That’s a wrap!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OUR FIRST-EVER OFF-BROADWAY RUN OF FESTIVAL ALUMNI PLAYS, WHICH RAN SEPTEMBER 23-OCTOBER 14 AT THE A.R.T/NEW YORK MEZZANINE THEATRE.
SHE NYC ARTS
PRESENTS
AN OFF-BROADWAY RUN OF TWO PLAYS IN REP
THE TRUE STORY OF FIVE BLACK NURSES SERVING THE COUNTRY THAT WOULDN’T SERVE THEM
In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Mayvee, Georgia, Elinor, Marjorie, and Thelma enlist to serve their country and are sent to Fort Huachuca, an army base camp in Arizona.
As Black nurses, they’re in charge of treating enemy prisoners of war. They quickly learn the rules of the camp: stay segregated from the white soldiers, always treat the white soldiers first, and remember: we’re all on the same team, fighting for the same country.
Universal and real, this story tackles issues that are still relevant today: racism and sexism. Inspired by the true story of a group of incredible women, an inside look at survival in the army in the 1940s for those who were treated as less-than even when they were fighting for our country.
WRITTEN BY
ailema sousa
DIRECTED BY
ani marderosian
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes.
THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS
IS BEING PUT TO THE TEST
This deeply dark and acerbically funny mystery follows Reaver, a bone-tired Black coroner, as he investigates a city being torn apart by a gruesome plague – one that causes sleeplessness and spontaneous, explosive death.
Unreliably narrated, and accompanied by original music by The Mombs, BLOODSHOT is an alluring, distorted romp through a familiar city on the brink of a very human meltdown.
Find out who goes BLOODSHOT… and who’s unlucky enough to make it out alive.
WRITTEN BY
elinor t vanderburg
DIRECTED BY
nigel semaj
WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
the mombs
RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Please note that BLOODSHOT is not appropriate for audiences under the age of 18. Click here to view full content notices.
FROM OUR NATIONWIDE FESTIVALS TO AN OFF-BROADWAY RUN:
A double header of two plays by our most exciting alumni playwrights
TIME TRAVEL WITH US:
The A.R.T./NY Mezzanine Theater
502 West 53rd Street
September 23-October 14, 2023
These 2 shows will perform in rep — they’ll trade off every other performance. Join us for just one show, or see them both!
TICKETS START AT $39
PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER
Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm
OCTOBER
Fort Huachuca by Ailema Sousa (from the 2021 SheLA Theater Festival) and Bloodshot by Elinor T Vanderburg (SheNYC Theater Festival Alumni Playwright of The Human Incubator, 2017 and Dancing Girl, 2019) will run in a repertory production this fall, transporting us from the world of a WWII Army Base to a nightmarish, alternate-universe New York City.
The mission of SheNYC Arts is to disrupt the “pipeline issue” that keeps marginalized artists off big stages, so it’s a dream come true to be able to bring these two full productions to an off-Broadway run together.
“BLOODSHOT is going to grab the audience by the throat and will not let go....[FORT HUACHUCA's] impact lies in the small, important, gripping details.”
-THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS
BEHIND THE SCENES
A first look inside the worlds of BLOODSHOT and FORT HUACHUCA
Bloodshot production photos
Fort huachuca production photos
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS
Elinor T Vanderburg
Playwright, Bloodshot
Elinor T Vanderburg is an American writer, designer, and voice artist born in Washington, D.C. She writes plays for and about misfits, creating troubled, chimerical landscapes as a call to real-world r/evolutionary action. Elinor is a Co-Creative Director of Fresh Ground Pepper, the Art Director of SheNYC and one half of the illusory theater company underlords. She lives and works in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS
Ailema Sousa
Playwright, Fort Huachuca
Angolan-born British actress & writer Ailema Sousa graduated from the renowned Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2016. Winner of ‘The Most Promising Playwright award at the Los Angeles Fringe Festival (2018), she was later commissioned to write her second play ‘Morongo’ by the Inkwell Theatre Company. As an actor, you can watch her on THE CROWN on Netflix.
Photo Credit: Danielle DeMatteo
THE CREATIVE TEAM
Bloodshot directed by
Nigel Semaj
Fort Huachuca directed by
Ani Marderosian
Costume Design
Elinor T Vanderburg
Scenic Design
Nora Marlow Smith
Sound Design
Ani Marderosian, Danielle DeMatteo; music by The Mombs
Lighting Design
Marcella Barbeau
Production Stage Manager
Z Zurovitch
Line Producers
Destynee McMichael, Emily Rellis
Co-Producer
Jennifer Friedland, Clear Day Productions
PR: Candi Adams PR
Marketing: Schloss Marketing Solutions
THE CAST
Ailema Sousa
Elinor Powell
Yaisa
Mayvee Ashmoor
Luz Ozuna
Georgia Davis
Brittany Shonka
Marjorie Bishop
Chris Yim
Hiro Takahashi
Kofi Asanti
Marty Freeman
Katelyn E. Appiah-Kubi
Thelma Johnson
KiYonna Carr
Susan Freeman; Understudy for Thelma, Marjorie, Georgia, Mayvee, and Elinor
THE CAST
Ben Holbrook
The Narrator/The Bartender
Fedly Daniel
RJ Reaver
Nijah Dent
Detective Bella Marjorie
Jordan Antonette Mosley
Bailey Sunshine
Ray Johnson
Julianne Mayerson/Dr. Coney
Soren Stockman
Victor Pistachio
Tate Rehklau
Ron Roland the Mattress Baron/Ron Roland the Second
Kofi Asanti
James/The Naked Man