May 12-14, 2023

Concept and Direction: Nicole Kenley-Miller 

Composer: Madeline Styskal

Dramaturg: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

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"The Women Have Something to Say" presents the stories of female-identifying artists on the journey to find their voices, told through monologues and song texts written by the women themselves. The stories range in topic from sexism in the classical music industry, racism, age-ism, body image, silencing of women, to motherhood. Developed as a concert version in Houston, TX, this updated iteration will feature dancers, actors, and the original monologues will be woven into a theatrical narrative. The synergy of a living woman’s story being portrayed by other women speaks to the simultaneously distinctive and communal experience of women throughout time.

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CAST (in order of appearance):

Jessica Blau, librettist/mezzo-soprano; Cynthia Clayton, librettist/soprano; Mary-Angela Granberry, actor/dancer; Gracie Ibemere, librettist/bassist; Shannon Hesse, librettist/pianist; Ingrid Gerling, librettist/violinist; Tali Morgulis, librettist/pianist; Marianna Morgulis, actor; Lisa Vickers, librettist/soprano; Sydney Anderson, librettist/soprano; Gwen Alfred, librettist/soprano;  Newsha Farahani, librettist/actor/visual artist; Isabelle Ganz, librettist/mezzo-soprano; Laura Dearman, Choreographer/Dancer; Uila Marx (they/them), Dancer; Manatsu Tanaka (they/them), Dancer; Nicole Kenley-Miller, librettist/mezzo-soprano 

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CREATIVE TEAM:

Nicole Kenley-Miller, Conceiver/Director/Workshop Facilitator

Sydney Anderson, Executive Producer/Assistant Director

Madeline Styskal, Composer

Laura Dearman, Choreographer 

Janine Dworin, Graphic Designer

Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Dramaturg/Workshop Facilitator

Julian Wild, Director of Production/Technical Director

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Location: 

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre

338 West 23rd St. (between 8th and 9th Avenues)

New York, NY

 

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April 21-23, 2023

Written by: Vayl Larkin​

Directed by: JNK Enzo

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This new play by Vayl Larkin tells the stories of five homeless characters as they go about their lives. An enby subsistence sex worker who is privately an avid reader and writer. A soldier, home with PTSD from a tragic wartime experience. Skater kids, making their own way in their own way. A woman who used to be an astrophysicist, who now wanders through her schizophrenia, colliding at times with the world. A busker, watching, observing, and most importantly, Seeing each of these people, their nuance, their complexity, and their fundamental humanity. Brought to life through silent body performers, narration verging on the poetic, and creative ASL interpretation, grounded in facts and real-world experience, this piece seeks to educate empathy above all.

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This workshop presentation seeks to be fully accessible to D/deaf and hard of hearing, and Blind audiences. The theatre is also wheelchair-accessible. 

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Cast:

Julian Wild, Narrator Voice/Body

Dickie Hearts, Narrator ASL

Norm Mattox, Storyteller Voice/Body

Alberto  Medero, Storyteller ASL

JNK Enzo, Graffiti Body

Justin B. Withers, Broadside Body

DeMarco Sleeper, Ballet Body

Mary-Angela Granberry, Trompe-l'œil Body 

Sydney Anderson, soprano

Sophie Delphis, mezzo-soprano

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Creative Team: 

Vayl Larkin, Playwright 

JNK Enzo, Stage Director

Maleni Chaitoo, Director of ASL

Sydney Anderson, Music Director/Stage Manager

Zoe Griffith, Lighting Designer

Micaela Bottari, Scenic Design 

Sebastian Armendariz, Sound Design/Livestream Producer

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Commissioned Composers:

Derek Weagle

Vasily Ratmansky

Elizabeth Gartman

Tyson Gholston Davis

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March 3-5, 2023

Written by: Bryce McClendon

Directed by: Katy Early

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This world premiere play follows four different University voice students participating in an investigation into the behavior of their teacher, Kent Randall, who has been publicly accused of sexual assault. 

As a representative from the University Office of Institutional Compliance interviews four of the professor's students, their lessons overlay the conversations, combining reality, memory, and imagination as illustrations of Kent's influence over their memories and testimonies. The play lives into the dissonance between the personal discovery and processing of an experience of trauma, and the responsibility to represent that trauma to an investigative body concurrently. 

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CAST (in order of appearance)

Shah Motia: Kent Randall

Shelly Lynn Walsh: The Compliance Officer

Alexander J. Rodriguez: Lee

Rachel Policar: Lizzy

Ai Chaim Ra: Jarrett, Kent u/s

Heather Jones: Brittain

Morgan Mastrangelo: Michael

Nathaniel LaNasa: Mel

Savannah Bergli, Daniela

Mary-Angela Granberry: The Compliance Officer u/s

Roberto Colon: Michael u/s

Sophie Delphis: Brittain u/s (performing Saturday 3/4 at 2:00pm)

Sebastian Armendariz: Lee u/s

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CREATIVE TEAM

Bryce McClendon, Playwright

Katy Early, Director

Nathaniel LaNasa, Music Director

Givens Parr, Dramaturg, Cover Art Painter

Julian Wild, Director of Production/Lighting & Sound Design

Roberto Colon, Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Director

Sydney Anderson, Executive Producer/Stage Manager 

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Location: 

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre

338 West 23rd St. (between 8th and 9th Avenues)

New York, NY

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Click HERE to view the digital program

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