2024-2025 SEASON
After a long COVID “intermission” from producing live theatre, MULTISTAGES is excited to announce its current season of SEVEN New World Premieres.
WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION
“JANUARY”
Written by Paula Cizmar
Directed by Lorca Peress
The Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, NYC
Performing in repertory as part of the newly-formed Femme Collective**
TICKETS
January 11 – February 1, 2025
REPERTORY SCHEDULE for the play JANUARY: Sat., 1/11 at 7pm; Sun., 1/12 at 7pm; Tues., 1/14 at 7pm; Thurs., 1/16 at 7pm; Wed., 1/22 at 7pm; Fri., 1/24 at 7pm; Sun., 1/26 at 2pm; Wed., 1/29 at 2pm; Fri., 1/31 at 7pm; and Sat., 2/1 at 4pm (Femme Collective Marathon Day)
JANUARY is a play about the aftermath of traumatic violence: A child has just shot and killed another child at school. Lauren, the mother of the victim, becomes the darling of the media; Maya, the mother of the killer is ostracized, hounded. As Lauren’s mind fragments, she becomes increasingly obsessed with Maya, whom she blames for the tragedy. But who really is to blame? Couldn’t this happen to any of us? Aren’t we all in this together? JANUARY is a play about people. A journey toward sanity and understanding. An attempt to turn hate into communal concern and care.
JANUARY was a MultiStages New Works Contest Finalist in 2016 and has been updated to reflect our current times. This production include original music, projection design, movement, and live streaming.
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Cast: Veronica Cruz,* Darlenis Duran, Alinca Hamilton,* Jed Peterson*, with Matt Walting
Artistic Company includes Jan Hartley: Projection Design, Sun Hee Kil: Sound Design, Kia Rogers: Lighting Design, Jennifer Varbalow: Scenic & Property Design, Lisa Renee Jordan: Costume Design, Abigail Ramsay: Media Design, Jennifer Chin: Choreography and Intimacy, Original Music: Dean Landon, Sound Associate: Bennet Lin
Mel Ashby-Hunt: Production Stage Manager, Jenna Baker Morrissey: ASM
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Associate Producer: Gena Bardwell
Producing Artistic Director: Lorca Peress
Special thank you to the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) for a Creative Engagement Award, the N.W. Dible Foundation, Cherry Lane Alternative Gift, and our dedicated supporters whose donations and grants help fund these projects.
*Appearing courtesy of AEA
**Femme Collective is a groundbreaking partnership between MultiStages, The Neo-Political Cowgirls, and Eden Theater Company. Together they represent a united front in reimagining the theater industry’s future. Born out of the financial and cultural challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, this innovative collaboration between three women-led companies seeks to redefine theater through shared resources, amplified diversity, and community resilience.
MULTISTAGES RECENTLY PREMIERED
ReproEco: Six Short Works
October 4-5, 2024
Readings of New Works
Goddard Riverside Community Arts @ Bernie Wohl Center
647 Columbus Avenue (91-92nd Streets), NYC
TICKETS FREE: LINK
MultiStages, ReproFreedomArts.org, and Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program are joining together to present ReproEco: Six Short Plays.
ReproEco is a collection of six short plays that connect our reproductive health and our environment. These powerful storytellers use humor, mythology, Afro-futurism and drama to look at how industrial waste, plastics, forever chemicals, the lack of safe drinking water and discriminatory laws affect our bodies and our communities.
Followed by special talkbacks with experts in the fields of Reproductive rights and Environmental legislation.
Playwrights Diane Breeser, Cindy Cooper, Alinca Hamilton, Mildred Inez Lewis, Cassandra Medley & Laura Shamas.
ReproFreedomArts.org commissioned these talented playwrights, who represent a cross-section of America, to create new works inspired by investigations and conversations with experts in reproductive rights and environmental justice.
Co-produced by Cindy Cooper & Lorca Peress
Directed by Joyce Griffen, Lorca Peress & Allison Astor-Vargas
Featuring: Gena Bardwell, Jean Brookner, Darlenis Duran, Joyce Griffen, Nina Mehta, Valorie Niccore, Tanis Parenteau, Abigail Ramsay, Marc Reign & Celeste Sena.
http://Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program.