THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence

Directed by Sarah Germain Lilly

February 22 – February 25, 2024
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8 PM, Preshow 7:45 PM, Sunday at 3 PM, Preshow 2:45 PM
Tickets: $18 General, $15 Seniors and Students
Run Time: 90 minutes with 10 minute intermission
COMMUNITY SPACE

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)

Dedicated to the memory of Deandre Matthews, 19 years old, killed February 6, 2023.

What if young people everywhere in the US cried out on stages large and small across America, begging for peace and an end to the epidemic of gun violence they live in? Would we listen? Would we finally change the bloody status quo?

From the Principal’s office to a college dorm, from a 911 call center to a recording studio, we witness the violence guns make possible.

The plays are The Smiles Behind by Niarra C. Bell (Virginia), A Call for Help by Pepper Fox (Kentucky), Lightning Strike by HJ Kennedy (North Carolina), A Disorderly House by Sam Lee Victor (New Jersey), No Prospering Weapons by Justin Cameron Washington (Michigan), and The Matter at Hand by Valentine Wulf (Washington). Led by its creator Michael Cotey and Joaquin Oliver Artistic Producer, the ENOUGH! initiative calls on teens to confront gun violence by creating new works of theatre that will spark critical conversations and inspire meaningful action in communities across the country.

Out of 244 plays by High School and Middle School students, these six were chosen to be performed in communities everywhere across the nation on November 6^th, 2023 in staged readings. Their voices represent the youth of America, those who were trained from an early age to hide from gunfire that could be a threat even in their schools. Gun Violence is now the leading cause of death among children in the US. These plays reflect youth experiences and those of their communities.

Our Cast:
Ms. Marie
Yesenia Ortiz
Sky Carrington
T Scott Lilly
Dan Kelley
Eddie Moore
Carlos Rodriguez
Wes Spencer
Sophie Schulman
Assistant Director Sean Stefanic bring their activism and experience to this project, and their artistry as well.

Director Sarah Germain Lilly is happy to be back with the Theater for the New City tribe and uplifted by this opportunity to spread peace and end gun violence.

We are happy to lift up the voices of the Gun Violence Prevention Community with these performances.

Director Sarah Germain Lilly thanks Crystal Field and the Theater for the New City community for making these performances possible, and Gays Against Guns NY for their support.

Dedicated to Deandre Matthews and his new baby brother Damari Matthews.

Deandre Matthews, age 19, of East Flatbush, Brooklyn , was killed February 6 2023. His suspected killers have been arrested and are awaiting trial.  Deandre’s family grieve this Beautiful, out, gay young man who was employed, enrolled in college, and an encouragement and positive role model for his friends.

“These plays provide powerful insight into the perspective of a generation where the threat of gun violence has become ubiquitous with going to school growing up,” says ENOUGH! creator Michael Cotey.

COVID Protocol:
As of September 26th, 2022, we are no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for our audience upon entry.
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

William Electric Black’s

THE FRANKENSTEIN PROJECT

MARY SHELLEY’S NOVEL UNIQUELY STAGED
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK

February 22 – March 10, 2024
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets: $18, Student & Seniors $15
For group sales, use promo code FRANK or click here.
Run Time: 90 minutes, no intermission
JOHNSON THEATER

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)

Frankenstein teaser video here!

MARY SHELLEY’S TIMELESS NOVEL about the creation of a Monster who is abandoned – is brought to the stage by Emmy Award winning writer (Sesame Street) and La MaMa ETC Series Director (Poetry Electric) William Electric Black aka Ian Ellis James. Using 13 original songs and dynamic physical theater staging a la Andrei Serban and The Open Theatre, W. Electric Black brings Shelley’s horrifying ghost story back to life. Musical Director, William Wagner who did a masterful arrangement of Mr. Black’s Romeo & Juliet: Tribal Rock Musical, teams up with William Electric Black to heighten the actual story with Into The Woods like narration, at times, by Mary Shelley and a unique, Jim Henson-like imagineering by a 12 member ensemble.

