The New Collectives present:
Directed by Rachel Dart
In the days following the Trojan War,
how do the women find the will to survive as they await their fate at the hands of the conquering Greeks?
A story of women's strength, hope, and community as their lives are uprooted.
how do the women find the will to survive as they await their fate at the hands of the conquering Greeks?
A story of women's strength, hope, and community as their lives are uprooted.
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Shows:
November 1st -18th Wednesday - Saturday All shows @ 8p Tickets: $20 online or at the door Equity Approved Showcase
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Location:
Balcony Theater The Center at West Park 165 W 86th Street, NY, NY 10024 Subways: 1, B, C to 86th St. •Please note: theater is not wheelchair accessible• |
Please Note: this play includes on stage violence, direct references to sexual violence, and references to the atrocities committed in war.
Artistic Director & performer Giverny Petitmermet, director Rachel Dart, sound designer Elizabeth May, dramaturg Taylor Beidler, and assistant director Alex Guhde sat down with Go See a Show! podcast host (and The Trojan Women sound designer) Robert Ganyo to discuss the play, why we were drawn to it, and " how theatre can be the catalyst to a live conversation about what really matters."
Take a Listen!
Take a Listen!
What Audiences Are Saying About The Show:
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"A profoundly feminist...and engaging production!"
"It is profoundly disturbing to hear how contemporary the descriptions sound. Equally disturbing is the fact that though these words relate to a war time situation, the idea of women as “prizes” and their experience of men could equally relate to what we are learning about the experiences of women at the hands of Harvey Weinstein …and others…in the Hollywood establishment." - Robert L. Brashear Read More! |
."Great acting, Must see, Profound, Relevant, Great staging. See it if you are interested in seeing a beautifully acted 2500-yr-old play still speak to us today. This production is a treasure"
- gloria 6311, ShowScore Member "The translation: Gorgeous; a major reason to go...All of the major scenes sparked of surprise, grief, rage, and finished strong." - Stephi L, ShowScore Member |
"This is what you want from a production of Trojan Women."
-Kendra 6234, ShowScore Member "Particularly strong was the performance of Marcie Henderson as Hecuba who, once a queen, was still the moral center of the women. She brought a great range of strength, grief and rage at the right spots." - Bill B 6229, ShowScore Member Read more from ShowScore Members! |
As part of The New Collectives' 2017 season mission of giving back both artistically and financially, we will be collecting donations at the show for UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency and Bond Street Theatre, through the sale of pins featuring text from the play.
Thanks to the generosity of our audience, we were able to raise $400!
Thanks to the generosity of our audience, we were able to raise $400!
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Each Thursday, post-show forums will be held with individuals working in/with the refugee and immigrant communities.
The goal is to raise awareness about women refugees in our modern political climate at the local, national, and international level
and to create an opportunity for the arts to intersect with activism.
Our forums were curated by Education & Outreach director Erin Maxon and Dramaturg Taylor Beidler.
The goal is to raise awareness about women refugees in our modern political climate at the local, national, and international level
and to create an opportunity for the arts to intersect with activism.
Our forums were curated by Education & Outreach director Erin Maxon and Dramaturg Taylor Beidler.
Thursday, November 2nd
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Safe Passage Project
Lenni B. Benson Lenni B. Benson is a full time law professor and the founder of the Safe Passage Project housed at New York Law School. She has been teaching and working in the field of immigration law for over thirty years. She is the coauthor of a text book on immigration and nationality law and is co-editor of a forthcoming book on the legal treatment of unaccompanied minors around the world for Elgar Press. She is a board member of Safe Passage Project and teaches a course where students volunteer to assist unaccompanied children in deportation proceedings. She is a founding member of the American Immigration Representation Project that seeks to expand pro bono representation for detained people. She is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and an emeritus member of the board of the American Immigration Council. She graduated from the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law in Tempe Arizona in 1983 and grew up on a citrus farm in Mesa, Arizona. She has won several awards for her teaching and advocacy in the field and has served as a consultant to the federal government on how to improve the immigration courts. Mich P. Gonzalez Mich P. Gonzalez is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Safe Passage Project, a non-profit dedicated to representing immigrant children. A 2013 graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo Law and a 2009 graduate of NYU, Mich has dedicated herself to to the fight for immigrant and LGBT rights. Prior to joining Safe Passage, Mich was a Senior Attorney with the Children’s Legal Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice. Before that she worked as a detention attorney with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Immigrant Rights Program. At AFSC, Mich helped to launch the Friends’ Representation Initiative of New Jersey (FRINJ), a public defender pilot project serving detained non-citizens. During her time with the scrappy team of three, FRINJ defended nearly 400 detained individuals from deportation. Before that Mich was the first Cardozo Immigration Justice Removal Defense Fellow. She completed her fellowship at Immigration Equality, where she testified before New York City Council against the use of solitary confinement and its disproportionate impact on transgender immigrants in detention. |
