FOR EVERYONE A SEASON IN THREE ACTS ACT 1

New Play Readings // Virtual Black Trans Women at the Center

Directed & Co-Produced by Dane Figueroa Edidi

August 3, 2022

In its third year, Dane Figueroa Edidi led this annual festival of new work by Black trans women, featuring plays by Andrea Jenkins, Bl3ssing

Oshun Ra, Danielle Davis, and Davia Spain.

A Work-in-Process Comedy // 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven Dignity, Always Dignity

By Bryce Pinkham, Zack Fine, Rona Siddiqui, & Kirya Traber

Music & Lyrics by Rona Siddiqui

Directed by Zack Fine

Performed by Bryce Pinkham

Dramaturgy by Kirya Traber

September 10 – 11, 2022

Stranded alone on an island, a former Broadway star sets his sights on performing one last show before the waters swallow him up.

A Concert Reading of an Iconic Musical // September 17 – 18, 2022

Jelly’s Last Jam

Book by George C. Wolfe

Music by Jelly Roll Morton

Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead

Musical Adaptation & Additional Music Composed by Luther Henderson

Directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling

Creative Consultation by Patricia McGregor

Choreographed by Chris Bell

Music Direction by David Freeman Coleman

At the birth of jazz in the early 20th century, one man led the band. The legendary Jelly Roll Morton revolutionized American music like no one before him. His life—the dizzying heights and inconceivable lows—becomes a thrilling theatrical ride in Jelly’s Last Jam. With an electrifying cast and a red-hot band, this concert reading spotlights the story of a trailblazing artist and celebrates New Haven’s love of jazz.

A Play Reading // October 22 – 23, 2022

Flying Bird’s Diary

By Melissa Tantaquidgeon

Zobel // Directed by Madeline Sayet

The story of a true Connecticut hero, Flying Bird aka Fidelia Fielding/Jeets Bodernosh shor (1827-1908). We first encounter

Flying Bird, as a young Mohegan girl, in the 1800s, in a world attempting to erase everything she believes in. As the years pass, Flying Bird faces seemingly impossible obstacles but never loses sight of her goal: to save her language and culture against all odds.