Santiago Mallan
Homunculus
May 15-19, 2024
IN RESIDENCE:May 14 – 20, 2024
Mimi is an eccentric sculptor whose longtime lover Clay has absconded with a model from his figure drawing class. In order to get back at him (or perhaps to get him back?) Mimi enlists the help of her lovestruck assistant Bootbutt to create a lifesize statue of Clay. While Mimi is out of the studio at a Blood Moon celebration, Bootbutt invites his friend Simmer to keep him company as he works, and the two are caught in a bind as Clay returns to pick up a poncho.
Formally, Homunculus is an attempt to recreate the screwball farces of Elizabethan and Jacobean England— it is written in loose iambic verse and is packed with twists, schemes, and slapstick— but its content is largely contemporary, addressing itself to the murkiness of open relationships, internet gossip, and art world clout.
Performances:
May 15, 8 PM
May 16, 8 PM
May 17, 8 PM
May 18, 8 PM
May 19, 8 PM
RUNNING TIME:
1 hour
PRICE: $25.00
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
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Written & Directed by Santiago Mallan
Produced by Noah Blau
Madeleine Fisher (MIMI) is an actress and director based in Brooklyn. She recently made her directing debut with Last Night Was a Play. She loves verse. She’s excited to be here.
IG: notmadeleinefisher
Jeremy Gill (BOOTBUTT) is a New York based actor and received his BFA in Acting from UNCSA and attended Interlochen of the Arts. His screen credits include Cat Person which recently showed at Sundance and Polecat, an independent feature film. he’s excited to be a part of this wonderful group.
IG: _jarmie
Michelle Moriarty (SIMMER) is an actor, writer, and director with a BFA in theatre from Boston University. She co-owns Farmhands Productions and co-hosts the Good Judgment podcast. Credits include Zoomers (Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research), Fresh Out the Box (The Players Theatre), and Like Jazz (Under St. Marks). Last month she directed SODA by Eric Spring at Adult Film.
IG: michellecmoriarty
Aitana Doyle (NOVA) is a Spanish/American actor based in New York. She studied Drama at UNCSA and trained under Laura Henry. Her credits includes upcoming feature film “If that Mockingbird don’t Sing”, along with many short films. She is so stoked to be working with this goofy bunch.
IG: aitanadoyle
Jake Innerst (CLAY) is a New York city based artist, actor and writer. He received his BFA in Theater with a concentration in Acting from Temple University in Philadelphia. He studied under Emmanuelle Depech of the Jacques Lecoq School and The Pig Iron Theater in Philly, where he found his clown and a love for the rich workshop that is Philadelphia’s devised theater and comedy community. He has taken that love for sketch, clown and drama and writes ridiculous things of his own for his friends to do for fun!
IG: jakeinnerst
Noah Blau (producer/SM) is a writer-director and independent producer. His film projects have screened at the Austin and Maryland Film Festivals. Currently, he works as a story editor and development researcher for television writers. Blau also produces stage plays and enjoys a decadent sandwich.
IG: noaheblau
Santiago Mallan (playwright/director/set designer) is an actor and artist based in Brooklyn. Growing up, he attended Shakespeare summer intensives with the Educational Theater Company in Washington D.C. and studied visual arts and writing at Interlochen Arts Camp. He matriculated at the New School College of Performing arts, and graduated with a BFA in Drama in 2020. Since then he has acted in numerous films (including Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story) and plays in the New York underground theater scene, including Caveh Zahedi’s Ulysses & I and the original production of Eric Ratee’s Washington at The Tank.
IG: santiagomallan
IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation & support for ASL interpretation provided in part through funding from Access A.R.T./New York.
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