| New Georges Announces Their 2025 Season | |
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| NEW GEORGES ANNOUNCES THEIR 2025 SEASON TWO SISTERS FIND A BOX OF LESBIAN EROTICA IN THE WOODS CO-PRODUCED WITH RATTLESTICK THEATER WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY EMMA HORWITZ AND BAILEY WILLIAMS DIRECTED BY TARA ELLIOTT MARCH 28-APRIL 26, 2025 AT HERE AND AKIRA KUROSAWA EXPLAINS HIS MOVIES AND YOGURT (WITH LIVE & ACTIVE CULTURES!) WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JULIA IZUMI DIRECTED BY AILEEN WEN McGRODDY PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY MAY 2-JUNE 4, 2025 AT WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY MORE INFORMATION AT NEWGEORGES.ORG (February 18, 2025 – New York, New York) New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director/Producer; Jaynie Saunders Tiller, Executive Director/Producer) is proud to announce its 2025 Spring Season. The 2025 season will kick off in March with Two Sisters Find A Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods, written and performed by Emma Horwitz (Mary Gets Hers) & Bailey Williams (Coach Coach), and directed by Tara Elliott (Pleasure Machine). Co-produced with Rattlestick Theater, performances begin March 28, 2025, for a run through April 26, 2025, at HERE (145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013). The season will continue with Akira Kurosawa Explains his Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!), written by Julia Izumi (Regretfully, So the Birds Are), who will also perform in the play, and directed by Aileen Wen McGroddy (A Christmas Carol), presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in partnership with New Georges. "After 2024 became the busiest producing year in our history, we jump into 2025 with two very happy projects," says Artistic Director/Producer Susan Bernfield. "Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods, generated in our Audrey Residency program, premieres downtown in a co-production with Rattlestick. We then continue down the Eastern Seaboard (after a '24 collaboration with Philly's Wilma Theater) for Julia Izumi's Akira Kurosawa Explains his Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!), in a producing partnership with Woolly Mammoth. Both plays traffic in the unexpected—and in utter delight. We're gonna have fun this spring." Two Sisters Find A Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods Co-produced with Rattlestick Theater Written and Performed by Emma Horwitz & Bailey Williams Directed by Tara Elliott Production Design by Normandy Sherwood March 28 to April 26, 2025 At HERE Inspired by amateur investigations into archives of lesbian ephemera, playwrights and real-life partners Emma Horwitz and Bailey Williams transform an intimate archive of bankers boxes into a burlesque of fiction and reality. A researcher collides with a librarian, paranormal investigators are abducted by aliens, and a pet shop owner receives a late-night visitor. Who are we to each other, really, when we are all so many things Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods is a surreal, delirious, and intimate theatrical experience. Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods will feature sound design by Johnny Gasper and lighting design by Josiah Davis. Allison Raynes is the Stage Manager. Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods was originally developed in New Georges' Audrey Residency program. A workshop production was presented in January 2024 by The Exponential Festival at the Loading Dock Theatre. Akira Kurosawa Explains his Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!) Presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in partnership with New Georges Written by Julia Izumi Directed by Aileen Wen McGroddy May 2 to June 4, 2025 At Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (641 D Street NW, Washington, DC 20004) Tonight, renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa joins us for a lecture: a look into his iconic filmography, brilliant mind, the thrilling world of movies, and "culture." But… why can't he stop talking about yogurt In this whimsical world premiere, playwright Julia Izumi weaves through media and memory to examine cultural imperialism, "healthy" consumption, and why we make art. Akira Kurosawa Explains his Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!) features set design by Misha Kachman, costume design by Camilla Dely, lighting design by Venus Gulbranson, sound design by Tosin Olufolabi, and video/projection design by Patrick W. Lord. New Georges is also thrilled to celebrate Ariel Stess who recently received a 2024 Obie Award for Playwriting for KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA, presented by The Tank in August 2024 through In Collaboration With New Georges, in which through active partnership with its affiliated artists New Georges helps steward their independent productions of new works. At New Georges, we advocate for an intergenerational ecosystem of exuberant theatrical minds, furthering fierce new works along with long-term wellbeing, expanding aesthetic boundaries and gender equity in tandem. Since 1992, we have imagined a new kind of artistic home–a relaxed, participatory culture and a productive oasis in a competitive field. Our work is relational, not transactional. By meeting artists where they are and empowering them to see us as creative collaborators, we readily spot and support critical junctures in their process or body of work. New Georges' focus is on women (cis and trans) and nonbinary artists. Founded in the wake of the Anita Hill hearings on the proposition that producing women is a political act, our practices are inherently non-patriarchal and intersectional. New Georges' responsive, open-ended play and artist development programs include The Room, our permanent workspace, founded in 1994. They serve New Georges' affiliated artists, the largest ongoing working community of women+ theater artists in New York City (300+ strong). As a pivotal home and launchpad for now two generations of artists, our impact reaches every corner of the culture. Premieres of more than 100 new works include first or transformative productions for Marielle Heller, Heidi Schreck, Diana Son, Anne Kauffman, Eisa Davis, Neena Beber, Lee Sunday Evans, Lisa D'Amour, Tracey Scott Wilson, Sheila Callaghan, Carson Kreitzer, Tamilla Woodard, Cusi Cram and Kate Benson. For Rachel Chavkin, Charise Castro Smith, Lucy Alibar, Haruna Lee, Jen Silverman, Anna Ziegler and many more, we have been an early artistic home. Honors for New Georges, its plays and its people include National Theatre Conference's Outstanding Theatre Award, 5 Obie