The New Collectives stand with Black Lives Matter.
We believe in inclusive representation in storytelling.
We take responsibility for our shortcomings and hold ourselves accountable.
As we have grown as a company, we have made inclusivity of BIPOC Artists, both on and off stage, a priority. However, we recognize that we have fallen short in doing the same within positions of leadership.
We have not done enough. We can and we will do more.
We believe in inclusive representation in storytelling.
We take responsibility for our shortcomings and hold ourselves accountable.
As we have grown as a company, we have made inclusivity of BIPOC Artists, both on and off stage, a priority. However, we recognize that we have fallen short in doing the same within positions of leadership.
We have not done enough. We can and we will do more.
“Think of a giraffe. All these wonky bits; long neck, tiny feet, spindly legs; that shouldn’t fit together, somehow they do and it works. It runs beautifully.
Theatre is like that.”
As The New Collectives, we have taken that message to heart.
The New Collectives is New York based theatre collective. We gather stories, ideas, and inspiration. We find individuals with wildly different talents. We collect it all together, connect the dots, and create something new that runs beautifully.
Our mission is to create new, intimate, innovative works drawing inspiration from classic plays, to develop contemporary work, and to cultivate community through outreach and education programming.
In an effort to create community and awareness, after every show we collect donations for an organization whose mission aligns with themes brought up in the production.
Theatre is like that.”
As The New Collectives, we have taken that message to heart.
The New Collectives is New York based theatre collective. We gather stories, ideas, and inspiration. We find individuals with wildly different talents. We collect it all together, connect the dots, and create something new that runs beautifully.
Our mission is to create new, intimate, innovative works drawing inspiration from classic plays, to develop contemporary work, and to cultivate community through outreach and education programming.
In an effort to create community and awareness, after every show we collect donations for an organization whose mission aligns with themes brought up in the production.
GIVERNY PETITMERMET (Artistic Director/Executive Producer)*
Giverny Petitmermet is a New York based actor/director/producer/creator originally from San Diego, California. She is 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: Bug Play, M4M, Life Brief & Glorious, The Trojan Women, The Witches, (The New Collectives); Waiting for Lefty, Rise and Fall (BREAD Arts Collective); All’s Fair (Six Western) (Oracle Theatre Co); The Crucible (Sink or Swim Rep); 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). givernypetitmermet.com
Giverny Petitmermet is a New York based actor/director/producer/creator originally from San Diego, California. She is 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: Bug Play, M4M, Life Brief & Glorious, The Trojan Women, The Witches, (The New Collectives); Waiting for Lefty, Rise and Fall (BREAD Arts Collective); All’s Fair (Six Western) (Oracle Theatre Co); The Crucible (Sink or Swim Rep); 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). givernypetitmermet.com
SARAH MOORE (Associate Artistic Director/Producer)*
Sarah Moore is a New York City based actress/director/creator/producer, originally hailing from Florida. Sarah graduated from the program of the Hartt School in Hartford CT summa cum laude with a BFA in acting and a minor in English. While attending the conservatory, she studied abroad in England focusing predominantly on Shakespeare. Since graduating, Sarah has been performing and working all around the city, including classics in Central Park, and venturing on a national tour. Recent credits include: Bug Play, M4M, Life Brief & Glorious, Steve Got Raped. , The Witches (The New Collectives); A Christmas Carol (The Hartford Stage Company), The Importance of Being Earnest (Royalty Free Theater) and a national tour of Encore!! (Chamber Theater). Other favorite productions include Stage Door, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pride and Prejudice, Coram Boy, Julius Caesar, 12 Angry Women, Marat/Sade, The Man Who Came to Dinner and Our Town. While loving projects involving children in the arts, Sarah spent four years in South Florida co directing and co-choreographing multiple productions for middle school aged students as part of an after school mentorship program. She now assists with The Young Collectives program, helping with their summer camp and continuing to pass on the love of theater to children in New York. Sarah is very passionate about The New Collectives and strives to spread their mission and bring theater to a vast audience base through her creative, producing and theatrical work.
Sarah Moore is a New York City based actress/director/creator/producer, originally hailing from Florida. Sarah graduated from the program of the Hartt School in Hartford CT summa cum laude with a BFA in acting and a minor in English. While attending the conservatory, she studied abroad in England focusing predominantly on Shakespeare. Since graduating, Sarah has been performing and working all around the city, including classics in Central Park, and venturing on a national tour. Recent credits include: Bug Play, M4M, Life Brief & Glorious, Steve Got Raped. , The Witches (The New Collectives); A Christmas Carol (The Hartford Stage Company), The Importance of Being Earnest (Royalty Free Theater) and a national tour of Encore!! (Chamber Theater). Other favorite productions include Stage Door, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pride and Prejudice, Coram Boy, Julius Caesar, 12 Angry Women, Marat/Sade, The Man Who Came to Dinner and Our Town. While loving projects involving children in the arts, Sarah spent four years in South Florida co directing and co-choreographing multiple productions for middle school aged students as part of an after school mentorship program. She now assists with The Young Collectives program, helping with their summer camp and continuing to pass on the love of theater to children in New York. Sarah is very passionate about The New Collectives and strives to spread their mission and bring theater to a vast audience base through her creative, producing and theatrical work.
