I Do(n't)
A One Act
One Woman Show
by Composer/Librettist Renate B. Pluym
“If we do not recognise boundaries, we do not acknowledge ownership. If we do not acknowledge ownership, we step into the territory of another without permission, as though that person has no intrinsic claim to their own lives.”
I Do(n't)
I Do(n’t) is a song cycle/one woman show that explores personal agency in toxic relationships. Thought-provoking and challenging, I Do(n’t) explores our own role, individually and collectively, in the making and breaking of damaging romantic attachments. Deeply heartfelt, humorously ironic, and brutally honest, I Do(n’t) consists of 9 songs that offer the audience an artistic naming of the relationally unnamed.
development
I DO(N'T)
SYNOPSIS
Prologue
CONQUEST
SCENE 1: The Truth
I Don’t
BREACHED / How Lucky
SCENE 2: The Whole Truth
Little Heartbreakers Wounded
Rainy Sunday
I KNOW
SCENE 3: And?
Not A Café
SCENE 4: Nothing But The Truth
Papa, Would You Be
I Can Handle This
TALKING SPACE
SCENE 5: Epilogue
Your Apogee
Renaté Bianca wishes to express, with gratitude, that the development of this One-Woman Show has been facilitated through participation in the The Guerilla Writing Collective (Guerilla Opera, Boston USA) and has been supported by Arts Tasmania (Tasmanian Residencies, 2024/2025), with encouragement from local, Hobart-based Music & Theatre professionals.