UNIVERSES' Ameriville - "The Hostile Gospel" by Steven Sapp
AMERIVILLE
Written, Created and Performed By:
UNIVERSES
(Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz, Gamal A. Chasten, William Ruiz (A.K.A. "Ninja")
Director: Chay Yew
Dramaturg: Morgan Jenness
Choreographer: Millicent Johnnie
Set Design: Paul Owen
Lighting Design: Russell Champa
Sound Design: Ben Marcum
Video Design: Brian Freeland (Additional design element contributions: Jason Czaja)
World premiere in the 2009 Humana Festival of New American Plays at ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
AMERIVILLE is made possible in part by:
A grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Ensemble Theatre Collaborations Grant Program, a component of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Theatre Initiative; The National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project, co-commissioned by New World Theater in partnership with Helena Presents, Dance Place and NPN. Major contributors of NPN are the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cumming Foundation, MetLife Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency); and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundations, Mid-Atlantic Tours
Additional Development Lab Support received from:
New World Theatre
New York Theatre Workshop
The Actors Theater of Louisville
(Humana Festival)
Universes gives special thanks to:
National Performance Network, Theater Communications Group (TCG), Chay Yew, Morgan Jenness, Harold Norris, Maya Sue, Ann Wager, H-Art Management, Mark Masterson, Actors Theater of Louisville, New York Theatre Workshop, New World Theater, Wesley Montgomery, Teatro Pregones, Elis Finger & Lafayette College, The Sheldon Theater, Tanya Palmer & The Goodman Theatre, Fabian Obispo, NYU Skirball Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center (Rhythm Road), Network of Ensemble Theaters, Chip Walton & Curious Theater, Nick Slie, Kathy Randels, Millicent Johnnie, Jose Torres Tama, Saddi Khali, Mrs. Herreast Harrison and The Guardians of the Flame, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Jim Randels, Students at the Center, Matt Schwartzman and John and Creative Forces (NOLA), Claudia Garofalo, Ashe Cultural Center, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., John O’Neil & Junebug Productions, Sunder Ganglani, Aimee Hayes and Southern Rep., Miriam Weisfeld, Lisa Mount, Helena Presents, Dance Place.