Works by Women: 2015
Below are the productions that Works by Women (NYC) attended in 2015, organized by date of attendence (most recent at the top).
MOURNING SUN
by Antu Yacob
West End Theatre
In the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
263 West 86th Street
New York, NY
Attended on NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Set in Ethiopia and New York, Mourning Sun is a remarkable love story that spans continents and cultures. At 14, Biftu and Abdi listen to American pop music and fantasize about meeting Michael Jackson. Then Biftu is forced into an arranged marriage and her dreams and her body are shattered. This explosive new play explores trauma and recovery, dislocation and identity, and the power of human connection.
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
Set Design: Jen Price Flick
Costume Design: Jessa-Raye Court
Fight Choreographer: Erica Gould
by Antu Yacob
West End Theatre
In the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
263 West 86th Street
New York, NY
Attended on NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Set in Ethiopia and New York, Mourning Sun is a remarkable love story that spans continents and cultures. At 14, Biftu and Abdi listen to American pop music and fantasize about meeting Michael Jackson. Then Biftu is forced into an arranged marriage and her dreams and her body are shattered. This explosive new play explores trauma and recovery, dislocation and identity, and the power of human connection.
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
Set Design: Jen Price Flick
Costume Design: Jessa-Raye Court
Fight Choreographer: Erica Gould
Catch the Butcher
Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce St.
New York, NY
Attended on OCTOBER 1, 2015
Directed by Valentina Fratti
Scenic Design by Lauren Helpern
Costume Design by Brooke Cohen
Fascinated by a serial killer's poems to his victims, Nancy sets out to find him. When she discovers herself in his basement she likes it.
Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce St.
New York, NY
Attended on OCTOBER 1, 2015
Directed by Valentina Fratti
Scenic Design by Lauren Helpern
Costume Design by Brooke Cohen
Fascinated by a serial killer's poems to his victims, Nancy sets out to find him. When she discovers herself in his basement she likes it.
Las Meninas
by Lynn Nottage
New Brooklyn Theatre
Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Attended on AUGUST 20th, 2015
Design Team: Courtney Nelson, Jaimee Fricklas
Las Meninas tells the story of the love affair between Louis XIV’s wife Queen Marie-Thérèse and Nabo, her African servant as told through the imagination of their illegitimate daughter.
by Lynn Nottage
New Brooklyn Theatre
Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Attended on AUGUST 20th, 2015
Design Team: Courtney Nelson, Jaimee Fricklas
Las Meninas tells the story of the love affair between Louis XIV’s wife Queen Marie-Thérèse and Nabo, her African servant as told through the imagination of their illegitimate daughter.
Rachel
written by Angelina Weld Grimke
directed by Courtney Harge
New Brooklyn Theatre
Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY
Attended on AUGUST 21st, 2015
Design Team: Courtney Nelson, Rebecca Schumel
Grimké’s powerful play takes us inside the home of a family attempting to cope with the aftermath of the lynching of a father and son. In a year when the streets ring with chants of “Black Lives Matter,” RACHEL asks us to feel the quiet pain of a young black woman who doubts whether she can bear to bring more lives into a violent world. Courtney Harge directs.
written by Angelina Weld Grimke
directed by Courtney Harge
New Brooklyn Theatre
Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY
Attended on AUGUST 21st, 2015
Design Team: Courtney Nelson, Rebecca Schumel
Grimké’s powerful play takes us inside the home of a family attempting to cope with the aftermath of the lynching of a father and son. In a year when the streets ring with chants of “Black Lives Matter,” RACHEL asks us to feel the quiet pain of a young black woman who doubts whether she can bear to bring more lives into a violent world. Courtney Harge directs.
