| Atlantic Theater Company Announces Casting for GRIEF CAMP | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:28 pm EST 11/12/24 | |
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| Atlantic Theater Company Announces Casting for World Premiere Play GRIEF CAMP Written by Eliya Smith Directed by Les Waters Featuring Arjun Athalye , Maaike Laanstra-Corn, Jack DiFalco, Alden Harris-McCoy, Renée-Nicole Powell, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Lark White, Danny Wolohan, and Amalia Yoo Performances begin Thursday, January 9th, 2025 Opening Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 Limited Engagement through Sunday, February 16th, 2025 at the Linda Gross Theater Tickets on sale now Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is thrilled to announce casting for the world premiere of Grief Camp, written by Eliya Smith (Off-Broadway debut) and directed by Tony Award nominee Les Waters (Dana H.). The cast of Grief Camp will feature Arjun Athalye (Disney's "Goosebumps"), Maaike Laanstra-Corn (Homofermenters ), Jack DiFalco (The Ferryman), Alden Harris-McCoy (Dear Evan Hansen) , Renée-Nicole Powell (Off-Broadway debut), Ignacio Diaz-Silverio ("Primo"), Lark White (Covenant at the Roundabout Theater Company), Danny Wolohan (The Welkin), and Amalia Yoo ( No Hard Feelings). Grief Camp begins performances on Thursday, January 9th, and will open Tuesday, January 28th, for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 16th. It's summer in Hurt, Virginia, where a lone cabin fills each year with campers. There's homecooked breakfast and an army of box fans and lots of shifting in the dark. Welcome to Grief Camp: a study of loss and adolescence. Grief Camp will feature sets by Louisa Thompson, costumes by Oana Botez, lights by Isabella Byrd, sound by Bray Poor, special effects by Jeremy Chernick and casting by Taylor Williams, CSA. Caroline Englander will serve as the Production Stage Manager. BIOGRAPHIES ELIYA SMITH (Playwright) is a writer from Ohio. Plays: Ice Factory Festival, HERE Arts Center, the American Repertory Theater, the Tank, ISLE Theater Company. Support: Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Phyllis Anderson Foundation. MFA Candidate UT Austin. LES WATERS (Director) is a Tony nominated and Obie Award-winning director. His New York credits include Broadway, NAATCO, Vineyard Theatre, Public Theater, Soho Rep, Second Stage, BAM Next Wave Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Connolly Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Signature. He has worked at many theatres across the country – Steppenwolf, Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Huntington Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre. Tony Award nomination for Dana H., Obie Awards for Big Love and Sustained Excellence. He is both subject and co-author of The Theatre of Les Waters: More like the Weather, edited by Scott T Cummings, published by Routledge. ARJUN ATHALYE (Bard) Born and raised in New Jersey, Arjun started performing at his Mom's cultural arts studio, Kulture Kool. His recent credits include The School Duel which premiered in competition at the Deauville American Film Festival in Deauville, France as well as Season 2 of Disney's "Goosebumps". He is perhaps best known for his role on Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows. This is his first professional theater role. When Arjun isn't acting, he's studying mechanical engineering at UC Irvine. JACK DIFALCO (Cade) Broadway: The Ferryman, Torch Song, Marvin's Room. Theatre: Inspired by True Events (Out of the Box Theatrics), Let The Right One In (Berkeley Rep), Sing Street (Huntington Theatre Co.), Yen (Manhattan Class Co.), Mercury Fur (The New Group), Lord of The Flies (Denver Center). Television: "Chicago PD," "Monsterland," "Prodigal Son," "FBI," "Daredevil," "Law & Order: SVU," "The OA," "Blue Bloods." Film: The Goldfinch, Paterno, Telling, Last Straw, One Percent More Humid, Bully, Know Fear, I Can, I Will, I Did, Silo, Ex-Disposer, Rocket Man, Naranja, The Hard Sell . 