This September, Crashbox Theater Company is launching our newest program, The Playwright Sponsorship, with a workshop production of Hollis Beck’s TINKER RISING.

 

The Playwright Sponsorship was created in response to playwrights’ desires for more opportunity to bridge the gap between a reading and a full production. This September, after receiving a generous space grant from The Tank, we will be curating a specialized rehearsal process and public workshop performance of Tinker Rising by Hollis Beck.  Tinker Rising came to us through last year’s Read. Play. Write. reading series and we immediately fell in love with this play, its characters, and the world that Hollis has created.

As we hosted our initial production meetings and learned more about what this play wants to be and how to best serve its development, we discovered that the world of Tinker Rising was rich and would benefit from fully realizing key moments of the piece in a workshop production at the Tank this September.

 

As the needs of the development have grown from our initial offering, we are asking for additional support that will go directly towards increasing artist pay and realizing production design more fully.

 

Thank you so much for all of your support and mark your calendars, as we are excited to share with you a public workshop performance of TINKER RISING on Sunday, September 16 at 3 pm at the Tank!  Get your tickets now!



About the Artists:

HOLLIS BECK (playwright) is a Brooklyn-based writer/performer who crafts narratives about queer identity, found-family structures and people in general who try very hard. She has previously collaborated with Crashbox Theater in their Read, Play, Write program and is currently working with the pilot group of their Write, Play, Launch program on a new play about online harassment and the rise of the Alt-Right. She is a frequent contributor to Undiscovered Countries' Infinite Festival, an audiobook narrator and voiceover artist, and aspiring Renaissance Lady. www.hollisbeck.com"

CAROLINE KITTREDGE FAUSTINE (director) is a transsexual theater director, designer, and musician. She is a founding member of Brooklyn arts incubator Undiscovered Countries, and has developed, directed, and designed award-winning performances in New York City, Maine, and Chicago. Most recently, Caroline’s productions Asher Rhys Got Married Too Young (best director, best solo piece) and MARY- SHELLEYSHOW (greatest draw) played at The Tank, after performances in the Fresh Fruit Festival and Chicago Fringe respectively.

Featuring:
Nazlah Black, Sara Duplancic, Mateo Ervin, Ember Moon, Toby Rachel Nelson, Aleigha K. Spinks, Alex Taylor, Daxx Jayroe Wieser, and Jacen Ziev.

Fight Direction by Ashley Rogers
Costume Design by TJ Burleson
Stage Manager: Taylor Hollister
Graphic Design by Cameron Toy

Crashbox Theater Company:
Meridith Jones, Artistic Director
Brittany Crowell, Managing Director
Rebecca Vineyard, Literary Manager
Amanda Chambers, Company Manager