A 50-minute performance piece inviting a female medical resident, in which a day in her life—based on interviews—is condensed and traced.
Role ofMedical Intern (Miki Kurihara): Midori Miyamori
Roles of Patient, Senior Doctor, and Colleague: Miki Kurihara
Roles of Patient, Senior Doctor, and Colleague: Miki Kurihara
Following the timeline from waking to going to bed, Miyamori performs the role of “Resident Miki Kurihara,” moving through the day’s situations as they unfold.
She wakes up, makes lunch for both herself and her live-in boyfriend, goes to work, changes into her uniform, and checks medical charts—each scene guided only by a list of To-Dos.
Throughout the performance, Kurihara herself interrupts to give feedback—“You missed this part,” “I usually do it like this,” and so on—which Miyamori then applies in the following scenes.
By having the person being portrayed correct the missing details of her own reenactment, the work seeks to increase its level of resolution and self-reflexivity.
By having the person being portrayed correct the missing details of her own reenactment, the work seeks to increase its level of resolution and self-reflexivity.
There was no script—only the act of tracing the surface of daily life.
No matter how much Miyamori was thrown off by Kurihara’s improvisations—the shifting situations, the unpredictable behaviors of those around her—she could never step out of the role of “Miki Kurihara, medical resident.”
No matter how much Miyamori was thrown off by Kurihara’s improvisations—the shifting situations, the unpredictable behaviors of those around her—she could never step out of the role of “Miki Kurihara, medical resident.”
In advance, Miyamori was not informed about the personalities of the patients or the traits of the senior doctors. At any moment, a patient might suddenly explode in anger, or a superior might make a remark denying her competence as a person.
Indeed, during rehearsals, she encountered both harsh, confrontational patients and unexpectedly kind ones.
Indeed, during rehearsals, she encountered both harsh, confrontational patients and unexpectedly kind ones.
What was striking was that the patients, senior doctors, and colleagues played by Kurihara all seemed uncannily familiar.
She was reenacting people she actually knew—her real supervisors, coworkers, and former patients.
Miyamori, on the other hand, had never seen Kurihara at work, nor had she ever overheard doctors speaking to each other.
It was precisely this gap—between lived experience and reenactment—that defined the difference between them.
She was reenacting people she actually knew—her real supervisors, coworkers, and former patients.
Miyamori, on the other hand, had never seen Kurihara at work, nor had she ever overheard doctors speaking to each other.
It was precisely this gap—between lived experience and reenactment—that defined the difference between them.
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研修医の女性を招き、取材に基づき１日のスケジュールをダイジェストにしたものをトレーするパフォーマンス作品（50分）。
研修医（栗原みき）役：宮森みどり
患者・上級医・同期 役：栗原みき
患者・上級医・同期 役：栗原みき
起床〜就寝までのタイムスケジュールに沿って、シチュエーションに振り回されながら「研修医栗原みき」役を演じる。
起床し、同棲する彼氏の分もお弁当を作り、出勤する。そこで制服に着替え、カルテの確認をする。といった具合に、ToDoだけ与えられた状態で宮森はトレースを進める。
途中、栗原本人からのダメ出し（〇〇が抜けている・私はいつもこうしている、等）をもらいながら、次のシーンに役立てていく。宮森によるトレースで取りこぼした部分を本人が指摘していくことで、より解像度を高めようと試みた。
台本はなく、だけど生活を表面的になぞる。どんなにシチュエーションや周囲の人間を演じる栗原に翻弄されても、「研修医である栗原みき」役から降りることはできない。
事前に、患者の性格や上級医の性質などは宮森に知らされず、突然患者が怒り狂ったり、上級医が人格否定的な発言をする可能性もあった。実際に稽古の中でも、キツいことを言う患者さんや、逆にとても親切な患者さんを診た。
宮森のシチュエーショントレースに対して、栗原の演じる患者・上級医・同期は、奇妙なほど似ている。普段接している上級医や同期の友達、実際にこれまで診てきた患者を彼女はトレースしている。宮森は栗原の仕事を見たことがなく、医者同士の会話を聞いたこともない。それが栗原には経験としてあったからこその差が生まれた。
Stage Manager：Kazuki Sekine 関根一樹
Documentation：Kazuki Sekine 関根一樹
After Talk Guest：Minoru Hatanaka 畠中実（Chief Curator at ICC）