2020 Best Actor Winner of Chilliwack International Film Festival, and Walla Walla Movie Crush, 2015 Clive Barnes Foundation Nominee for New Emerging Talent in Theatre. Instagram: @jackdifalco MAAIKE LAANSTRA-CORN (Blue) is an NYC based actor. Recent credits and new work development include Homofermenters (Ars Nova), When The Other Mary Celeste Sank (WP Theater), Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California (The Tank), Button Lake Band Camp (Clubbed Thumb), Ms Lily (Clubbed Thumb), and Me and Who (The Brick Rough Draft Festival). BA: Brown University. maaikelaanstracorn.com @_mcorn ALDEN HARRIS-MCCOY (Guitarist) is excited to be joining Grief Camp for his Off-Broadway debut. A graduate of NYU's jazz guitar program, Alden has been performing and playing music since he was a wee lad growing up in Portland, Oregon. Over the past decade, he toured four continents as a singer and guitarist with the Brooklyn-based band The RT's, opening for acts such as Modest Mouse, Tom Jones, and They Might Be Giants. His Broadway experience includes playing guitar for the musical Dear Evan Hansen and performing with the national tour. Currently, Alden plays guitar in Hank Azaria's Bruce Springsteen tribute band "The EZ Street Band" and can be found playing solo and with friends in venues across New York City. Theater is his first love, and he's thrilled to be back on the stage. RENÉE-NICOLE POWELL (Olivia) Off-Broadway debut! As a Texas native, Renée-Nicole has known she has wanted to be on stage for just about as long as she can remember. Powell is in her first year post-grad from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned her BFA through the Stella Adler Conservatory and the Ernst Busch Academy in Berlin. Select credits: Daughters of the Ruling Class (Angelica; dir. Aidan La Poche), NY Times regarded Zoomers (Jada; Brooklyn Center for Theater Research), Measure for Measure (Lucio; Stella Adler Conservatory). She would like to thank all the teachers, family, and friends that have shaped her into the person and actor that she is today, as it wouldn't have been possible without them. @reneenicolepow IGNACIO DIAZ-SILVERIO (Gideon) recently starred in the Amazon series "Primo," from Shea Serrano and Mike Schur, for which he won the 2024 Imagen Award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy and was named one of TV Insider's Breakout Stars of 2023. He can be seen alongside Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh in Zach Braff's A Good Person (MGM), leading the independent film Departing Seniors, and alongside Robert De Niro in the upcoming Netflix miniseries "Zero Day." Ignacio also starred in Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise (Signature Theatre) and was nominated for a 2023 Helen Hayes Award for his work in John Proctor Is The Villain (Studio Theatre). Other credits include "FBI" (CBS), "The Good Fight" (Paramount+), "Suspicion" (Apple TV+), and the upcoming film Youthful Pleasures. LARK WHITE (Esther) is an actor, born and raised in Virginia. Her recent credits include York Walker's Covenant at Roundabout Theater Company (World Premiere, New York Times Critic's Pick) and Hamlet directed by Kenny Leon at The Public's Shakespeare in the Park. She can also be seen in the upcoming film If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You (A24, starring Rose Byrne and A$AP Rocky) as well as PBS's documentary Great Performances: Making Shakespeare . She received her BFA from Juilliard in May 2023 and was the co-recipient of the John Houseman prize for exceptional ability in classical theater. DANNY WOLOHAN (Rocky) Broadway: Camelot, Macbeth, West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird. Off-Broadway: The Welkin, The Low Road, Assassins, An Octoroon, The Flick, Pocatello. Regional: What the Constitution Means to Me, Court Life, Gnit. LCT3: Verité. TV: "The Gilded Age," "When They See Us," "The Blacklist," "Orange is the New Black," "Law & Order: SVU," "Elementary," and "Veep." FILM: White Noise . AMALIA YOO (Luna) is an actor born and raised in New York City. She is delighted to be making her debut with Atlantic Theater Company. At 9 years old, her love for theatre sparked in an after-school program where she performed Jack and The Beanstalk. She is known for her on-screen roles in No Hard Feelings and Netflix's Grand Army. She also played Joey in an Off-Broadway production of SLUT: The Play (NPR's Greene Space). She is a proud alumna of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School's drama program. LOUISA THOMPSON (Scenic Designer) is a professional set designer and a creator of theatrical