CAST
Featuring:
Alberto Santiago
Aleesia Hernandez
Alina Garcia
Annabelle Skala
Indigo Phillips
Julianne Darden
Juliette Kulikovs
Kamryn Sarratt
Mario Greiner
Megan Walker
Romy Turner
Amanda Vazquez (Dance Captain)

PRODUCTION
MUSIC BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK
MUSIC DIRECTION BY WILLIAM WAGNER
TECH DIRECTOR – MARK MARCANTE
LIGHTING DESIGN – ALEXANDER BARTENIEFF
COSTUME DESIGN – DESIREE CONSTON
PROPS DESIGN – SUSAN HEMLEY
MAKE-UP DESIGN – MORGAN CUNNING & MARISSA JOHNSON
CHOREOGRAPHY – LAUREN BARETTE
ASSIST.CHOREOGRAPHY – GIANNA BARTOLINI
STAGE MANAGER – DHRUV BAROT
BOARD OP – MEGAN HORAN

COVID Protocol:
As of September 26th, 2022, we are no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for our audience upon entry.
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

Love n’ Courage

Theater for the New City’s Annual Benefit for its Emerging Playwrights Program

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Cocktail Hour Entertainment – 6 PM – 6:45 PM
The Head Peddlers
Peter Dizzoza
Human Kinetics Movement Arts

Monday, February 12, 2024
at The Players Club • 16 Gramercy Park South

Theater for the New City’s Emerging Playwrights Program will be beneficiary of the theater’s 21st annual Love ‘n Courage benefit Monday, February 12, 2024 at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South. The evening honors actress, performance artist and playwright Penny Arcade.

Theater for the New City (TNC) is a four-theater complex at 155 First Avenue. Its awards include the Pulitzer Prize, 43 Village Voice OBIE Awards, nine Audelco Awards, two Bessie Awards, five ASCAP Awards, ten Rockefeller Playwrights Fellowships, The Mayor’s Stop the Violence Award, the Manhattan Borough President’s Award for Public Service and Artistic Excellence in Theater, and a NY City Council Proclamation that pays tribute to TNC’s contributions to improving the quality of life in the City by its “rich tradition of bringing theater to people in underserved neighborhoods.”

The Emerging Playwrights program is integral to the theater’s mission, which includes being a center for new and innovative theater arts, discovering relevant new writing and nurturing new playwrights. TNC does not believe that readings are enough to help an artist to grow into the American playwriting mainstream. So the theater gives emerging artists full productions, with a minimum run of three weeks, with full lighting, sets, costumes and overall professional production values. The theater staff does marketing and ticket prices are kept low to ensure good attendance.

Each year there are between 20 and 30 emerging playwrights presented. No other theater approaches the volume of work by emerging playwrights that TNC has presented in the 53 years since its founding.

Playwrights are selected for the quality of their work and their historical and social vision. Executive Director Crystal Field declares, “That is our ballast.   Everything else is just decoration.” Many colleges have playwriting programs, but the process at TNC is different from what happens in university theaters because at TNC, the playwright is involved in all aspects of the production and has final say on everything including budget, casting, designers and choice of director. Once the play is selected, the producer cannot fire the writer and there is no censorship in any way. It’s a nurturing relationship in which the author is also invited to create a new work for the following season.

Emerging playwright productions get to use the theater’s set and costume shops and its vast inventory of set pieces. Each theater space is fully equipped and since Covid began, TNC has added streaming capabilities.

“Love ‘n Courage” will be hosted by songwriter/playwright/performer Phoebe Legere and co-hosted by playwright Matt Morillo. Entertainment will include performances by Charles Bush and Accompanist Jono Mainelli, Phoebe Legere, excerpt from “Ella the Ungovernable” (bioplay on Ella Fitzgerald by David McDonald), Yip Harburg Rainbow Troupe, TNC Street Theater Ensemble, Carol Tandava (Belly Dance) and excerpt from “The Boy Who Listened to Paintings” by Dean Kostos and Paul Kirby, directed by Lissa Moira.

