"Where a friendly staff is on hand to meet all your needs" is really the last stop on the exile for Judith (Blythe Danner) who has been stripped of all her worldly assets on account of her husband, a money guy, bilked a ton of cash out of his clients. Understandable because it is a story about a family, and who among us is part of a family that is, shall we say, pristine. Yale School of Drama 2019 one was sliding all over the game board for me. Em has developed and directed work with companies such as Rattlestick Theater, New Georges, the 52nd Street Project, Shakespeare & Company, Glasshouse Lab, Collaboraction, Working Theater, En Garde Arts, the Prototype Festival and the Museum of Ice Cream. Em’s short film Candace has played at festivals worldwide including the Mill Valley Film Festival, Outfest, the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and the American Pavilion Emerging LGBTQ Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Film. Harris and Arden, an immersive musical co-written with Michael Breslin that explored queer utopias and featured original songs by Julian Hornik. in Directing at Yale School of Drama, Em directed numerous stage productions such as the first workshop production of Slave Play by Jeremy O. As a graduating senior, Herrin intends to m ajor in History while in c ollege with a concentration in Black Studies.ĮM WEINSTEIN (they/them) is a writer and a director of new plays, films, musicals, and interactive installations. Herrin is an accomplished poet, having her work published by, and has performed Spoken Word pieces on Systemic Racism in America and the Fetishization of Black Women nationally. A talented artist and passionate activist, Herrin is an active performer at Girl Be Heard’s Sunday Workshops Manhattan, where she collaborates with brilliantly talented young women using their voices to spark change on a national level. Her recent credits include The Scarlet Ibis with The Jersey City Arts Theatre Company, Sunday Workshops Manhattan 2020: The New (AB)Normal and S unday Workshops Manhattan 2021: Unplugged, with Girl Be Heard. Susan Murphy, and a ctor and p roducer Douglas Taurel. She is a senior at Henry Snyder High school in Jersey City, NJ, and has studied under the guidance of her h igh s chool Honors Theatre Teacher Ms. HERRIN OUM FONTENETTE is delighted to be making her virtual theatre debut with Two River Theat er. VIRTUAL STUDENT MATINEE ACCESS FOR EDUCATORS ONLY
It’s been a joy to watch the student’s creativity blossom over the course of this process, and we’re thrilled to share this production of Romeo and Juliet with Two River audiences!” “Despite the distance between them, they found imaginative ways to come together, collaborate, and think deeply about the themes in the play. “This year the Tiny Shakes company embraced a new way of exploring Shakespeare,” said Co-Director Aneesha Kudtarkar.
The result is an eclectic and energetic production of Romeo and Juliet featuring original music, TikTok dances, FaceTime calls, and more. Over the course of the program, 21 students partnered with industry professionals to learn more about acting, visual design, music, fight choreography, and filmmaking. This season, the program used the limitations of 2021 as a unique opportunity for students to delve deeply into the play and give them the agency to tell the story in their own way, filming scenes from home. Since 2014, Two River Theater has produced A Little Shakespeare, a 75-minute cut of a Shakespeare play directed and designed by theater professionals, and performed and supported backstage by high school students. Two River’s most popular education program breaks the mold to create something entirely new with Tiny Shakes: Romeo and Juliet, co-directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar and Em Weinstein ( A Little Shakespeare: Twelfth Night).
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