SAM LEICHTER (Education & Outreach Director)
Sam Leichter has worked in theatre education for over seven years. Sam served as the Education Manager at Marin Shakespeare Company in San Rafael California, overseeing in-school and after-school programs, adult/senior classes and workshops, as well as an extensive summer camp. For the last three years, Sam has been a Teaching Artist with George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Sam's teaching work with George Street has been phenomenally varied. He has led in-school, curriculum-based residencies on a wide range of subjects, such as the life of Ponce to Leon (3rd Grade), the experience of children in the Holocaust (7th grade), the Civil Rights Movement (6th Grade) and Greek mythology (5th-8th Grades). In addition, Sam has worked recently with Wingspan Arts, Theatre for a New Audience, and is a co-teacher at The Young Collectives Shakespeare Camp. Sam holds a BA from Bates College, and received his MFA in Acting from Rutgers, where he has taught Basic Acting to undergrads. Sam is a working actor, a member of of Actor's Equity Association, and performs regularly in classics and new works. samleichter.com
Sam Leichter has worked in theatre education for over seven years. Sam served as the Education Manager at Marin Shakespeare Company in San Rafael California, overseeing in-school and after-school programs, adult/senior classes and workshops, as well as an extensive summer camp. For the last three years, Sam has been a Teaching Artist with George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Sam's teaching work with George Street has been phenomenally varied. He has led in-school, curriculum-based residencies on a wide range of subjects, such as the life of Ponce to Leon (3rd Grade), the experience of children in the Holocaust (7th grade), the Civil Rights Movement (6th Grade) and Greek mythology (5th-8th Grades). In addition, Sam has worked recently with Wingspan Arts, Theatre for a New Audience, and is a co-teacher at The Young Collectives Shakespeare Camp. Sam holds a BA from Bates College, and received his MFA in Acting from Rutgers, where he has taught Basic Acting to undergrads. Sam is a working actor, a member of of Actor's Equity Association, and performs regularly in classics and new works. samleichter.com
JUSTIN IVAN BROWN (Artistic Content Curator/ Event Manager)
Justin Ivan Brown is an actor/director/producer/creator based in New York. He appeared in The New Collectives' 2018 production of Life Brief & Glorious and directed TNC’s production of M4M, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, and Bug Play. Justin has spent the last 20 years performing as an actor and activist, blending the two with companies such as The Disability Project, Variety Children’s Charity, Interaction Theatre Co., and now The New Collectives. Justin has also been a Teaching Artist for the past decade educating children about theatre and working to expand the imaginations of young people across the U.S. Some of his New York credits are The Human Incubator (SheNYC Festival), LaBute New Theater Festival 2016 & 2017 (59E59), Warp Speed: A Sci-Fi Parody (MITF). New York: Wendy Darling & Peter Pan (Piper Theatre), Rechnitz (New Stage Theatre Company), Life Brief & Glorious (The New Collectives); What Elsas Knew in a Peril (New Stage Theatre Co.), Summertime (Columbia Stages), Duet (Secret Theatre). Check out his upcoming projects at justinivanbrown.com Follow on FB/IG @justinivanbrown
Justin Ivan Brown is an actor/director/producer/creator based in New York. He appeared in The New Collectives' 2018 production of Life Brief & Glorious and directed TNC’s production of M4M, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, and Bug Play. Justin has spent the last 20 years performing as an actor and activist, blending the two with companies such as The Disability Project, Variety Children’s Charity, Interaction Theatre Co., and now The New Collectives. Justin has also been a Teaching Artist for the past decade educating children about theatre and working to expand the imaginations of young people across the U.S. Some of his New York credits are The Human Incubator (SheNYC Festival), LaBute New Theater Festival 2016 & 2017 (59E59), Warp Speed: A Sci-Fi Parody (MITF). New York: Wendy Darling & Peter Pan (Piper Theatre), Rechnitz (New Stage Theatre Company), Life Brief & Glorious (The New Collectives); What Elsas Knew in a Peril (New Stage Theatre Co.), Summertime (Columbia Stages), Duet (Secret Theatre). Check out his upcoming projects at justinivanbrown.com Follow on FB/IG @justinivanbrown
MAEVE BRADY (Development Associate) is a New York based singer/actor, and devisor originally from New Jersey. Maeve graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Psychology and a certificate in theater from the Lewis Center for the Arts. Recent credits include Alex in Bug Play (The New Collectives), Hippolyta /Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Princeton Summer Theater), Douglas and others in The Whale in the Hudson (Yale Cabaret) and Carolyn in SCUM an original devised work. Favorite pas roles include Heidi in [title of show] (Fearless Productions) and Lenny in Crimes of the Heart (Cranford Dramatic Club). Follow Maeve on IG @maeveala_
TAYLOR BEIDLER (Resident Writer)
Taylor Beidler is a playwright, poet, and dramaturg who divides her time between New York and London. Upon graduating with her BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University, Taylor was a devising member of 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 the Resident Dramaturg for The New Collectives, specializing in new play development and community engagement. Her plays have been developed with Boston University, New York University, the University of Edinburgh, the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Boston Playwrights Theatre, the Jermyn Street Theatre in London, Brunch Theatre, Dandelion Theatre, Primary Stages ESPA, and The New Collectives. Taylor is currently pursuing her Masters in Creative Writing at Oxford University, specializing in playwriting and poetry. taylorbeidler.com.