Penny Arcade (honoree) is one of America’s most influential theater and performance innovators and an iconic figure in theater and performance art. Born Susana Ventura, she adopted the moniker “Penny Arcade” as a declaration of her rebellious spirit and commitment to pushing artistic boundaries. A multifaceted artist, she captivates audiences with her unapologetic approach to storytelling. Her 30+ plays transcend conventional narratives, delving into the complexities of human experience and societal norms. Her most noted plays include “Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!,” “Bad Reputation,” “The Lower East Side Biography Project,” “Longing Lasts Longer” and “The History of the World (According to My Mother).” Her performances often illuminate cultural taboos and address LGBTQ+ rights, feminism, and the loss of cultural identity. Beyond the stage, she is a passionate community activist. She will also perform at the event.

The benefit committee includes Mary Tierney (Chair), F. Murray Abraham, David Amram, Alexander Bartenieff, Charles Busch, Janet Piontek, Myrna Duarte, Carol Dudgeon, Renee S. Edelman, Crystal Field, Matthew Fitzgerald, Andrea Fulton, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, Robert Gonzales, Jr., Robert Greer, Philip Hackett, Alan Hanna, Deena & Ernie Harburg, Celia Kornfeld, Anne Lucas, Eduardo Machado, Nancy and Allan Manocherian, Mark Marcante, Audrey Heffernan Meyer, Louis Mofsie, Lissa Moira, Stephan Morrow, Emily Pezzella, Richard Ploetz, Tim Robbins, Liana Rosario, Michael Scott-Price, Jonathan Slaff, David F. Slone, Esq., Founder Betsy von Furstenberg (in memoriam), Jenne Vath, Joel Vig, Jonathan Weber and Patricia & Dr. Jay Weiner.

Cocktails are at 6:00 PM with a seated dinner at 6:45 PM.

Performances begin at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $200 (individuals) and $1800 for a table of ten, available online at www.theaterforthenewcity.net. For info call (212) 254-1109. RSVP by February 5. Dress is festive.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

The MIRACLE

A special benefit for Theater for the New City and its Arts in Education Program

February 8 – 25, 2024
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets: $20 Donation
Run Time: 80 minutes
CINO THEATER

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)

Picture this: Caracas 1971. A group of toddlers rehearse Jingle Bells for the holiday show, when a black-clad nun approaches one of the kids, and whispers in his ear: “Honey, don’t sing, just move your lips, but DON’T SING.” That kid was Alberto Ferreras, that nun is probably burning in hell, and that anecdote is the starting point of The Miracle—a part memoir, part musical, part improv (with a splash of celebrity gossip), Off Off Broadway immersive experience—that will run from February 8 to the 25, to benefit Theater for the New City and it’s Arts in Education Program.

“When you are told at a young age that you can’t sing, you don’t question it. You shut up for the rest of your life, no matter how unqualified was the idiot who told you that. I waited 30 years to get permission to sing, and that’s what The Miracle is all about,” says Ferreras, creator of this show about the transformative power of music.

Alberto Ferreras is known for art projects that give a voice to the voiceless (“Habla” for HBO, “Somos” for the National Museum of the American Latino, and the award-winning comedy “Hamlet in Harlem” for TNC). In this interactive show he is joined by Music Director Rachel Kaufman, a seasoned multi instrumentalist who’s played in over 300 musicals and cabaret shows world-wide, and in every piano bar (past and present) in NYC.

“The Miracle explores immersion from a different angle: it’s not about having a couple of video projections on the wall. The Miracle can not be replicated by a film, or a TV show”—explains producer Myrna E. Duarte (“Mussolini Behind the Counter”, “Hamlet in Harlem”). “You have to be physically present for The Miracle, and you will have to make choices, and you will have to live with those choices. It’s the kind of transformative show that you’d only find at Theater for The New City. That’s why we want to make it a benefit for this institution that has given a voice to so many artists.”

