Goodnight Gracie

A young woman named Emily (Marina Kerekes) who goes to pick up her 97-year-old grandmother, Gracie (Sheila Warnock), from her retirement community. The story establishes their close relationship while exploring the building tension of a deep personal lie that Emily is trying to maintain. Over the course of an emotionally charged day, including a quiet conversation in a park, Emily is forced to confront the emotional weight of her choices and finally reveals the truth she has been avoiding

Written and Produced by Ryan Montanti, Directed by Fiamma Piacentini

Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares at The Tank 

“Mi Abuela,  Queen of Nightmares” written by Christine Stoddard premiere at The Tank in New York City as part of their 20th Anniversary Season.

Maya, a young Salvadoran-American, navigates trauma and family mythology through magic, joy, and folklore as she comes of age in Phoenix, Arizona. Her story explores mother-daughter relationships, mixed race identity, being the child of an immigrant, growing up without a father, and using fantasy as a coping mechanism. Owls, jaguars, and cacti make dream-like and delightful appearances. This original drama is a memory play with heightened language, originating from a poetry book. The dialogue is majority English, with select Spanish lines and songs that can be understood from context without subtitles or interpretation.

Mi Abuela Queen of Nightmares review HERE

las:sitas at the NYC Fringe Festival

“las:sitas (a movement exploration of the divine feminine)”  is an all-female experimental movement presentation celebrating all the light, dark, and in between of the feminine experience. It premiered at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn in March of 2018, and later that year was presented at the 2018 NY Fringe Festival.

las:sitas review here

Whale Song at UNFIX Festival NYC

Elegy at UNFIX Festival NYC