World Premiere of Charles Mee's SOOT AND SPIT Opens Today at the New Ohio Theater

What drives a single person to create nearly 20,000 works of art? Celebrating the life of James Castle, one of America's great outsider artists, Our Voices presents the world premiere of acclaimed playwright Charles Mee's Soot and Spit. Born profoundly deaf, Castle never learned to read, write, sign or speak. His art was his language. Bringing his world to life through bluegrass, dance, and multi-media displays of his works, soot and spit enables its audience to experience the "other"- and rejoice in the unquenchable creativity of the human spirit.

Featuring the talents of:
Robert Ariza*,
Karen Ashino-Hara, Estelle Bajou*,
Alida Rose Delaney, John Ford Dunker*,
JW Guido,
Peregrine Heard, Touissant Jeanlouis*, Geraldine Leer*, Christopher Lopes,
Douglas Waterbury-Tieman*, Arielle Yoder*,
*These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.

Orchestrations by Daniel Puccio
Sets by Matthew Imhoff
Costume Design by Haley Peterson
Lighting Design by Paul Miller
Media Design by Boyd Branch
Props Design by Leontine Greenberg
Choreography by Donnie Mather
Associate Costume Design by Jennifer Anderson
Costume Crafts Artisian - Cybele Moon
Assistant Lighting Design by Annie Weigland
Music Direction by Dan Pardo
Associate Music Direction by Nathan Dame
Production Managed by Scott Schneider
Stage Management by Michael J. Tosto
Assistant Stage Management by Elizabeth Fontaine
Assistant Directed by Jenna Hoffman & Brad Ogden
Associate Produced by Stanley Bahorek

Produced and General Managed by Aaron Simms
Our Voices is grateful to Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for development and production support.

Our Voices Project
Nina Wurtzel Photography TICKETS
The World Premiere of
soot and spit

by Charles Mee Jr.
Directed by Kim Weild

May 31 to June 17, 2017

The New Ohio Theater
154 Christopher Street

ASL interpreted performances:
June 8th at 7:30pm & June 10th at 2:00pm.

Autism-friendly performance: June 17 at 2:00pm.