good friday

By Kristiana Rae Colón
Directed by Sherri Eden Barber
February 11 - March 25, 2019
Tickets start at $15*
The Siggy
80 minutes

New York Premiere

A fierce and funny feminist debate is disrupted by a ricochet of bullets. Assaulted at every turn, a group of millennial women must decide whether they are ready to put their bodies on the line for each other. good friday tackles #metoo feminism at the intersection of gun and sexual violence.

Student rush tickets are available 10 minutes prior to curtain for $10, based on availability and with a valid student ID. (Student rush is available for Flea produced shows only.)

*All tickets include an additional $2 Theater Restoration Fee, which keeps the lights on in our new digs.

 

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ADDITIONAL EVENTS

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March 14: Title IX Discussion: Stick around after the show for a structured talk-back centered around combating rape culture and sexual assault on college campuses.

Playwright

Kristiana Rae Colón

Kristiana Rae Colón is a poet, playwright, actor, educator, Cave Canem Fellow, creator of #BlackSexMatters and co-director of the #LetUsBreathe Collective. She was awarded 2017 Best Black Playwright by The Black Mall. In 2016, her plays good friday had its world premiere at Oracle Productions, Octagon its American premiere at Jackalope Theater in Chicago, and but i cd only whisper had its American premiere at The Flea. Octagon was the winner of Arizona Theater Company’s 2014 National Latino Playwriting Award and Polarity Ensemble Theater’s Dionysos Festival of New Work, and had its 2015 world premiere at the Arcola Theater in London. In 2013, she toured the UK for two months with her collection of poems promised instruments, the winner of the inaugural Drinking Gourd Poetry Prize and published by Northwestern University Press. Colón is an alumnus of the Goodman Theater’s Playwrights Unit where she developed florissant & canfield, an epic reimagining of the Ferguson protests, which was featured in the 2016 Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival. She is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists and one half of the brother/sister hip-hop duo April Fools. She appeared on the fifth season of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. Colón’s writing, producing, and organizing works to radically reimagine power structures, our complicity in them, and visions for liberation.

Director

Sherri Eden Barber

Sherri Eden Barber is a New York based theatre director and Artistic Director of Ricochet Collective. Recent: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Ricochet Collective – Teatro Circulo), Happily After Ever (Ricochet Collective – 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe), Gordy Crashes (Ricochet Collective–IRT), Mr. Landing Takes A Fall (The Flea), Esperanza Spalding’s Emily’s D+Evolution (Development on European Tour), Herman Kline’s Midlife Crisis (The Beckett), Monstrosity, Polaroid Stories, and BENT  (The New School for Drama), The Lightning Thief (Theatreworks USA), 24 Hour Plays on Broadway with Pablo Schreiber, Laverne Cox, and Melanie Griffith (American Airlines Theatre), Latrell: Live Tonight! (Joe’s Pub), Dance Lessons (winner of the Samuel French Short Play Festival), Men On Boats (Yale Drama). She has developed new work with Rattlestick, Orchard Project, The Flea, Culture Project, Chautauqua, and The Old Vic. Recent Associate Directing credits include: Tiny Beautiful Things (The Public Theatre), Daphne’s Dive (Signature Theatre), Faust: The Concert with Randy Newman (Encores! New York City Center) and Family Furniture with Thomas Kail (The Flea), SWEAT (Broadway, Studio 54) with Kate Whoriskey, The Girl from the North Country (The Public) with Conor McPherson. Sherri was Kathy Najimy’s AD for both of Glamour Magazine’s These Girls events featuring Rashida Jones, Olivia Wilde, Ari Graynor, Zosia Mamet, Amy Schumer and Amy Poehler among others, at Joe’s Pub, NYC. Sherri is a recipient of The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Directors Fellowship, the Core Company Director for The Orchard Project, a Drama League Directing Fellow, and recipient of the US/UK Exchange Award. SherriEdenBarber.com | RicochetCollective.com

Cast

Dolores Avery

Dolores Avery

Actor

Dolores Avery (ariel) is a New York City based actor hailing from Niagara Falls, NY and proud Syracuse University alum, Go Orange! Off Broadway Credits: Ms Estrada (The Flea), Girl With No Hands (The Flea), Orphans and Outsiders (John Cullum Theatre). She is so honored to be sharing the stage with all of these incredible women.

