The School of Drama MFA Contemporary Theatre and Performance program is proud to present No Place, a devised site-specific performance that deals with humanity’s pursuit of utopian visions in response to societal problems.
Created by CoPA’s MFA students and lead by the New School faculty Irina Kruzhilina over the course of the 2022 Spring semester, the performance takes the form of a promenade, where audiences are taken on a dream journey through a series of worlds that trace our ultimately doomed desire to trade our flawed everyday life for an unattainable ideal. Along the way the audience encounters mysterious travel agents, participants in an otherworldly perfection pageant and characters from the ultimate utopian play, Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
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Giancarlo Abrahan - performer, dramaturgy
Carlos Martinez Noyola - performer, dramaturgy
Zandra Paxton - performer, dramaturgy
Yihong Chen - performer, audience participation
Augustin Groz - performer, audience participation
Elly Han Yang - performer, audience participation
Zinc Tong - performer, audience participation
Shonari James - performer, voice and movement development
Justin Armstrong - performer, movement development
Irisdelia Garcia - performer, scenography
Cheng-Hsien Kuo - performer, scenography
Raina Lawrence - performer, scenography
Creative Team:
Irina Kruzhilina - Conceiver and Director
Andrés López-Alicea - Associate Director
Alba Quezada - Speech and Voice Supervisor
Teva Bjerken - Movement Supervisor
Stephanie Gonzalez - Stagecraft Supervisor
Taylor Hollister - Stage Manager
Erika Graff - Assistant Stage Manager
Performances will be May 12 at 7:30pm and 9pm, and May 13 at 7:30pm and 9pm. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance and latecomers are not guaranteed entrance to the event.Â
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Running time: 55 minutes
*Please Note: This performance is set in an atmosphere in which audience members will stand, walk up stairs, and move along with the actors. If you require the use of an elevator, please notify the house manager before the performance begins.
Audience members must show proof of a full COVID-19 vaccination series (and booster if eligible), ID, and remain masked at all times.
Presented by the College of Performing Arts at The New School.
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