More than 30 DC-based theatre artists come together to create seven fresh new 10-minute plays in just 10 days. All seven plays are inspired by a single piece of visual art from the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery at George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts & Design. KLECKSOGRAPHY: VOX POPULI is a live-action inkblot test catalyzed by the themes and characters from Rorschach’s 2025 Psychogeographies Project, Vox Populi. (But don’t worry if you didn’t catch Psychogeographies–we’ll catch you up when you get there!)

This annual project commissions artists to create plays over 10 days and focuses on providing creative challenges, visibility, and networking opportunities to emerging artists. The performances will take place at the historic Corcoran Flagg Building in partnership with George Washington University. The name “Klecksography” comes from a game played by Hermann Rorschach as a child that involved making shapes out of ink on a blank page. Inspired by this game he would go on to develop his famous psychological test, the Rorschach Inkblot Test.

The Luthor W. Brady Gallery will be open before the shows and features the exhibit “Unruly Discourse: A communal excavation” – A collaborative exhibition between the GW Collection and For Freedoms aiming to ignite a dialogue around the diverse, personal, and political understanding of civic participation and its role in our lives today through works found in the GW Collection.

PLAYWRIGHTS: Jaya S. Basu, Molly Brennan, Abby Dunbar, Ezinne Elele, Elliott Kashner, Sarah Marie Wilson / DIRECTORS: Daniel Brody, Allyson Currin, Bri Houtman, Youri Kim, Nancy Linden, Alessandro McLaughlin, Jacob Yeh / ACTORS: Nessa Amherst, Hansin Arvind, Ingrid Bork, Hannah Chester, Tristin Evans, Ally Fenton, Aja Goode, Lillian Grace Hall, Cammiel Hussey, Brooke Kemph, Emily Kile, Alexander Kim, Charlotte Kim, Ali Lightfield, Paul Pelletier Jr, Katie Quinn, Danielle Lauren Rhodes, Shannon Rodgers, Sedona Salb, Hannah Taylor, Daniel Zanchettin, Hui Zhu / PRODUCERS/CURATORS: Jenny McConnell Frederick and Randy Baker

All pictures from Klecksography 2024 | Photos: Ryan Maxwell Photography