| Northern Manhattan's UP THEATER COMPANY announces world premiere of DETAINED | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 09:04 pm EST 02/06/18 | |
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| UP THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS DETAINED BY ROSE-MARY HARRINGTON APRIL 11-28 AT THE GARRET at FORT WASHINGTON COLLEGIATE Northern Manhattan’s UP Theater Company is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Detained, written by Rose-Mary Harrington (Six Seconds, There is No Dash), and directed by Washington Heights resident Nancy Robillard (National Pastime, Four), set to play The Garret at Fort Washington Collegiate (729 W. 181 St) from April 11-28, 2018. In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security opened the first family detention center for undocumented immigrants – at a former prison in Texas, surrounded by razor wire fencing and operated by the nation’s largest for-profit corrections company. None of the detainees have criminal records, yet they are treated as if they do. They’re required to wear orange prison jump suits. Their meals, recreation, and family time are rigorously regulated. Their communication with the outside world is strictly limited. There is no privacy. This is the world of Detained, in which Doug and Maria, teenagers from different lands, forge an alliance to help each other’s families survive incarceration and escape deportation. In the face of oppression and humiliation, the teenagers unite against a deeply fractured system in their fight for freedom. The creative team features set designer Duane Pagano (Jack Goes Boating, Getting Out), lighting designer Diana Duecker (Believers, The Chekhov Dreams), sound designer David Margolin Lawson (The Crusade of Connor Stephens, The Children of Salt), costume designer Brenna McShane (Merciful Father, The Elephant in Every Room) and stage manager Lisa Stafford (The Chekov Dreams). Casting will be announced at a later date. THE GARRET at FORT WASHINGTON COLLEGIATE 729 W. 181st State https://www.fortwashingtonchurch.org/ Performance Schedule: Performances run Wed-Sat at 7:30PM from Wednesday, April 11- Saturday, April 28. www.uptheater.org UP THEATER COMPANY BIOS: ROSE-MARY HARRINGTON is originally from Great Britain where she received her theatre training at New College of Speech and Drama. She received an M.A. from the University of Arizona in Theatre. Her plays have been performed all over the USA. Rose-Mary was the 2009 recipient of the Oregon Literary Fellowship in Drama. Her play Six Seconds was the winner of the New American Playwrights Project at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the play broke all box office records. Rose-Mary is a member of the Dramatists’ Guild of America and Associate of the Drama Board of Great Britain. NANCY ROBILLARD Directing credits include productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional and summer theatre. She has directed a number of world premieres, including: Old Love New Love (Luna Stage), Slow Dance with a Hot Pickup (Boulder Theatre), Rosemary & I (MetroStage), Rosa Loses her Face (Queens Theater in the Park), Honor and the River (Luna Stage) and National Pastime (Peter Jay Sharpe Theatre). Previously at UP Theater, Robillard directed their production of Four. Robillard received an MFA in directing from Illinois State University and has taught acting and directing at several colleges. She is a member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers. UP THEATER COMPANY (James Bosley, Artistic Director) Eschewing crowd-pleasing chestnuts, UP Theater produces and develops provocative new work by contemporary playwrights. Founded in 2010 by Inwood theater artists, UP is committed to bringing professional productions to Northern Manhattan. After 8 years and 10 full productions, UP has established a reputation for being gritty, rambunctious, and irreverent. |
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