Creating the performance space

After saying earlier in the interview:

On some nights

I don't know where Carapace

begins and Manuel's ends

they're so integral

Joyce talked about the storyteller and audience creating the performance space together:

It's the people.

It's the audience.

It's both of those things

coming together and

that symbiosis that happens.

It's a perfect storm.

It is like it’s possible for the space to not matter at all. It is the storyteller treating the space like a stage and the audience giving that space as a stage that makes it a performance space.

Joyce gave another example of people ignoring the space when talking about lighting.

I wish we had mood lighting.

I think lighting would be a big key

but I've seen this place lit up bright as day.

People will be involved in the story.

Dimmer lighting might make for a more conducive storytelling environment, but the audience is willing to ignore that the sun is still up during the summer shows.