As if I Care

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
COMMUNITY SPACE

FREE

$5 Suggested Donation

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

As if I Care is a show in three parts about Elsie, a witty young woman who wants more out of her life and the people in it. Her loved ones are limited and seemingly unable to give her what she needs, but she also realizes that she can’t do everything on her own. It begs the question: what does it mean to ask for more as a young woman in the world today– especially one without a support system? How does she go about asking for more, even commanding it? And how does she heal from her trauma, move away from the past, and step into her power in the present? Although Elsie has been let down by most people in her life, she is steadfast to overcome that and find something better for herself.

CAST
TBD

Stephanie Okun is an award-winning playwright/screenwriter/direct or, blogger at New York Women in Film & Television and Tunespotter’s what-song.com, and student at NYU’s Educational Theatre MA program. She is also a proud alum of Stephen Sondheim’s Young Playwrights Inc. The theater has always been her home and there’s more to come.

Joan Kane is the founding Artistic Director of Ego Actus Theater Company. Off Broadway, she directed Sycorax at HERE, Play Nice! at 59e59 theaters, and I Know What Boys Want at Theatre Row. She directed Six Characters in Search of an Author in Oslo, Norway and Kafka’s Belinda in Prague. Joan was awarded Best Director in the United Solo Festival where she has directed six pieces. She is an alumni of the LaMama directing and playwriting symposiums in Umbria, Italy. Joan is a member of the Playwright/Director unit at Actor’s Studio, the League of Professional Theatre Women, the Dramatists Guild, and the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers. www.EgoActus.com