“In Terra Nova Collective’s polished production of “Underland” at 59E59 Theaters, Mia Rovegno has directed six assertive, beautifully delineated performances. ” – NY Times

The Civilians present..

THE END AND THE BEGINNING
The 2nd installation of our residency with the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Temple of Dendur @ The MET >> 3/6 @ 7pm

Steve Cosson and I direct this site-specific piece reflecting on dying, death, and the afterlife, staged in the incomparable Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing.

Featuring the amazing associate artists of The Civilians

More info here

MEXICO by Hilary Bettis

The Sheen Center >> 12/7 @ 3pm

I direct this new play about the boundaries of forgiveness and redemption

featuring Desmin Borges, Daniel Jenkins, Debargo Sanyal & Jenny Seastone

More info here 

Very excited to present at

THE BODY WHICH IS THE TOWN by Casey Llewellyn
The Martin E. Segal Theater Center 365 5th Ave (b/w 34th & 35th) >> 10/10 @ 7:30pm

Directed by Mia Rovegno
Music composed by Rick Burkhardt
Costumes by Corina Chase

Featuring: Eboni Booth, Sam Breslin Wright, Jonathan-David, Eugene Ma, Jermaine Golden
And our amazing Band: Rick Burkhardt, Levy Lorenzo, John Murchison, Dennis Sullivan

The Body which is the Town is an ecosystem you are invited into, a small town with a prison in it. This play with music will ask you who you are in relation to acting, seeing, prisons, and The Future. You will be spoken to by a little girl. You might be an animal.

More info here

We had a great time kicking off The Civilians residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this month.
Here are some photos from our time there….

Prelude 2014 presents…

THE BODY WHICH IS THE TOWN by Casey Llewellyn
The Martin E. Segal Theater Center >> 10/8-10/10, 2014

I direct an excerpt from our recent production with music composed by Rick Burkhardt

More info here

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents…

LET ME ASCERTAIN YOU
Petrie Court Café >> 9/12 & 9/13 @ 7pm

I direct an evening of songs and stories of love, beauty, conflict, and the human condition. The first iteration of The Civilians Artist Residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art creating original works of theater inspired by narratives uncovered through an investigation into the objects, ideas, and people that inhabit the Met.

Featuring the amazing associate artists of The Civilians

Tickets : $25 and include 1 cocktail

A podcast of the recent performance I directed of The Civilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: F*ing & Dying at Joe’s Pub is now available on Itunes!

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