New York Theatre Workshop: Meet the Artists

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12
12:00pm-1:00pm FREE
Hopkins Center Bentley Theater

Meet the Artists Brown Bag Lunch. FREE. Bring your lunch and listen in an informal atmosphere to the
creative teams speak about their upcoming shows this Saturday at 4 PM and 8 PM.
Q & A to follow

THE SHAKING EARTH
written by Mashuq Deen
directed by Josh Hecht
Saturday, August 16 • 4 p.m. • Hood Auditorium
The story:

In the autumn of 1984 in Delhi, India, following a series of related events—including Operation Blue Star which destroyed the Golden Temple, and the assassination of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi—three days of Sikh massacres ensued. Inspired by these true events, the play is set in a Hindu household, where a closeted husband and his estranged wife both secretly offer refuge to Sikh neighbors, while their brother helps coordinate the violence going on outside. In present day, a survivor and her daughter cannot find a way forward as the past hangs over them.

HADESTOWN
written by Anais Mitchell
developed and directed by Rachel Chavkin
musical direction by Dan Lipton
arranger/orchestrator Michael Chorney
co-conceived by Ben t. Matchstick
NYTW is developing Hadestown in partnership with the Broad Stage
Saturday, August 16 • 8 p.m. • Bentley Theater
The story:

Hadestown is a folk rock opera based on the Greek myth of Orpheus & Eurydice and set in a post-apocalyptic Depression-era company town. When Eurydice chooses the wealth and security of Hadestown over a life of poverty with her lover, the poet/musician Orpheus, Orpheus journeys to Hadestown to win back his bride. Hades, a pathological military-industrialist, rules with an iron fist but has a weakness for his strong-willed and estranged wife, Persephone. Part love story, part political dreamscape, Hadestown is a tale of two couples, faith versus doubt, and the walls we build.

For additional information about this week's artists who will be presenting at noon today...click HERE!

For information on these shows and the other NYTW works-in-progress during their Dartmouth residency, click HERE.