Milky Way Theatre Company is a New York City based theatre company that aims to bring together stars from all corners of our galaxy and create theatre that speaks to our shared humanity. This upcoming January we're producing THREE new works for The First Annual New Works Festival:

Masked: The Musical  by Tianna Davis

Ellipses  by David Quang Pham

The American I.D. Channel: Vol. One  by Mx. Hasberry. 

Our goal is to raise $10,000 to cover rehearsal and performance spaces as well as paying our production teams, actors, props, costumes, COVID safety, etc. Rehearsal spaces add up very quickly already, but good quality performance spaces are hard to find, so raising this money is instrumental. At MilkyWay, we value every member of our teams and we would love to be able to pay every person who collaborates with us, and this is the first step to that goal. Every director, stage manager, music director, general crew member, orchestrator, musician, and actor works so incredibly hard to successfully put together a show, let alone 3 different shows, so it's an honor to support our family of artists any way we can. 

We're so excited to offer this opportunity to our 3 playwrights because we recognize that there's so many artists who create fantastic work, but just don't have the funds to put it up on its feet. That's why we are committed to working our hardest to make it happen. And YOU play a HUGE part in that. So thank you for supporting us and please DONATE to help us produce new art in NYC. Please also SHARE our project with everyone you know!

 

I am 22 years old, and I am a proud Caribbean-American born to a mother from St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. and a father from Trinidad. Growing up in Broward County, Florida and New York City, I was immersed in a rich culture. I am a composer, lyricist, librettist, dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, and everything in between. I thrive on individuality, and I believe that being a leader is very important. I wrote Masked: The Musical because I wanted to tell stories that are never told, and I wanted to tell stories that are rarely given a spotlight. I want people to understand what it feels like to conform for others and question why society forces us to do so. I am so excited to be revealing my musical for the first time with the Milky Way Theatre Company! And thank you to the donors for your support. Enjoy!

I am Hasberry (a.k.a Mx. Hasberry), and I am a twenty year old writer and performer from Long Island, NY; currently attending university in Georgia. I started writing this play back in April of 2022, and since then have gained so much insight on the power that theatre can possess. I began my process by conducting interviews of American citizens/residents living around me. I then turned those interviews into monologues and scenes to try to investigate what our communal identity is as Americans. This has also been what excites me most about being able to bring this play to life. Because I get to share people’s viewpoints in a way in which the audience can understand and empathize with, and art that aims to do that should be seen and discussed by humans alike and unalike. If you have the funds, please donate in support of our project, to help bring to life my own and many other Americans perspectives on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness in the modern day colonies.

I am David, a composer-playwright who writes musicals that personify science. My academic background is in astrophysics, so I have long looked to humanize the galaxies that I have researched. My musical ELLIPSES packs many coming-of-age themes from family dynamics, parenthood, mortality, and the passage of time. I hope teens and adults walk away with an understanding - on a grander scale - that galaxy formations are truly human development and a growing family. We are all Galaxies. My revisions are based on rehearsal feedback and responses, so the collaboration is what engages and excites me.