Bond Street Theatre
Heddy Lahmann-Rosen Heddy Lahmann-Rosen is an experienced theatre artist with a heart for young people and arts education. She has worked as a teaching artist domestically and internationally, specializing in acting, slapstick, and clowning. As a performer, her experience includes international humanitarian work in Haiti, off-broadway, regional theatre, and film. She is currently earning a PhD in International Education at NYU, where her research focuses Bond Street Theatre’s (BST) Creativity in Action program with in Afghanistan. Heddy has traveled internationally with Clowns Without Borders and BST, using performing arts for peace and healing in areas of conflict. Her domestic teaching artist work includes drama and storytelling with the Refugee Youth Summer Academy and Saturday Learning Series with the International Rescue Commission (IRC) and Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP), and an original educational kids show about Amelia Earhart with BST's Young Audiences program. Academy of Medical and Public Health Services Mon Yuck Yu Mon Yuck Yu is co-founder, Board Member, and Executive Vice President & Chief of Staff at the Academy of Medical & Public Health Services (AMPHS), specializing in community engagement, government relationships, and health programming. As a first-generation immigrant who has experienced immense challenges accessing healthcare for her family, she has dedicated her career to fighting for immigrant healthcare rights -- from organizing localized disease outbreak response initiatives to advocating for universal health coverage to spurring civic engagement efforts among immigrant communities. Mon Yuck holds a Masters of Public Administration in Urban & Health Policy and Management from Columbia University and has served in multiple capacities in the New York State Assembly, Chinese-American Planning Council, and Turning Point Outreach Center; in 2015, she was recognized by City & State’s New York Nonprofit Media as a 40 Under 40 Rising Star. Ashley Portillo Ashley Portillo holds a Master of International Affairs in human rights and international conflict resolution from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. As a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow, Ashley researched the Domestic Workers' Convention and the ways in which Germany can utilize it to protect the working rights of refugees considering domestic work. Currently, she works as the Program Assistant for the Academy of Medical and Public Health Services in Brooklyn. |
Thursday, November 9th
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Safe Passage Project
Lauren Blodgett Lauren Blodgett is an attorney at a non-profit in New York called the Safe Passage Project, where she provides legal representation to child refugees fleeing gender-based violence, sexual abuse, and trafficking. At Safe Passage, Lauren co-founded a girls empowerment group called Las Mariposas (the Butterflies) that includes 15 of her teenage clients. The group meets each month to participate in activities aimed at community-building and empowerment, such as yoga, dancing, story-telling, and self-defense. Before working at Safe Passage, Lauren graduated from Harvard Law School, where she served on the board of the Harvard Immigration Project and the Harvard African Law Association. During law school, Lauren worked in Morocco, Thailand, Jordan, Tanzania and Cambodia on various human rights issues, with a particular focus on refugee rights and children’s rights. Before law school, Lauren spent a year as a Fulbright scholar in Innsbruck, Austria, and worked at a refugee center in Cape Town, South Africa. Lauren graduated from Boston College in 2011 with a double major in Political Science and German. Samantha Norris Samantha Norris is Supervising Social Worker and co-founder of a girls empowerment group called Las Mariposas (the Butterflies) at Safe Passage Project. She joined the Safe Passage Project in the spring of 2015. Prior to joining , she was a social worker at South Bronx United, where she provided counseling and advocacy to youth and families and also coached a competitive high school girls’ soccer team. Before moving to NYC, Samantha served two years in the Peace Corps as a Youth Development Volunteer in the mountains of the Dominican Republic, where she worked with at-risk children, youth, and families in collaboration with a local nonprofit organization. Her passions include immigrant rights, youth development, gender empowerment, and soccer. Born and raised in Chicago, Samantha received her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her M.A. in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. She is currently working towards a certificate in immigration law from the CUNY School of Professional Studies and is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) in New York State. |
Her Justice
Amanda W. Doroshow Amanda joined Her Justice in 2016. As a Staff Attorney, she represents women and children living in poverty in NYC in a variety of immigration matters. Amanda also mentors and trains volunteer attorneys to provide crucial immigration assistance to women who are survivors of intimate partner violence. Prior to Her Justice, she was an Immigrant Rights Attorney with the Empire Justice Center. In June of 2017 Amanda was featured on WNYC’s The Takeaway talking about her experiences as a volunteer attorney at an immigration detention center for women and children in Dilley, Texas. Amanda graduated with a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature from the University of Delaware and obtained her J.D. at City University of New York School of Law in 2012. Voices in Action in America Carmen Maria Rey Carmen Maria Rey is on the Board of Directors and is a Co-Founder of Voices in America. She is also the Deputy Director, Immigration Intervention Project at Sanctuary for Families. She is the former Senior Immigration Attorney at Her Justice, an organization that provides free legal services to thousands of low-income women in New York City every year. Carmen is a former Equal Justice Works Fellow and a 2006 graduate of Brooklyn Law School. She had previously worked representing noncitizen survivors of gender violence at Sanctuary for Families’ Immigration Intervention Project, which she has rejoined. Carmen has also taught immigration law in the Continuing Education program at Queens College, and was a long-term volunteer at New York City’s Immigrant Defense Project. She is an active member of the American Lawyer’s Association, most recently part of the New York City Chapters’ Comprehensive Immigration Reform Committee, and loves to spend her Saturdays as a volunteer with CUNY Citizenship Now! She was admitted to the Bar in New York State and in the Eastern District of NY in 2007. |