For the last 53 years Theater for the New City has hosted playwrights and actors such as Suzan-Lori Parks, Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Charles Busch, Vin Diesel, Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri, and the late Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman—but most important—, it has offered stages and resources to thousands of emerging playwrights, directors, actors, and small theater companies. Executive Director Crystal Field has staged thousands of plays in New York City, and that’s a miracle in itself.

“The Miracle” is created and performed by Alberto Ferreras, produced by Myrna E Duarte, music directed by Rachel Kaufman, set design by Jason Sturm, lights by Alex Bartenieff and Franklyn Rodriguez, and it will feature performances by a bunch of unsuspecting guests.

COVID Protocol:
As of September 26th, 2022, we are no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for our audience upon entry.
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

49th ANNUAL THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS’ POW-WOW AND DANCE CONCERT

January 12, 2024 – January 21, 2024
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM,  Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $15
MATINEES ARE KIDS’ DAYS: At all matinée performances, children ages five to twelve who are accompanied by a ticket-bearing adult are admitted for $1.00 (adults $15). – Box Office (212) 254-1109
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
JOHNSON THEATER

PHOTOS AND VIDEO ARE AVAILABLE. See directions at bottom.

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)

There will be dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. The event has become a treasured New York tradition for celebrating our diversity by honoring the culture of our first Americans. TNC donates all proceeds from the event to college scholarship funds for Native American students.

A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture. Traditionally a gathering and sharing of events, Pow-Wows have come to include spectacular dance competitions, exhibitions, and enjoyment of traditional foods.

Throughout the performance, all elements are explained in depth through detailed introductions by the troupe’s Director and Emcee Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago). An educator, Mofsie plays an important part in the show by his ability to present a comprehensive view of native culture.   He was awarded a 2019 Bessie Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance. In 2017, he was honored, along with Garth Fagan and Martha Myers, with a Lifetime Achievement Award from American Dance Guild.

Highlights will also include a Hoop Dance set to guitar and flute music that will be performed on alternating dates by Marie Ponce (Cherokee and Seminole) and Matt Cross (Kiowa); a Deer Dance (from the Yaqui Tribes of Southern Arizona) with Ciaran Tufford (Mayan/Cherokee) and Carlos Ponce (Mayan), and various ensemble dances: a Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance (from the Northern Plains people), a Stomp Dance (from the Southeastern tribes), a Shawl Dance (from the Oklahoma tribes), a Fancy Dance (from the Oklahoma tribes) and a Smoke Dance (from the Iroquois). As the audience enters the theater, they will be serenaded by the Heyna Second Son Singers (various tribes).

Pageantry is an important component of the event, and all participants are elaborately dressed. There is a wealth of cultural information encoded in the movements of each dance. More than ten distinct tribes will be represented in the performance. The dozen-or-so dancers are people of all ages, raging from thirteen-year-old Isabel Cespedes (Mayan) to retirees.

Native American crafts and jewelry will be sold in the TNC lobby.

Matinées are kids’ days, when children aged five to twelve accompanied by a ticket-bearing adult are admitted for $1.00 (adults $15). At the conclusion of these matinées, young audience members are invited to pose for pictures with the dancers.

ABOUT THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS

The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers are the oldest resident Native American dance company in New York. The troupe was founded in 1963 by a group of ten Native American men and women, all New Yorkers, who were descended from Mohawk, Hopi, Winnebago and San Blas tribes. Prominent among the founders were Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago) and his sister, Josephine Mofsie (deceased), Rosemary Richmond (Mohawk, deceased), Muriel Miguel (Cuna/Rapahannock) and Jack Preston (Seneca, deceased). Some were in school at the time; all were “first generation,” meaning that their parents had been born on reservations. They founded the troupe to keep alive the traditions, songs and dances they had learned from their parents, and added to their repertoire from other Native Americans living in New York and some who were passing through. Jack Preston taught the company its Iroquois dances, including the Robin Dance and Fish Dance. To these were added dances from the plains, including the Hopi Buffalo Dance, and newer dances including the Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance. The company was all-volunteer, a tradition that exists to today. Members range in professions from teachers to hospital patient advocates, tree surgeons and computer engineers. Now Louis Mofsie says, “To be going for 60 years is just amazing to me, and to be able to do the work we do.”

