Dance Nation
Writer
Clare Barron
Director
Lucy Curtis
Location
The Carne Studio Theatre
Dates
Tuesday 10 June at 7pm
Thursday 12 June at 2pm
Friday 13 June at 7pm
Monday 16 June at 2pm
Tuesday 17 June at 7pm
About the show
"Maybe this is the year, this is the moment, this is the dance where your lives will start!"
Somewhere in America, a revolution is coming, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plot to take over the world one routine at a time. And if their new routine is good enough, they'll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay. But in Clare Barron's raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power. With a pre-teen battle for power and perfection raging on and off stage, Dance Nation is a ferocious exploration of youth, ambition and self-discovery.
Lucy is a theatre director and full time member of faculty at LAMDA, working across the BA and MFA Professional Acting programmes.
Lucy trained as theatre director at the Royal Exchange Theatre under Sarah Frankcom, Bryony Shanahan and Amit Sharma, and holds an MFA in Theatre Directing and Birkbeck, University of London. Lucy also trained with the National Theatre Studio whilst being invited on their director’s training course.
Whilst she was at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Lucy was the resident director on various main house productions including Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Hobsons Choice, Jeanie O’Hares Queen Margaret, and Mel Brooks’ Producers musical. She directed and co-curated Simon Stephen’s Presents, a new writing festival in partnership with Manchester School of Writing and Manchester School of Theatre. Lucy also directed Sam Shepards Fool for Love in the Studio, and was the associate director on the inter generational play Albion.
As a freelance theatre director, Lucy has directed plays for the Southwark Playhouse (Where Will We Live?), the Arcola Threatre (Dare to Dream, Quay West), York Theatre Royal (The Pulverised - co-produced with the Arcola); It Is So Ordered (Park Theatre and Oxford Playhouse); Women’s Stories of Ford Dagenham (Queens Theatre Hornchurch); as well as directing the UK tour of Jack Thorne’s Bunny. Lucy is an associate artist for the National Youth Theatre where she has directed projects and shows for various programmes.
Lucy has been as Associate Director for other touring productions co-produced by the Bristol Old Vic, Salisbury Playhouse, the Arcola, and the RSC.
This is Lucy’s third rep show for LAMDA (prev. Include Simon Stephen’s Light Falls and Nadia Falls Home). Lucy was previously the Associate Dean and MA Acting course leader at ALRA, and an associate practitioner for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Previous final year show direction includes being resident at RADA (Stuff Happens, Suddenly Last Summer) Rose Bruford; ALRA, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and East 15.
Clare Barron is a Brooklyn-based writer. Clare’s play You Got Older (2015 Obie award for Playwriting; nominee for 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play; finalist for the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize) received its world premiere through P73 under the direction of Anne Kauffman; Baby Screams Miracle was recently produced at Woolly Mammoth, after having premiered as part of Clubbed Thumbs 2013 SummerWorks Festival. Her play I'll Never Love Again was produced at the Bushwick Starr in 2016, and was a New York Times Critics Pick. Clare is the recipient of the 2014-2015 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award (Vineyard Theater), the 2014 P73 Playwriting Fellowship; she has received Sloan commissions from MTC and EST, and is also under commission to Lincoln Center Theater, and Playwrights Horizons. She is currently staffed on Maria Semples upcoming show on HBO, Today Will Be Different, starring Julia Roberts, and is also developing a project with Gran Via Productions attached for AMC.
Contains adolescent characters in sexual situations and discussions, depictions of self-harm and gore/ blood special effects. Use of explicit language throughout.
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Pricing and concessions
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Group tickets
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E-Tickets
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Refunds
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Creative Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Director
Lucy Curtis*
Designer
Finlay Jenner*
Producer
Rebecca Lyle*
Assistant Producer
Bobby Harding*
Voice Director
Becca Barrett*
Movement Director
Nicoletta Bonanni*
Choreographer
Jacob Wolstencroft*
Intimacy Director
Nicoletta Bonanni*
Lighting Designer / Green Book
Captain
Patrick McAneny
Sound Designer
Megan Parker
Assistant Director
Hope Wishart
Cast
Luke
Tobias Adetula
Sofia
Cassie Clark
Vanessa / The Moms
Zella Clay
Zuzu
Gracel Delos Santos
Maeve
Ada Grey
Connie
Dishari Kargupta
Dance Teacher Pat
Gavin Rasmussen
Ashlee
Rẹmi Shorunke-Samuel
Amina
Ashnah Strongheart
Production Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Stage Manager on Book
Vicky Shannon*
Assistant Stage Manager
Brooke Sangster
Production Manager / Green Book
Captain
Alexander Hoppe
Production Lx
Abigail Brophy
PSE
Holly Higgs
Production Carpenter
Peter Johnston
Deputy Production Carpenter
Ace Turner
Construction Crew
Phoebe Bennett
Simon Calahan
Tilly Cox
Torrin Gieler
Amelia Hill
Arthur Moore
Indianah Raymond
Aryan Sherifi