work for young audiences. Louisa received the 2019 Obie award for Sustained Excellence as a Set Designer and a 2018 Lucille Lortel award for her Set Design of In the Blood at Signature Theatre. Her commitment to creating new work for young audiences led to a 2018 New Victory Theatre LabWorks residency. Other recent projects include Max Makes a Million at The Alliance Theatre, the exhibit design of "Maira Kalman: In Pursuit of Everything" at the High Museum, and Becky Nurse of Salem at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Louisa Thompson has been a professor in the Hunter College Department of Theatre since 2002. OANA BOTEZ (Costume Designer) New York credits include BAM Next Wave, Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theater, PS122, Soho Rep, Joyce Theater, BRIC Arts Media, Classic Stage Company, Public Theater, and Bard SummerScape. Her regional credits are the Arena Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Wilma Theater, Montclair Peak Performance, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Hartford Stage Company, Shakespeare Theater (DC), Berkeley Rep, ArtsEmerson, Broad Stage, MCA Chicago, ODC (San Francisco), and the Walker Art Center. Her international credits include the Old Vic, Bucharest National Theater, Arad National Theater, Bulandra Theater, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Les Subsistances, Budapest National Theater, Cluj Hungarian National Theater, Bucharest Operetta Theater, International Festival of Contemporary Theater (Adana, Turkey), Le Quartz, La Filature (Mulhousse , France), and Exit Festival/Maison des Arts Creteil (Paris). Ms. Botez is currently an Associate Professor Adjunct in the Design Department at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. ISABELLA BYRD (Lighting Designer) is a New York-based designer working in live performance. Broadway: Cabaret, An Enemy of the People, and Romeo+Juliet. Off-Broadway: Infinite Life (Annie Baker); Primary Trust (Eboni Booth); Epiphany (Brian Watkins); Sanctuary City (Martyna Majok); The Good John Proctor (Talene Monahon); and many by Will Arbery: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Corsicana, and Plano. International: Cabaret (West End), Weather Girl (Edinburgh), Endgame (The Gate, Dublin), and "Daddy" (Almeida). Awards: Two-time 2024 Tony nominee, Drama Desk Special Award, three Lucille Lortels, two Obies, Henry Hewes, Olivier nomination, and featured in The New Yorker. Proud USA829 member and pay equity and sustainability advocate. www.isabellabyrd.design BRAY POOR (Sound Designer) Broadway: Appropriate (Tony Nom, Drama Desk Nom), The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, Take Me Out, True West, The Glass Menagerie, The Real Thing, in the next room, American Plan. Off-Broadway: Multiple shows at The Pubic, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theater Workshop, Soho Rep, MTC, Second Stage, Signature, Atlantic, and others. Most recently at Atlantic Infinite Life by Annie Baker. Regionally, all over the country, as well as productions in Europe and Latin America; Art Residency for 2 years in Mexico. Lortel, Drama Desk nominations, Obie for Sustained Excellence in Sound. Film: Music and sound for the feature documentary, The Unfixing. Upcoming: Dakar 2000 at MTC and Eurydice at Signature Theatre, also with Mr. Waters. JEREMY CHERNICK (Special Effects) has worked on over 50 Broadway productions. At Atlantic, Jeremy previously designed The Welkin and Guards at the Taj. Current & recent projects include Teeth: The Musical, The Outsiders (Broadway), Sweeney Todd (Broadway). Jeremy has worked with the Disney Theatrical Group creating effects for multiple productions for over a decade. In London's West End, Jeremy designed Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Jeremy's work has been featured in prominent performing and visual arts institutions across the globe. Since 2018, Jeremy has been the Head Designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn. www.jmfx.net / www.jeremychernickdesigns.com TAYLOR WILLIAMS, CSA (Casting) Artios Award Winning Casting Director. Film: Good One (Sundance Selection 2024), The Front Room (A24), Omni Loop (2am Films), Rocky's Deli (Ben Cohen), What the Constitution Means to Me (Amazon Prime). Broadway: All In, Romeo and Juliet, Stereophonic, Illinoise, An Enemy