Thursday, November 16th
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Arab-American Family Support Center
Sumaira Mian Sumaira Mian has a strong background in international human rights advocacy, having previously worked as a Field Representative for Amnesty International USA. She has a BA in Biology and Religious Studies from Stony Brook University and is currently working as an Americorps Economic Empowerment Development Assistant with the Arab American Family Support Center (AAFSC). In this position, she helps to build the capacity and sustainability of AASFSC's economic empowerment initiatives including grant-writing, volunteer recruitment as well as well event and protest organizing. She is a daughter of Pakistani immigrants and is fluent in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi. Shagufta Shah Shagufta Shah joined AAFSC in 2013 as a Disaster Case Manager then promoted as Program Manager for the same project, when AAFSC operated a program to help families recover in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. She then took on the role of Advocate and Cultural Counselor in August-2015, providing culturally and linguistically competent services for victims of domestic violence in the form of crisis intervention, counseling, leading empowerment support groups, and community outreach and education. Prior to this, she served as a Manager in charge of Community Mobilization component for the International Rescue Committee health program and Deputy Director for Administration and Coordination for ERRA ( Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority) where she contributed at different levels in addition to working directly with the community. Ms. Shah has a Master of Laws (LLM) degree with a concentration in Human Rights, Criminology, and Islamic Law, a Masters in "Coexistence and Conflict Management" from Brandies University-Boston,USA, and a Master of Arts in Education. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Sindh Muslim Law College, and a BA degree in social work from Karachi University. |
Bond Street Theatre
Joanna Sherman Joanna Sherman is the Founder and Artistic Director of BST. As a director, choreographer, musician and actor, Joanna has initiated and participated in company projects in East Asia, South America, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Under her directorship, Bond Street Theatre received a MacArthur Foundation Award in 1990 for its interdisciplinary and intercultural programming. Ms. Sherman has directed and taught internationally, and has been an advocate and speaker on the role of the arts in peacebuilding at the United Nations, National Council on Women, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, UN Conference on Women in China, numerous universities (Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, George Washington, Columbia, University of Arhus in Denmark, Kabul University in Afghanistan, Universidade Federal do Pará in Brazil, Tenri University in Japan, and others), and other conferences and forums. She has been featured on CNN, BBC, NPR, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and published in American Theatre magazine, the Open Page, the book The Children of Afghanistan. She has also designed and implemented arts projects for international relief organizations. Ms. Sherman has a BFA in Fine Arts from Cooper Union, and an MA in Theatre & International Studies from New York University. She received a Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award from NYU in 2004, Torch of Hope Award from the Barondess Foundation, and Lee Reynolds Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women. She is the recipient of an Exploration Fund grant from Arts International and travel grants from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, Theatre Communications Group, and the US Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Nomi Network Sweena Varghese Sweena Varghese is passionate about seeing young people and vulnerable communities access greater success and resilience. Her background includes national event planning and management, experiential marketing and project management, fundraising, marketing, youth mobilization and graphic design. She has experience working with international faith based organizations such as Youth for Christ and World Vision, and these opportunities helped her to be selected to join several national teams and lead multiple missions’ teams to countries like Belize, Mexico, Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. She also become a content contributor and editor for various publications connected to these organizations. Her work executing awareness raising events and large-scale experiential marketing products allowed for over 5,000 children throughout Africa, India and Latin America to secure long-term sponsorship for their basic needs. Sweena graduated in 2002 from Hofstra University with a degree in Political Science. |
The Trojan Women cast and creative team participated in the Welcome Blanket Project. They knit a 40”x 40” throw blanket which will be displayed at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago through December 17. Following the museum show, the blanket packages will be distributed to refugees and other immigrants through resettlement organizations.
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Thank you for everyone who donated to our crowdfunding campaign!
Your donations helped us to make The Trojan Women happen!
Thank you!
Your donations helped us to make The Trojan Women happen!
Thank you!
