WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION - MAY 2009 A new spoken word play adapted from "Medea" by Yubelky Rodriguez
Directed by Denyse Owens "It's happening now
never trust the eyes that see blindly
because it... felt right....
to reveal simple verses... my heart....
exposing cuts, now strategic plans...
a vendetta to heal internal wounds
injuries that will bleed eternally seeping slowly through my skin."
Pious Poetic Pie uses the explosive nature of slam to adapt Medea's timeless journey of love, loss, and revenge to the multi-cultural community of a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn--where race and economics walk hand in hand. Featuring: Mia Bankston *, Athena Colón, Darian Dauchan *, Jose Joaquin Perez, Mia Van de Water, Rick Younger* (An AEA approved showcase - * Denotes AEA members) Set Designer: Tim McMath
Costume Designer: Deborah J. Caney**
Lighting Designer: Christopher Brown
Sound Designer: Dave Morreale
Technical Director: Kevin Bartlett
Stage Manager: Patrick McGhee
Assistant Stage Manager: Bridget Halloran
House Manager: Traci Sanders
Postcard Design: Music 4 Robots
(* * Member, United Scenic Artists)
Performances May 21 - 30, 2009 @ 7PM
Matinees on May 23, 24, 30 @ 3 PM
No performance on Monday May 25
SPECIAL POST-PERFORMANCE EVENTS included
* Saturday May 23 - Opening Night: A post-show party with pie, of course!
* Sunday May 24, 7pm - Urban Word NYC presents a performance by teen poet Kayan James, followed by Q&A
* Tuesday May 26 - A performance by slam poet Darian Dauchan and his band The Mighty Third Rail, featuring Curtis Stewart on violin and Ian Baggette on bass
* Wednesday May 27 - A discussion with classics scholar Helene Foley and playwright Yubelky Rodriguez
* Thursday May 28 & Friday May 29 - A performance by playwright and slam poet Yubelky Rodriguez followed by a Q&A Hudson Guild Theatre
441 West 26th Street
Between 9th & 10th Avenues
New York, NY 10001
1 to 28th Street or the C/E to 23rd Street Ticketing courtesy of Smarttix.com 
The world premiere production of Pious Poetic Pie was supported by the Fund for Creative Communities/NYSCA Decentralization Program, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, State Senator Thomas Duane, The John Golden Fund, Dramatists Guild Fund, Nancy Quinn Fund, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. * * *
The initial Workshop of Pious Poetic Pie took place April 13-19, 2008 Directed by Christine Simpson
Assistant Directed/Stage Managed by Sarah Ford
Produced by Michelle Chen
Featuring: Darian Dauchan*, Erinina Marie Ness, Jose Joacquin Perez, Celli Pitt*, Yubelky Rodriguez, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Rick Younger* * Actors appeared courtesy of Actors Equity Association.
Workshop readings and talkbacks:
April 18 & 19, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
April 19, 2008 @ 9:30 pm At the Wings Theatre
154 Christopher Street (btw. Greenwich & Washington Streets)
New York, NY This workshop was presented in conjunction with NYC's Poem in Your Pocket Day and Immigrant Heritage Week.
Cast (Nancy (May 09 production))
Mia Bankston obtained her MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Recent roles include: Rosemary in Summer and Smoke at the Clurman Theater, Mrs. Hurst and Mrs. Gardiner in Pride and Prejudice and Judy in Expecting Isabel at the Asolo Rep. Other roles include: Gower in Pericles, Britannia in Mirandolina, Bertha in One Mo' Time and Isis in Hieroglyphic Graffiti. She'd like to thank her family and friends for their undying support.
