"Is My Microphone On?" A New Play by Jordan Tannahill

"Is My Microphone On?" by Jordan Tannahill is an urgent and lyrical play with music about the global climate emergency. In this visceral and confronting new play, a cast of teenagers grapple with the realities of the world they are inheriting, hold the audience to account, and imagine new pathways forward together. 

The mission of this play is to inspire the New York community to take individual and collective action regarding the climate emergency.

Production Details: 

“Is My Microphone On?” by Jordan Tannahill will be presented at the Center at West Park for 8 performances over two weeks in Manhattan with a cast of 7 diverse New York teenagers. The show is inspired by Greta Thurnberg’s UN address and the tenacity of youth across the globe who are taking a stand for themselves and future generations. With music, confronting dialogue, and poetic language this play serves as a platform for youth under the voting age of New York to lift their voices, inspire dialogue regarding the climate crisis with members of the community, and investigate how they can heal a burning world if those in positions of power refuse to enact meaningful change now. 

Written by Jordan Tannahill, the production will be directed and produced by Nick Browne, in partnership with the Center at West Park; a non-profit community performing arts center based in the historic West Park Presbyterian Church, a New York City landmark. The Center presents engaging and boundary-pushing early-career and established artists through its artist residency programs of which Is My Microphone On? is a beneficiary. 

Directed by: Nick J. Browne

Co-Produced by: The Center at West Park, Nick J. Browne, Lauren Gundrum

Original Music: Curtis Gillen

Assitant Director: Lia Hauser

Lighting Design: Jennifer Leno 

Costume Design: Jorie Kosel

Technical Director: Hank Boyan  

Stage Manager: Sara Beth Samuels 

Assistant Stage Manager: Victoria Blas 

Choreography: William Hin

Cast Members: Camron Chapple, Paloma Garcia, Gracie Greenberg, Alina Kazi, James Ragen, Riley Schwab, Zara Zeidman


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