staging occupation
Occupation: to be engaged; to possess, settle, or use land or property; to seize or control.
For some, occupation can mean expansion, progress, enrichment. For others, occupations means a lack of rights, a limit of space, or a loss of identity. In our seventh season, Stone Soup will explore this complex issue on a global and personal scale as we seek to understand the perspectives of both occupier and occupied.
the ghost dancers
By Adam Hunault
Directed by Nadine Friedman
Special Limited Engagement as part of the
Midtown International Theatre Festival
Monday, July 21st at 6:30pm
Thursday, July 24th at 8:30pm
Friday, July 25th at 5:30pm
Sunday, July 27th at 2:30pm
Tuesday, July 29th at 8:30pm
Wednesday, July 30th at 4:45pm
Tickets $18 - Buy online now
Abingdon Theatre Complex
312 W 36th Street, NYC
South Dakota, 1890. South Dakota, 1973. For the Lakota Sioux, time has stood still in a standoff for the earth at Wounded Knee. What happens when progress engages the past and forces the inhabitants of Wounded Knee to redefine borders and cross bloodlines? The Ghost Dancers brings the audiences to the intersection of the occupier and the occupied, to the battleground between history and hope. Apparitions guide our journey through past and present, to show us familiar characters in unfamiliar places and take us to a foreign land on shared soil.
Featuring: Alton Alburo, Mala Bhattacharya, Jennifer Boehm, Don Castro, Seiko Carter, Justin Dilley, Alejandro Garcia, DR Hanson, Marsha Martinez, Galway McCullough, Maysie Mills, Al Patrick Jo, Sam Joseph, Teresa Jusino and Maria Schirmer
Production Team: David Moyer (costumes), Sean Linehan (lights), Chris Wild (choreography), Corinne Kane (stage management), Galway McCollough (fight director).
Caroline Reck and Chris Wild in Stone, April 2007
artwork by Chris Soria and Marc Evans
