BIKINI (in development)

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BRESLIN
CREATED WITH CAT RODRÍGUEZ,
DEVELOPED WITH ARIEL SIBERT AND ZOE MANN

inspired by Flaubert’s Madame Bovary

ABOUT

Emma is unimpressed with her life, her wife, her job, and her body. Malaised by her incessant mediocrity, she’s looking for a rush. She finds it at her New Jersey gym: in sex, in deadlifting, in debt. Set in the world of competitive bikini bodybuilding, this riff on Flaubert’s Madame Bovary is also inspired by interviews with real-life competitors, autobiography, and found-texts from the internet. 

DEVELOPMENT

Supported by the Sundance Latine Fellowship

Residences:
Duke University Department of Theater Studies (March 2023)
New York Theater Workshop (June 2023)
The Tank (Fall 2023)
CultureHub (October 2023)
The Civilians R+D Group (October 2023-May 2024)