Casting has been announced for New York Stage and Film's 40th anniversary summer season, which launches July 11 and continues through August 3 at Marist University in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The summer season—which allows artists to develop new stories in an environment that fosters freedom of expression—features 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 Viñas, and more.
The season also hosts a range of artists-in-residence, including Ngozi
Anyanwu, Elizabeth Archer, Sopan Deb, Ryan Dobrin, Marcus Gardley,
Rebecca Gilman, Julian Hornik, Joseph Joubert, Ralph Peña, 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 include Christina Pumariega's Vidas Privadas, billed as a "bipartisan blasphemy of Noël Coward and Miami Dade" and starring Maggie Bofill, Craig Wesley Divino, Daniil Krimer, Christina Pumariega, and Armando Riesco (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 with Jason Maina, Jude Tibeau, and Tyqaun M. White (July 12 at 2 PM); Carly Mensch's Gertrude, Hamlet's mom's play, directed by Liz Flahive and featuring Edie Falco, Darren Goldstein, Jessica Love, Christopher Lowell, Sunita Mani, and Chris Thorn (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 and starring Chris Bannow, Brian Quijada, Mitchell Winter, Nygel D. Robinson, and Shannon Tyo (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 and a cast including Danny Bolero, Rheaume Crenshaw, Maya Days, Mia Gerachis, Matthew Griffin, Sandra Okuboyejo, Aramie Payton, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Laurissa Romain, Ariella Serur, and Donna Vivino (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, and featuring Anthony Irons, Jason Bowen, Bianca Laverne Jones, Jennifer Mogbock, and Portia (July 25 at 7 PM); Noelle Viñas' I Said Evolution, about two queer siblings with direction by Liz Carlson and a cast that includes Juan Castano and Jeanine Mason (July 26 at 2 PM); Dave Harris' wedding story and satanic invocation Manakin, directed by Taylor Reynolds and featuring Barzin Akhavan, Brittany Bradford, Toney Goins, Amara Granderson, Daniel K. Isaac, Genesis Oliver, David Shih, and Julyana Soelistyo (Golden Child). (July 26 at 6 PM); and Richard Topol and Willy Holtzman's father-themed Searching for Mr. Moon, directed by Max Mayer and starring Topol (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, music direction by Jane Cardona, and a cast led by Kirstyn C. Ballard, Carla Duren, Aidan Joyce, Daniel Marconi, Barrie Lobo McLain, and Adriana Scalice (August 1 and 2 at 7 PM), plus 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). The latter features Cindy Cheung, Zach Grenier, Florencia Lozano, and Angela Sarafyan.
Also on the bill: an immersive concert experience, The Woods, performed by company members of BalletCollective and San Fermin, including Allen Tate, Claire Wellin, and Mckenzie Cahill plus Annalise Gehling, Sophie Rose Shapiro, Thomas Hogan, Mizuho Kappa, and Leslie Andrea Williams as well as ensemble dancers Arcadian Broad, Justin Daniels, Shizu Higa, Salma Kiuhan, Devin Loh, Solange Rodrigues, and Annika Wong. 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.
“It is thrilling to celebrate New York Stage and Film’s 40th anniversary with an ambitious and varied lineup of some of the country’s most exciting artists,” said Artistic Director Ian Belknap in an earlier statement. “Audiences 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.”
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