Taylor Beidler is a playwright, poet, and dramaturg who divides her time between New York and London. Upon graduating with her BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University, Taylor was a devising member of 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 the Resident Dramaturg for The New Collectives, specializing in new play development and community engagement. Her plays have been developed with Boston University, New York University, the University of Edinburgh, the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Boston Playwrights Theatre, the Jermyn Street Theatre in London, Brunch Theatre, Dandelion Theatre, Primary Stages ESPA, and The New Collectives. Taylor is currently pursuing her Masters in Creative Writing at Oxford University, specializing in playwriting and poetry. taylorbeidler.com.
DAN MORRISON (Founding Member)*
Dan Morrison is 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. We look forward to growing as a company and bring our work to a larger audience. dan-morrison.com
Dan Morrison is 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. We look forward to growing as a company and bring our work to a larger audience. dan-morrison.com
MARA GANNON (Founding Member)*
Recent Credits: Buyer's Remorse, Steve Got Raped., The Witches (The New Collectives); Devil Lay Me Down (The Dream Up Festival); Romeo and Juliet (Mercury Glass Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Baited Bear); how i learned to become a superhero (Apothecary Theatre Co.); King’s River Foxhole Entertainment); #nyc (UglyRhino); Macbeth (American Globe Theatre); WAKE (Aisling Arts); The Triumph of Love, The Crucible, Laundry and Bourbon, Dispatches From Hell, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Moment Defined, Wilde Abandon (original cast), The Infinite Dust (original cast) with Rutgers Theatre Company, and many others . MFA, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Recent Credits: Buyer's Remorse, Steve Got Raped., The Witches (The New Collectives); Devil Lay Me Down (The Dream Up Festival); Romeo and Juliet (Mercury Glass Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Baited Bear); how i learned to become a superhero (Apothecary Theatre Co.); King’s River Foxhole Entertainment); #nyc (UglyRhino); Macbeth (American Globe Theatre); WAKE (Aisling Arts); The Triumph of Love, The Crucible, Laundry and Bourbon, Dispatches From Hell, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Moment Defined, Wilde Abandon (original cast), The Infinite Dust (original cast) with Rutgers Theatre Company, and many others . MFA, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts.
ERIN MAXON (Regional Education & Outreach Director)
Erin Maxon is a performer, educator, photographer, and community arts practitioner. A recent transplant from California, she has acted and produced for numerous Bay Area theatre groups and film-makers including Filmpop, The Collaboratory Group, Theatre Rhinoceros, FrontLine Theatre, Ragged Wing Ensemble, and Brookside Repertory Theatre. Erin has her masters in Applied Theatre: Drama in Educational, Community and Social Contexts from the University of London at Goldsmiths and she graduated from UC Berkeley in Anthropology and Theater and Performance Studies. She approaches theatre with a strong pull towards ethical and iterative arts practices, and towards creative rather than personal risk. Her aesthetic leanings are towards magical realism, physical adventurousness, and gigantic props. She believes in the role of theatre to be extraordinary, unexpected works of “art”, while still being ethical, purposeful, and communal. erintatemaxon.com
Erin Maxon is a performer, educator, photographer, and community arts practitioner. A recent transplant from California, she has acted and produced for numerous Bay Area theatre groups and film-makers including Filmpop, The Collaboratory Group, Theatre Rhinoceros, FrontLine Theatre, Ragged Wing Ensemble, and Brookside Repertory Theatre. Erin has her masters in Applied Theatre: Drama in Educational, Community and Social Contexts from the University of London at Goldsmiths and she graduated from UC Berkeley in Anthropology and Theater and Performance Studies. She approaches theatre with a strong pull towards ethical and iterative arts practices, and towards creative rather than personal risk. Her aesthetic leanings are towards magical realism, physical adventurousness, and gigantic props. She believes in the role of theatre to be extraordinary, unexpected works of “art”, while still being ethical, purposeful, and communal. erintatemaxon.com
*Denotes Founding Member
