Be a part of us for a night of performs by 9 writers who personally skilled displacement, migration and battle. Alongside 4 30 minute items, we are going to hear shorter 10 minute works by 5 younger Ukrainian writers.
Schedule
(topic to radical change; administrators TBC):
5:00 p.m. EDT: The Untitled, Pan-African Play or By Fireplace and By Drive
by Ravel Cassell (West Africa)
5:30 p.m.: Crossing the Water by Rawya El Chab (Lebanon)
6:00 p.m.:The Type Killer by Achiro P. Olwoch (Uganda)
6:40 p.m.:Fall by France-Luce Benson (Haiti/US)
7:00 p.m.:Panel Dialogue all playwrights
7:30 p.m.: Brief Performs by Younger Playwrights Ukraine venture
Good Materials, by Taya Fedorenko
The Outdated Couple, by Luka Ivanov
Too Shut, Uliana Klimchuk
Ruins, by Sasha Sereda
Growth, by Karina Syrota
8:10 p.m.: Panel Dialogue with Ukrainian writers — adopted by a reception
This occasion is co-curated and co-produced by Marie Cisco and Frank Hentschker; initiated and introduced by The Martin E. Segal Theater Heart.
Play Descriptions
Fall by France-Luce Benson
When an estranged daughter/main caretaker clashes with a house well being assist, she is pressured to confront lengthy held resentments in the direction of her mom, her cultural identification, and herself.
The Type Killer by Achiro P. Olwoch
Nata is a widow who survived the battle in Northern Uganda after being kidnapped by the person who killed her husband. The Type Killer is a solo present that weaves collectively this story of survival with the method of creating the African delicacy, odii.
The Untitled, Pan-African Play or By Fireplace and By Drive by Raven Cassell
Tonight, associates of Niké and Desmond collect for a cocktail party at their residence in rural Cotê d’Ivoire in celebration of Niké’s thirtieth birthday. Within the wake of the local weather disaster, America has mysteriously burned and the smoke from the burning of such a nation reset the local weather disaster, therapeutic the Earth a terrific deal.
Crossing the Water by Rawya El Chab
Crossing the Water is a multidisciplinary efficiency written and carried out by Rawya El Chab, directed by Jesse Freedman. The present attracts parallels between immigration—embodied by the act of crossing water—and loss of life, symbolized by the crossing of the river Styx in Greek mythology. This experiment additionally exams the boundaries of communication between individuals residing in several time zones.
Brief Performs by Younger Playwrights Ukraine venture
Growth by Karina Syrota
A lady wakes as much as battle and the unusual disorienting feelings, that accompany her as she flees her residence for one more world.
Too Shut by Uliana Klimchuk
Two younger strangers drive by the night time to the border in Bulgaria to select up refugees. A younger lady, a refugee herself, is attempting to do all she will be able to to assist. And a younger man, all bravado and naïve youth, is so caught up in an concept of who he ought to be on this planet, he may be harmful.
Outdated Couple by Luka Ivanov
Two residing refugees in Vienna have completely different views on what they left behind and what their lives will probably be like in the event that they by no means go residence once more.
Good Materials by Taya Fedorenko
A younger lady returns residence to Kyiv to see her father, a soldier, for the primary time. Her option to make a documentary about him and ask him questions she’d by no means ask with out a digicam between them, brings out extra reality than both expects.
Ruins by Sasha Sereda
An 18-year-old residing as a refugee in Germany, returns residence to what’s left of her childhood residence and faces the harmless 17-year-old self she left behind.
