play New York

Sleepless

The Elif Collective

2026

Piggy is sculpting. His deadline approaches. Mathilde urges him to work faster from the corner where she sits, blindfolded. When Piggy allows her to touch the sculpture, Mathilde insists that it––that she––is warm. Is Piggy sculpting Mathilde? Is she Piggy's muse, or not? sleepless is a play and figure-drawing class that interrogates creative obsession and objectification. Guests explore Piggy and Mathilde's relationship by witnessing scenes that take place in Piggy's studio, and participating in figure drawing classes where Piggy teaches how to represent Mathilde's body. sleepless asks: What does it mean to be a muse? And should we ever aspire to be one?