“When you find that headlong, process-oriented passion in a theatrical collective, it’s gold at the end of the rainbow. The magic of company formation is too rare these days because it requires the kind of energetic input and long-horizon rehearsal that many art-makers cannot afford. Yet here we find more than a dozen of the city’s finest actors, each ceding space to the other, each investing every part of themselves.” - Helen Shaw, Vulture
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Beginning Days of true Jubilation
PRODUCTION HISTORY
New Ohio Theater (2022)
World premiere: BDOTJ was presented in repertory with Emily Zemba’s “The Strangers Came Today” in June 2022. Director: Scott Illingworth. Set Design: Brittany Vasta. Light Design: Abby Hoke-Brady. Costume Design: Karen Boyer. Sound Design: Carson Joenk. Video Design: Kario Marcel. Dramaturg: Christy Escobar. Cast: Brian Bock, Hana Chamoun, Jonathan Louis Dent, Christy Escobar, Annie Fox, Leslie Fray, Rosa Gilmore, Caroline Grogan, Dela Meskienyar, Jennifer Mogbock, Tim Nicolai, Alex Templer, Shayvawn Webster, Shpend Xani.
EXCERPT
THE CEO
You're so upset, you don't have faith. PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE FAITH. GALILEO HAD FAITH even though he didn’t believe in God. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
A DOUBTER
I didn't say anything about faith.
THE CFO
Well, you're doubting. K? So let's see it. K?
THE DOUBTER
I’ve heard from people in the room. There are whispers. They say, they say, it works three times out of 20. That's not - that's not a good average. I'm just saying there's dreaming and there's a product, right? That's all.
beginning days of jubilation