In regards to the Playwrights:
France-Luce Benson is a Haitian-American playwright/screenwriter and assistant professor at CSU San Marcos. From 2021-2022 she was a workers author on Paramount Plus’ “Lawmen: The Bass Reeves Story”. This month, the world premiere manufacturing of her play, Detained, was nominated for seven NAACP Theatre Awards, together with Finest Playwright. Extra honors embrace The Lily’s Lorraine Hansberry Award, Dramatist Guild Fellow, NYSCA’s Particular person Artist Award, Sony Footage Tv Various Writers Fellow, Zoetrope’s Grand Prize for authentic screenplay, and Sam French OOB Competition Winner. Her performs have had productions at Williamstown Theatre Competition, The Fireplace This Time Competition, The Fountain Theatre, Billie Vacation Theatre, New Black Fest, Crossroads Theatre, Juggernaut Theatre, and Ensemble Studio Theatre NYC the place she is an organization member; and improvement workshops at Atlantic Theatre Firm, The Playwright’s Heart, and Oregon Shakespeare Competition, amongst others. She can also be a recipient of Sony’s Instructing Artist Award for Modern Curriculum. Her performs have been revealed by DPS, Samuel French, and Routledge. She’s a proud member of the Author’s Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild.
Raven Cassell is a theatremaker, creative improvement strategist, and NYU Tisch graduate scholar in Dramatic Writing based mostly in NYC and West Africa. Her work is on the intersection of tradition research and storytelling. She describes herself as an Africanist Storyteller; making work coping with African continental and diasporic issues, affairs, and themes—centering African storytelling methodologies, ideologies, and applied sciences. Raven thinks critically in regards to the containers we inform tales in and the useful resource pathways that assist storytelling and art-making. Her work is invested in sustainable improvement within the arts, notably in a West African context.
Rawya El Chab is a storyteller and educating artist based mostly in New York Metropolis. Her creative journey has been formed by classical theater coaching and immersive experiences in experimental and up to date artwork kinds. Presently, she is growing The Union, an interactive experiment impressed by a declassified toolkit developed by the OSS, and Crossing the Water, a solo efficiency constructing a parallel between immigration and loss of life. Via her compelling storytelling and exploration of the human expertise, Rawya El Chab is devoted to amplifying untold narratives and shedding mild on historic occasions to set the stage for thought-provoking and transformative experiences for her audiences.
Achiro P. Olwoch is a Ugandan author, playwright and screenwriter at the moment residing in exile in New York. She tells tales that begin conversations, usually writing about topics that her a part of the world calls forbidden. A former air hostess who hates flying, Achiro is aware of full effectively easy methods to flip uncomfortable conditions right into a story.The title Achiro is brief for Achirochan which implies ‘the resilient one’. This greatest describes Achiro who was born in exile and after they returned lived in exile inside her nation due to the continued civil battle in her homeland and now finds herself in exile. Regardless she retains going and turns each trial and triumph right into a story. When she is just not writing, Achiro is studying. Like her favourite authors, Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiongo, and her late father, she delights in writing historical past and current day politics in story.
Younger Playwrights Ukraine venture
Taya Fedorenko (Good Materials; director, Growth, The Outdated Couple) is an 18-year-old Ukrainian scholar, actor and author residing within the US. She simply accomplished her first 12 months at The New College in New York the place she research performing and playwriting. Her play Good Materials had a studying at The Winery Theatre in New York starring Taya herself and Evan Handler, directed by Jodie Markell. It was initially a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s Ten Minute Play Mission, produced on Zoom, starring Liev Schreiber, directed by Peter Hedges, and mentored by author Will Arbery in August 2023. Her quick play Telephone Calls with Mother was produced by Orion Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, directed by Lars Rudolfsson. It was initially carried out by Cara Buono and Oona Laurence as a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s first studying sequence on Zoom in July 2022. Each performs will probably be revealed by Smith & Kraus in 2024. In 2022 Taya had the lead position in The Gaaga with Arlekin Gamers in Boston, Mass.
Luka Ivanov (The Outdated Couple) is an 18-year-old Ukrainian author now residing in Vienna, Austria. He was an performing scholar in Ukraine and now needs to check Political Science at a college. Luka’s play The Palace had its first studying in Brooklyn in January 2024, with actors Frank Wooden, Kelly AuCoin, Olli Haaskivi, Samantha Mathis, Babak Tafti, and Trí Lê. His play The Outdated Couple was a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s Ten Minute Play Mission, produced on Zoom, starring Becky Ann Baker and Reed Birney, directed by Lars Rudolfsson and mentored by author Jessica Goldberg. His one-act play Kondratiy was produced by Orion Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, directed by Lars Rudolfsson. It was initially carried out by Kevin Corrigan, David Morse, Petro Ninovskyi, and Charlie Plummer, as a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s first studying sequence on Zoom in July 2022. His performs will probably be revealed by Smith & Kraus in 2024.
