Dance Nation

Written by Clare Barron Directed by Alison Walls

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NAU MAI HAERE MAI Welcome to Dance Nation, a play that we have been looking forward to creating for you for more than a year now. The amazing music and excitement coming from our rehearsal room over the past few weeks has made us all curious and eager to see and experience this production for ourselves, so we hope you enjoy it.

This production is our Artistic Director Alison Walls’ debut directing on the mainstage for us. She has assembled an incredible team to bring the stories to life. Our thanks to Alison and the team for this tremendous effort.

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a way to be involved. We invite you to Play Your Part in our fundraising campaign. More information can be found at applause.courttheatre.org.nz Please enjoy our show tonight and of course, the warmer weather, the cherry blossoms and the spring flowers that are making a wonderful showing all across our city.

Barbara George Chief Executive / Tumu Whakarae

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DANCE NATION Amidst the glittering swirl of sequins, perspiration, and high-stakes performances, six teenage girls and one boy (all portrayed by adults ranging from their 20s to 50s) remind us of what it is to be thirteen – a volatile blend of naiveté and wisdom, of humour and pain.

In this darkly comic, award-winning play, the lines between reality and fantasy meld in captivating ways. The characters extend a compelling invitation to revisit the realm of ‘thirteen-yearold-land,’ guiding us through their voyage of self-discovery as they unveil their vulnerabilities and aspirations.

Cutting through the fluff, embracing a pagan-like wildness, and harnessing unparalleled ferocity, Clare Barron’s DANCE NATION shatters the façade of cuteness, offering front-row seats to a power-struggle and pursuit of flawlessness.

Get ready to reconnect with the fierce and ambitious thirteen-year-old residing within you…

Or, gain a deeper insight into the psyche of the teen in your life! The globally lauded, sold-out sensation, DANCE NATION, finally graces the stages of The Court Theatre and New Zealand for the first time.

CAST / KĀHUI KIRIWHAKAARI Character Dance Teacher Pat Amina Zuzu Connie Luke Maeve Sofia Ashlee Moms/Vanessa

CREATIVES / RINGATOI

Director Set Designer Choreographer/Intimacy Director Choreography Intern Costume Manager Wig Stylist Sound Designer Lighting Designer Head Stage Manager Rehearsal Stage Manager Operator Construction Manager Properties Coordinator Set Construction

Cultural Consultant

Performed by James Kupa Ash Williams Keagan Carr Fransch Kalyani Nagajaran Tom Eason Jacque Drew Rosalind Lay-Yazdani Lizzie Tollemache Kira Josephson Alison Walls Mark McEntyre Kira Josephson Joelle Baclig Daniella Salazar Racheal Mountstevens William Burns Giles Tanner Jo Bunce Scott Leighton Rosie Gilmore Matt McCutcheon Vanessa Reed Nigel Kerr Seth Edwards-Ellis Annie Graham Andrew Scott Richard van den Berg Ankita Singh

Acknowledgments and Additional Credits We thank the entire Court Theatre whānau for their exceptional work and dedication in producing this play. Also: Jayshri Ratnam and Ahilan Karunaharan.

CONTENT DISCLOSURE: Contains strong language, scenes of a sexual nature, blood effects, nudity and touches on issues of cultural sensitivity.

Proudly printed by Caxton RUNNING TIME: 2-hours (includes 20-min interval).

RECORDING AND PHOTOGRAPHY: The recording and photography of this production is strictly forbidden.

Dance Nation was produced by The Court Theatre 23 September – 21 October 2023

DANCE NATION received its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, September 2018. Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the World Premiere of Dance Nation in 2018 with the support from an award by the National Endowment for the Arts, and a generous gift from Scott M. Delman. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Trust for supporting new plays at Playwright Horizons, and special thanks to the Time Warner Foundation for its leadership support of New Works Lab at Playwrights Horizons. DANCE NATION was developed at the Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, June 2015, with the Atlantic Theatre Company, and presented as part of the Contemporary American Voices Festival at Long Wharf Theatre, September 2016. DANCE NATION was written, in part, in residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and received extensive workshop time and space as part of New Dramatists’ Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund.

DANCE NATION is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.

ALISON WALLS DIRECTOR

Partly inspired by the reality show Dance Moms, Dance Nation traverses the realms of reality in a manner that is original, fierce, and bracingly honest.

Clare Barron deftly moves us between finely tuned naturalism, wild surrealism, the liminal space of inner thought and memory, and a kind of heightened subjective reality; reality as it is felt and remembered.

Played by adult actors of all ages, the characters are at once their past and future selves, each haunted by the other. Reading this play for the first time, I felt swept along by its dynamism and a profound sense of recognition—the 13 year-old girl that will always be part of me.

