IRT Theater presents The New Collectives Production of LIFE BRIEF & GLORIOUS

IRT Theater presents The New Collectives production of a new play by Bryn Manion. Directed by Rachel Dart.

Thursday, March 8th - Saturday, March 11th. Wednesday, March 14th - Saturday, March 18th. Wednesday, March 21st - Saturday, March 24th. All Shows at 8pm IRT THEATER, 154 Christopher St., #3B (3rd floor), New York, NY 10014. Subway: 1,2 to Christopher St; A,C,E,D,B,F,M to West 4th St. Tickets: $20 online or at the door, www.thenewcollectives.com, https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3330911

Men and ships and men and ships and men and ships...Murder. Sex. Achilles' heel. A modern re-telling of the events leading up to the fall of Troy, as seen through the eyes of the women responsible for holding the city together.

Dramaturgy by Taylor Beidler; Stage Managed by Kellian Frank; Costume Design by Dara Affholter; Sound Design by Robert A. K. Gonyo; Lighting Design by Valerie Insardi; Set Design by Maya Martin-Udry; Prop Design by Sam Leichter

*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors' Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.

Bryn Manion (Playwright) is a writer and director currently living in Saint Paul, MN. She was the co-founder and artistic director for Aisling Arts where she directed Love's Labour's Lost, Macbeth, A Beggar's Opera, Playboy of the Western World and The Importance of Being Earnest. With Aisling Arts, she wrote and developed several original plays such as Pinky the Pig and a Few Hallelujahs, Imminent Indeed (or Polly Peachum's Peculiar Penchant for Plosives), The Force Trilogy: Wanderlust, Threshold, Convergence and Wake.

Rachel Dart (Director) is a New York City-based director who brings a feminist perspective to both new play development and existing works. Rachel is also the founder of Let Us Work, an advocacy group that aims to combat and end sexual harassment in theater; LUW is currently working with the League of Independent Theater to create protections for independent and nonunion NYC theaters. Rachel is a proud alumna of The Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company, the Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Corps, and DirectorsLabChicago. Directing credits also include EST/Sloan, EST/Youngblood, Culture Project, #serials at The Flea, York Theatre, the Frigid Festival, The New Collectives, The Atlantic Alumni Workshop and Acting School. Rachel's assisting includes The Vineyard, BAM, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Acting Company, and Manhattan Theatre Club. BFA, Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Rachel is currently a Samuel J. Friedman Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club. www.racheldart.com

The New Collectives (Producer) is a New York based theatre and film collective. The company took shape in February 2014 while working on The Witches, a four person adaptation of Macbeth. After a successful workshop production in August 2014, Giverny Petitmermet, Dan Morrison, Sarah Moore and Mara Gannon decided to make their collaboration official and The New Collectives was formed in January 2015. Our mission is to create new, intimate, innovative works drawing inspiration from classic plays, to develop contemporary work, and to cultivate community through outreach and education programming. In July 2015, The New Collectives ran a successful week long Shakespeare summer camp in Brooklyn, forming our education branch, The Young Collectives. Helmed by Education & Outreach Director, Erin Maxon, and Assistant Education & Outreach Director, Sam Leichter, The Young Collectives has expanded its education programing to include professional development workshops, in-school workshops, and holiday Shakespeare camps, in addition to our Shakespeare summer camps. In October 2015, The New Collectives, in association with Wandering Bark Theatre Company, produced a full production of The Witches, at The Access Theatre in NYC. In August 2016, The New Collectives brought the world premiere of Sam Gooley's Steve Got Raped. to the New York International Fringe Festival. Our 2017 Season consisted of three full productions: Buyer's Remorse, a one woman show by company member Mara Gannon, produced at the FRIGID Festival; The Occasion of Existence, an original dance theatre piece based on the book Einstein's Dreams; and Brendan Kennelly's modern translation of The Trojan Women.

The New Collectives is trilled to be part of IRT's 3B Residency program! While in residency at IRT, in addition to their production of Life Brief & Glorious, The New Collectives are developing three new pieces: THIS an ensemble built full length play by Co-Op Theatre East artists Laura Iris Hill, Robert A. K. Gonyo, and Anna Savant, Zodiac Math A one woman millennial siren song by Elizabeth May, and my favorite flower. a new full length play by Arika Larson. A showing of excerpts from these shows will take place Sunday, March 25th at 8pm.

For more information visit www.thenewcollectives.com

Life Brief & Glorious is presented as part of IRT's 3B Development Series.

IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT's mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work. Some of the artists we have supported include Young Jean Lee, Reggie Watts and Mike Daisey. For more info visit www.irttheater.org.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, and The Nancy Quinn Fund, a project of ART-NY.

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