"MEDEA/BRITNEY" to Premiere at HERE

Following its remount a Mainstage Production as part of FringeClub, an initiative of the NYC Fringe Festival, “MEDEA/BRITNEY” will open Off-Broadway at the Dorothy B. Williams Theatre at HERE. Described by Theatre is Easy is “intellectual,” the piece was co-created by James and performer Sophia Frank. The project features original text, as well as excerpts from “Medea” by Euripides, translated by Robin Robertson, “MEDEAPLAY” by Heiner Muller and Vanessa Grigoriadis' longform profile, "The Tragedy of Britney Spears," published in Rolling Stone in February 2008. “MEDEA/BRITNEY” was devised as part of a class taught by Kate Whoriskey at NYU's Experimental Theatre Wing. After further development at NYU, the project received a workshop production at the Living Gallery, curated as part of Thirsty Theatre Nights, in 2015. This production features video and sound by Pablo Caldéron-Santiago and lighting by Jack Scaletta. It is produced by the Cloudbusters and presented by What Will the Neighbors Say?