Terra Firma

Theatre

Name:	Baruch Performing Arts Center
Address:	55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010

Production Information

First performance date:	September 27, 2019
Opening date:	October 10, 2019
Closing date:	November 10, 2019
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Terra Firma is set in a not-so-distant Beckettian future-years after a conflict known as the Big War, in which a tiny kingdom wrestles with the problems of running a nation-and opposing notions of what makes a citizen, a country, and a civilization. The play is inspired by a real-life event and its aftermath: in 1960’s Britain, a retired WWII army major claimed an abandoned aircraft platform in international waters off the coast of Essex as his own sovereign nation, planted his flag, and coined a motto, E Mare Libertas! (From the Sea, Freedom!). Terra Firma was originally a commission for the Royal Court Theatre, the premiere venue for new writing in the UK. This production is co-presented with Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	The COOP	Producer

	Barbara Hammond	Playwright

	Shana Cooper	Director
	April Cleveland	Assistant Director

	Carman Lacivita	Fight Director

	Andrew Boyce	Set Designer
	Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene	Costume Designer
	Eric Southern	Lighting Designer
	Jane Shaw	Sound Designer

	Katherine Whitney Young	Production Stage Manager
	Violeta Picayo	Assistant Stage Manager

Cast

Actor	Role
John Keating	Jones
Daniel José Molina	Teddy
Andrus Nichols	The Queen
Tom O'Keefe	The Hostage
Gerardo Rodriguez	Roy
T. Ryder Smith	The Diplomat
Mark Bedard	N/A	UNDERSTUDY