WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

THEATER • World Premiere // WORLD PREMIERE

WoodenBoat | Brooklin, ME // WoodenBoat in Brooklin, ME
August 10-20, 2023

Inspired by …

A Jewish cemetery in Deadclass, Ohio is the place (and time) for a seance.

Five generations of E’s family are buried there, as are M’s grandparents, Blue and Luna, who were married 70 years. Blue and Luna met as children fleeing Nazi occupation; later they moved together to Deadclass, Ohio, to build a family. After the war, both had returned to Krakow to find all their relatives were dead – their hometown had become a cemetery.

​Inspired by Tadeusz Kantor’s masterpiece UMARŁA KLASA and assembled from original text, faded memories, family secrets, live violin score, irresponsibly captured iphone video, and verbatim fragments of rediscovered memoirs and voicemails, DEADCLASS, OHIO is a seance of the living and a love story of the dead.

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DEADCLASS, OHIO

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DEADCLASS, OHIO
from Umarła Klasa by TADEUSZ KANTOR
original text by ELIYA SMITH
ICE FACTORY FESTIVAL | July 2023

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from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
from THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
original text and music by AISLINN BROPHY

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
Written by / By AISLINN BROPHY
Directed by MARVIN MERRITT IV

“ Tell your story Mariner
You sailed the seven seas
Speak of your ship, your crew, your shame
And hope it sets you free ”

On the night of her daughter’s wedding, Angie (ADELE BATCHELDER) finds herself forced to navigate the brine of a failed sea voyage that threatens to push her beyond the brink. When given the final chance to share her story and correct her course, can she overcome the guilt of her past? Or is she destined to be lost at sea forever?

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE is a contemporary adaptation of the epic lyrical ballad THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This exciting new play with music weaves the lyrical ballad of Coleridge seamlessly with historic sea shanties and Aislinn Brophy’s own sharp, prophetic voice.
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World Premiere

THE ALLY
By Itamar Moses 
Directed by Lila Neugebauer

Tony Award-winning playwright Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) returns to The Public with the world premiere of THE ALLY, a fierce drama that gives voice to some of the most contentious and important questions of our time.

When college professor Asaf (Josh Radnor) is asked by a student to sign a social justice manifesto, what seems at first like a simple choice instead embroils him in an increasingly complex web of conflicting agendas that challenge his allegiances as a progressive, a husband, an artist, an academic, an American, an atheist, and a Jew. With tensions at an all-time high, Asaf is forced to confront the age-old question: “If I am only for myself, what am I?”

Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer (The Wolves), THE ALLY is a passionate, provocative, and unflinching new play about the vanishing line between the personal and the political.

Please Note:
Production effects and content sensitivities vary from person to person, and we encourage you to contact us (info@publictheater.org or 212.967.7555) if you have questions about any production. THE ALLY includes active discourse about Israelis and Palestinians, police violence, and racism.

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World Premiere

THE ALLY
By Itamar Moses 
Directed by Lila Neugebauer

Tony Award-winning playwright Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) returns to The Public with the world premiere of THE ALLY, a fierce drama that gives voice to some of the most contentious and important questions of our time.

When college professor Asaf (Josh Radnor) is asked by a student to sign a social justice manifesto, what seems at first like a simple choice instead embroils him in an increasingly complex web of conflicting agendas that challenge his allegiances as a progressive, a husband, an artist, an academic, an American, an atheist, and a Jew. With tensions at an all-time high, Asaf is forced to confront the age-old question: “If I am only for myself, what am I?”

Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer (The Wolves), THE ALLY is a passionate, provocative, and unflinching new play about the vanishing line between the personal and the political.

Please Note:
Production effects and content sensitivities vary from person to person, and we encourage you to contact us (info@publictheater.org or 212.967.7555) if you have questions about any production. THE ALLY includes active discourse about Israelis and Palestinians, police violence, and racism.

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“ Tell your story Mariner,
You sailed the seven seas,
Speak of your ship, your crew, your shame,
And hope it sets you free. ”

“ Tell your story Mariner
You sailed the seven seas
Speak of your ship, your crew, your shame
And hope it sets you free ”

On the night of her daughter’s wedding, Angie finds herself forced to navigate the brine of a failed sea voyage that threatens to push her beyond the brink. When given the final chance to share her story and correct her course, can she overcome the guilt of her past? Or is she destined to be lost at sea forever?

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE is a contemporary adaptation of the epic lyrical ballad THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This exciting new play with music weaves the lyrical ballad of Coleridge seamlessly with historic sea shanties and Aislinn Brophy’s own sharp, prophetic voice.

CONTENT ADVISORY
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