Decade | 2020s | ||||||
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Year(s) | 2021 | ||||||
Chapter / Subheading | Writer/performer | ||||||
Medium / Genre | Theater | ||||||
Production / Project / Activity | Chop-Shop Theater | ||||||
Name of Theatre / Venue / Vehicle | Theater for the New City | ||||||
About the Theatre / Venue / Vehicle | Theater for the New City created a cabaret-style in-person venue called Chop-Shop-Theater when the pandemic hit. Turning their load-in entrance into a mini-theater with stage lights and sound, they began weekly "Open Tho Shut" performances for onlookers on the sidewalk, masked and following social distance protocol. Every Saturday afternoon for an hour, actors and musicians performed. I waited until I received the vaccination (both doses) to perform. I adapted a short piece from the journal I began when in isolation at home. The piece is about my grandmother stranded in Ukraine with four children, including my father, It also is about my own thoughts and feelings while stranded during the 21st century plague. "A Journey through War and Plague". | ||||||
City | New York, NY | ||||||
Function / Type of Job | Writer/performer | ||||||
Role | Myself | ||||||
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Notes / Anecdotes | Following my presentation, I went outside to watch the remaining performers from the sidewalk. A woman with two children approached me to tell me how excited her son was listening to my piece. They were from Ukraine and it was the first time he saw or heard anything onstage about his home country. They asked to take photos with me. | ||||||
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Link (1) | theaterforthenewcity.net | ||||||
Additional Notes | From Julia Stepanova: My performance is on 4-10-21 at 17:45 minutes | ||||||
Permission and Waiver | Yes |