(Melinda (May 09 production))
Athena Colón is an actor, teaching artist and native New Yorker. Theater credits include: Electric Black's Lonely Soldier Monologue: Women at War in Iraq (Carlye Garcia); Candido Tirado's Momma's Boyz (Mimic); Manhattan Theater Club's Right on the Edge Festival (Various Roles); Third Child (Electra) NYC Fringe, Prague Int'l Fringe, Italy Fringe Festival; At Risk (Teresa/Dancer) at La Tea; Minotaur (Ariadne/Athenian Youth/Dancer) Henry Street Settlement, UYT. She earned her BFA-Acting at Long Island Univ., C.W. Post. Athena is a proud member of Family Life Theater and Educational Play Productions. Athenac2003@hotmail.com
(Jerome)
Darian Dauchan is a proud graduate of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. He has worked at Second Stage, Repetorio Espanol, PRTT, INTAR, Transport Group, and New Dramatist. He was last seeing as Raul in LIA's Americanize at Theatre Row. He has been seen regionally at Hartford Stage, Hartford TheatreWorks, and the Repetory Theatre of St. Louis. He is a proud member of the Actor's Collective at INTAR.
(Gladys (Workshop))
Erinina Marie Ness graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2005 with a concentration in writing, theater direction and language studies. Erinina formed Mir Productions in August of 2006 to create a space for the development of talented interdisciplinary artists and currently functions as their Artistic and Executive Director.
(PO Diaz)
Jose Joaquin Perez is a proud graduate of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. He has worked at Second Stage, Repetorio Espanol, PRTT, INTAR, Transport Group, and New Dramatist. He was last seeing as Raul in LIA's Americanize at Theatre Row. He has been seen regionally at Hartford Stage, Hartford TheatreWorks, and the Repetory Theatre of St. Louis. He is a proud member of the Actor's Collective at INTAR.
(Nancy (Workshop))
Celli Pitt did some theatre learnin' at Spelman College (BA) and Brandeis University (MFA) and a whole lotta acting before, in between, and afterwards.
(Pietra (Workshop))
Carolyn Michelle Smith has a B.A. from Fordham University, Alumnus of the Apprentice/Intern Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Carolyn was recently accepted at The Juilliard School to begin this Fall.
(Gladys (May 09 production))
Mia Van de Water's regional credits include The Kentucky Cycle (Morning Star) and R&J (Juliet) in Boston, Patter for the Floating Lady (Angie) at Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Bluebeard (Sybil) for the Hangar Theatre. Pious Poetic Pie is her New York theater debut. Many thanks and much love to Mom, Daddy, Jesse, Kudo, and especially Liana.
(Terrance)
Rick Younger is a Comedian/Actor/Singer/ Renaissance Man. He can be seen regularly on NBC's, "Today Show" as well several national commercials. He recently had a guest role on "Law & Order: SVU" and you can see him live on June 28th at "The Rick Younger Show". Rick wants you to google him or stalk him at RickYounger.net.
Production
Kevin Bartlett has worked for 25 years as an actor, director designer, TD, teacher, producer, general manager and production manager. He works with The New York International Fringe Festival as a board member and adjudication panelist. He is also a regular guest artist scenic & lighting designer at Greens Farms Academy. Kevin's directing credits include The Great Conjurer for Fluid Motion at Theatre Row; Passion Rhapsody at CityStage Ensemble; Two Lous at the Summerplay Festival in Denver, Thornton Wilder's The Skin Of Our Teeth; Pinter's One For the Road; and Tiger At The Gates by Jean Giradoux for CityStage Ensemble. As a designer in New York, Kevin has created the lighting for The Accidental Activist for Mighty Ruckus and A 95% Chance They'll End Up Like Larvae for Lightning Strikes Theatre at FringeNYC ‘01. In addition, he is a certified shiatsu practitioner.
(Costume Designer)
Deborah Caney is pleased to be working again with Fluid Motion, where she previously designed the costumes for The Great Conjurer, directed by Kevin Bartlett and written by Christine Simpson. Recently she designed costumes for Love Drunk at The Abingdon Theatre Co., written by Romulus Linney and starring Austin Pendleton.
(Producer)
Michelle Chen is a New York City-based theater, film, and television producer. She is Producing Director of Fluid Motion Theater & Film and Associate Producer at Thirteen/WNET. She received an Emmy for her work on the PBS Kids show CYBERCHASE.
(Stage Manager (Workshop))
Sarah Ford's recent credits include Paul Simon's Songs From the Capeman at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Fine Feathered Friends Theatre's A Nasty Story.
