terraNOVA Collective Launches Online Character Blog for Feeder: A Love Story

terraNOVA Collective announces the launch of the online component to their upcoming mainstage production, FEEDER: A LOVE STORY, which will reveal the back story of its main characters, Jesse and Noel at http://jessennoel.blogspot.com. Over the coming weeks leading up to the Monday, March 7th opening at HERE (145 6th Avenue - Entrance on Dominick Street, 1 block south of Spring Street), audiences can engage in the characters experiences that lead up to the events of the play itself.

FEEDER: A LOVE STORY is a transmedia theatrical event, which will incorporate live video from a web camera and computer on stage, and internet video blogging (vloging). In a unique departure from traditional theatre storytelling, this production parallels social networking and personal interaction, sharing a very human story. This production is being presented through HEREstay, HERE's curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as technical and administrative support.

"The main story is the stage play," explained playwright, James Carter. "But the blog digs deeper into the characters' background which is only glimpsed onstage. It all works together to create a unique transmedia storytelling experience."

FEEDER: A LOVE STORY follows the relationship of Jesse and Noel. Like thousands of other couples, they met online, fell in love, and got married. When Noel and Jesse delve into the fringe lifestyle of feederism they open themselves up to an extraordinary world of passion, love and food. But what happens when one partner outgrows the other?

The production, presented by terraNOVA Collective will play a three week engagement at HERE (145 6th Avenue - entrance on Dominick Street, 1 block south of Spring Street), March 6-26, Thursday through Saturday & Mondays at 8:30pm and Saturday & Sunday at 4pm. Tickets ($20/$15 students & seniors) may be purchased online at www.here.org or by calling 212-352-3101.

James Carter (Playwright) is a dramatist and producer. Full-length plays include: Baby Steps (The Lion, Theatre Row), Reaching Outpost (commissioned by Kaneland High School, Elburn, IL), FEEDER: A Love Story (Center Stage, NY - terraNOVA's 3rd Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival & Collective: Unconscious' undergroundzero Festival 2008), and Family Wayward (terraNOVA's Groundbreakers Reading Series). One acts include: Billy's Bad Behavior (part 1) and Number Four (part 2) with Impetuous Theater Group's 2006 47:59 Festival; The Christmas Card for Center Stage, NY's ‘Open 24 Hours' hosted by John Patrick Shanley. Producer - Artists' Night, dancelikeforever (CSNY), Baby Steps, Buck Fever (Blue Heron Arts Center), Lead Curator on terraNOVA's soloNOVA Arts Festival (2004-2010 - DR2 Theatre & D-Lounge, Performance Space 122, Mo Pitkin's, Center Stage, NY and People's Improv Theater), Curator and Producer on SUBTERRANEAN, a monthly performance party (D-Lounge). James also served as Season Producer for The Ensemble Studio Theatre's 2007/2008 season, including: Going to the River 2007, Lucy (William Carden, dir.), and On The Way To Timbuktu (written & performed by Petronia Paley; Talvin Wilks, dir.), Thicker Than Water 2008 (Youngblood), Marathon 2008 (playwrights - Auburn, Black, LaBute, Mac, Rivera) and Close Ties (Pamela Berlin, dir).

JOSÉ ZAYAS (Director) was born in Puerto Rico and graduated from Harvard and Carnegie Mellon Universities. He is co-Founder and Artistic Director of The Immediate Theater Company. Zayas has held residencies at numerous theaters including the Ensemble Studio Theater and INTAR, where he served as co-producer of the 2006 New Works Theater. In 2007 he was selected as one of nytheater.com's People of the Year. He is also a Drama League Fellow and an alumnus of Lincoln Center's Director's Lab and Soho Rep Writer/Director's Lab and has received numerous fellowships including the Phil Killian, Kenneth Frankel, John Pasquin and Van Lier. He is a current participant of the 2009-2011 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors. His credits include: Caridad Svich's In the Time of the Butterflies (Repertorio Espanol) and The House of the Spirits (Denver, 5 Ovation awards including best direction; Repertorio Espanol multiple ACE and HOLA awards, including best production and director; Teatro Mori, Chile), Madre, el drama padre, (ACE and HOLA awards, Repertorio Espanol) Nowhere on the Border (ACE and HOLA awards, Repertorio Espanol), Letters to a Mother, (ACE and HOLA awards, Repertorio Espanol), Father of Lies (PS122), MilkMilkLemonade (Astoria Performing Arts Center), The Wizard of Oz (TheatreworksUSA), Babes in Toyland (Ice Factory), Southern Promises by Thomas Bradshaw (PS122), Ghost Light by Desi Moreno-Penson (59e59), Lies I Wish I'd Told You... by Mallery Avidon (Dixon Place), Are Women Human? by Nanna Mwaluko (Fresh Fruit Festival), Okay by Taylor Mac (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Vengeance Can Wait by Yukiko Motoya (PS122), The Strangest (HERE), Again and Against by Betty Shamieh (The Lark), The Past Is Not a Foreign Country (Very) Personal Maps of Seattle by Mallery Avidon (Soho Rep), The Wasps and Tecmessa by Ken Urban (Target Margin), Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist by Thomas Bradshaw (Brick Theater, 4 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominations), Devil Land by Desi Moreno-Penson (Summer Play Festival/Cherry Lane Theatre), Crowns by ReGina Taylor (Virginia Stage Company). His Assistant Director credits include Talk Radio directed by Robert Falls and starring Liev Schreiber; Regrets Only directed by Christopher Ashley; Come Back Little Sheba directed by Michael Pressman.

TERRANOVA COLLECTIVE is a vibrant playground for artists devoted to innovative new and original theatrical works. Its multi-layered development process, solo arts festivals, and productions serve to nurture and liberate our community.

 

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