Cast
Joie Bauer* (Menelaus/Poseidon)
was born and raised on a farm in Nebraska. After receiving his BFA from the University of South Dakota he moved to New York and has been acting professionally ever since. Recent New York credits include: I'll Never Love Again by Clare Barron (The Bushwick Starr), Uncle Vanya (The Pearl), Sex In A Coma (HERE Arts Center, dir. Lee Breuer), The Glass House(W/ Harris Yulin, dir. Evan Bergman). Joie is thrilled to be working with this wonderful group of artists www.joiebauer.com
was born and raised on a farm in Nebraska. After receiving his BFA from the University of South Dakota he moved to New York and has been acting professionally ever since. Recent New York credits include: I'll Never Love Again by Clare Barron (The Bushwick Starr), Uncle Vanya (The Pearl), Sex In A Coma (HERE Arts Center, dir. Lee Breuer), The Glass House(W/ Harris Yulin, dir. Evan Bergman). Joie is thrilled to be working with this wonderful group of artists www.joiebauer.com
Ashley Burroughs* (Helen)
is thrilled to be working with New Collectives. Performance highlights have
included a Drama Desk nominated production of The Mutilated (New Ohio Theater), Belarius
in Cymbeline (Art for Progress), Balthazar in Much Ado about Nothing (Arts for Progress),
Lucetta in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hudson Shakespeare Company), and Maria in Twelfth
Night (Offline Productions). Ashley holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MA
from The Royal College of Music and is a proud AEA member.
is thrilled to be working with New Collectives. Performance highlights have
included a Drama Desk nominated production of The Mutilated (New Ohio Theater), Belarius
in Cymbeline (Art for Progress), Balthazar in Much Ado about Nothing (Arts for Progress),
Lucetta in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hudson Shakespeare Company), and Maria in Twelfth
Night (Offline Productions). Ashley holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MA
from The Royal College of Music and is a proud AEA member.
Julia Greer (Chorus)
is thrilled to be a part of The Trojan Women. She is an actor, writer, and co-artistic director of The Hearth, a feminist theater company dedicated to new works by women. Recent acting credits include Nurse Sluts (The Tank), Gaming and Crying and Dreaming and Gaming (Dixon Place), Tutus (Black Coffee Productions), For Annie (The Hearth), and Ryan and Alice (Cincinnati Fringe). Julia is a proud alumna of The National Theatre Institute and Kenyon College.
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is thrilled to be a part of The Trojan Women. She is an actor, writer, and co-artistic director of The Hearth, a feminist theater company dedicated to new works by women. Recent acting credits include Nurse Sluts (The Tank), Gaming and Crying and Dreaming and Gaming (Dixon Place), Tutus (Black Coffee Productions), For Annie (The Hearth), and Ryan and Alice (Cincinnati Fringe). Julia is a proud alumna of The National Theatre Institute and Kenyon College.
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Erika Grob (Cassandra)
NY Theatre: The Fire This Time Festival, The Kraine Theatre; The Christians, Playwrights Horizons. Regional: That High Lonesome Sound, At The Vanishing Point, A Christmas Carol, and Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville Additional: Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Acting Apprenticeship. Erika studied at the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in Russia and received her B.A. in Musical Theatre from American University. www.erikagrob.com
NY Theatre: The Fire This Time Festival, The Kraine Theatre; The Christians, Playwrights Horizons. Regional: That High Lonesome Sound, At The Vanishing Point, A Christmas Carol, and Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville Additional: Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Acting Apprenticeship. Erika studied at the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in Russia and received her B.A. in Musical Theatre from American University. www.erikagrob.com
Marcie Henderson* (Hecuba)
is thrilled to be Hecuba in The Trojan Women for The
New Collectives. New York Credits: Astoria Performing Arts Center, The York
Theatre, Luna Stage, Metropolitan Playhouse, Estrogrenius Festival, Snap
Dragon Theatre, Gallery Players, FringeNYC, Ground Up Productions, La Mama,
Opening Doors, and NAMT. Regional Credits: Houston TUTS, Center Rep,
Ogunquit Playhouse, Totem Pole Playhouse, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and
San Francisco Mime Troupe. Proud Member of AEA..
is thrilled to be Hecuba in The Trojan Women for The
New Collectives. New York Credits: Astoria Performing Arts Center, The York
Theatre, Luna Stage, Metropolitan Playhouse, Estrogrenius Festival, Snap
Dragon Theatre, Gallery Players, FringeNYC, Ground Up Productions, La Mama,
Opening Doors, and NAMT. Regional Credits: Houston TUTS, Center Rep,
Ogunquit Playhouse, Totem Pole Playhouse, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and
San Francisco Mime Troupe. Proud Member of AEA..