Through a competitive pre-teen dance troupe, Barron excavates the way in which ambition, desire, friendship and fear butt up against each other and against everything that tells girls to make themselves smaller. Dance Nation viscerally captures the complexity of living

in a body that is controlled, suppressed, unpredictable, joyous and exhilarating. It is unapologetic, energetic and heartfelt.

As Barron puts it: Cuteness is death. Pagan feral-ness and ferocity are key.

Everyone is nice.

Everyone is vulnerable.

And everyone is trying their hardest.

I am grateful to my brave and talented cast, who have leapt into their roles with power, vulnerability, intelligence, and wicked humour. I am grateful too, to the designers and creative team who have understood and captured the multiple and overlapping realities of this sui generis play and for the support of the remarkable production team.

“I've seen the future and it is Dance Nation” – WASHINGTON POST

CAST / KAHUI KIRIWHAKAARI

James Kupa

Ash Williams

Keagan Carr Fransch

James Kupa is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School (Bachelor of Performing Arts: Acting) and The Eastern Institute of Technology (Diploma of Performing Arts: Acting).

Ash Williams is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School (Bachelor of Performing Arts). She has worked in companies such as Silo Theatre in Auckland.

His Previous Court Theatre credits include The Perfumed Garden (2010) at The Forge, Frankenstein (2021) The Girl on the Train (2022) and Scared Scriptless as part of the Court Jesters.

This is her first show with The Court Theatre. Her other theatre credits include The Writer directed

by Sophie Roberts (Silo Theatre), Munchies directed by Lucia FarronDiamantis, Ransom (Bats Theatre STAB show), Second Unit (Circa Theatre) and Christmas Detention Centre all directed by Stella Reid.

Keagan Carr Fransch is a graduate of the University of Waikato (Psychology and Theatre Studies); Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School (Acting); and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Acting).

‘DANCE TEACHER PAT’

His other theatre credits include Betty’s Summer Vacation, Twelfth Night (Toi Whakaari); A Streetcar Named Desire (Circa Theatre); Strange Resting Places (Taki Rua); Penalties, Pints and Pirouettes (Centrepoint Theatre); A Lion in the Meadow (Tim Bray Productions); Toy’s, Cancel Santa and Dungeons & Comedians (Little Andromeda).

James’ television credits include Dark City, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Ka Pai Living, Agent Anna and Nothing Trivial.

‘AMINA’

Ash has also been a contestant on Heartbreak Island Season Three and has worked with well known New Zealand creatives such as Parris Goebel, Benee, entire studios, Georgia Jay, Yu Mei, Rob Tennent and more.

Ash runs her own clothing business and most recently, is writing a TV series based on the realities of a sex worker.

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Her previous Court Theatre credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime. Favourite theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bright Orange Walls); Love and Information (Lightshade Productions); and The Three Sisters (Mike Alfreds, RCSSD).

Keagan’s film credits include Disney’s remake of Pete’s Dragon, and Ghost in the Shell.

Whilst in the UK, Keagan trained in the Royal Court Theatre’s Script Panel as a dramaturg, and started an audition coaching business for Black and minority ethnic aspiring actors. She is based in Auckland, working as an actor, director and playwright.

Kalyani Nagajaran

Tom Eason

Jacque Drew

Kalyani Nagarajan is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. She has worked extensively on stage with companies such as Auckland Theatre Company, Indian Ink, and Auckland Live.

Tom Eason began his training here in Christchurch at Original Scripts Theatre School Since then he has gained a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) from Te Kura Toi Whakaari O Aotearoa: New Zealand Drama School.

Her television credits include Raised by Refugees, which completed filming season two earlier this year. TVNZ’s Amah and Give Me Babies and The Brokenwood Mysteries.

His previous Court Theatre credits include Astroman; The Pink Hammer; A Streetcar Named Desire and Frankenstein. His other theatre credits include Sea; Dust Pilgrim (Red Leap Theatre); The Wholehearted (Massive Theatre Company); The Breath of the Volcano and Skin of Fire, performed in the Auckland International Arts Festival (Group F).

Jacque Drew is a graduate of the University of Portland (Portland, Oregon, USA — Bachelor of Arts in Communication/graduate studies in Theatre). She is an award winning actor in the USA and Aotearoa / New Zealand with over 35 years of professional stage and screen experience.

‘CONNIE’

Her most recent theatre works include Sleigh, The Made, The Master Builder and the international tour of Mrs Krishnan’s Party. Other works include Ahi Karunaharan’s Tea, Indian Ink’s The Pickle King, A Fine Balance and Polo.

Kalyani is a part of Snort and Heartthrobs improv group.