Caturah Brown

Caturah Brown

Actor

Caturah Brown (kinzie) is ecstatic and grateful to perform in good friday with such a stellar cast. She is a New York State born and raised actor who received training from Marymount Manhattan College and British American Drama Academy. Previous Flea credits include: ms. esrtrada, Girl With No Hands, and Flea Fridays. Other theater credits include: Marc in Venice (Theatre at St. John’s), The Reality Plays (St. Clemente Theatre), and The Coward (The Duke Theatre).

Raiane Cantisano

Raiane Cantisano

Actor

Raiane Cantisano (sophia) born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and based in New York City is beyond honored to tell this important story with this brilliant group of humans. Recent credits include her award winning performance in Éléphant (Rising Sun – Planet Connections Theater Fest.), Raft of the Medusa (Barefoot Theater Co.), ms. estrada (The Flea), Dead Wives Dance El Mambo (Step1 Theatre Project) and Child’s Play (The Kraine Theater). Film and TV credits include: The Sunny Side and Member_1128 and films Nacissus and Mujeres. Cantisano was trained at The Lee Strasberg Institute. She would like to thank her family, friends and mentors and dedicate this performance to all women – you are healing the world with your light. @raianecantisano | raianecantisano.com

Clea DeCrane

Clea DeCrane

Actor

Clea DeCrane (emme) is an actor and writer originally from Santa Monica, California. Some favorite credits include a dead-pan Dutch lady on Kevin Can Wait (CBS), the NY premiere of Stupid F**cking Bird (The Pearl Theatre), The Trojan Women (The Flea; Drama Desk Nomination for best adaptation), but i cd only whisper (The Flea), Metrocards (EST Youngblood) and the Santa Cruz Shakespeare 2018 season, including David Ive’s Venus in Fur. This past December, she performed in the sold-out run of Bitter Greens at 59E59 Theaters, which she also wrote.  www.cleadecrane.com

Ure Egbuho

Ure Egbuho

Actor

Ure Egbuho (crete) was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Egbuho double majored in Journalism and Theatre Arts, and minored in both Musical Theatre and Dance at Sacramento State University, California. She became an Acting Apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville and later joined The Bats acting company shortly after moving to NYC. Her Off-Off-Broadway credits include: Riot Antigone (La Mama Theatre ETC; ARS Nova), Locked Up Bitches; SCRAPS (The Flea). Regional Theatre credits include: Ragtime; Freedom Train (Albany Park Playhouse), No Child… (Relative Theatrics), Little Shop of Horrors (Sacramento Theatre Company), Hairspray; Caroline, Or Change (Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts), That High Lonesome Sound; At The Vanishing Point; A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville).

Erin Noll

Erin Noll

Actor

Erin Noll (asha) is a Pisces from the Midwest. Currently an apprentice at The Barrow Group. Most recently: SERIALS @ The Flea (Coconut Oil Solves All My Problems by Lily Houghton). BFA NYU: Playwrights Horizons Theatre School. Erin would like to thank Will, Diet Coke, and the beautiful good friday family.

Pearl Shin

Pearl Shin

Actor

Pearl Shin (natalie) is a New York City based actor, born and raised in Nashville, TN. She is honored to be included among this team of courageous, intelligent, and loving makers. Stage credits include: ms. estrada; The Lorikeet Workshop (The Flea), This Meeting Could Have Been an Email; Mary Stuart (Spicy Witch Productions), The Chronicles of Kalki; Hookman (Company One). Digital Credits include: On the Line and Fung Bros Food. Pearl is also a recurring instructor for coding academy General Assembly. www.pearlshin.com

Renee Harrison

Renee Harrison

Actor

Renee Harrison (ariel U/S) is excited to be making her Flea Theater debut. A graduate of The New School of Drama, she is also the founder of Black Girls Do Theater: an online curation that increases access to resources and inspires community amongst Black female theater artists. Credits include: Race (The New School of Drama), For Colored Girls Who Have…(Cicely L. Tyson Performing Arts School), and Dust to Dust (NYC Fringe).