Sam Leichter* (Talthybius)
is thrilled to be a part of The Trojan Women. Sam is the Associate Education Director for The New Collectives, and appeared in their 2015 production of The Witches. Recently: Measure for Measure and Henry IV pt. 1 (Hip to Hip Theatre Co.), double duty as Don John and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing (New York Shakespeare Exchange), and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (The Night Shift). Other favorite credits include the title role in Macbeth (directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel at Allentown Shakes), Empty House (NYC Fringe '14), Fuddy Meers (Marin Theatre Company), Much Ado About Nothing and Love's Labour's Lost (Delaware Shakespeare Festival), and Antony and Cleopatra (Marin Shakespeare Company). Sam received his MFA from Rutgers, BA from Bates College, and is a member of AEA. www.samleichter.com
is thrilled to be a part of The Trojan Women. Sam is the Associate Education Director for The New Collectives, and appeared in their 2015 production of The Witches. Recently: Measure for Measure and Henry IV pt. 1 (Hip to Hip Theatre Co.), double duty as Don John and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing (New York Shakespeare Exchange), and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (The Night Shift). Other favorite credits include the title role in Macbeth (directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel at Allentown Shakes), Empty House (NYC Fringe '14), Fuddy Meers (Marin Theatre Company), Much Ado About Nothing and Love's Labour's Lost (Delaware Shakespeare Festival), and Antony and Cleopatra (Marin Shakespeare Company). Sam received his MFA from Rutgers, BA from Bates College, and is a member of AEA. www.samleichter.com
Cerridwyn McCaffrey (Chorus)
graduated Boston University College of Fine Arts with a BFA in Acting this past May and recently moved to NYC to pursue acting. Since moving to the city she has worked as an assistant director and choreographer with AllStar Kid's production of Show and Tell and performed in AlphaNYC's production of LadyParts. Other stage credits include Labyrinth of Desire as Laura, Twelfth Night as Duke Orsino, and Mad Forest as Flavia. She is thrilled to be part of such a fantastic production and politically/socially active theatre company.
www.cerridwynmccaffrey.com
graduated Boston University College of Fine Arts with a BFA in Acting this past May and recently moved to NYC to pursue acting. Since moving to the city she has worked as an assistant director and choreographer with AllStar Kid's production of Show and Tell and performed in AlphaNYC's production of LadyParts. Other stage credits include Labyrinth of Desire as Laura, Twelfth Night as Duke Orsino, and Mad Forest as Flavia. She is thrilled to be part of such a fantastic production and politically/socially active theatre company.
www.cerridwynmccaffrey.com
Giverny Petitmermet (Andromache)
is a Brooklyn based actor/director/creator originally from San Diego, California. She is the Artistic Director of The New Collectives and the lead teaching artist for The Young Collectives education program. Giverny is also a founding member of BREAD Arts Collective. Some of her New York credits include: Waiting for Lefty (BREAD Arts Collective); The Witches (The New Collectives/Wandering Bark); Rise and Fall (BREAD Arts Collective); All’s Fair (Six Western) (Oracle Theatre Co); The Crucible (Sink or Swim Rep), Jil Sanders: A Love Story (The Spirit of Pride), The Burning House (Studio Maya Workshop); WAKE (Aisling Arts). Training: Boston University, BFA in acting; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), British American Drama Academy (BADA). www.givernypetitmermet.com
is a Brooklyn based actor/director/creator originally from San Diego, California. She is the Artistic Director of The New Collectives and the lead teaching artist for The Young Collectives education program. Giverny is also a founding member of BREAD Arts Collective. Some of her New York credits include: Waiting for Lefty (BREAD Arts Collective); The Witches (The New Collectives/Wandering Bark); Rise and Fall (BREAD Arts Collective); All’s Fair (Six Western) (Oracle Theatre Co); The Crucible (Sink or Swim Rep), Jil Sanders: A Love Story (The Spirit of Pride), The Burning House (Studio Maya Workshop); WAKE (Aisling Arts). Training: Boston University, BFA in acting; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), British American Drama Academy (BADA). www.givernypetitmermet.com
Portia Lee Rose (Athena/Chorus)
is a B.F.A. acting graduate of Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is honored to be a part of The Trojan Women cast. Credits include Chrissie in Free Shipping Everyday, Desiree in Through the Belly of the Beast and Back to Tell, Jessie in Still Life, Susanna Wallcott in The Crucible, and Marcellus/Gravedigger 1 in Hamlet. Portia would
like to thank her family and friends for their endless love and support.
is a B.F.A. acting graduate of Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is honored to be a part of The Trojan Women cast. Credits include Chrissie in Free Shipping Everyday, Desiree in Through the Belly of the Beast and Back to Tell, Jessie in Still Life, Susanna Wallcott in The Crucible, and Marcellus/Gravedigger 1 in Hamlet. Portia would
like to thank her family and friends for their endless love and support.
