The Nest: Larkees in Production!
We may not produce plays at The Lark, but that doesn't mean our community members aren't super busy in shows they've flown to all around the city. If you want to know where you can catch Larkees in current and upcoming productions, look no further! Check out this latest edition of THE NEST!
ALLIGATOR
New Georges
in collaboration with The Sol Project
Through December 18th
In this play by Playwrights' Week alumna Hilary Bettis, Emerald and Ty are twin orphaned teenagers who live in the backwoods of the Florida Everglades and wrestle ‘gators in a roadside attraction. Careening through encounters in their small tourist town, they meet self-destructive young locals looking for a future and desperate young wanderers looking for a home; all carry secrets under ever-present layers of desire.
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THE WINTER'S TALE
HERE
Through December 17th
In this current moment of political and environmental turmoil, AMERINDA (American Indian Artists) Inc. is reimagining the multi-generational story of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale as Native artists. What if in the next generation we return to traditional ways, take care of the earth, and make the world better? In this production, an all-Native cast, including Dawn Jamieson, a Lark playwright who developed her play Mangled Beams through our Studio Retreat program, comes together to explore what is passed down and how to restore a broken cycle.
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PARTY PEOPLE
The Public Theater
Through December 11th
UNIVERSES, an ensemble known for their fusion of theater, poetry, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues and Spanish boleros, explores the complicated legacies of the original Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Org/Party through Party People. Developed and Directed by Liesl Tommy (Eclipsed), who is assisted by TJ Weaver, director and former Lark staff member, Party People is based on dozens of interviews with members of these ground-breaking, society-changing groups.
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POISON
Origin Theatre Company
Through December 11th
Poison by Lot Vekemans, was developed through The Lark's hotINK program in 2013, where it was translated from Dutch by Rina Vergano. In this play, words are used to conceal the truth and maintain boundaries as a couple meet again after a painful separation. Try as they might to avoid speaking about what happened and what has happened since, their fragility and doubt seep in through the cracks and wounds are opened anew.
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ORANGE JULIUS
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
and Page 73
Performances begin January 10th
This play, written by Basil Kreimendahl, a Larkee playwright, takes place in 1980s and 90s working-class America. Nut is growing up the youngest child of Julius, a Vietnam vet suffering the toxic effects of Agent Orange. As Julius’s health fades, Nut begins paging through forgotten photo albums and acting out old war movies about brothers-in-arms, leaping through time and memory to trace the complex intimacy between father and child when the child is transgender, fighting for a mutual recognition before it’s too late.
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