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THE WAITING ROOM
An original ensemble devised piece written and performed by Monica Furman, Rachel McManus, Haley Zega, Maria Diez and Fiona Rae Brunner
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio and Janet Bentley
Choreography by Monica Furman and Maria Diez
Sound Design by Janet Bentley and Maria Diez
Original Music by Maria Diez
Assistant Directed by Vinny Eden Ortega
Set in purgatory, The Waiting Room utilizes movement, music and text to look at questions of home, identity, systems of oppression and internal oppression. The Waiting Room debuted in the July, 2018 Ashtar International Youth Theatre Festival in Ramallah, Palestine.
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio and Janet Bentley
Choreography by Monica Furman and Maria Diez
Sound Design by Janet Bentley and Maria Diez
Original Music by Maria Diez
Assistant Directed by Vinny Eden Ortega
Set in purgatory, The Waiting Room utilizes movement, music and text to look at questions of home, identity, systems of oppression and internal oppression. The Waiting Room debuted in the July, 2018 Ashtar International Youth Theatre Festival in Ramallah, Palestine.
BUILDING A REAL BOY
Produced by Co-Op Theatre East, The Dare Tactic and The Eagle Project
Written by Tyrus Holden
Devised by Co-Op Theatre East company members, Tyrus Holden, Ashley Marinaccio and Michael Rehse
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio
Associated Directed by Robert A.K. Gonyo
Assistant Directed by Vinny Eden Ortega
Performed by Amy Chang, Nikita Chaudhry, Ashley Marinaccio, Tyrus Holden and Michael Rehse
Media Design by Gil Sperling
Cover Art by Juan Osborne
Cover Photography by Jasen Appelbaum
Dramaturgy, Transcription Assistance and Additional Script Support Provided by Sophie Walker, Matthew Champagne and Vinny Eden Ortega
Building a Real Boy is a multimedia theatrical telling of the life and work of computer activist Aaron Swartz who died tragically at the age of 26 while facing forty years in prison for downloading academic journals to share with the public. This show is devised from Aaron Swartz’s writing, blog and journal entries, interviews with colleagues and friends. Building a Real Boy has been created collaboratively by a team of performers, directors, writers and designers.
Written by Tyrus Holden
Devised by Co-Op Theatre East company members, Tyrus Holden, Ashley Marinaccio and Michael Rehse
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio
Associated Directed by Robert A.K. Gonyo
Assistant Directed by Vinny Eden Ortega
Performed by Amy Chang, Nikita Chaudhry, Ashley Marinaccio, Tyrus Holden and Michael Rehse
Media Design by Gil Sperling
Cover Art by Juan Osborne
Cover Photography by Jasen Appelbaum
Dramaturgy, Transcription Assistance and Additional Script Support Provided by Sophie Walker, Matthew Champagne and Vinny Eden Ortega
Building a Real Boy is a multimedia theatrical telling of the life and work of computer activist Aaron Swartz who died tragically at the age of 26 while facing forty years in prison for downloading academic journals to share with the public. This show is devised from Aaron Swartz’s writing, blog and journal entries, interviews with colleagues and friends. Building a Real Boy has been created collaboratively by a team of performers, directors, writers and designers.
SEASON TO TASTE
an original play created & performed by Laura Iris Hill & Anna Savant
with director Robert A. K. Gonyo
Teenage Evie gets a job at the local grocery store for the summer to escape being at home, where she meets Sam, a single mother who works there because it’s a job. Through coffee, conversation, and recipes, the two women form a mutually-supportive relationship at difficult moments of transition in their lives.
Part of the 2016 Philadelphia FringeArts Festival
with director Robert A. K. Gonyo
Teenage Evie gets a job at the local grocery store for the summer to escape being at home, where she meets Sam, a single mother who works there because it’s a job. Through coffee, conversation, and recipes, the two women form a mutually-supportive relationship at difficult moments of transition in their lives.
Part of the 2016 Philadelphia FringeArts Festival
AFTER THE DANCE
Written by Terence Rattigan
Directed by Casey Cleverly
Script Supervision by Ashley J. Jacobson
Produced by Tamar Halevi, Elizabeth Sarkady & Ashley J. Jacobson
Video by Mike Carthy
Stage Managed and Lighting Design by Leon Solomon
Costumes by Ariel Pellman
Artwork by Michelle Angelosanto
Featuring: Andrew Colford, Adam Sachs, Jeff Dickamore, Fabianne Meyer, Katherine C. McDonald, Kelly Riley, Glory Simon, Kerrie Bond, Jimmy Dailey, Michael Rehse
Music Performances by: Geoff Burke, Aurora Florence, Andy Mac, Ariel Pellman, Michael Wagner & Keith Ward
Set at the home of a high living, hard drinking wealthy Brooklynite, AFTER THE DANCE took audiences on a journey of one man's fall from grace as he grapples with a life so heavy with irony that it is empty of any substance. The audience followed the characters via film and improvisation and witness the debauchery and irony unfold throughout the night. Part party, part play, it was an evening of dancing, live music, sarcasm, custom cocktails, and Rattigans' prescient text.