The troupe made a home in the old McBurney YMCA on 23rd Street and Seventh Ave. Within three or four years, they were traveling throughout the continental U.S., expanding and sharing their repertoire and gleaning new dances on the reservations. A number of Thunderbird members are winners of Fancy Dance contests held on reservations, where the standard of competition is unmistakably high.

The Thunderbird-TNC collaboration began in 1975, when Crystal Field directed a play called “The Only Good Indian.” For research, Ms. Field lived on a Hopi reservation for three weeks. In preparation for the project, she met Louis Mofsie, Artistic Director of the dance troupe and a representative of the American Indian Community House. Mofsie suggested a Pow Wow and dance concert to celebrate the winter solstice. Field, who is herself 1% native American, committed herself to bring this to fruition. The event has continued annually to this day.

The troupe’s appearances benefit college scholarship funds for Native American students. The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Scholarship Fund receives its sole support from events like this concert (it receives no government or corporate contributions), and has bestowed over 350 scholarships to-date. Theater for the New City has been presenting Pow-Wows annually as a two-week event since 1976, with the box office donated to these scholarships.

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CRITICS ARE INVITED to all performances. Press contact Jonathan Slaff (212) 924-0496.

VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE upon request.

2023 PRODUCTION PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BQefisDJzPgvr7Db9
2019 PRODUCTION PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ebLLGRPPQVHjJsxt8
RECENT YEARS’ PHOTOS: https://goo.gl/photos/tcrxbtPYtF2hdvhV6 and https://goo.gl/photos/SLr4PXEHJrsq34j9A
HISTORICAL PHOTOS of Pow-Wows from 2004 to 2015 are available for download at: https://goo.gl/photos/wUcenp6ZcPDcBCYD7

COVID Protocol:
As of September 26th, 2022, we are no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for our audience upon entry.
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

CONJUNCTION

A circus solo synthesis
by Maia and Medea Ramnath-Christiansen

January 4 – 7, 2024
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets: $18, Students, Seniors, Children $15
Run Time: 80 minutes including 15 minute intermission
JOHNSON THEATER

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)

Conjunction is a tale of two travelers, told through a blend of aerial, dance, contortion, text and video.

One is on a quest to find a place in the world through responsibilities to history, moving from alienation to purpose and meaning.

One is on a quest through the wilderness of the psyche, moving from mental health crisis to healing and recovery.

Each traveler becomes a witness to the other’s journey, first from a distance, then closer and closer, until witnesses become participants as the paths converge. Each course changes the other, along with all that we carried with us to that meeting place. Who am I? Where do I fit? Why am I the way I am? Why is it the way it is? The big picture and the inner landscape need each other to be whole. We help each other bear the things we carried. Two stories become one story. The path continues forward, together.

Performed by
Medea Ramnath-Christiansen, Maia Ramnath-Christiansen

Choreography, text and video by
Medea Ramnath-Christiansen, Maia Ramnath-Christiansen

Lighting Design by Michael-Zero Zumbrun

Photo credit:
@pcfwrk (main image), Andrew T. Foster (small images)

This production is funded in part by the DCLA and NYSCA.

This piece was created with the support of the Bindlestiff First of May grant, Dragon’s Egg Studio (Ledyard, CT) residencies, and the Circus Culture/Saltonstall Hupstate Residency (Ithaca, NY).

