| Columbia University presents "Far Away" | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:44 pm EST 03/07/24 | |
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| FAR AWAY Written by Caryl Churchill Directed by Sam Gibbs Thursday, March 28–Sunday, March 31, 2024 Lenfest Center for the Arts Columbia University School of the Arts presents Far Away, a directing thesis production by current student Sam Gibbs. Far Away is a thriller about the end of the world and the dark deeds that bring it about. We watch three scenes from the life of a young woman named Joan–in the first, she's questioning her aunt in the middle of the night about witnessing a disturbing scene in the garden shed. By the third, the whole world is at war, with ants fighting crocodiles fighting Latvian dentists. This timely, hilarious, and absurdist tragedy asks the question: what can we do to stem the rising tide of violence around us? And what dark scenes arise from just "going along with it?" Far Away is closer than we think. Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com FEATURING Rebecca Tyree, Tiera Lopper (she/her), Charlotte Righetti, Daw''ud Yasin Muhammed-Spaulding PARADERS Giuliana Asaro, Julia Baker, Eric Berg, Hannah Charles, Kelly Collins, Damon Diaz, Will Dintenfass, Lana Fuqua, Mary Grace Epps, Anjana Heaven, Su Hendrickson, Frida Hernandez, Mercedes Hesselroth, Jun Kim , Ashley Kuril, Yifei Liu, Rachel Lorando, Ash Mayers, Miles Messier, Santiago Orjuelab, Aaliyah Peterman, Abigail Redlich, MJ Roa, Amanda Rodriguez, Magnolia Santibanez, Shania Simko, Zack Tashoff, Frankie Verroca, Lake Wilburn, and Danilo Zepeda PRODUCTION TEAM Director Sam Gibbs Assistant Director Andrew Schwartz Line Producer Abigail Jones Production Stage Manager Gianna Durante Assistant Stage Manager Hera Jung Dramaturg Sarah Bedwell Company Manager Xiaoyu Mai Thesis Season Operations Manager Zachary Hedner Scenic Designer Josh Oberlander Costume Designer Marianne Dorado Needell Lighting Designer Elizabeth Schweitzer Sound Designer Jimmy Kavetas Projection Designer Claire Talbott Props Designer Callie Hester Movement/Intimacy/Choreographer Mary Bertherlsen Acting Coach Maude Mitchell Musician / Composer Anthony Leung Run Crew Flavie Philipon, Bryce Jones, Mirza Hassan Lighting Board Operator Emilio Cerci Sound/Video Operator Zoe Stanton-Savitz Sam Gibbs' Directing Thesis will be presented at the Lenfest Center for the Arts PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Thursday, March 28 at 8pm Friday, March 29 at 8pm Saturday, March 30 at 2pm Saturday, March 30 at 8pm Sunday, March 31 at 2pm ABOUT THE DIRECTOR For 10 years Sam Gibbs has been the Artistic Director and Founder of site-specific classics company Stairwell Theater in New York City. He has worked with avant-garde companies such as Mabou Mines, Anonymous Ensemble, and Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco, and completed a directing internship with Kenny Leon Productions. He studied theater at UCLA and LAMDA and is completing his directing MFA at Columbia under the guidance of professors Anne Bogart and Brian Kulick. He loves embodying great writing – Far Away by Caryl Churchill, for example. |
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