(Assistant Stage Manager)
Bridget Halloran graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2007 and since then has worked consistently in Stage Management in NYC. Her credits include Dance at Bataan (Wings Theater), Importance of Being Ernest (Phare Play Productions), and The Company: A Sketch Comedy Troupe (Acorn Project). She thanks her best friend Patrick for writing this bio.
(Stage Manager (May 09 production))
Patrick McGhee is a NYC based stage manager and props/puppet designer. He has stage managed for Turtle Shell Theater, Manhattan Reparatory, and Phare Play Productions. He has designed puppets and props for Ambitious Fun Puppet Company, Another Bloomin' Puppet Company, Theater-by-the-Grove, and Renaissance Artist Puppet Company. You can find him at mcghee.patrick@gmail.com.
(Scenic Designer)
Tim McMath always a fan of pie, is thrilled to be working on this show. As an Emerging Artists Theatre company member he's also designed Claymont, Heaven in Your Pocket and the last three EATfests. Other Favorites: Judy & Me (St. Luke's), Guilty (Cell Theatre) Six Degrees... (Gallery Players), Volume of Smoke (14th Street Theater), The Wild Party and Winter's Tale, both at Columbia University and Scapin, Buddy & Into The Woods (all at POTS, Memphis). Tim is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and holds a MFA in scenic design from the University of Washington, Seattle. www.timmcmath.com
(Sound Designer)
Dave Morreale graduated from New York University with a major in Music Technology. He won the 2001 NYU First Run Film Festival award in sound design for his work on the short, "Little India." His theater experience includes Imua Theatre Company's Karaoke Stories, T. Schreiber Studio's Landscape of the Body and many shows for NAATCO including Air Raid and the NAATCO/Fluid Motion collaboration on the show Tales of Unrest. Dave would like to thank Michelle and Christine for the opportunity to work with Fluid Motion again.
(Director)
Favorite directing credits are: TBA by Carla Ching at Second Generation starring Lloyd Suh and Michi Barall, Taking Control at Luna Stage, On Dry Land at Blue Heron Arts Center, Defacing Michael Jackson (Winner of Samuel French Festival 2005), Match Me in the 2005 NY Fringe Festival, Mud at Actors Studio Drama School. She also assistant directed Connie Grappo for The Working Theater's Back From the Front by Lynn Rosen. In 2005 she earned her MFA in Directing from The Actors Studio Drama School. In addition she is a teaching artist, a company member of IRT in the West Village and Institutional Giving Associate at Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
(Director (April 08 workshop))
Christine Simpson is a Korean-American writer/director based in Manhattan. As a director, Ms. Simpson has directed with Ma-Yi Theatre Company, New Georges, Reverie Productions, Peculiar Works Project, Blue Heron Theatre, Bumblebee & Blackbird Productions, Present Tense Productions, Fluid Motion Theater & Film, Happy Lady Productions, at The Public Theater, and the NYC International Fringe Festival. Plays penned by Ms. Simpson have been produced at the Blue Heron Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, the New York City International Fringe Festival (2003 and 2006), and Theatre Row. She has also written and directed two short films that have screened globally. In 2005, Ms. Simpson was selected as one of five filmmakers to compete in the Asian American International Film Festival Michelob Light Music Video Contest. In 2006, she was named one of nytheatre.com's People of the Year.
Writers (Playwright)
Yubelky Rodriguez is a Dominican New York City-based slam poet/spoken word artist and painter. She studied Literature at Cornell University and has been involved in theatrical work at Cornell and at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. She is currently fulfilling pre-requisites to apply for a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Pious Poetic Pie is her first full-length theatrical play.
WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION
May 21-24, 26-30 at 7pm
May 23-24, 30 at 3pm Hudson Guild Theatre
441 West 26th Street (Between 9th and 10th Avenues)
New York, NY 10001 1 to 28th Street or the C/E to 23rd Street Tickets available at www.smarttix.com (click below for direct link) or (212) 868-4444. MORE INFORMATIONSpring 2008 Workshop
April 18 & 19, 2008 Wings Theatre
154 Christopher Street
New York, NY
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