining care that diabetes currently demands from one out of every 10 American adults. Creator Diana Wyenn, who has Type 1 diabetes, places her story and body at the center of the work, as both a carrier of the disease and a vehicle for theatrical transmission. Originally conceived in 2017 for the stage, Blood/Sugar was reworked in 2020 to be performed live from Wyenn’s own home due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is now available for on-demand streaming in 2021.”After more than a decade of living with diabetes, I learned that roughly 90% of cases are preventable and reversible,” shares creator and director Diana Wyenn. “Immediately, I turned all my skills as a storyteller toward creating a theatrical response that dispels the lies, mystery, and shame surrounding diabetes in all its forms.””Then COVID-19 pandemic hit, and I saw people living with diabetes on the CDC’s list of vulnerable communities. I knew…
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