Moxie Arts NY is thrilled to present the second performance of The Moxie Commission! Join us live on May 28th at 8pm ET, or stream on-demand through Monday, May 31st.
The Moxie Commission is a new program which takes our fourth season virtual! Moxie has commissioned three playwrights to each write three short plays over the course of 2021. We've assembled an incredible cohort of series directors and producers who will work with each writer over the course of the program. Moxie will present one play from each writer at the end of March, the end of May, and the end of July, for a total of three performances featuring nine world-premieres!
May's World-Premieres:
Good Mourning Pt. 2
Written by Jessica Wu
Directed by Margaret Lee
Produced and Stage Managed by Leah Vicencio
Featuring Gianna DiGregorio Rivera, Max Forman-Mullin, Anne Yumi Kobori, and Kenny Scott
Based on a tweet by @NightValeRadio, in an alternate parallel reality, humans are randomly assigned to mourn the death of ungrieved strangers. In Part 2, Jenn Yang’s mourning of Wong Bo Jing takes an extraordinary turn as her saga erupts from an unsuccessful private endeavor into an alarming global phenomenon.
Techno Paper Planes Pt. 2
Written by Marissa Joyce Stamps
Directed by Kathleen Capdesuñer
Produced and Stage Managed by Sally Burgos
Featuring Emily Brown and Chloe Mutebi
Thousands of miles apart, a high schooler in the foster care system and a dying nursing home patient participate in a virtual Adopt-A-Grandparent program. Through learning and unlearning each other in the midst of searching for a sense of belonging, they journey towards building an unlikely friendship that tests their generational gap.
The Next Best Thing
Written by Uma Paranjpe
Directed by Shannon Davis and Leigh Rondon-Davis
Produced and Stage Managed by Narissa Agustin
Featuring LeAnn Dowd, Los Iglesias, Uma Paranjpe, and Radhika Rao.
The Next Best Thing follows a young law school student, Giselle who is set on changing the world, starting with the justice system. A chance notice at the bottom of a true crime website leads her to connect with someone incarcerated in the system she is hoping to reform, which shows her that even someone young and passionate can always learn more.
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