Happily After Ever
Monday, 1st June 2020
7pm - ATC’S Facebook Page (Live Video)
by LAURA ZLATOS
Directed by SHAMITA SIVA
Featuring
AURNAB AS-SABER, ANTHONY CRAIG, EMMA JEVONS, JOSEPH LAI, & URSULA SEARLE
Newlyweds Darren and Janet want nothing more than to build the perfect life together. But when Janet gives birth to a baby with both male and female genitalia, they find themselves in the unlikely position of having to choose a gender for their child—all while competing with the perfect couple next door and dealing with a misunderstood family dog—in this hilarious battle of the sexes.
“Happily After Ever strikes at the heart of today’s charged debates around sexual roles and gender identity. Laura Zlatos entertains and enlightens with this hilarious, innovative, and ultimately wise new play.”
LAURA ZLATOS | playwright
Laura is a New York-based playwright and librettist. Her plays include The Even More Lamentable Tragedy of Lavinia (2020 Women are Funny Prize), The Blue Whale (2019 Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights Contest, 2nd Place; 2020 O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Semifinalist), Happily After Ever (2017 Woodward/Newman Drama Award; 59E59 Theaters; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Bloomington Playwrights Project; The Advocate's Top 10 NY Theater of 2016, Honorable Mention), Three Hours (HERE Arts Center), Exposure (Gene Frankel Theatre), and the musical A Problem with the Pattersons (2020 O'Neill Music Theatre Conference, Semifinalist) with lyricist/composer Andre Catrini. She was a finalist for the Princess Grace Award, the Jerome Fellowship, and the Core Writer Program at the Playwrights’ Center. Laura is a member of New Perspective Theatre Company's 2020 Women's Work Short Play Lab, The Orchard Project’s 2019-2020 Greenhouse, and was a resident playwright with the Exquisite Corpse Company. She received an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University and an MA in Performance Studies from NYU.
shamita siva |
director
Shamita is a multi-faceted performer and director who enjoys choreographing and devising new work. Trained in dance from an early age, after over 16 years of multiple dance styles, she developed an interest in forms such as Butoh alongside her acting. After completing her BA Performing Arts, she continued on to Stella Adler Los Angeles, and Film and Television Studios international. Shamita is a keen writer and director, and is popularly consulted for movement direction. She often incorporates intercultural practices and cross disciplinary elements into her work, inspired by everyday experiences, music and sound, and socio- political issues she is fueled by.