Anna Savant (Chorus)
Originally from San Francisco, Anna has lived and performed in Munich, Tokyo
and in various cities around the United States. New York credits: Gertrude in
Hamlet, Lily in Song of Extinction, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being
Earnest, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hecuba in The Trojan Women
Redux, Dr. Jolene Shatila in Decadent Acts (Outstanding Actress nomination,
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity). Favorite regional credits: M’Lynn in Steel
Magnolias, Ruth in Blithe Spirit and Mme de Volanges in Les Liaisons
Dangereuses. She studied classical theater at ACT in San Francisco, is a graduate
of the New Actors Workshop in New York and is a member of the ensemble of
Co-op Theater East and the Killington Shakespeare Retreat.
www.annasavant.com
Originally from San Francisco, Anna has lived and performed in Munich, Tokyo
and in various cities around the United States. New York credits: Gertrude in
Hamlet, Lily in Song of Extinction, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being
Earnest, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hecuba in The Trojan Women
Redux, Dr. Jolene Shatila in Decadent Acts (Outstanding Actress nomination,
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity). Favorite regional credits: M’Lynn in Steel
Magnolias, Ruth in Blithe Spirit and Mme de Volanges in Les Liaisons
Dangereuses. She studied classical theater at ACT in San Francisco, is a graduate
of the New Actors Workshop in New York and is a member of the ensemble of
Co-op Theater East and the Killington Shakespeare Retreat.
www.annasavant.com
Alejandra Venancio (Chorus)
is a theatre-maker from Colorado and a graduate of both The Hartt School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's MA Theatre Lab in London. Favorite collaborations include The Vyuga Project (Dixon Place), 4 Wars with Concrete Timbre (Theatre for the New City) and A Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (RADA Theatre Festival, Godsbanen Residency). New York credits include Escalus in Measure for Measure, Katherine in Henry V, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale, and Soquette in Red Bull Theatre’s reading of The Atheist’s Tragedy. She is also a very proud founding member of the Visionbox Ensemble in Denver. www.avenancio.com
is a theatre-maker from Colorado and a graduate of both The Hartt School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's MA Theatre Lab in London. Favorite collaborations include The Vyuga Project (Dixon Place), 4 Wars with Concrete Timbre (Theatre for the New City) and A Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (RADA Theatre Festival, Godsbanen Residency). New York credits include Escalus in Measure for Measure, Katherine in Henry V, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale, and Soquette in Red Bull Theatre’s reading of The Atheist’s Tragedy. She is also a very proud founding member of the Visionbox Ensemble in Denver. www.avenancio.com
*appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity
Creative Team
Rachel Dart (Director)
Directing credits include EST/Sloan, EST/Youngblood, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Culture Project, #serials at The Flea, York Theatre, the Frigid Festival, The 52nd Street Project, and The Atlantic Alumni Workshop and Acting School. Assisting includes The Vineyard, BAM, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Acting Company, Geva, and Manhattan Theatre Club (Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow). Rachel is a proud alumna of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company. BFA, Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. www.racheldart.com
Directing credits include EST/Sloan, EST/Youngblood, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Culture Project, #serials at The Flea, York Theatre, the Frigid Festival, The 52nd Street Project, and The Atlantic Alumni Workshop and Acting School. Assisting includes The Vineyard, BAM, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Acting Company, Geva, and Manhattan Theatre Club (Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow). Rachel is a proud alumna of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company. BFA, Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. www.racheldart.com
Taylor Beidler (Dramaturg)
is an actress/playwright/dramaturg new to New York City. Taylor recently received her BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University. Since graduating, Taylor worked as an actress/deviser for Off The Grid’s world-premiere production of The Weird in Boston, written by Kirsten Greenidge, Lila Rose Kaplan, Obehi Janice, and John Kuntz. Taylor is a current producing intern at the Playwright’s Realm. Her play, Hi! How Are You! How’s Your Sex Life? will be read at the Dandelion Theatre this October in Chicago. www.taylorbeidler.com
is an actress/playwright/dramaturg new to New York City. Taylor recently received her BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University. Since graduating, Taylor worked as an actress/deviser for Off The Grid’s world-premiere production of The Weird in Boston, written by Kirsten Greenidge, Lila Rose Kaplan, Obehi Janice, and John Kuntz. Taylor is a current producing intern at the Playwright’s Realm. Her play, Hi! How Are You! How’s Your Sex Life? will be read at the Dandelion Theatre this October in Chicago. www.taylorbeidler.com
Melissa Farinelli* (Stage Manager)
is an Equity Stage Manager and directing graduate from the University of Northern Colorado, and currently resides in Queens. She has worked for multiple independent theater companies and is the Technical Director for Cupcake Lady Productions. Her resume includes copious amounts of Shakespeare and is very excited to be working on her first Greek Play in NYC. Favorite shows include The Crucible and Proof (Sink or Swim Rep), All Through the Night and Anatol (City Show), All My Sons (Morning Side Players), Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Swashbuckling Pirate Adventure (CAGE Theater/ NYC Fringe), Comfort Women: A New Musical and Interview (Dimo Kim Musical Theater Factory). Her directing credits include The Misanthrope through LoveCreek Productions and The House of Yes for CLP. She would like to thanks The New Collectives and Rachel for this exciting opportunity to work on such moving production. Mom, Dad, Greg and Olivia – Qapla'!!