Nagarajan has worked as a deviser and writer contributor with many theatre and screen makers; she is currently in the process of writing her first feature film Road Trip with the Rajan’s.

‘LUKE’

He has taught and directed for Toi Whakaari, The Court Youth Company and Original Scripts Theatre School. He is co-artistic director of Two Productions and has performed in their works Moemoea; If You Only See One Show In Your Life; The Disaster Brothers; Balmy; The Powerful Event; Open for Business; Moby Dick and The Little Prince.

‘MAEVE’

This is her first performance with The Court Theatre. Other credits include: Much Ado About Nothing and Othello (Pop-Up Globe); Welcome to the Murder House (Indian Ink); Twelfth Night and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Auckland Theatre Company); The Women and Suddenly Last Summer (Silo Theatre); Time Stands Still and My First Time (The Fortune Theatre).

Jacque’s television credits include One of Us is Lying; Mr Corman and The Wilds. Her film credits include The Power of the Dog; The Royal Treatment and Choose Love.

Jacque is a dual US/NZ citizen. She is the Co-Director of AYA Drama School in Auckland. And is also a professional voice and dialect coach working in the stage and screen industry, and teaching at the country’s leading actor training programs. Jacque is a proud member of Equity New Zealand.

CAST / KAHUI KIRIWHAKAARI

Rosalind Lay-Yazadani

Lizzie Tollemache

Kira Josephson

Born in Ōtautahi / Christchurch, Rosalind Lay-Yazadani trained at the Hagley Theatre Company and is a graduate of Te Kura Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting).

Lizzie Tollemache is a performing artist, theatre maker and sideshow stuntwoman who's been genre defying from the get-go with an early career grounded in Shakespeare, circus and improvisation.

Dance Nation is her first Court Theatre production. Her other theatre credits include The Feather in the Web; Very Still and Hard to See (Hagley Theatre Company) and Blood Wedding; Songs of Protest; Shirin and The Main Mountain Chain (Toi Whakaari).

A lifelong lover of stories, she's toured across eight countries as an actor, director and motivational speaker; hunting out experiences that connect people to one another (and themselves). Often this involves a sharp poke in the Feelings Area, which Lizzie has begrudgingly accepted is part of "Being Human".

Kira Josephson is from the USA, where she attended the Orange County School of the Arts and received her BFA in Theatre Arts from Stephens College. She has performed with Tony-nominee Susan Egan and choreographed a show for Tony-winner Alice Ripley.

‘SOFIA’

Rosalind recently appeared in the playreading Table for Three written

by Margery and Joelle Baclig produced by Proudly Asian Theatre, hosted by The Court Theatre.

Rosalind is a proud member of Equity New Zealand.

‘ASHLEE’

Lizzie spent the covid years as Associate Director of Centrepoint Theatre before returning to Creative Director of Rollicking Entertainment. She co-wrote and directed King Arthur and Treasure Island (Anthony Harper Summer Theatre), after writing and performing in seven other touring productions including Mr and Mrs Alexander and the Messy Magic Adventure childrens trilogy.

Lizzie is a proud member of Equity New Zealand.

‘MOMS/VANESSA’

Kira is a proud member of Equity NZ, and serves as Secretary of the Equity Board, and is represented

by KR Actors. She is currently appearing as Jane in Power Rangers Dino Fury (Season 28/29) and Power Rangers Cosmic Fury (Season 30), and as Bec in Kid Sister on TVNZ. She also appeared in the horror film M3GAN. Other performing credits include The Girl on the Train, Little Shop of Horrors, Legally Blonde (The Court Theatre); Les Misérables, Wicked (Showbiz Christchurch); and Weird Romance (USA West Coast premiere, European premiere in France and Scotland).

CREATIVES / RINGATOI

Mark McEntyre

Kira Josephson

Daniella Salazar

Mark has been a set designer for numerous Court Theatre productions including The Slapdash Assassin; August: Osage County; Hui; Postal; When the Rain Stops Falling; Constellations; Waiora; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; The Biggest; Mum’s Choir; Elling; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Flagons and Foxtrots and RENT.

I would like to dedicate this show to Mandy Roberts.

Daniella joined the Costume Department in March 2021 as Costume Technician and gained the Costume Management role later in the year.

SET DESIGNER

Mark has also designed sets for New Zealand International Festival of the Arts; Christchurch Arts Festival; Showbiz Christchurch; New Zealand Actors Company; Southern Opera; New Zealand NBR Opera Company; Tawata Productions; Taki Rua Productions; Auckland Theatre Company and Fortune Theatre.