Directed by Casey Cleverly
Script Supervision by Ashley J. Jacobson
Produced by Tamar Halevi, Elizabeth Sarkady & Ashley J. Jacobson
Video by Mike Carthy
Stage Managed and Lighting Design by Leon Solomon
Costumes by Ariel Pellman
Artwork by Michelle Angelosanto
Featuring: Andrew Colford, Adam Sachs, Jeff Dickamore, Fabianne Meyer, Katherine C. McDonald, Kelly Riley, Glory Simon, Kerrie Bond, Jimmy Dailey, Michael Rehse
Music Performances by: Geoff Burke, Aurora Florence, Andy Mac, Ariel Pellman, Michael Wagner & Keith Ward
Set at the home of a high living, hard drinking wealthy Brooklynite, AFTER THE DANCE took audiences on a journey of one man's fall from grace as he grapples with a life so heavy with irony that it is empty of any substance. The audience followed the characters via film and improvisation and witness the debauchery and irony unfold throughout the night. Part party, part play, it was an evening of dancing, live music, sarcasm, custom cocktails, and Rattigans' prescient text.
THERE ARE NO CAMELS IN BEIRUT
Written by Ashley Marinaccio
Directed by Alex Mallory
Featuring Grace Duffey, Ashley Marinaccio, Giovanni Patrick, Ryan Victor Pierce and Anna Savant
Beirut. 2006. What does it mean to be on the “wrong” side of conflict?
Part of Culture Project's Summer Reading Series. There Are No Camels in Beirut is based on personal experiences of Lebanon during the 2006 war. There will be a talk back following the reading.
Directed by Alex Mallory
Featuring Grace Duffey, Ashley Marinaccio, Giovanni Patrick, Ryan Victor Pierce and Anna Savant
Beirut. 2006. What does it mean to be on the “wrong” side of conflict?
Part of Culture Project's Summer Reading Series. There Are No Camels in Beirut is based on personal experiences of Lebanon during the 2006 war. There will be a talk back following the reading.
The Vagina Monologues
Written By Eve Ensler
Directed By Ashley Marinaccio
Featuring: Brenda Crawley, Dominique Fishback, Kate Garfield, Ashley Marinaccio, Patrick J. Paglen, Anna Savant
Part of COTE's 2013 "Living Room Series" - bringing theatre to nontraditional spaces.
Based on author Eve Ensler's "Vagina Interviews" conducted with women from around the world, this hilariously witty and moving collection of tales give voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant and thoroughly human stories. Co-Op Theatre East's production of The Vagina Monologues, directed by Ashley Marinaccio is a fully site specific and immersive event, unlike any other production of Vagina Monologues you've ever seen. Set in a private apartment, audiences are invited to experience these stories in an intimate and provocative setting.
Directed By Ashley Marinaccio
Featuring: Brenda Crawley, Dominique Fishback, Kate Garfield, Ashley Marinaccio, Patrick J. Paglen, Anna Savant
Part of COTE's 2013 "Living Room Series" - bringing theatre to nontraditional spaces.
Based on author Eve Ensler's "Vagina Interviews" conducted with women from around the world, this hilariously witty and moving collection of tales give voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant and thoroughly human stories. Co-Op Theatre East's production of The Vagina Monologues, directed by Ashley Marinaccio is a fully site specific and immersive event, unlike any other production of Vagina Monologues you've ever seen. Set in a private apartment, audiences are invited to experience these stories in an intimate and provocative setting.
Twelfth Night: Wall Street
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Casey Cleverly
Produced/Sound Designed by Robert Gonyo
Set Designed by Michael Simmons
Lighting Designed by Nick Solyom
Costumes Designed by Elizabeth Elkins
Set in the modern day financial sector, Twelfth Night: Wall Street highlights the current gender bias and power-play in the American work place. When the young Viola takes a job at the financial firm Orsino and Partners, she quickly finds that in order to move up the corporate ladder, she needs to dress as a man. Meanwhile her tough boss Orsino is intent on wooing the business of a major fashion client, Olivia and Co., at whatever cost. Their world turns topsy-turvy as the fashion heiress, Olivia, falls in love with the young analyst in disguise, and Olivia’s pesky relatives come to Occupy Wall Street. Twelfth Night: Wall Street is a play full of camp, satire, and serious money.
