The White Room

The White Room by Carina Lastimosa was selected as one of the recipients of Exposition Review’s Flash 405 contest which received an online publication and a production by Our Digital Stories.

Production Details:

Direction by Jeffrey Lo; Edited by Tasi Alabastro; Featuring Christine Jamlig, Caitlin Evenson, April Culver and Jeffrey Bracco

The White Room had its virtual world premiere on July 31, 2021 on Twitch. Watch the full live stream here.

I chose to write about my experience as an actor during COVID. At the time of writing this, it had been over a year since COVID wrecked all of our worlds. It should have given us a chance to reflect on what’s evolved and what, unfortunately, has continued to stall. The White Room sums up the frustrations I face as I navigate the world as a Filipina woman.

The judges comments for this play, perfectly sums up what I was trying to communicate: “This piece does a remarkable job at poking holes in theatre’s white allyship in just 10 pages. The questions that The White Room raises feel especially relevant given the digital space which heightens the awkwardness, toxicity, and anger that underlie the Zoom niceties.”

Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. The contest runs every other month during our “off” season (January-August), when regular submissions are closed. Flash 405 is judged by one of our managing editors or a guest judge. Each round is different; some judges will choose to have a theme, some will not.

For the Flash 405: February 2021 contest, Exposition Review partnered with Our Digital Stories, calling for short-form work set within the digital world and above all designed to be performed. This unique prompt was a reflection of the past year and how the social limitations of the pandemic also created new opportunities to tell and share our stories.

View the Press Release announcing Flash 405 recipients here.

Read the online publication here.

Watch the premiere of The White Room here.

Interested in producing The White Room? Head over to ‘Contact’ to inquire about the performance draft.