Cast: Johanna Day, Adam Harrington & Marjan Neshat
Creative team:
scenic design: Andrew Moerdyk // costumes: Emily Rebholz
lighting: Grant Yeager // sound design: Amy Altadonna
projections: Kate Ducey // properties: Kelvin Pater
production management & technical direction: Emma Johnson
Line producers: Ayana Parker Morrison & Madeleine Goldsmith
Production Stage Manager: Carolynn Richer
Assistant Stage Manager: Katie Cairns
Casting: Anne Davison //
Assistant director: Caroline Sarkozi
Videography: Crystal Arnette/Adventure We Can
Press: Richard Kornberg
Production stills: Robert Altman
JOAN
A world premiere by Stephen Belber
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
January 19-February 16, 2019
HERE Mainstage, SoHo
A poignant and probing play about the life of a contemporary American woman.
Click here to watch a behind-the-scenes video!
This play was developed at the Ojai Playwrights Conference, Robert Egan, Artistic Director; and New York Stage & Film, Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director.
*JOAN is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Press
“Directed with admirable clarity by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, “Joan” leapfrogs through time to connect the dots that define its restless, ever-questing protagonist.”
Ms. Day, a 2017 Tony nominee for Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat”, glides through the many chapters of her character’s life... with tireless grace and vitality. ”
“The portrait of humanity painted by Mr. Belber’s play-especially given Ms. Day’s exquisite performance- is moving precisely because of its simplicity and ordinariness. Every person has a story. Joan’s is worth seeing. ”
“Adam Harrington and Marjan Neshat are marvelous as Joan’s family and friends, and Adrienne Campbell-Holt directs with her usual sensitive touch for the Colt Coeur company. ”
“Ms. Campbell Holt’s handling of the actors is flawless and her sense of the visual is supreme, totally realizing Belber’s epic vision. The form of the memory play is taken to the zenith by Joan.”
“The time-jumping approach is innately theatrical and challenges actors who must switch from being one age and sexual persuasion to another in a blink. Johanna Day, who plays Joan, along with Adam Harrington and the wonderful Marjan Neshat as various men and women in Joan’s life, give finely focused and textured performances...”