CHOREOGRAPHER/INTIMACY DIRECTOR

Mandy was the absolute opposite of the dance teacher you'll see on stage tonight. Miss Mandy always led with love. She would tell you the absolute truth and help you to be the best dancer you could be. She also helped me to be the best dance teacher I could be.

I looked up to her and tried to learn from her brilliance, her passion, and her integrity. The Ōtautahi theatre and dance community lost a true star this August.

This one is for you, Mandy.

Thank you for letting me be a part of the Impact Family.

Mark’s latest work includes Lucia di Lammermoor (Wellington Opera, 2023); RENT (Court Theatre, 2022) and Dawn Raids (Pacific Underground & Auckland Theatre Company, 2022).

COSTUME MANAGER

She has recently returned to Ōtautahi Christchurch after working in the fashion and textile industry in Melbourne, managing garment production workrooms followed by a sales role in wholesale trade materials.

She is thrilled to have landed her dream job in costuming at The Court Theatre.

Daniella's Court Theatre credits include Costume Technician for Ladies Night; Once; Frankenstein; and Costume Manager for Little Shop of Horrors; The Girl on the Train; Flagons and Foxtrots and Appropriate.

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William Burns

Giles Tanner

Jo Bunce

William is a theatre director, actor, maker, tech, and teacher.

Giles is a graduate of Hagley Theatre Company (Diploma in Performing Arts), where he concentrated on technical production, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Canterbury.

Jo graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Diploma in Technical Production in 1996 and has been working in theatre for over 25 years.

SOUND DESIGNER

He was most recently seen at The Court as Rhys in Appropriate and Pinkie in Flagons and Foxtrots.

Other Court Theatre credits include being a member of the Youth Company, sound and AV designer for Katzenmusik, co-director of Vernon God Little, and director of The Unauthorised Biography Of… William’s self-produced solo shows include, Shit Finds Love, three shows with his alter ego Peter Partridge and The First Annual Parnell Croquet Club Facebook Live Telethon.

William is a teaching artist for The Court Education programme and is a member of Equity New Zealand.

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Currently Head Technician at The Court Theatre, Giles has worked on more than 50 Court productions including Amadeus; When the Rain Stops Falling; Constellations; Educating Rita; Waiora: Te U Kai Po – The Homeland; The Events; Ropable; Venus in Fur; Titus Andronicus; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Stephen King’s Misery; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; The Father; Fresh Off the Boat; The Wind in the Willows; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Girl on the Train; Sense and Sensibility; Rēwena and Be Like Billy?

HEAD STAGE MANAGER

She freelanced for many years in Wellington as a lighting designer / operator and stage manager, as well as working overseas in London and Edinburgh in film.

She was an on-set production assistant for King Kong.

Jo has been involved in over 50 Court productions going back to 1996, including End of the Rainbow; The Hound of the Baskervilles; Blood Brothers; One Man, Two Guvnors; Shepherd; Constellations; Waiora; The Events; Venus in Fur; Ideation; Stephen King’s Misery; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; The Arsonists; A Streetcar Named Desire; Ladies Night; Frankenstein; The Girl on the Train; Flagons and Foxtrots; Sense and Sensibility and Appropriate.

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CREATIVES / RINGATOI

Scott Leighton

Rosie Gilmore

Scott is a graduate of Hagley Theatre Company and Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School (Bachelor of Performing Arts Management).

Rosie is a graduate of the Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School (Bachelor of Design: Stage and Screen).

REHEARSAL STAGE MANAGER

His previous Court Theatre credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Assistant Stage Manager); The Pink Hammer (Stage Manager); The Wind in the Willows (Assistant Stage Manager); Crash Bash: What's the Rush? (Stage Manager); Jersey Boys (Assistant Stage Manager); Things I Know to be True; Once; Whā; Little Shop of Horrors; Potted Potter; Māui Me Te Rā and RENT (Stage Manager).

As a freelance Stage Manager, Scott has also worked with Victoria University of Wellington – New Zealand School of Music on their shows Eat Your Heart Out, A Feast of Opera Scenes (Stage and Production Manager) and Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi (Production Manager); New Zealand Opera's touring production of 8 songs for a Mad King (Stage Manager) and Blackboard Theatre Collective's production of UGLY: The Untold Story of the Stepsisters (Stage Manager).

OPERATOR

Her previous Court Theatre credits include Katzenmusik; Whā and The Unauthorised Biography of… (Designer).

Rosie’s other theatre credits include Showbiz’s production of That Bloody Woman (Set Designer); Cubbin Theatre Company’s production of Sportsball (Designer); Red Scare's production of Homemade Takeaways (Set Designer); Toi Whakaari’s production of Women Beware Women (Set Designer); National Theatre / New Zealand Festival’s production of The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil (Assistant Designer) and various productions with Two Productions as a Designer.

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