New York Stage and Film's 40th anniversary summer season will be presented July 11鈥揂ugust 3 at Marist University in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The upcoming summer season鈥攚hich allows artists to develop new stories in an environment that fosters freedom of expression鈥攚ill feature work by numerous theatre artists, including Donja R. Love, Heather Christian, John Patrick Shanley, Nambi E. Kelley, Kirsten Greenidge, Lauren Sandler, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Harris, Noelle Vi帽as, and more.
The season will also host a range of artists-in-residence, including Ngozi
Anyanwu, Elizabeth Archer, Sopan Deb, Ryan Dobrin, Marcus Gardley,
Rebecca Gilman, Julian Hornik, Joseph Joubert, Ralph Pe帽a, Betty
Shamieh, Hannah Tobias, and Lois Walden, while Residency groups
include Indigenous Voices of the Northeast and The Drama League.
Presentations in the Nelly Goletti Theatre in July will include Christina Pumariega's Vidas Privadas, billed as a "bipartisan blasphemy of No毛l Coward and Miami Dade" (July 11 at 7 PM); Donja R. Love's The Teetee and Lala Show, about two LGBTQIA+ teens living on the streets on the coldest night of the year (July 12 at 2 PM); Carly Mensch's Gertrude, Hamlet's mom's play, directed by Liz Flahive (July 12 at 6 PM); the musical Backyard Boys, with a book by Hansol Jung and music and lyrics by Chris Bannow, Brian Quijada, and Mitch Winter (July 13 at 2 PM); the Lorin Latarro-directed musical Shelter, featuring a book by Kirsten Greenidge and Lauren Sandler and a score by Crystal Monee Hall (July 19 at 7 PM and July 20 at 2 PM); Nambi E. Kelley's Stokely, an exploration of Black Power movement architect Stokely Carmichael, directed by Kent Gash (July 25 at 7 PM); Noelle Vi帽as' I Said Evolution, about two queer siblings with direction by Liz Carlson (July 26 at 2 PM); Dave Harris' wedding story and satanic invocation Manakin, directed by Taylor Reynolds (July 26 at 6 PM); and Richard Topol and Willy Holtzman's father-themed Searching for Mr. Moon, directed by Max Mayer (July 27 at 1 PM).
In August, the Goletti Theatre will welcome Heather Christian's reimagined monastic 3 PM mass None: A Practical Breviary, with design by Jeanette Yew and music direction by Jane Cardona (August 1 and 2 at 7 PM), and the John Patrick Shanley-written and directed The Pushover, about three badass women who collide and collude at a spa in New Mexico and a Chinese restaurant in Queens (August 3 at 2 PM).
Also on the bill: an immersive concert experience, The Woods, performed by company members of BalletCollective and San Fermin. Co-created by Troy Schumacher and Ellis Ludwig-Leone and directed and choreographed by Schumacher, presentations are scheduled for July 26 at 8 PM and July 27 at 3 PM in the River Rooms. Music director Ellis Ludwig-Leone composed the music for the production.
Complete casting and full creative teams for all projects will be announced at a later date.
鈥淚t is thrilling to celebrate New York Stage and Film鈥檚 40th anniversary with an ambitious and varied lineup of some of the country鈥檚 most exciting artists,鈥� said Artistic Director Ian Belknap in a statement. 鈥淎udiences in Poughkeepsie and the greater Hudson Valley have for 40 years welcomed new stories in development before they go to stages on and Off-Broadway and theatres nationwide. I am excited for them to experience new and familiar artists as we celebrate this milestone season at our home at Marist.鈥�
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