Artistic Statement

I aim to fuse sensuous experience and the public sphere; the interior lives of characters and the sociopolitical systems that hold us in their grip; the cosmos and the mystery of human existence within it.

A key formal concern in my plays is rhythm and musical form. I love to play with time in my work. I want speakable language that’s also poetically condensed.

I write about the predicaments of women, non-belongers, outsiders, and refugees. I’m in search of new forms, new stories, new language to respond to the climate crisis, for all who are caught up in this emergency.

Joyce Van Dyke

Artistic Statement

I aim to fuse sensuous experience and the public sphere; the interior lives of characters and the sociopolitical systems that hold us in their grip; the cosmos and the mystery of human existence within it.

A key formal concern in my plays is rhythm and musical form. I love to play with time in my work. I want speakable language that’s also poetically condensed.

I write about the predicaments of women, non-belongers, outsiders, and refugees. I’m in search of new forms, new stories, new language to respond to the climate crisis, for all who are caught up in this emergency.