Shows include AUNT LILLIAN, MAYBE DOROTHY WAS RIGHT, ON THE BEAUTY OF LOSS, 56 FLOWERS, and THE FISH.
Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern have announced the Fall Forward Festival featuring new works from Ngozi Anyanwu, Kirsten Childs, Jared Mezzocchi, Polly Pen and Madeline Sayet, beginning today through December 31. During the pandemic shutdown, the Vineyard commissioned these five daring artists to create new works of alternative theatre. The Vineyard's Fall Forward Festival will share the works that have emerged -- some fully realized, and some in process --a mix of live in-person, live virtual, filmed and audio performances, as varied as the artists creating them.
The Fall Forward Festival includes Kirsten Childs' Aunt Lillian, a wickedly funny audio musical about a battle of wills between two young girls and their no-nonsense aunt, directed by Awoye Timpo; Ngozi Anyanwu's Maybe Dorothy Was Right, a short film and love letter to New York and the theatre, directed by Alfonso Johnson; Jared Mezzocchi's On the Beauty of Loss, an introspective multimedia virtual live performance exploring the emergence of social technology and its impact on memory and grief; a live in-person reading of Polly Pen's 56 Flowers, a chamber musical about a receptionist who finds herself drawn to the story of the 19th century composer Carrie Jacobs-Bond; and a live in-person reading of Madeline Sayet's The Fish, a new full-length play following two Mohegan-Jewish siblings on a search to find out what their ancestors never meant for them to know.
By Kirsten Childs
Directed by Awoye Timpo
Audio Musical, 20 minutes
Available today -December 31 (FREE)
Band Includes:
Jacinth Greywoode (Keys), Kevin Wunderlich (Guitar), Parker McAllister (Bass), Spencer Cohen (Drums)
By Ngozi Anyanwu
Directed by Alfonso Johnson
A Short Film, 8 minutes
Available to the public October 7-December 31 (FREE)
A short film love letter to New York City and the theatre.
Created by Jared Mezzocchi
Original composition by Lee Kinney
Live Streaming Performance
November 11 - November 21, 2021
Member booking begins October 19
General booking begins October 27
By Polly Pen
Directed by Dustin Wills
In-Person Reading at Vineyard Theatre (108 West 15th Street)
October 24 at 3pm & October 25 at 7pm
By Madeline Sayet
In-Person Reading at Vineyard Theatre (108 West 15th Street)
December 2021
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