DANCE NATION
Dance Nation received its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, September 2018.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the World Premiere of Dance Nation in 2018 with support from an award by the National Endowment of the Arts, and a generous gift from Scott M. Delman.
Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Trust for supporting new plays at Playwrights Horizons, and special thanks to the Time Warner Foundation for its leadership support of New Works Lab at Playwrights Horizons.
DANCE NATION was developed at the Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, June 2015, with the Atlantic Theatre Company, and presented as part of the Contemporary American Voices Festival at Long Wharf Theatre, September 2016.
DANCE NATION was written, in part, in residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and received extensive workshop time and space as part of New Dramatistsā Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund.
US Production | |
Connie | Purva Bedi |
Zuzu | Eboni Booth |
Sofia | Camila CanĆ³-FlaviĆ” |
Maeve | Ellen Maddow |
Vanessa / The Moms | Christina Rouner |
Dance Teacher Pat | Thomas Jay Ryan |
Amina | Dina Shihabi |
Ashlee | Lucy Taylor |
Luke | Ikechukwu Ufomadu |
Writer | Clare Barron |
Director / Choreographer | Lee Sunday Evans |
Scenic Designer | Arnulfo Maldonado |
Costume Designer | Ćsta Bennie Hostetter |
Lighting Designer | Barbara Samuels |
Sound Designer | Brandon Wolcott |
Special Effects Consultant | Adam Bailey |
Casting | Alaine Alldaffer, CSA |
Production Stage Manager | Erin Gioia Albrecht |
Assistant Stage Manager | Bryan Bauer |
Assistant Director | Seonjae Kim |
UK Production | |
Dance Teacher Pat | Brendan Cowell |
Maeve | Nancy Crane |
Amina | Karla Crome |
The Moms / Vanessa | Miranda Foster |
Sofia | Sarah Hadland |
Ashlee | Kayla Meikle |
Luke | Irfan Shamji |
Connie | Manjinder Virk |
Zuzu | Ria Zmitrowicz |
Writer | Clare Barron |
Director | Bijan Sheibani |
Choreographer | Aline David |
Set Designer | Samal Blak |
Costume Designer | Moritz Junge |
Lighting | Lee Curran |
Sound and Composition | Marc Teitler |
Casting | Amy Ball |
Casting Assistant | Chandra Ruegg |
Costume Supervisor | Claire Wardroper |
Hair and Make-Up Designer | Giuseppe Cannas |
Dialect Coach | Brett Tyne |
Fight Director | Bret Yount |
Resident Director | Hannah Joss |
Company Stage Manager | Kate McDowell |
Deputy Stage Manager | Surenee Chan Somchit |
Assistant Stage Manager | Abi Cook |