Directed by Casey Cleverly
Produced/Sound Designed by Robert Gonyo
Set Designed by Michael Simmons
Lighting Designed by Nick Solyom
Costumes Designed by Elizabeth Elkins
Set in the modern day financial sector, Twelfth Night: Wall Street highlights the current gender bias and power-play in the American work place. When the young Viola takes a job at the financial firm Orsino and Partners, she quickly finds that in order to move up the corporate ladder, she needs to dress as a man. Meanwhile her tough boss Orsino is intent on wooing the business of a major fashion client, Olivia and Co., at whatever cost. Their world turns topsy-turvy as the fashion heiress, Olivia, falls in love with the young analyst in disguise, and Olivia’s pesky relatives come to Occupy Wall Street. Twelfth Night: Wall Street is a play full of camp, satire, and serious money.
Muzungu
Written by David Myers
Directed by Robert A. K. Gonyo
Starring Ryan Victor Pierce and Nneoma Nkuku
Muzungu follows the journey of Mathew, an American aid worker, as he travels to present-day Rwanda. The play explores the unseen motives in doing good and the unexpected consequences in lending a helping hand.
Directed by Robert A. K. Gonyo
Starring Ryan Victor Pierce and Nneoma Nkuku
Muzungu follows the journey of Mathew, an American aid worker, as he travels to present-day Rwanda. The play explores the unseen motives in doing good and the unexpected consequences in lending a helping hand.
Trojan Women: Redux
Written by Euripedes
Adapted and Directed by Casey Cleverly
In the modern port city of New York, ten immigrant women are held hostage against their will. A grandmother, once royalty, clings to hope as her remaining children are dragged away. In a radical interpretation of Euripides’ classic play, adapter/director Casey Cleverly modernizes the text to focus on the all-too-contemporary issue of human trafficking. Mixing live drama, news clips, projections, dance, and an original music score, Trojan Women Redux turns the ancient play into a modern day tragedy exploring the real stories of women across the globe.
Adapted and Directed by Casey Cleverly
In the modern port city of New York, ten immigrant women are held hostage against their will. A grandmother, once royalty, clings to hope as her remaining children are dragged away. In a radical interpretation of Euripides’ classic play, adapter/director Casey Cleverly modernizes the text to focus on the all-too-contemporary issue of human trafficking. Mixing live drama, news clips, projections, dance, and an original music score, Trojan Women Redux turns the ancient play into a modern day tragedy exploring the real stories of women across the globe.
My Name is Rachel Corrie
Based on the Diares of Rachel Corrie
Edited by Katharine Viner and Alan Rickman
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio and Robert A. K. Gonyo
Starring Theresa Christine and Stephanie Shafir
A play based on the diaries of 23-year-old peace activist Rachel Corrie who was killed by the IDF while in Gaza.
Edited by Katharine Viner and Alan Rickman
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio and Robert A. K. Gonyo
Starring Theresa Christine and Stephanie Shafir
A play based on the diaries of 23-year-old peace activist Rachel Corrie who was killed by the IDF while in Gaza.
Ten Years Later: Voices from the Post 9/11 Generation Speak
Conceived and Directed by Ashley Marinaccio and Robert A. K. Gonyo
Assistant Directed by Danny Mendoza
Produced in Collaboration with Girl Be Heard
Written and Performed by: Kate Bralower, Tiffani-Amber DiGrazia, Samantha Phillips, Monica Furman, Arianna Hanson, Hank Chen , Nick Wolf, Stacy Oliver, Deanna Alexandra, Emily Rupp, Peter Kendall, Haleigh Spasjevich, Laura Killeen and Mariah Adkins
Co-Op Theatre East and Girl Be Heard have collaborated to create “Ten Years Later: Voices from the Post-9/11 Generation Speak”, an ensemble devised play, created by youth between the ages of 9 and 23, exploring the impact of the September 11th terrorist attacks, ten years later. Topics explored by the cast include questions of terrorism, war, religion, fundamentalism, education, democracy, patriotism, technology, safety, security and what it means to be coming of age in a post-9/11 society.
Assistant Directed by Danny Mendoza
Produced in Collaboration with Girl Be Heard
Written and Performed by: Kate Bralower, Tiffani-Amber DiGrazia, Samantha Phillips, Monica Furman, Arianna Hanson, Hank Chen , Nick Wolf, Stacy Oliver, Deanna Alexandra, Emily Rupp, Peter Kendall, Haleigh Spasjevich, Laura Killeen and Mariah Adkins
Co-Op Theatre East and Girl Be Heard have collaborated to create “Ten Years Later: Voices from the Post-9/11 Generation Speak”, an ensemble devised play, created by youth between the ages of 9 and 23, exploring the impact of the September 11th terrorist attacks, ten years later. Topics explored by the cast include questions of terrorism, war, religion, fundamentalism, education, democracy, patriotism, technology, safety, security and what it means to be coming of age in a post-9/11 society.
