Dance Nation

Theatre
Name: Playwrights Horizons/ Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Address: 416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
Production Information
First performance date: April 13, 2018
Opening date: May 8, 2018
Closing date: July 1, 2018
External Links: Official Website


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Production Description
Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay. But in Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power.
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
Playwrights Horizons Producer
  
Clare Barron Playwright
  
Lee Sunday Evans Director
  
Lee Sunday Evans Choreographer
Dina Shihabi Dance Captain
  
Arnulfo Maldonado Set Designer
Ásta Bennie Hostetter Costume Designer
Barbara Samuels Lighting Designer
Brandon Wolcott Sound Designer
Dedalus Wainwright Assistant Set Designer
Adrienne Perry Assistant Costume Designer
S. Stolnack1 Assistant Lighting Designer
Tyler Kieffer Assistant Sound Designer
  
The Publicity Office Press Representative
  
Erin Gioia Albrecht Production Stage Manager
Bryan Bauer Assistant Stage Manager
  
Adam Bailey Special Effects Consultant
Rachel (Rae) Skowron Wardrobe
  
Alaine Alldaffer2 Casting
Kyle Sircus Marketing
1Credited as S. "Stoli" Stolnack.
2Credited as Alaine Alldaffer, CSA.

Cast
Actor Role
Purva Bedi Connie
Eboni Booth Zuzu
Camila Canó-Flaviá Sofia
Ellen Maddow Maeve
Christina Rouner Vanessa / The Moms
Thomas Jay Ryan Dance Teacher Pat
Dina Shihabi Amina
Lucy Taylor Ashlee
Ikechukwu Ufomadu Luke
Replacement Credits

Cast
Actor Role
Layla Khoshnoudi Amina
Awards
Award Person / Company Function
1 WON 2019 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director Lee Sunday Evans Director
2 NOMINATED 2019 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Choreographer Lee Sunday Evans Choreographer
3 NOMINATED 2019 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Play Clare Barron Playwright
      Lee Sunday Evans Director
      Playwrights Horizons Producer
4 NOMINATED 2019 Drama League Award, Distinguished Performance Eboni Booth Actor
5 NOMINATED 2019 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design Ásta Bennie Hostetter Costume Designer
6 WON 2019 Obie Award, Special Citation Clare Barron Playwright
      Lee Sunday Evans Director
7 NOMINATED 2019 Pulitzer Prize, Drama Clare Barron Playwright
8 NOMINATED 2018 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design Ásta Bennie Hostetter Costume Designer
9 NOMINATED 2018 Hewes Design Award, Lighting Design Barbara Samuels Lighting Designer
Notes
World premiere.

2017 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Winner

We recommend this show for ages 15 and up due to strong language and locker room nudity.