Arielle Gonzalez

Arielle Gonzalez

Actor

Arielle Gonzalez (natalie/sophia U/S) is a singer, actor, dancer, and stand-up comedian who’s thrilled to be back at The Flea with these fierce womxn! Past Flea credits: Not My Monster! (Darya), LOCKED UP BITHCES! (Fancy; u/s Pipsy and All-Licks), ms. estrada (Female Swing; u/s Hot Yoga Teacher). In 2015, she assistant directed Small Mouth Sounds at Ars Nova under Rachel Chavkin. Other Credits include: Old Turtle and the Broken Truth (Dorothy Strelsin Theatre), Pedo Reye’s Doomocracy (Brooklyn Army Terminal), The Fall (2016 NYCFringe), The Visitors (B.O.S.S.S Festiva)l, The Matter 2012 (St. Mark’s Church), and Love Awkwardly (Manhattan Theatre Source). She received her BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Creative Team

Costume Designer

Christelle Matou

Christelle Matou

Costume Designer

Christelle Matou was born and raised in France and is originally from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Christelle is based in NYC where she earned a Master of Fine Art for Stage and Film from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.  She designed costumes for The Night of the Iguana (The Walker Theatre) NYU Tisch New Play The Great Disappointment (The Atlas Theatre) and Dance Productions of Terra Marra and The Boot (The Jack Crystal Theatre). Costume film credits include: The Mailbox, LP, Kashmir, Confidence, Splashes of Dye. As a Production Designer, Christelle’s film credits include: The Mailbox, Nowhere, LP, music video Black Girl Magic and streaming series pilots The Island and B-sides.

Scenic Designer

Kate Noll

Lighting Designer

Paige Seber

Paige Seber

Lighting Designer

Paige Seber is a lighting designer of theater, dance, and opera. Favorite credits include Guys and Dolls (Argyle Theater), West Side Story (Sioux City Symphony), Young Choreographers Festival (Symphony Space), Big Love (Havana Theater Festival). Graduate of The Conservatory of Theater Arts at Webster University. Proud member of United Scenic Artists USA-829. seberlighting.com

Sound Designer

Megan Deets Culley

Megan Deets Culley

Sound Designer

Megan Deets Culley  is an NYC-based Sound Designer and Composer. Previous work at the Flea includes Inanimate, SCRAPS, and LOCKED UP BITCHES. Other credits include: Cullud Wattah and The Loophole (The Public Theater) Grounded (Dobama Theater) Terminus (NYTW Next Door) Medea (Atlantic Acting School) and Roan @ the Gates (Luna Stage.) meganculley.com

Projection Designer

Jess Medenbach

Jess Medenbach

Projection Designer

Jess Medenbach is a video and media designer, filmmaker, editor and producer originally from The Hudson Valley in Upstate New York. Jess’s work ranges from media for theater, opera and live events to augmented and virtual reality applications, short films, music videos and video installations. Jess has worked throughout the United States and Europe, had work displayed in Times Square and featured in The New York Times and The Creators Project. Jess holds an MFA in Video and Media Design from Carnegie Mellon University and a BFA in Film Production and Electronic Arts from Bard College.

Violence/Intimacy Choreographer

Rocio Mendez

Rocio Mendez

Violence/Intimacy Choreographer

Rocio Mendez is an actor/fight director/teacher from Hell’s Kitchen, NYC.  Fight Direction credits include: Marian, or The True tale of Robin Hood; Hearts Like Fists (Flux Theater Ensemble), A Streetcar Named Desire (Princeton University), House of Desires, Marisol (The New School), Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors (Maine Stage Theater).  Film credits include: Clandestiny, Tied Up, Hurt Filling. Nominee for two New York Innovative Theater Arts Award – Outstanding Choreography and Movement, Winner for Artemis “Women In Action” Film Festival – Special Recognition Award. www.rociomendez.com

Assistant Director

Rachel Karp

Rachel Karp

Assistant Director

Rachel Karp is a Brooklyn-based director, producer, and activist. She is a recent graduate of Skidmore College, where directing credits include: Everything You Touch, Antigone, and 4.48 Psychosis.  Assistant directing credits include: Let The Right One In and Hecuba (American premiere). Rachel currently serves as the company manager for the Orchard Project. She would like to thank the entire cast, creative team, and production team for bringing this story to life.

Stage Manager

Haley Gordon

Haley Gordon

Stage Manager

Haley Gordon  graduated in 2018 from Dartmouth College. Most recent credits include HYPE MAN: a break beat play (The Flea), a fellowship with the Hopkins Center for Performing Arts in Operations and Events, student Production Coordinator for VOXFEST theater festival 2018 and the stage management intern for the New York Theatre Workshop Residency at Dartmouth. As a production intern, she worked with Primary Stages and the Walnut Street Theatre.