JULIETTE
CARBONNIER
writer//performer//comedian
PLAYS
Polin
Polin is a darkly comic one-person play about Polin, a young woman trying to understand how her Yiddish comedian grandmother died of sadness. In the hopes of escaping family ghosts, Polin journeys to Frances’ homeland of Poland, where she must grapple with what is and isn’t left behind. Inspired by the playwright’s Yiddish performer ancestors, Polin is about unearthing the past and grappling with family possessions, both emotional and physical. Polin is both irreverent and vulnerable, comedic and tragic, bleak and hopeful.
Winner of Princeton’s prestigious post-graduate Martin A. Dale Fellowship, Polin is a contemporary tribute to Yiddish theater including original songs, clownery, Yiddish ghosts, and, of course, a little bit of shtick… .
Supported + developed by Princeton University's Martin A. Dale ‘53 Postgraduate Fellowship.
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Bodywork
Bodywork is a dark comedy play about chronic pain, women’s bodies, and the connection between physical and emotional health.
Maia, a young woman who suffers from inexplicable chronic pain, becomes a test patient for a radical new surgery that would switch out her current body for a healthy, “pain-free” body. With everyone around her claiming to know what’s best for her body, Maia struggles to decide whether she is willing to leave behind the body she’s known her whole life...
Developmental production, directed by Sabina Jafri, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, November 2023 (details here)
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COMEDY
Comedy Skit
"First Kiss," from Campelot, written by Juliette Carbonnier
Princeton Triangle Club, 2022