is an Equity Stage Manager and directing graduate from the University of Northern Colorado, and currently resides in Queens. She has worked for multiple independent theater companies and is the Technical Director for Cupcake Lady Productions. Her resume includes copious amounts of Shakespeare and is very excited to be working on her first Greek Play in NYC. Favorite shows include The Crucible and Proof (Sink or Swim Rep), All Through the Night and Anatol (City Show), All My Sons (Morning Side Players), Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Swashbuckling Pirate Adventure (CAGE Theater/ NYC Fringe), Comfort Women: A New Musical and Interview (Dimo Kim Musical Theater Factory). Her directing credits include The Misanthrope through LoveCreek Productions and The House of Yes for CLP. She would like to thanks The New Collectives and Rachel for this exciting opportunity to work on such moving production. Mom, Dad, Greg and Olivia – Qapla'!!
Elizabeth May (Music Director)
is a playwright, musician, and performer based in Brooklyn, New York. Original works include,Vengeful Moon, a song cycle of love and revenge written for the solar eclipse as a part of Tapp’s Art Center’s ECLIPSEploitation Event, Old Souls, a heart break cabaret, performed in residence at The Barn Arts Collective, and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Brooklyn Presents: Missionary Style for The Upright Citizens Brigade. Other performing credits include, The Edge of Glory for Lady Gaga and Google Chrome, Stop the Virgens at St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Rocky Horror Show and The Traveling Musicians for The Barn Arts Collective, Sarah Flood in Salem, Mass., #serials, and Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love for The Flea Theatre, At The Rich Relatives for Target Margin, and TL;DR as a part of Prelude Fest and The North West New Works Festival. Her band is called Pollens. They are releasing new music this fall. Follow them on their website, pollens.band and @pollensband on Instagram.
is a playwright, musician, and performer based in Brooklyn, New York. Original works include,Vengeful Moon, a song cycle of love and revenge written for the solar eclipse as a part of Tapp’s Art Center’s ECLIPSEploitation Event, Old Souls, a heart break cabaret, performed in residence at The Barn Arts Collective, and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Brooklyn Presents: Missionary Style for The Upright Citizens Brigade. Other performing credits include, The Edge of Glory for Lady Gaga and Google Chrome, Stop the Virgens at St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Rocky Horror Show and The Traveling Musicians for The Barn Arts Collective, Sarah Flood in Salem, Mass., #serials, and Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love for The Flea Theatre, At The Rich Relatives for Target Margin, and TL;DR as a part of Prelude Fest and The North West New Works Festival. Her band is called Pollens. They are releasing new music this fall. Follow them on their website, pollens.band and @pollensband on Instagram.
Keri Setaro (Movement Director)
NY Theater: Walk Two Moons, See Rock City, Women at 4 O’clock, JOE! The Musical and Historic Times, Alphabet City. Regional Theater: The Matchmaker (Centerstage, Baltimore) Ah, Wilderness! (St. Louis Repertory & Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). Keri she won the Normie award for her performance in the role of Catherine in Proof. London Theater: The Water Engine and The King Stag. Television: “Orange is the New Black”, “Nurse Betty”,“All My Children” and “Law & Order: SVU. She is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and The London Academy of Theater and has studied with the improv group the Groundlings. Keri is a modern dancer and a yoga teacher and has a particular love of absurdist theater and ways of non traditional movement as storytelling.
NY Theater: Walk Two Moons, See Rock City, Women at 4 O’clock, JOE! The Musical and Historic Times, Alphabet City. Regional Theater: The Matchmaker (Centerstage, Baltimore) Ah, Wilderness! (St. Louis Repertory & Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). Keri she won the Normie award for her performance in the role of Catherine in Proof. London Theater: The Water Engine and The King Stag. Television: “Orange is the New Black”, “Nurse Betty”,“All My Children” and “Law & Order: SVU. She is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and The London Academy of Theater and has studied with the improv group the Groundlings. Keri is a modern dancer and a yoga teacher and has a particular love of absurdist theater and ways of non traditional movement as storytelling.
RED (Assistant Director)
is a recent graduate from NYU Steinhardt in Vocal Perfomance. He recently made his Producing Off-Broadway debut at Theatre Row with Science Fair: A Game Changing New Musical. He was an assistant director for NYMF's A Scythe of Time, and went on as a last minute understudy for the role of Pompey. During his time at NYU, he was the Co-president of the Steinhardt Stage Company and produced a multitude of productions including: Spring Awakening, Men With Money, A Little Night Music, and The Drowsy Chaperone. He is so excited to be working with The New Collectives and many thanks to his director, Rachel and his friends and family for their support.
is a recent graduate from NYU Steinhardt in Vocal Perfomance. He recently made his Producing Off-Broadway debut at Theatre Row with Science Fair: A Game Changing New Musical. He was an assistant director for NYMF's A Scythe of Time, and went on as a last minute understudy for the role of Pompey. During his time at NYU, he was the Co-president of the Steinhardt Stage Company and produced a multitude of productions including: Spring Awakening, Men With Money, A Little Night Music, and The Drowsy Chaperone. He is so excited to be working with The New Collectives and many thanks to his director, Rachel and his friends and family for their support.
