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Amy Lynn Budd
Stage Director, Theatre Educator
The Thing That Ate My Brain Almost
Perishable Theatre, 2009
Written and Performed by Amy Lynn Budd
Directed by Connie Crawford
Choreography by Briana Masterson and Amy Lynn Budd
Full length play portraying the internal experience of “patienthood” through sequins, video, fringe, dance, feather boas, puppetry, comedy, and references to the work of film director Ed Wood. Rhode Island State Council on the Arts awarded funding for the piece in both 2007 and 2008. The Thing that Ate My Brain…Almost was produced by Perishable Theatre in 2009 and subsequently toured to Austin, Texas and Washigton, DC.
“Perishable’s Thing Devours Your Heart...spirals into colorful, fragmeted metaphor.” Jim Vickers, Motif Magazine
![I'm Fine, No Problem Here](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_d79edb4c47af4022b5212629252acc27.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_d79edb4c47af4022b5212629252acc27.jpeg)
I'm Fine, No Problem Here
![The Horror!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_ad543149779c4c27b793d091785bd2e8.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_ad543149779c4c27b793d091785bd2e8.jpeg)
The Horror!
![So Tired](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_72f0c76ff45a499e80775e9a97d16917.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_72f0c76ff45a499e80775e9a97d16917.jpeg)
So Tired
![Seven Tubes of Blood](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_52681cefe67840e78785b739405535d4.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_52681cefe67840e78785b739405535d4.jpeg)
Seven Tubes of Blood
![Voldemort Eats Some Delicious Brain](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_2562a033fa464b74ad2cdf889b22b2b5.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_185,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_2562a033fa464b74ad2cdf889b22b2b5.jpg)
Voldemort Eats Some Delicious Brain
![Voldemort the Brain Tumor Takes Over](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_55c154853a514e3bbe4e32210642c64f.jpg/v1/fill/w_108,h_162,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_55c154853a514e3bbe4e32210642c64f.jpg)
Voldemort the Brain Tumor Takes Over
![Who's Your Superman?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_272807d8cf154738987e9af0b5d21efe.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_272807d8cf154738987e9af0b5d21efe.jpeg)
Who's Your Superman?
![Barbie and Superman Visit the ER](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_ff11c78155cd476eb3393b27bf5bbea5.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_ff11c78155cd476eb3393b27bf5bbea5.jpeg)
Barbie and Superman Visit the ER
![I Want YOUR Brain](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_cc6bdd13632a42b893bba9042610e769.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_221,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_cc6bdd13632a42b893bba9042610e769.jpeg)
I Want YOUR Brain
![Hospital Bondage, Reverse Striptease](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_edbace510f154b8a83211c8a8461f75d.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_213,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_edbace510f154b8a83211c8a8461f75d.jpeg)
Hospital Bondage, Reverse Striptease
![Pneumoencephalography, A Lecture](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_b3b5373362dd481aaf09ab6e62fb4f50.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_b3b5373362dd481aaf09ab6e62fb4f50.jpeg)
Pneumoencephalography, A Lecture
![Angora Makes Eddie Feel Better](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_4c6d178b006842e1bc900f16c69531f4.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_221,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_4c6d178b006842e1bc900f16c69531f4.jpeg)
Angora Makes Eddie Feel Better
![Creeping Heredity](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_17744836df0444a4a0216463cfbcdf81.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_221,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_17744836df0444a4a0216463cfbcdf81.jpeg)
Creeping Heredity
![Young and Healthy, a Dance Number.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_3cc9caf08ecf4b98a7f8162cc15fc603.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_221,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_3cc9caf08ecf4b98a7f8162cc15fc603.jpeg)
Young and Healthy, a Dance Number.
![Cerebral Angiogram with Angie O'Gram](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_d699a0f27e734cad8d9cb0d73cc796a5.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_d699a0f27e734cad8d9cb0d73cc796a5.jpeg)
Cerebral Angiogram with Angie O'Gram
![Who's the Star Here?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_fe66c6610deb4b2db8a2f05c500f766e.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_fe66c6610deb4b2db8a2f05c500f766e.jpeg)
Who's the Star Here?
![In Space Beyond the Grave with Mom](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_0ceafde8208548a78547a099eecf3439.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_0ceafde8208548a78547a099eecf3439.jpeg)
In Space Beyond the Grave with Mom
![Gratuitous Spinal Tap Reference](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_a6baf61f08304d49a21235d08bfac058.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_a6baf61f08304d49a21235d08bfac058.jpeg)
Gratuitous Spinal Tap Reference
![A Grotesque Dream Ballet](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_15434c9218c84498850aad92d64707d4.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_221,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_15434c9218c84498850aad92d64707d4.jpeg)
A Grotesque Dream Ballet
![Waking Up From Brain Surgery](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_bd4b8b9f66d243f383b5069109f399ef.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_106,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_bd4b8b9f66d243f383b5069109f399ef.jpeg)
Waking Up From Brain Surgery
![Brain Surgery OR NOT? A Game Show](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/163cce_58bd64a1349c4a16a298af1bfefeac7c.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/163cce_58bd64a1349c4a16a298af1bfefeac7c.jpeg)
Brain Surgery OR NOT? A Game Show
Photos by Tom Stio
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