Deepest Man

Deepest Man charts the inner journey of Dr. Sommers (Spencer Barros) as he explores the grief caused by his wife’s death. A voiceover greets the audience as they enter the space, explaining the physical effects and some of the spiritual motivations for the extreme sport of deep free-diving. A minimalist glass sink and table occupy the front playing space, behind it the transparent plastic screen that will later make holographic projections possible, and beyond this another larger playing space. Nurses (Libby Skala & Miguel Reis) and another doctor (Vienna Carroll) enter with Dr. Sommers, gossiping amongst each other. A few lines reveal that Sommers is in this instance a patient, and that this is some sort of mental ward. An alarm sounds calling away the nurses and the attending doctor. The voiceover returns, this time more pleading than informative. Sommers approaches the sink, and at the insistence of this voice, places his face in the water. Projections on the side of the stage show the space flooding with the water; we are joining Sommers on his aquatic spiritual journey.