Awards, 2 AUDELCO Awards, The Lilly Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn and Kesselring prizes, and A.R.T./New York's Exuberant Imagination Award. FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.newgeorges.org # # # TWO SISTERS… BIOS Emma Horwitz (Playwright/Performer) is a writer of plays, fiction, and comix from New York City. Her play Mary Gets Hers premiered with The Playwrights Realm at MCC in Fall 2023, directed by Josiah Davis (NYT Critic's Pick.) Emma is the 2024/2023 Page One Playwright with the Playwrights Realm, an alum of Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writers' Group, & was in residence at the William Inge Center for the Arts in 2024. This summer, she is in residence at the Eugene O'Neill Center Theater Center with the National Playwrights Conference. Emma is an Affiliated Artist with New Georges, where she received a 2022 Audrey Residency with Bailey Williams. www.emmahorwitz.com Bailey Williams (Playwright/Performer) is a playwright, performer, and producer. Past productions include Coach Coach, dir. Sarah Blush, Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks 2024; Events, dir. Sarah Blush, The Hearth at The Brick, December 2022; I thought I would die but I didn't, dir. Sarah Blush, The Tank, May 2019; Buffalo Bailey's Ranch for Gay Horses, Troubled Teen Girls and Other: a 90 Minute Timeshare Presentation, The Exponential Festival, January 2018. New Georges Affiliated Artist. MFA: Brooklyn College. www.baileywilliams.live Tara Elliott (Director) is a director and choreographer of plays and devised works. She is the recipient of a Venturous Theater Grant for development of experimental audio drama, Pleasure Machine and a Tow Travel Grant for research in Cuba. She has developed new plays with Clubbed Thumb, Pipeline, Fresh Ground Pepper, LaMicro Theater, Goethe Institut, and the Exquisite Corpse Company, among others. Her work has been seen in London, Seoul, Edinburgh, Toronto, Vancouver, and Santiago, and in NYC theaters including The Public, Cherry Lane, The New Ohio, HERE, and Walkerspace. Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow. New Georges Affiliated Artist. CoCo Resident with Colt Coeur. Drama League Directing Fellow. MFA Directing: Brooklyn College. She currently teaches directing at NYU Tisch: Playwrights Downtown. Founded in 1994, Rattlestick Theater has been steadfast in producing diverse, provocative, and expansive new work to foster the future voices of the American theater. From its historic West Village theater, Rattlestick has produced the first plays and early works of some of today's leading voices, including Martyna Majok (Ironbound), Diana Oh (mylingerieplay), and Heidi Schreck (There Are No More Big Secrets). Rattlestick is where some of our nation's most celebrated playwrights are encouraged to test their boldest ideas, including Dael Orlandersmith (Until the Flood), Jose´ Rivera (Massacre, Sing to Your Children), and Samuel D. Hunter (Lewiston/ Clarkston, nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play). www.rattlestick.org AKIRA KUROSAWA… BIOS Julia Izumi's (Playwright) works include Regretfully, So the Birds Are (Playwrights Horizons/WP Theater); miku, and the gods. (ArtsWest); Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea (Rorschach Theatre, Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Best New Play Adaptation); and others. Her work has been developed at MTC, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Berkeley Rep, Portland Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ojai Playwrights Conference, and more. Honors include the Kerry English Award and KCACTF's Darrell Ayers Playwriting Award. Former Civilians R&D Group Member and Clubbed Thumb ECWG Member. New Georges Affiliated Artist. Current New Dramatists Resident. Current commissions: True Love Productions, MTC/Sloan, Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Rep. MFA: Brown University. www.juliaizumi.com Aileen Wen McGroddy (Director) is a Chinese- and Irish-American theatre director, educator, and producer of live events. Her work is boldly imaginative, playfully experimental, and utterly alive. Currently, she is a co-artistic director of TUTA Theatre Chicago and Creative Producer for the Writing is Live Festival at Brown University. She is in the Roundabout Directors Group, has been a 2050 Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop, and the BOLD Resident Director at Northern Stage. MFA Directing from Brown-Trinity. Past work includes A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep); The Chinese Lady (Kitchen Theatre and Geva Theatre Center); Sense and Sensibility (Northern Stage); Attempts on Her Life (TUTA); Airness (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre); The Late Wedding, The Dumb Waiter, Summer and Smoke, and The Tempest (Brown-Trinity); Cold War Choir Practice, Throwback Island, On The Y-Axis, Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (Writing is Live); Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Adelphi); The Glass Menagerie, Or,, Dani Girl (Winnipesaukee Playhouse); Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical and The Snowy Day (Emerald City Theatre); Montauciel Takes Flight (Lifeline Theatre); Ulysses (The Plagiarists); A Hero's Journey, The Hunting of the Snark, Robin Hood, and The Pied Piper (The Forks & Hope Ensemble); The Whiskey Radio Hour, Wake: A Folk Opera, Kodachrome Telephone and Sign of Rain (The Whiskey Rebellion). She has directed readings for New York Theatre Workshop, The Bushwick Starr, Clubbed Thumb, NY Classical Theatre, The Yale Drama Prize, Northern Stage, and Babes with Blades. aileenwenmcgroddy.com The Tony Award®-winning Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company creates badass theatre that highlights the stunning, challenging, and tremendous complexity of our world. For over 40 years, Woolly has maintained a high standard of artistic rigor while simultaneously daring to take risks, innovate, and push beyond perceived boundaries. One of the few remaining theatres in the country to maintain a company of artists, Woolly serves an essential research and development role within the American theatre. Plays premiered here have gone on to productions at hundreds of theatres all over the world and have had lasting impacts on the field. Currently co-led by Artistic Director Maria Manuela Goyanes and Managing Director Kimberly E. Douglas, Woolly is located in Washington, DC, equidistant from the Capitol and the White House. This unique location influences Woolly's investment in actively working towards an equitable, participatory, and creative democracy. www.woollymammoth.net |
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