The Party
at the edge of the world
Ten-year-old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that has already sunk, and that soon will sink for good.
Follow Georgie and a gaggle of ghosts, parents, and friends as they navigate what it means to live life on the brink: of ecological disaster, time, magic, and loss. Presented in a site-specific format, Party at the Edge is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.
Performed in the historic Bailey College of the Environment in Middletown, CT.
Based on the historical displacement of residents in the Swift River Valley to create the Quabbin Resevoir, and the true story of the Enfield Ball.
born out of a search for live performance that reckons with the the largest questions of our socio-ecological era in personal and intimate ways.
The play was incubated in a Wesleyan University course taught by Liz Woolford & Michayla Robertson-Pine: "Ecological Disasters: Investigation Through Performance."
Performers & Collaborators:
Kid…………………………….………...Drew Weddig
Fangs……………………………………….Sof Cohen
Grandma/Shirley/Ghost..…..Alix Livermore
Mom/Ghost…………………………Emma Dhanda
Dad/Ghost…………………………..Henry Owens
Raajni/Ghost…………….…….Sabrina Ladiwala
Script Collaborators: Nathan Baron-Silvern, Ray McCann, We Make Noises & Wits End Manor, The students of “Ecological Disasters: Investigation Through Performance”
Designers/Technicians:
Directors & Playwrights……Elizabeth Woolford, Michayla Robertson-Pine
Stage Managers……...Camille Gomberoff, Malaika Fernandes
Visual Design Set Lead………………….Lex Bryan
Composers/Sound Design..…Dylan Shumway, Audrey Mills
Visual Design Lights Lead………….………..Amaal Ladha
Choreographer………………………………..Annie Kidwell
Costume Designer……………….Lonnie Miller