Medici Slot Machine (Scirocco Drama)

Medici Slot Machine is a highly theatrical and surrealistic look at the life of American artist Joseph Cornell. Cornell, who is famous for his collage boxes of dime-store objects, excelled at turning the ordinary into the sacred. In real life, Joseph Cornell was a recluse who used his art to escape his family, his sterile suburban life, and his own psychological demons. Bringing precise order to his art was a way of triumphing over the chaos of his private life. This play chronicles that triumph while exploring the meaning of. Nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards: Best Production, Best New Play, and Best Director. Chosen a “Top 10 Production” by NOW Magazine in 2006.