terraNOVA Collective

Oct. 21– Dec. 9, 2012

3B Development Series

In Residence:October 16- December 17, 2012 

Groundworks is terraNOVA‘s new initiative to showcase the new play development projects and expose this work to artistic leaders, industry professionals and the general public. terraNOVA is thrilled to have cultivated relationships with 4 talented playwrights and to continue in the development of their wonderful plays.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. #3B (third floor)
$10 suggested donation – no reservation required.
Sponsored by Monsieur Touton Wines and Brooklyn Brewery

Sunday, October 21 at 5pm
ANIMALS COMMIT SUICIDE
By J. Julian Christopher
Directed by Jose Zayas
Featuring David Anzuelo, Chad Callaghan, Nic Grelli, Kyle Metzger, and Pernell Walker
Chance Stevens has a high end job, classic good looks, and the attention of anyone he wants in the NYC gay scene. Yet something is missing in his life that he cannot live without. He embarks on a dangerous journey of self-discovery only to find the very best and the very worst of a new community of which he so desperately wants to be a part.

Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 at 7pm
THE SEER & THE WITCH
By Jennifer Lane
Directed by Kimberly Faith Hickman
Featuring Steve Brady, Sofia Jean Gomez, Irene Sofia Lucio, Maria Maloney, Lee Aaron Rosen
The past and present collide in the forms of Eleanor and Emily, two women who haunt the same room at the Elgin Institute of Mental Health. Though they live a century apart, finding each other may be their only hope of a life outside hospital walls.

Friday, November 16 at 7pm
DEATH FOR SYDNEY BLACK
By Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by Kip Fagan
Featuring Beth Hoyt, Danielle Slavick,  Jen Kwok, Natalie Woolams-Torres, Kate Roberts, Katie Broad
Borrowing from contemporary tropes such as ”teen comedy” as well as classical fairy tale narratives DEATH FOR SYDNEY BLACK highlights the untenable standards girls are subjected to daily while encouraging uncensored, brutal insights about womanhood. As characters sing, rap, and enact various versions of a familiar story where the unpopular girl becomes popular, as harsh realities are remembered and roles are reversed, the girls realize they’ve been stuck in the same narrative since the dawn of fairytales through “chickflicks” in 2012 and beyond.

Sunday, December 9 at 3pm
ATWATER PROJECT
By Lucy Gillespie
Directed by Jessi D. Hill
Featuring Eric Bryant, Jennifer Conley Darling, Matt Dellapina, Steven Hauck, Zachary M. Fine, Teresa Avia Lim, Geoffrey Pomeroy and Carly Street
A red neck, blues-playing sonofabitch spearheads a national campaign to elect George H. W. Bush to the Presidency. Bulldozing careers and smearing good names, Lee Atwater’s way with the ladies and the media put him on top of American politics, until the day he discovered an inoperable brain tumor. Through song, soul and sass, Atwater comes face to face with his greatest fear – himself.