Maggie McGrann (Costume Designer)
is a freelance costume designer. She is currently participating in the Professional Apprentice Program at the Juilliard School as a design assistant in their costume shop. She spent the past 3 seasons in Louisville, KY working at various capacities within the costume shop at Actors Theatre of Louisville. For the past few summers, she has called Richmond, VA her home and works as a general force of positivity as a teaching artist, camp counselor, and costume designer for SPARC. New York: HALF: a divorce farce (2013 NYC Fringe Festival). Richmond, VA: Alice: A New Musical (Firehouse Theatre / TheatreLAB), The Boy in the Bathroom (Firehouse Theatre), The Altruists (TheatreLAB). Louisville, KY: Melto Man and Lady Mantis (PTC Tens - Actors Theatre of Louisville), Coffee Break; Trudy, Carolyn, Martha and Regina Travel to Outer Space and Have a Pretty Terrible Time There (A/I Tens - Actors Theatre of Louisville), River City (Theatre502 - Louisville, KY).
is a freelance costume designer. She is currently participating in the Professional Apprentice Program at the Juilliard School as a design assistant in their costume shop. She spent the past 3 seasons in Louisville, KY working at various capacities within the costume shop at Actors Theatre of Louisville. For the past few summers, she has called Richmond, VA her home and works as a general force of positivity as a teaching artist, camp counselor, and costume designer for SPARC. New York: HALF: a divorce farce (2013 NYC Fringe Festival). Richmond, VA: Alice: A New Musical (Firehouse Theatre / TheatreLAB), The Boy in the Bathroom (Firehouse Theatre), The Altruists (TheatreLAB). Louisville, KY: Melto Man and Lady Mantis (PTC Tens - Actors Theatre of Louisville), Coffee Break; Trudy, Carolyn, Martha and Regina Travel to Outer Space and Have a Pretty Terrible Time There (A/I Tens - Actors Theatre of Louisville), River City (Theatre502 - Louisville, KY).
Valerie Insardi (Lighting Designer)
is a New York based lighting designer. Select lighting design credits include Little Nemo in Slumberland, Great Falls, Blood Wedding and The Maids at Fordham University, and The Refugee Plays at The Kraine Theater. Upcoming projects include OYE Avant Garde Night at JACK.
is a New York based lighting designer. Select lighting design credits include Little Nemo in Slumberland, Great Falls, Blood Wedding and The Maids at Fordham University, and The Refugee Plays at The Kraine Theater. Upcoming projects include OYE Avant Garde Night at JACK.
Robert A. K. Gonyo (Sound Designer)
is a theatre director, actor, podcaster, sound designer, voiceover artist, musician, and tour-guide residing in Queens. He is the producer of Go See a Show!, New York City's independent theatre podcast (goseeashowpodcast.com), as well as the producer of Apparitions, a podcast of new radio horror plays. robertgonyo.com
is a theatre director, actor, podcaster, sound designer, voiceover artist, musician, and tour-guide residing in Queens. He is the producer of Go See a Show!, New York City's independent theatre podcast (goseeashowpodcast.com), as well as the producer of Apparitions, a podcast of new radio horror plays. robertgonyo.com
Dan Morrison (Set/Prop Designer)
A California native where he received his BA in Theatre Arts from San Diego State University. Dan was nominated for his acting work and won several, San Diego Critics Choice Awards, for roles in Angels in America and Lie of the Mind. Dan then received his MFA from The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Dan received much notoriety for his roles in The Foreigner, Sarah Ruhl's west coast premier of Orlando and A Midsummer Night's Dream where he played Bottom. Dan moved to NYC and has been acting all over this fantastic city. He received the, New York Innovative Theatre Award, for excellent ensemble in Macbeth. He then co-founded an amazing company called The New Collectives, where our first show, The Witches, took Brooklyn by storm. Dan is very excited to be able to work with this incredible group of artists. www.dan-morrison.com
A California native where he received his BA in Theatre Arts from San Diego State University. Dan was nominated for his acting work and won several, San Diego Critics Choice Awards, for roles in Angels in America and Lie of the Mind. Dan then received his MFA from The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Dan received much notoriety for his roles in The Foreigner, Sarah Ruhl's west coast premier of Orlando and A Midsummer Night's Dream where he played Bottom. Dan moved to NYC and has been acting all over this fantastic city. He received the, New York Innovative Theatre Award, for excellent ensemble in Macbeth. He then co-founded an amazing company called The New Collectives, where our first show, The Witches, took Brooklyn by storm. Dan is very excited to be able to work with this incredible group of artists. www.dan-morrison.com
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