LOLITA EXPRESS
In 2008, Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy businessman, was convicted of sexually abusing a minor. It is speculated that he abused over 30 girls on his private island. Lolita Express is based on the accounts of these victims and is the second iteration of Capsized, the play developed at Brown/Trinity Rep. Lolita Express is an exploration of choice, luxury, sexual abuse, and memory. It follows 5 teenaged girls and one child of 9 as they cope with a life of sex slavery. Although the film centers on an experience of trauma, Lolita Express is full of joy, laughter and love. It is about young women finding beauty in horrible circumstances and finding the power and courage to protect each other. It is a love letter to survivors.
“Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes…" - Frederick Buechner
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Octavia Chavez-Richmond is a director, playwright, and actor whose work has been featured at international film festivals and regional theaters. She holds an MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Repertory where she received the David Wickham Playwriting Award. After graduating, Trinity Repertory awarded Octavia with the Margo Skinner Memorial Fellowship for 2018.
Octavia uses film and theater to explore women’s relationships to their bodies. She champions women of color and their sexual agency. Her work disrupts hierarchy, racism, and misogyny and challenges conventional beauty standards.
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JAYNE MCLENDON
ALYSSA BROCATO
AN-LIN DAUBER
REBECCA ELLSWORTH
LAUREN HEAVRIN
RACHEL GARNER
HANEUL SKY KIM
MAX BRANDENBURG
CARINA MARQUEZ
ALI SAYAGO
ALAN CHANG
GARETH NG
ALEX POSELSKI
ANNA WHOLEY
AN-LIN DAUBER
TIFFANY WILSON
CARLOS FEITOZA
LATOYA DE'SHAUN
CHELSEA VANN
KATIE ROWE
LISA HOYLE
CAROL BANDY
MELANIE PASTOR
KRISTIN GUSTAFSON
CHRISTINA CHO
CAST
BERNIE
NENA
SARABETH
RACHEL
DEL
JACQUELINE
TIGER
YOUNG NENA
YOUNG JACKIE
YOUNG BERNIE
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SABRINA REVELLE
ALEXIS B. SANTIAGO
AUDEN THORNTON
OLIVIA MILLER
ORIANA LADA
JAYNE MCLENDON
J MALLORY MCCREE
ISABELLA SUAREZ
MARYSSA HAYDEN
AMA KONADU
BRUCE GALE
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