TERROR IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY

Two years of the French Revolution from the dethronement, trial and execution of the King, Louis XVI, through the founding of the Republic, the imposition of the Great Terror and the execution of Robespierre. The production is a societal tragedy where a revolutionary democracy descends into revolutionary dictatorship. The Revolution's noble aspirations are transformed into death and destruction often driven by mass insurrections, and the State imposes order through violence and murder masquerading as law.

Writer and Executive Producer: Ben Heineman
Director and Executive Producer: Tea Alagić
Producer: Chantel King
Set Designer: Emmie Finckel
Sound Designer: Evdoxia Ragkou
Costume Designer: Anya Klepikov
Lighting Designer: Betsy Chester
Projections Designer: Yana Biryükova
Wig, Hair, and Make-up Designer: Bobbie Zlotnik
Associate Director: Annaporva Green
Production Stage Manager: Lindsey Zinbarg
Intimacy and Fight Choreographer: Judi Lewis Ockler
Dance Choreographer: Shannon Stowe

Assistant Dance Choreographer: Pau Zableta Llauger

Photography by Slaven Vlašić

Company: Austin Purnell, Christopher Then, Christopher McFarland, Hallie Schwartz, Hannah Adrian, Ismael Castillo, Katharine Chin, Lauren Lee, Mike Spara, Misha Bouvion, Monica Sanborn, Pamela Joy, Revon Yousif, RJ Payne, Robbie Tolentino

AMA by Kenneth Keng

AMA is Ask Me Anything but it’s my grandma asking and the audience answering and also she’s dying and also my country is about to be invaded for the second time this century.​

A participatory silent monologue about the difficulty of intergenerational communication despite trilingual fluency, interrupted by the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese Imperial Army. A lecture on the combat capabilities of the World War 2 Era Japanese Type 94 Tankette, drowned out by the sound of an air pump inflating a life sized replica thereof. An invitation to participate in choosing who gets to be the Philippines' next colonizer.​

Written by Kenneth Keng

Directed by Annaporva Green

Performer/Poster Designer: Emma Callahan​​

Lighting Designer: Zee Hanna

Stage Manager: Laila Gerstmann

Sound Designer: Marisa Conroy

Scenic Designer: Goran Popovic

Crew: Pasha Ahmed

Photo by Kelsey Cheng


BROUGHT UP

By Kenneth Keng

Directed by Annaporva Green

‘”Brought Up” is about people at war figuring out how to stop shooting despite their governments forcing them to fight, and then afterward, how to forgive one another in time to heal and build  a community.’

THE TEAM:
Commander Mercado/Projection Designer- Chisom Awachie
Executive Officer Rosales - Azende Kendale Johnson
Cardinal Villanueva/Stage Manager - Chloe Schwinghammer
Alfario/Fight Captain - Patrick Elizalde
Majiirdomo - Tatiana Mirabent
Mon - Kayla-Lyn Montanez
Puppeteers - Pasha Ahmed, Danilo Zapeda

Light Designer - Zee Hanna
Sound Designer - Eden Segbefia
Costume Designer/Fight Director - Tristan Wolf Larsen
Puppet Designer/Props Designer - Laurie King
Choreographer - Goran Popovich
Graphic Designer- Jeremy Popovich

Photos - Kelsey Keng

Wake Up

by Kenneth Keng

Watched over by a three story tall corpse god, Balan assembles their blade by taking the lives and weapons of their former friends. They may see their journey culminate in a kind of freedom, but only if the audience lets them.

Director: Annaporva Green

Playwright: Kenneth Keng

Stage Manager: Laila Gerstmann

Assistant Stage Manager: Emma Chally

Puppet Designer: Laurie King

Assistant Puppet Designer: Megan Hamm

Sound Designer: Max Hagen

Light Designer: Zee Hanna

Scenic Designer: RED

Assistant Scenic Designer: Bryelle Burgus

Costume Designer: Tristan Wolf Larsen