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The World Under the Magnifying Glass (or glassy for short)

In a micro-community of a six floor walk-up, one resident is often ridiculously sickly, another cares more for others than herself, while next door a man lives quietly tucked away behind a camera & a woman measures her worth by finding herself in front of it. Along the winding pictures of their lives we visually and sonically experience the distorting, delicate nature of their world illustrated by an installation-like set with projections and original music. ‘The World Under the Magnifying Glass’, or ‘Glassy’ for short, is a sequence of snapshots capturing four neighbors moving through private fragilities, and together practicing a muscular hope.
THE WORLD UNDER THE MAGNIFYING GLASS
CAST
Ashley Knight as Julie
Julia Freitas-Gordon as Jean
Via Michel as Bambi
Hunter Castro as Nico
PRODUCTION TEAM
Writer & Director: Asta Trivedi
Stage Manager: Ellie Miller
Scenic Designer: Chaz Strickland
Costume Designers: Nina Ganyard & Martina Grein
Projection Designers: Lily Barron & Asal Takesh
Lighting Designers: Maddie Boland & Naveen Bangalore
Lighting Assistant: Aaron Benedict
Sound Designer: Naveen Bangalore
Composer: Lily Barron

Additional team: Requis Sherby, Jay Gao, Athena Houghton,
Ahreumbi Rew & Yvonne Lou, photography
Aspen Narain, videography

October 2025

©2023 BY ASTA TRIVEDI

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