Penny Rogers lived a quaint life in Urbandale, Iowa. She passed away on October 28, 2021 in the ICU at Unity Point Health Center. Earlier that day, in the Whole Foods parking lot, a spy with impeccable aim pierced Penny’s skull using his 9mm glove pistol. Although Penny desperately yearned to be brought toward the light, she saw nothing but darkness. As she traveled through purgatory, Penny met four evil souls who tempted her into joining their realm of Hell. Lady Long Legs made spiders crawl out of Penny’s eyeballs; Stitches the Clown strapped her down and tickled her for eternity; Timmy, the lost boy, erased her defining facial features, one by one; and Lucia Divil drove her through hell and back. Through these four trials, her soul remained pure so she was released to the light. There, she met her Granny and Grampy who welcomed her with loving arms in paradise.

Purgatory is a mock-play turned into a photography project. What once was a shallow idea, became an exciting exploration of character development. Click here to see the full playbill.