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Playmaking Production
TO THE MOON, Plays That Blast Off
Check out our latest production. This group of eight Playmakers created their first plays, that were directed and performed by adult professionals
Playmakers: Ariane, Darius, Ethan, Ishi, Kaison, Liesl, Matilda, & Mia.
Dramaturg/Directors: Lila Rachel Becker, Annabelle Cousins, Marchánt Davis, Kennedy Didier, Jose Gamo, Tasha Gordon-Solomon, Korey Jackson, Garrett Kim, Michael Propster, Ciana Proto, & Stephen Stocking.
Actors: Jose-Maria Aguila, Paton Ashbrook, Grantham Coleman, Matt Dallal, Sasha Diamond, Bjorn DuPaty, Jose Duran, Nancy Giles, Arielle Goldman, Sam Gravitte, Jasminn Johnson, Ben Mehl, Nick Mills, Michael Propster, Lynne Rosenberg, & Natalie Woolams-Torres.
Music Director: Avi A. Amon.
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Upcoming
Character Workshop
SETTING THE TONE
Project members create characters for themselves and perform monologues as those characters, guided by adult professionals.
Project Members: Angela, Cataleya, Jaelannie, José, Lola, Mateo, Milo, & Zion.
Adults: Helen Cespedes, Anna Crivelli, Noah Gaynor, Mat Hostetler, Adam LaPorte, Michael Propster, Precious Sipin, & Sophia Zukoski.
Performance:
Fri., 1/31/25 @ 7:30PM
FREE
Five Angels Theater
789 Tenth Avenue
NYC, between 52nd & 53rd Sts.
Appropriate for all ages. Typical running time: about 40 minutes, no intermission. Viewing options include: In-Person or Live-Stream on our YouTube Channel
PROJcast
Welcome to The 52nd Street Project’s podcast — The PROJcast! The PROJcast offers a behind-the-scenes view of the work of the Project as the kids create and explore theater as well as other art forms, such as song, dance, poetry, film, radio and more. Long term-mentoring relationships form the basis of much of the Project’s work, and these episodes will feature reporting, stories, performances and interviews with kids and adults.
Find all episodes of the PROJcast on these platforms:
The PROJcast theme song was written by Justin & Eric March (Twitter: @eriqmarch), and is performed by Rebecca, Nicole, & Marinda Anderson (Instagram: @marindaanderson, Twitter: @marindanderson).
Behind The Pencil Interviews
Episode #53. Playmakers Go TO THE MOON
Our newest Project members reflect on their experiences in creating the production TO THE MOON, Plays That Blast Off.
It’s a place that imagination is basically the key to everything.
Ethan, age 11
Annual Benefit
Honoring Iris A. Brown & George Babiak
DRAWING THE LINE
Join Host Hank Azaria at this year’s Gala.
Our annual fundraiser evening will honor the decades long contributions by Iris A. Brown and George Babiak to the Art and Design of the Project. The evening will feature a cocktail hour, seated dinner, live auction, and entertainment including original songs, with lyric by Project members, music and performances by adult.
Tickets start at $500 and $750. Tables of ten available from $7,500, and up.
Contact Ana “The Ruler” Soto, asoto@52project.org