Play:
She-She-She
Marc O'Donnell Theater at the Actors Fund Arts Center
May 2018 - June 2018
This vibrant collaborative piece tells a modern tale of alienation through the stories of six women across generations. Set in a New Deal-era women’s work camp on New York’s Bear Mountain, She-She-She highlights the nonlinear nature of progress and explores how we wrestle with the intersections of our inheritance.
Photo by: Al Foote III
Photos by: Al Foote III
In the 1930’s, Eleanor Roosevelt championed the “She She She” camps as a New Deal program tailored for women, housed in America’s National Parks. Jobless women from across the country moved away from their home of origin to gain hospitality and forestry training, and developed a uniquely progressive and interestingly cooperative education along the way. She-She-She is inspired by the friendship between Roosevelt and Pauli Murray (architect of the civil rights and women’s movements, gender pioneer), sparked at Hudson Valley’s Camp Tera. Despite their disparate perspectives shaped by their difference in race and class, a need for social justice and mutual respect served as the foundation for their friendship and catalyzed their shared ideation, learning and progress.
Photos by: Al Foote III
The Team:
Concept: Carrie Heitman
Director: Chad Lindsey
Writer: Cynthia Baba
Costume Design: Krista Intranuovo
Sound Design: Nok Kanchanabanka
Lighting Design: Alejandro Fajardo
Scenic Design: Patrick Burlingham
Production Stage Manager: Katie Sammons
DEVISED & PERFORMED BY:
Cynthia Babak*, Emily Kunkel*, Carrie Heitman*, Chad Lindsey, Elizabeth London*, Nylda Ria Mark, Asia Mark, Javan Nelson, Jeremy Rafal
*Member of Actors Equity Association
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Teaser
Video by: Kyle Beckley, Full Out Creative
Edited by: Colin Edleman