St. Ann’s Warehouse presents the American premiere of Gina Moxley’s punk-propelled satire The Patient Gloria, directed by John McIlduff. At the center of The Patient Gloria is Three Approaches to Psychotherapy (aka The Gloria Films), an influential 1965 series of training films featuring Gloria Szymanski, a single mother parenting a daughter in fourth grade, and three psychotherapy giants: Carl Rogers, Frederick (Fritz) Perls and Albert Ellis. Szymanski consented to participate in the films under the condition that they were to be used only for training purposes and in psychology classes. But they were ultimately released on TV and in cinemas, scattering Gloria’s intimate reflections across American culture and discourse. Moxley employs a combination of vintage film, theatrical reenactment, propulsive music and personal reflections to lay bare the deep legacy of sexism in psychotherapy.
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