Uliana Klimchuk (Too Shut) is a 20-year-old Ukrainian scholar, author, actor, and singer. She research performing at College of North Carolina College of the Arts. Her play Superhero had a studying at The Winery Theater in New York starring Kelly AuCoin and Jessica Hecht, directed by Jodie Markell. It was beforehand a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s Ten Minute Play Mission, produced on Zoom, starring David Harbour and Ivanna Sakhno, directed by Paul McCrane and mentored by author Daniel Goldfarb. She additionally acted within the venture, starring reverse Liev Schreiber in Taya Fedorenko’s play Good Materials, directed by Peter Hedges and mentored by author Will Arbery. She wrote, co-directed and starred within the quick movie, “Boyfriend within the Basement,” shot in Kyiv. Her quick play Too Shut was a part of The Occupation Mission: Performs from Ukraine on the Jaffa Theater in Tel Aviv, Israel, directed by Ron Weiss. It was additionally produced by Orion Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, directed by Lars Rudolfsson. It was initially carried out by David Morse, Kevin Corrigan, Ivanna Sakhno, and Petro Ninoviskyi as a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s first studying sequence on Zoom in July 2022. Her performs will probably be revealed by Smith & Kraus in 2024.
Sasha Sereda (playwright, Ruins) is an 19-year-old Ukrainian scholar, author, and director, residing in Germany. Her play Ruins had a studying at The Winery Theatre in New York, directed by Jodie Markell. Ruins was initially a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s Ten Minute Play Mission, produced on Zoom, directed by Sammi Cannold and mentored by author Kate Robin. Her monologue “Beds are Not Protected Sufficient” was carried out by Katerina McCrimmon on Zoom for the launch of Younger Playwrights Ukraine Mentorship Mission in April 2023. Her quick play How Do You Really feel Concern? was produced by Orion Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, directed by Lars Rudolfsson in 2023. It was initially carried out by Kevin Corrigan, Oona Laurence, and Lily Sheen as a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s first studying sequence on Zoom in July 2022. Ruins and How Do You Really feel Concern? will probably be revealed by Smith & Kraus in 2024.
Karina Syrota (playwright, Growth; director, Good Materials, Ruins) is a 20-year-old Ukrainian scholar and author residing within the US together with her household who fled the battle. She attends Marist School in New York, the place she research Laptop Science. Her play The Orchid had a studying at The Winery Theatre in New York with actors Catherine Curtin, Alex Feldman, and Frank Wooden, directed by Jodie Markell. It was initially a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s Ten Minute Play Mission produced on Zoom, directed by Jodie Markell and mentored by author Jacquelyn Reingold. Her play Growth had its first dwell studying in Brooklyn with actors Kelly AuCoin, Olli Haaskivi, Jennifer Mudge, and Babak Tafti. Her quick play Recommendation was produced by Orion Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, directed by Lars Rudolfsson in 2023. It was initially carried out by Cara Buono and David Morse as a part of Younger Playwrights Ukraine’s first studying sequence on Zoom in July 2022. The Orchid and Recommendation will probably be revealed by Smith & Kraus in 2024.
Co-Curator and Co-Producer:
Marie Cisco is a Movie, TV, and Broadway Producer. She has labored for the The Nationwide Black Theatre, The New Black Fest, The Apollo, and The Public Theater the place she produced the event of recent work for inner reveals and Broadway transfers. Marie labored as a inventive govt for Lee Daniels Leisure the place she produced on a number of pilots and the characteristic movie “The US vs. Billie Vacation”. She most lately served as the manufacturing companion and managing director for Stardust Movies by Widespread the place she constructed a strong improvement slate and produced a number of quick movies together with SXSW featured “Glitter Ain’t Gold”.
