Announcing The Civilians’ 2024-25 R&D Group, Finalists, Semi-Finalists
The Civilians
December 19, 2024
Meet the R&D class of 2024-25, as well as the immensely talented group of finalists and semi-finalists, below.
Meet the R&D class of 2024-25, as well as the immensely talented group of finalists and semi-finalists, below.
Our final installment in the 2023-24 R&D series is the following reflection on home and citizenship by Leonardo Gonzalez Dominguez, told through the lens of their new play, ON THE EDGE OF PRESERVATION (THE PARKING LOT PLAY).
A series of recipes and instructions modeled (lightly) after Yoko Ono’s “Grapefruit.”
R&D group members Zachariah Ezer and Dominique Rider talk about Zachariah’s new play, “The Single Raindrop” and the theoretical philosophy behind their collaboration.
R&D group member Dan Caffrey shares the inspiration and process behind his new play THE TUSK HUNTERS.
R&D member Elizagrace Madrone shares an inside look at creating her new play, MISSING PEOPLE/MISSING PEOPLE
R&D Group Members Brandy Hoang Collier, Clare Fuyuko Bierman, and Erika Ji answer questions about theater, storytelling, and the creative process behind their new musical, YOKO’S HUSBAND’S KILLER’S JAPANESE WIFE, GLORIA, which will be presented in the FINDINGS Series on June 16th.
R&D Group member Julia Izumi outlines the timeline of the Great Chicago Fire ahead of her new play, A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE IMAGINED TRIAL OF DAISY THE COW ?, WHO ALLEGEDLY CAUSED THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, presented in the Findings Series on June 14th.
R&D Group member Andrew Saito discusses the inspiration for BLACKANESE, presented in the FINDINGS Series on June 8th.
R&D Group Member Xandra Nur Clark delves into the creation of their play URSA MAJOR, which will be presented in The Civilians’ Findings Series this June.
R&D Group members Adam Chanler-Berat and Julian Hornik provide a glimpse at their new musical, ASSISTED, which will be presented in The Civilians’ Findings Series this June.
R&D Group member Divya Mangwani invites you into the creative process behind her project through a game of Pachisi.
R&D Group member Calley N. Anderson takes us through the process of conceiving her new play, SOMEONE ELSE’S BULLET.
R&D Group Member Denmo Ibrahim tells how her mother’s story and the interviews she gathered in Bay Ridge shaped her new piece, KHADIJA SAVES THE WORLD.
R&D Group Member Aeneas Sagar Hemphill discusses the harsh reality of the New York taxi driver, the inspiration behind his new play, WAIT NO LONGER.
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