Nothin’s Gonna Change My World

A site-specific performance event  ||   on the Red Hook Waterfront

Written & Directed by Mia Rovegno
Music composed by Alaina Ferris & Matt Schlatter

An immersive exploration of the dislocated and relocated, glimpsing stories from across the nation inspired by This American Life, anonymous letters submitted to Found Magazine, RV living blogs, the Occupy Movement and more.

Featuring: Becca Blackwell, Quinlan Corbett,  Jonathan-David, Zoe Geltman, Janna Gjesdal, Charise Greene, Megan Hill, Modesto Flako Jimenez,  Ryan Pater, Sammy Tunis, Monique Vukovic, Stephanie Weeks, Paul Zimet

Associate Director: Jillian Jetton
Music Director: Alaina Ferris
Assistant Music Director: Matt Schlatter
Food Design: Modesto Flako Jimenez
Production/Costumes Design: Deb O
Lighting  Design: Jeanette Yew
Projection Design: Bob Wuss
Producer: John Del Gaudio
Production Manager: Ann Marie Dorr
Photo credits: Erik Carter

culturebot review

Development History
3 works in progress @ The Room & Dixon Place // Presented by New Georges Jam On Toast
Directed by: Meghan Finn & Mia Rovegno
Projection Design: Bob Wuss & Jeanette Yew
Music & Sound Design: Alaina Ferris & Paul Ketchum, Sammy Tunis & Michael O’Neill
Developed with the support of The New Georges Audrey Residency

Staged Reading directed by: Meghan Finn
Presented & Developed by The Civilians R&D Group

Past Collaborators:
Jenny Seastone, Desmin Borges, Garrett Neergaard, Samuel West, Rachel Bar-Gadda, Conor Sullivan, Grant Harrison, Jorge Cordova, Jessica Frey, Anthony M. Lopez,  Libby King, Dylan Dawson, Nick Bonnar, Joellen Dolan, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Stephen Ellis, Frank Harts, Aaron Schroeder, Caroline Tamas, & Chris VanDijk, Kyle Metzger

Secret Concert Series
Hosted by Oracle Club, Jalopy & Backdrop

Featuring musical guests: Hawk and Dove, Lullabies for Falling Empires, Eliot Krimsky, Brent Arnold, Loren Berí, Andrew Sheron, Keenan O’Meara, Jason Borisoff, Doug Goldstein, John Murchison, Mike Beck, Marty Fowler &  DJ Rob the Rich

Film/Media: Moema Umann, Paul Lofty McNeill, Skye Morse-Hodgson, Andrew Scoville, Lily Riopelle

``beguiling...an expansive evening of theater and music given luminous voice and instrumentation by Alaina Ferris and Matt Schlatter``

Culturebot

``The play triumphs in sensitive interactions...from the highway-striped heartland to the edges of urbanity, each self-contained scene aims to localize the dreams and doldrums any American could harbor``

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