Veteran Voices: Rites of Passage: Program

Poetic Theater Productions 
presents

Veteran Voices: Rites of Passage

A Part of Poetic License: Ritual
The 10th Annual Festival of New Poetic Theater
Live-streamed from Theater Mitu

Streaming live from Theater Mitu

Featured Artists:

Order of Performance:

Commodity Fetish written and performed by Dahlia Damoiselle

SoJu written by Omar Columbus, performed by Valton Jackson and James Edward Becton, directed by Román Baca, choreography by Lisa Fitzgerald, with writing consultation by Julian C. Jiminez

Remembrance written and performed by Katherine Meyer

Inmigrantes written and performed by Miguel A. Faña, directed by Karen Alvarado, writing consultation by John M. Meyer 

Find Your Team written and performed by Tara Krause

Ritual of Becoming, performed by Jenny Pacanowski and Maria Mia Salazar, created by Alex Mallory, Jenny Pacanowski, and Maria Mia Salazar

Collective Liberation written and performed by Craig Manbauman 

Festival Production Staff:
 
Kelly TeafordVeteran Voices: Rites of Passage Producer
Lisa Renkel – Festival Projection/Video Designer
Brian Pacelli – Festival Projection/Video Designer
Nico Schiavone – Festival Assistant Projection/Video Designer
Ray Archie – Festival Audio Engineer
Christina Tang – Festival Lighting Designer
Ori Bensimhon – Festival Technical Director
Chiara Johnson – Production Stage Manager
Annie Garrett-Larsen – Master Electrician
Daryl Lauren – Social Media Manager
Frank Murdocco – Assistant Social Media Manager
Jeremy Karafin – Poetic Theater Productions Artistic Director
A special thanks to Adrienne de la Fuente, Company Manager for Exit12 Dance Company, for supporting the tech and staging of SoJu and to Alex Mallory for her directorial support of Commodity Fetish, Remembrance, Find Your Team, and Collective Liberation.
Poetic Theater Productions 2021 Season Donors:
Nancy Ahn, Susan E. Alperin, Anonymous (x 5), Lucy Archibald, Jason Aubin, Joanna Ball, Tammy Barlet, Vicki & Joe Bello, Aaron Blacks, Mickey Bolmer, Carla & Zè, Stacy Carter, Sara Costantino, Kareem Daniels, Jami Dauber, Maurice Decaul, Stanley Douglas, Bryan Eguez, USMC Retired, Jan Vincent Evangelista, Leo Farley, Michelle Flynn, Armando Gomez Jr., Rachel Hartwell, Lynn Houston, Teniece Divya Johnson / The Movement – 1MOVE, Hayley Johnson, brittni jones, Heather Jones, Scott Karafin, Vladimir Krause, Erin Lanier, Karen Loew, Perry Luckett, Craig Manbauman, Paula Markovitz, Matthew Meyer, Suzanna Meyer, Peter Molin, Julio Montoya, Kimberly Neil, Matt Newman, Duvall O, Jenny Pacanowski, Candice Pipes, Julie Queen, Joe Raik, Gloria Reading, Paula Rogovin, Dan Rous, Libby Anne Russler, Lisa Spaeth, James P. Stanton, Joyce Stech, Mark Teaford, Gabriel Tolliver, Veronica Vera, ANDRIA WIlliams, Shelley Wise, David Young, Michael Zacchea
A special thanks to the Veteran Voices Program Advisory Committee,
who helps guide and shape all of our programming:
 
Joe Bello
Jenny Pacanowski
Mary Jo McConnell
Omar Columbus
Drew Pham
J. A. Moad II
Karen Alvarado
Presented as a part of Theater Mitu’s Artists At Home Program
Poetic Theater Productions is a proud member of
The Field
and
A.R.T./New York
To keep programs like this sustainable and free to our artists, please consider making a tax-deductible donation by clicking here.
Veteran Voices: Rites of Passage runs approximately 60 minutes.
Please join us after the show in our Zoom webinar Q&A, where you’ll get the chance to ask our artists questions and participate in some discussion by clicking here.
STROBE WARNING: Please be advised there will be some flashing lights in this performance.
 
 
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