Riven / Conceived by Marina Zurita, created in collaboration with Laila Garroni and Josanna Vaz
Riven is a new play in development (NYC Women’s Fund and BAC grantee) based on interviews with Brazilian catadores (waste pickers, who colect and sort recyclable materials as a way of living). The story of Riven centers the interweaving lives of Melina and Alessandra, two black Brazilian catadoras (waste pickers) working at a scrapyard in the city of São Paulo. As these two women sort through piles of waste in the predictable day-to-day of the scrapyard, they face the impacts of a chaotic and unforgiving world outside. Melina and Alessandra must sort through not only the accumulated discards of others, but through the accumulations of their own complex relationship.
CAST
Alecsys Proctor-Turner, Josanna Vaz, and Isabelle Bushue.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production team: Ana Moioli and Giorgia Valenti; Scenic Design: Federica Borlenghi; Sound Design: Isabelle Bushue and Jackson Pelz; Lighting Design: Izzie Cava; Stage Manager: Erin Gray.
Saudades / by Fernando Segall
CAST
Ana Moioli, Júlia Burnier, Dylan Jernet, Davon Howard, Gonçalo Ruivo.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production: Ana Moioli; Lighting Design: Izzie Cava and Josh Martinez-Davis; Scenic Design: Yulanda Yo-Rong Shieh; Stage Manager: Erin Gray.
Love & Depositions / conceived by Marina Zurita, Acadia Barrengos and Mollye Maxner
Love and Depositions is a deconstruction of Seneca’s Trojan Women. While Seneca’s work tells the story of the aftermath of the Trojan War for the women of Troy, Love & Depositions focuses on the life of a teenage girl obsessed with the Greek myths. Our protagonist searches incessantly for the semblance of Polyxena – a girl in Seneca’s Trojan Women, who is sacrificed in the tomb of Achilles and is the only character with no lines in the play. Love & Depositions becomes a labyrinth inside our protagonist’s mind, who for personal and identitary reasons spends her life in the search for a fictional character who was not given a chance to speak.
CAST
Isabelle Bushue, Maddy Brown, Michael Washignton, Isa Newport, Tess Riley, Deandre Sevon, Maleek Slade, Lukey Klein.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenic Design: Melissa Owens AND Erin Morales, Lighting Design: Wheeler Moon, Costume Design: Sara Petty, Sound Design: Ian Vespermann, Sound Design John Schrillo, Wig & Makeup D.: Suyan Zeng Production: Keenan V. Name, Props Design: Natalie Carney, Technical Direc: Ana P. Aguilera, Stage Manager: Kate Baxter, Pod Artists: Abel Brone-Hammer, Pablo Gonzalez, Carew Henry, Jules L. Magnuz, Ering Morales, and Melissan Owens. Musicians: Isabelle Bushue, Jackson Pelz, Marta Dorovic, Luca Kevorkian, Chris Forbes, Elizabeth Saller
Mother Tongue / a devised piece conceived by Marina Zurita.
Mother Tongue started the research behind Riven. Mother Tongue is a monologue and movement based piece, which depicts the work, life, and memories of waste pieckers working in a cooperative in Brazil.
CAST
Caroline Farley, Tyler Felix, Ishmael Gonzalez, Logan Gould, Alyssa James, Daniella Macre, Jason Sanchez.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenic Design: Joelle Gonzalez, Lighting Design: Taylor Gordon, Costume Design: Logan Benson, Sound Design: Elizabeth Copenhaver, W&M: Kenzie Biundo, Technical Direction: Scott Beckwith, Production Manager: Natasha Ramos, Props Design: Amy Liberty, Stage Management: Ashley Pennington.
Yerma / by Simon Stone
CAST
Her: Acadia Barrengos/ John: Tyler Felix / Marry: Tess Riley / Helen: Maddy Brown / Des: Isabelle Bushue / Victor: Jacob Moskovitz
PRODUCTION TEAM
Lighting Designer: Stephen Smart / Sound Designer: Isabelle Bushue / Scenic Designer: Houston Odum / W&M Designer: KC Paulson / Stage Manager: Cori Matos & Olivia Kurima
Heroes of The Fourth Turning / by Will Arbery
CAST
Teresa: Nicole Sollazzo / Justin: Jeremy Gill / Emily: Emma Weinswig / Kevin: Sam Hyrkin / Gina: Anika Ramlo
PRODUCTION TEAM
Stage Manager: Sarah Grover / Scenic Designer: Romello Huins / Lighting Designer: Grayson Moreno / Sound Designer: Sam Hayes / Costume Designer: Olivia Alicadri / W&M Designer: Whitney Cline / Film crew: Robin Deep and Seth Bowman
For The Time Being / by Ana Moioli
CAST
Maria: Ana Moioli / Rachel: Devlin Stark / Drew: Martin Drop & Giorgia Valenti
PRODUCTION TEAM
Stage Manager: Giorgia Valenti / Lighting Designer: Brendan Warner
Goosey / by Marina Zurita
CAST
Lucy: Sarah Barnett / Gordon: Richard Hoetzel / Cooper: Michael Werner / Leah: Denise Wolken / Carmen: Alexis Eldridge / Peter: Martin Drop
PRODUCTION TEAM
Set Design: Jungah Han / Lighting Design: Zizi Azah Abdul Majid / Stage Manager: Stephen Stane / Theatre Manager: Haydn Díaz