by Taylor Mac with music by Rachelle Garniez
UMass Amherst Rand and Curtain Theaters
April 2018
Dramaturgy and Choreography: Gaven D. Trinidad
Assistant Direction and Puppetry Design: Gabriel Harrell
Scenic Design: Anya Klepikov
Costume Design: Christina Beam
Lighting Design: Tamara Harris
Sound Design: Nathaniel Gilsdorf
Stage Management: Liz Diamond, Jessie Dimmock, Tatiana Rodriguez, Sze Shun Wong
Assistant Director: Olivia Holcomb
Assistant Dramaturg/Choreographer: Afrikah Smith
Photo Credits: Jon Crispin and Derek Fowles
A Post-Apocalyptic Performance Meditation for Hope and Healing
Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA, June 11-20, 2021
Created by the Re/Emergence Collective. For more information, please visit www.reemergencecollective.com
Co-Director/Producer: Jen Onopa
Co-Director/Choreographer: Darius Taylor
Dramaturg and Scriptwriter: Tatiana Rodriguez
Dramaturg and Marketing Manager: Afrikah Smith
Dramaturg and Producer: Claudia Nolan
Scenic Design: Xinyuan Li
Costume Design: Christina Beam
Production Manager: Olivia Holcomb
Stage Manager: Achaetey Kabal
Performers: Nadia Alves, Jayda Aponte, Faolain Bobersky, Gabriel CiFuentes, Abuzar Farrukh, Elisabeth Goncalves, Hero Hendrick-Baker, Olivia Holcomb, Sabine Jacques, Urgyen Joshi, Callum LaFrance, Cassie McGrath, Jimmy Murphy, Carolyn Parker-Fairbain, Dr. Ayshia Mackie-Stephenson, Darius Taylor
Musicians: Alpha ‘Bisko’ Kaba, Jeff Olmsted, Will Smith, Lucas Espinal Solorzano
Music Consultant: Frank Newton
Scenic Builders: Brandon Hall, Andrew Todd
Costume Builders: Sami Brzozowski, Jessica Haswell, Mikayla Reid
Stage Crew: Conor Gregersen, Jay Winter
Re/Emergence was made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ New Work New England program, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Seedlings Foundation, the Fund for the Arts at NEFA, and individual donors.
This program was also supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Re/Emergence was co-produced with CloudSpotting.
Photos by nikki lee (unmarked) and Sage Orville
PRESS:
https://valleyadvocate.com/2021/06/11/stagestruck-through-the-portal/
Valley Advocate article by Chris Rohmann
https://wrsi.com/monte/the-first-actually-post-apocalyptic-performance-post-apocalypse/
Listen to Collective members Sabine Jacques, Darius Taylor, and Jen Onopa discuss our work during a radio spot on 93.9 The River with Monte Belmonte
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
UMass Amherst Rand Theater
April 2017
Dramaturgy: Gaven D. Trinidad
Assistant Direction: Lily Filipatos
Set Design: Kris Stone
Costume Design: Christina Beam
Lighting Design: Tamara Harris
Sound Design: Alyssa Labrie and Brendan Lynch
Photo Credit: Jon Crispin
... a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
UMass Amherst Studio 204
December 2015, February 2016
National Arts Festival Fringe, Grahamstown, South Africa
July 2016
Lighting Design: Tamara Harris
Dramaturgy: Janet Wangoe
Photo Credits: Sarah Brown
A performance and community-stakeholder intervention for alternatives to current models of educational assessment, functioning as part of a larger initiative to center the voices of young people marginalized by high-stakes testing.
For more information please visit https://www.wronganswerproject.org/
UMass Amherst New Africa House Theater, December 2019
Written and choreographed by Darius Taylor
Scenic Design: Sami Brzozowski
Costume Design: Christina Beam
Sound Design: Amari Boyd
Lighting Design: Bibiana Medkova
Stage Manager: Tatiana Rodriguez
Production Manager: Afrikah Smith
Discussion Facilitation: Amari Boyd, Sabine Jacques, Talya Sogoba
Photo Credits: Sage Orville
by Mary Zimmerman
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School, MA, December 2019
Scenic Design: Martin Bridge
Puppet and Mask Design: Carl Bridge
Lighting Design: Amber Tanudjaja
Sound and Prop Design: Tina Padgett
Costume Design: Lauren Reuter
Photos: Nikki Lee
original adaptation of The Odyssey by Jen Onopa with devising by the ensemble
UMass Herter Hall December 2016
I Am Ulysses chronicles a high school classroom learning about Homer's epic tale as the students navigate their own journeys through life circumstances and the public education system.
Dramaturgy: Gaven Trinidad
Lighting Design: Evyn Newton
Photo Credit: Christy Pellegrini
by Anton Chekhov 133rd Street Arts Center, NYC March 2013
Dramaturgy: Carrie O’Dell
Set Design: Schuyler Burks
Costume Design: Emily Oesterle
Lighting Design: Jason Zanitsch
Photo Credit: Eric Bondoc
by Edgar Allan Poe
adapted and devised by the ensemble
Brooklyn Arts Exchange
June 2011
Dramaturg: Hollie Michaels
Original Score: Culley Johnson
Mask Design: Emily Leshner, Melanie Paterson
Puppetry Design: Ryan Minezzi and Jen Onopa
Created by Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks
Directed by Ping Chong
Assistant directed by Jennifer Onopa
Wake Forest University, February 2017
Scenic Design: Dahlia Al-Habieli
Projection Design: Kate Freer
Lighting Design: Kevin Frasier
Costume Design: Tyler Wilson
Sound Design: Jeffrey Dorfman
Stage Manager: Cheyenne Zuck
Photo credits: Ping Chong and Company
Collidescope 2.0: Adventures in Pre- and Post-Racial America
written and directed by Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks
UMass Amherst Rand Theater 2016
Producer: Judyie Al-Bilali
Dramaturgy: Dr. Priscilla Page
Scenic Design: Mimi Lien
Costume Design: Jess Ford
Projection Design: Kate Freer
Lighting Design: Webster Marsh
Stage Management: Arielle Herold
Assistant Direction/ Choreography: Jen Onopa
Directed by Frank Maugeri
Assistant Directed by Matt Rudy and Jennifer Onopa
Produced by Redmoon Theater
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
August, 2011
Photos: Redmoon Theater