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Is Pleased to present

The 24th Annual Holiday Performance of

TIMES SQUARE ANGEL

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

BREAD + PUPPET

The Idiots of the World Unite Against the Idiot System Circus and The Mother Dirt Mass

December 6 – 17, 2023
Tickets $18, Students, Seniors, Children $15
JOHNSON THEATER

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)

COVID Protocol:
As of September 26th, 2022, we are no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for our audience upon entry.
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

Enough Vo5 for the Universe

November 9 – November 26, 2023
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Added Saturday matinee, November 25th at 3:00 PM
No performance Thanksgiving, November 23rd

Tickets: $20
Run Time: 1 hour 50 minutes with one intermission
CINO THEATER

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)

Enough Vo5 for the Universe by Melanie Maria Goodreaux, is a science fiction dark comedy that takes place in the year 2097.

Three African-American female survivors of an unnamed worldwide cataclysm strive to exercise control in a dystopian environment where there is no control.  Mona Machine, Dr. Dorinda, and Ann Tenna McCloud engage in a death-dealing battle amongst each other over love, the last remaining White Man, fried chicken, and the mysterious whereabouts of the last Black Man left in the world.  The drama ensues with the derailing of Mona Machine’s 130th Birthday Party, genocide, and the digital manipulations of an unseen force.

Originally mounted in 2018, the play was way ahead of its time– and features a powerhouse performance by Aixa Kendrick (The Walking Dead- Dead City) as the tyrannical Mona Machine, returning for her role. Audiences will get to see Malik Yoba‘s controversial portrayal as the gender fluid God, named “Oprah-Obama-Omama.”

The Cast features
Aixa Kendrick (Mona Machine)
Malik Yoba (Oprah Obama Omama)
Le’Asha Julius (Dr. Dorinda)
Linda Greene (Anna Tenna McCloud)
Anthony Harper (Charles Donovan)
Jonathan Duran (Manny St. Nicholas The Wise Man)
Mark Ashin (Daniel, the White Man)

The Creative Team includes:
Animations and Graphics by Tim Fielder
Cinematography and Sound Design by Boston Fielder
Video and Sound by Anthony Harper
Lighting Design by Alexander Bartenieff
Set Design, Props, and Costumes by Lytza Colon, Sara Jane Munford, Diane Sullivan and Devyn Mackey

Production Team:
Co-Producers: Bruce Morrow, Mark Holloway
Associate Producer: Norah Lawlor
Stage Manager is Christopher Bello
Directed by Melanie Maria Goodreaux

COVID Protocol:
As of September 26th, 2022, we are no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for our audience upon entry.
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

FLAWLESS

November 9 – November 26, 2023
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Added performance Wednesday, November 22 at 8:00 PM
No performance Thanksgiving, November 23rd

Tickets: $18 General, $15 Seniors and Students
Run Time: 2 hours with one intermission
COMMUNITY SPACE

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)

A family’s youngest daughter takes center stage as her father cares for his wife of over 50 years, who now has Alzheimer’s. Witnessing the relentless repetition of the disease and the extraordinary patience and unwavering commitment of her father’s love, Estella struggles to accept her mother as she is now. While recalling her mother’s former vitality, a world view emanates, and we see the same couple in their first year of marriage, filled with light and hope for the future. She moves through time and space to learn the flickering power of memory, and to remember what is important when the mother she loves cannot.

CAST
David L Carson*
Page Clements*
John Lampe*
Hana Lauer
Deanna Henson*
Hannah Dillenbeck
Ricardo Gomez
Patricia Santos (Cellist)

PRODUCTION
Playwright – Robin Goldfin
Director – Ed Chemaly
Composer – Oren Neimen
Choreographer – Laurie DeVito
Set Designer – Lytza Colon
Costume Designer – Anthony Paul-Cavaretta
Lighting Designer – Heather Crocker
Production Stage Manager – Aaron A Watson*
Assistant Stage Manager – Danielle Nahil Mullen
Poster Design – Janice Davis
Publicity – Paul Siebold, OFF OFF PR

*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

COVID Protocol:
As of September 26th, 2022, we are no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for our audience upon entry.
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.