of the People with Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli. The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (also at BAM) with Rachel Brosnahan and Oscar Isaac, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Slave Play (Broadway remount and original, CTG, NYTW), Is This a Room & Dana H, What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Barrow Street, Broadway, National Tour). New Media: amfAR's The Great Work Begins featuring scenes from Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Ratatouille: the TikTok Musical benefit for the Actors Fund. TV: Casting Assistant on Season 1 of Katori Hall's "P-Valley" for Starz. Taylor is the resident casting director at Page 73 Productions. She has cast various productions in NYC and around the country. Theaters she has worked at include New York Theatre Workshop, The Mercury Store, Soho Rep, Rattlestick, Theatre for a New Audience, Two River Theater, Fisher Center at Bard, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Studio Theatre (DC), Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville. Notable productions include: Teeth (Playwrights Horizons), Sanctuary City (NYTW), Othello with Daniel Craig (NYTW), Whitney White's The Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre, DC), Daniel Fish's Oklahoma! (Fisher Center at Bard and National Tour), Aleshea Harris' Is God Is (Soho Rep), Clare Barron's You Got Older (Page 73), Lucas Hnath's The Thin Place (Humana Festival, ATL), Daniel Fish's Most Happy (Fisher Center and Williamstown), Branden Jacob-Jenkins' An Octoroon (Soho Rep and TFANA). Upcoming: John Proctor is the Villain, Purple Rain. TaylorWilliamsCasting.com ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director). At Atlantic, our aim is singular—to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. We are a family of artists dedicated to exploring essential truths onstage, be it a show at Atlantic Theater Company or a class at Atlantic Acting School. From our Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning productions to our community-based education programs, we are committed to uncovering and celebrating the stories of our varied human existence. Founded as an ensemble of impassioned artists in 1985, Atlantic Theater Company has grown into a powerhouse Off-Broadway company presenting world class theater across our two venues, the Linda Gross Theater and the intimate Stage 2 black-box. As a producer of compelling new works, we are committed to championing the stories from new and established artists alike, amplifying the voices of emerging playwrights through our deeply collaborative programs and initiatives. We have produced more than 200 plays and musicals including Tony Award-winning productions of Kimberly Akimbo (David Lindsay-Abaire, Jeanine Tesori), The Band's Visit (David Yazbek, Itamar Moses), Spring Awakening (Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik), and The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Martin McDonagh); Pulitzer Prize recipients Between Riverside and Crazy (Stephen Adly Guirgis) and English (Sanaz Toossi); New York Drama Critics' Circle winners for Best New Play The Night Alive (Conor McPherson) and Best Foreign Play Hangmen (Martin McDonagh); Obie Award winners for Best New American Play Guards at the Taj and Describe the Night (Rajiv Joseph); and Obie Award Special Citation recipient Skeleton Crew (Dominique Morisseau). PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 7pm, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. TICKETS Regular tickets begin at $75. Order online at atlantictheater.org or by calling 646.452.2220. Atlantic is committed to connecting deeply and authentically with audiences from a broad range of economic backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, and perspectives. Our Access25 ticket initiative makes $25 tickets available to every preview performance in the 2024|2025 Season. Access25 tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis. Access25 tickets to Grief Camp go on sale Tuesday, December 17 at noon ET. For information on Atlantic memberships starting at $50, visit atlantictheater.org/join/membership or email membership@atlantictheater.org. atlantictheater.org https://atlantictheater.org/production/grief-camp/ |
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