| Sarina Freda's "no no no please no god no, nevermind i’m fine" Set To Premiere Feb 27-Mar 15 at HERE | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 03:56 pm EST 01/31/25 | |
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| SARINA FREDA'S no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine SET TO PREMIERE FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 15 AT HERE Solo Show About Surviving the Most Harrowing LSD Trip Ever, Until It Isn't no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine, a solo show by writer and performer Sarina Freda, will make its U.S. premiere February 27 – March 15, 2025 at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan) with an opening set for March 2. Co-written and directed by Tom Costello, the solo show is centered on Sarina surviving the most harrowing LSD trip ever, until it isn't. Tickets are now on sale at www.here.org . In 2021, Sarina stared down death, conquered reality and solved every problem she ever had. All it took was one harrowing LSD trip. Now she's dying (not literally!) to prove to you that she's totally, totally, totally fine. Really. no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine impressed audiences and critics alike when it premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. "Sarina Freda is a force," raved Suzanne O'Brien in The Scotsman, adding, "Freda's wit, quirkiness and boundless energy make her laugh-out-loud funny, keeping the audience enthralled at every moment. And it is so much more than just a story about a drug-induced trip." Ross Chalmers in Entertainment Now declared , "This is a solo show, performed with energetic brilliance by Sarina Freda, who bears her very soul in a deeply personal and profound tour-de-force. It's about a lot – mortality, identity, individualism, love – but chiefly it's about a life-changing psychedelic experience and all of its consequences." no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine is written & created by Sarina Freda & Tom Costello. It is directed by Tom Costello and performed by Sarina Freda. The creative team includes original music and sound design by Nicholas Webster, lighting design by Lee Lillis, and costume design by Jean Pflum. Celeste Gimonet serves as assistant director, Tasha Milkman is the mime consultant, poster design by Christian Webster and photo by Juan Carlos Quimper. Fifteen performances of no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine will take place February 27 – March 15, 2025, at HERE , located at 145 Sixth Avenue, just below Spring Street, in Manhattan. Critics are welcome as of February 28 for an opening on Sunday, March 2. The running time is 60 minutes with no intermission. Performance times vary. Please see the schedule below. Tickets, priced at $25 for general admission, $45 for true cost, and $100 for pay it forward, can be purchased online at https://here.org/ . Standard ticketing fees apply. The production is a part of SubletSeries@HERE: a curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as a technical liaison. Performance Schedule February 27, 28, & March 1 at 8:30 PM March 2, 9 at 2:00 PM March 3, 5-8, 10, 12-14 at 7:00 PM March 15 at 12:00 PM About the Artists Sarina Freda (she/her) is an NYC-based actor/writer/producer. She has worked on several short films and new plays with Clubbed Thumb, P73, The Geva Center, the 24-Hour Plays Festival (Nationals 2020), The Hangar Theatre Co., and more. Together, she and Tom Costello created no no no please no god no, nevermind i'm fine which debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024. She is currently producing Gus Laughlin's experimental comedy series Look At Me with its fifth installment, Women Matter, premiering spring 2025. She loves to swim. She loves to dance. And her passion project is finding inner peace. https://sarinafreda.com/ Tom Costello is a freelance director in New York City. He was the Associate Director on the 2022 Broadway production of American Buffalo. He directed The New York Times Critic's Pick world premiere of Smoke by Kim Davies at the Flea where he was an Associate Artist and Resident Director. With John Early he co-directed The Witchelor , co-written by Early and Nicole Spiezio at Atlantic Stage 2. He was the Associate Artistic Director for Pipeline Theater Company where he directed many readings, workshops and second stage productions and oversaw their PlayLab development program. He was a 2017 Drama League Directing Fellow in his hometown of Ithaca, NY where he directed Olivia Dufault's The Messenger and Christopher Parks' Aesop's Fables. Additionally: co-founder and producer of The Debt Gala, a Met Gala-inspired fundraiser for medical debt-related causes; Artistic Director of NYU Productions for Atlantic Acting School where he is also a faculty member and frequent director; member of Ensemble Studio Theater. BFA: NYU/Tisch www.tomcostello.net |
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