A stirring one-woman show about writer and performer Mia Anderson's evolution as a lover, sister, daughter growing up in Brooklyn, and told through a connection of stories relating to the love of the music that guided her - by Michael Jackson, Prince and Marvin Gaye.
this is a mediation on love... my journey... come get on this love train…
Friday, September 28 - Sunday, September 30
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOPThis series of performances are intended to help the artist - Mia Y. Anderson - focus her one-woman script, explore its theatricality and strength it's overall story, performance, and impact for future development. The performances, although workshop in nature, will be presented as full performances - with performers off-book and using a full design landscape of sound, lighting, projection, set and props. We encourage you to stay after and share your thoughts and feedback with the artists.
At The Dirty Blondes, we believe in supporting artists to make the strongest choices possible, to be emboldened, to take ownership of their stories and experiences, and to have the freedom to practice their craft fully. Presenting this workshop as a full performance strengthens these ideals - freeing the artist from the purgatory of "development" and forcing the artists to make choices and ready their work for the stage. |
LOCATIONUNDER SAINT MARKS THEATER
94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009 Between 1st Avenue & A Avenue Basement theater, no wheelchair access |
HISTORYher, him, prince, michael & marvin aka love is love is love began its development at The BarnArts 2016 Hamilton Residency workshop in Maine. Its first public reading was a 20 minute excerpt at Cloud City in Brooklyn directed by Marissa Shadburn as part of the BarnArts Festival of New Works. After an intimate reading in Boston, the piece was accepted into the FailSafe Festival for a 45min staged reading for 3 nights in August of 2017 directed by Marissa Shadburn. The Dirty Blondes hosted two additional table readings in December, 2017 and May 2017 and will present the play for a 4-night performance workshop in September 2018.
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Official Workshop Playlist |
TEAM
Mia Y. Anderson, playwright, is an actress, writer and director born in the Republic of Brooklyn. She was the founder/director and producer of the all womyn of color queer cabaret show Drag Kings, Sluts and Goddesses that ran for 10 years in Boston. It was the winner of Fresh Fruit’s Audience Favorite award in NYC and was profiled in Curve, Color of Change and The Boston Globe. As an actress she has performed in award-winning films If I Leap, Production and Sleep. She has worked in regional productions for Commonwealth Shakespeare, Painted Bride Theater and Dreamkeeper Theater productions. As a director, she is a 2014 New Perspectives Directing Fellow and 2015 alum of the Lincoln Center’s Director Lab. As a writer, she has published essays in Bi Any Other Name and the Lambda Literary nominee Pinned By Pronouns. She has presented her poetry for the New York Public Library, Fresh Fruit Festival Nuyorican Café and Poetic Theater Productions. her, him, prince, michael, and marvin aka love is love is love is her first one-woman show.
Marissa Shadburn, director, is a Brooklyn based, dramaturge, director and arts administrator, Her work engages with concepts such as performativity, alienation and non-linear narrative. In the 2016-17 season, Marissa directed three short works for the feminist theater company, The Dirty Blondes. In the 17-18 season, Marissa collaborated on her, him, prince, michael, and marvin aka love is love is love which was shared as a work in progress at the FailSafe NYC Festival in 2017. Prior to her work in NYC, Marissa directed and collaborated on multiple productions at The Richard B. Fisher Center, including The Bed Show with Amanda F***ing Palmer. Marissa was an artist-in-residence at Barn Arts Collective in Bass Harbor, Maine, where she began development on a new work, "Shrewd," a modern exploration of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Marissa currently works for the Brooklyn Arts Council as the Arts in Education Coordinator.
Ali Hall, lighting design
Carsen Joenk, sound design
Sam Robotham, video design
Tonya Ingerson & Yichan Wang, stage management team
Carsen Joenk, sound design
Sam Robotham, video design
Tonya Ingerson & Yichan Wang, stage management team