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FOR EVERYONE A SEASON IN THREE ACTS ACT 1
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New Play Readings // Virtual Black Trans Women at the Center
Directed & Co-Produced by Dane Figueroa Edidi
August 3, 2022
In its third year, Dane Figueroa Edidi led this annual festival of new work by Black trans women, featuring plays by Andrea Jenkins, Bl3ssing
Oshun Ra, Danielle Davis, and Davia Spain.
A Work-in-Process Comedy // 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven Dignity, Always Dignity
By Bryce Pinkham, Zack Fine, Rona Siddiqui, & Kirya Traber
Music & Lyrics by Rona Siddiqui
Directed by Zack Fine
Performed by Bryce Pinkham
Dramaturgy by Kirya Traber
September 10 – 11, 2022
Stranded alone on an island, a former Broadway star sets his sights on performing one last show before the waters swallow him up.
A Concert Reading of an Iconic Musical // September 17 – 18, 2022
Jelly’s Last Jam
Book by George C. Wolfe
Music by Jelly Roll Morton
Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
Musical Adaptation & Additional Music Composed by Luther Henderson
Directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling
Creative Consultation by Patricia McGregor
Choreographed by Chris Bell
Music Direction by David Freeman Coleman
At the birth of jazz in the early 20th century, one man led the band. The legendary Jelly Roll Morton revolutionized American music like no one before him. His life—the dizzying heights and inconceivable lows—becomes a thrilling theatrical ride in Jelly’s Last Jam. With an electrifying cast and a red-hot band, this concert reading spotlights the story of a trailblazing artist and celebrates New Haven’s love of jazz.
A Play Reading // October 22 – 23, 2022
Flying Bird’s Diary
By Melissa Tantaquidgeon
Zobel // Directed by Madeline Sayet
The story of a true Connecticut hero, Flying Bird aka Fidelia Fielding/Jeets Bodernosh shor (1827-1908). We first encounter
Flying Bird, as a young Mohegan girl, in the 1800s, in a world attempting to erase everything she believes in. As the years pass, Flying Bird faces seemingly impossible obstacles but never loses sight of her goal: to save her language and culture against all odds.
