Methods of Escape
Penn State BA Theatre Studies
January 2025
“Things would be a lot better if
everyone saw me the way you
do.”
A New Play written by Sylvie
Vanstory
A student goes on a weekend homework bender. Accompanied by the imagined characters from her half-finished novel, she parses through her history and contemplates her future via her journals and a series of lyrical monologues. Methods of Escape is a new play about the relationship between self-sabotage and self-healing, detailing the innermost workings of the mind of a creative spirit.