About the Project
The Annulment is a darkly comic solo show about faith, fame, and a Latina woman reclaiming authorship of her life—one form, ritual, and uncomfortable truth at a time. The performer plays Zoe, a middle-aged nurse, wife, and mother who just wants to get her son baptized. Instead, she discovers the Catholic concept of annulment and learns that divorce isn’t enough. Without Church approval, her ex-husband may remain spiritually attached to her forever. Even God, it turns out, requires paperwork. That ex isn’t just anyone. He’s a charismatic Latino magician and celebrity performer, celebrated as a community voice and half of a flashy, gender-bending magic-comedy duo. When they meet, he sweeps Zoe into premieres, galas, and cultural cool points, offering spectacle in place of presence, mistaking access for intimacy. But Zoe is looking for depth, not dazzle. When glamour fails to substitute for emotional honesty or the daily work of choosing one another, the marriage begins to fracture. Over time, their private life becomes public material, and her place in the story shrinks to a punchline. Years later, the annulment process forces Zoe to revisit what fame once buried: power imbalances, narrative control, and the quiet cost of being edited out of your own story. Performed with rapid character shifts, sharp humor, and moments of magical realism, The Annulment is built for the risk-taking spirit of the Hollywood Fringe. With minimal costume changes and symbolic props, one performer embodies priests, shamans, doctors, fans—and Zoe herself—revealing who gets believed, forgiven, and remembered. Funny, fearless, and unexpectedly tender, The Annulment asks what silence costs—and what becomes possible when a woman finally tells the truth out loud.
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