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tether (previously I SAID EVOLUTION)

Written by NOELLE VIÑAS

Directed by LIZ CARLSON

Mo's the fuck-up and Lidia has it all together. At least, that’s what we think when these queer siblings rediscover their unique capacity to teleport to one another. Over four seasons, their relationship is rendered raw with resentment, desperate confessions, dark humor, and devastating devotion. Is their love capable of finding new roots when toxic soil is all they’ve known?

Saturday, July 26 at 2pm

Marist University, Poughkeepsie NY

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NOELLE VIÑAS (Playwright) (she/hers) is a playwright, TV writer, producer, and educator from Montevideo, Uruguay and Springfield, Virginia. In the last two years, her theater work has included a world premiere of her play DERECHO at La Jolla Playhouse; being in residence as part of the Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm and at New York Stage and Film; commissions from Woolly Mammoth Theater Company (CÓNDOR), Colt Coeur (MATRESCENCE), IAMA Theatre Company's seed commission for TETHER; and a new musical with Julián Mesri called THE STRIPPER AND THE CONGRESSMAN about Fanne Foxe and Wilbur Mills. Her TV work includes staffing on MRS. DAVIS, created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, and teaching Writing the TV Pilot in the MFA program at Columbia University. She sometimes produces work as Goblin Brain Productions, which invests in the unusual and unexpected, and explores how language can be a tool of belonging and power. B.A. in Acting & Playwriting from Emerson College, M.F.A. in Playwriting from Brooklyn College.

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LIZ CARLSON (Director) is a director and creative producer committed to the development of new stories. With New York Stage and Film (Interim Artistic Director ‘22-’24; Artistic Producer ‘19-’22; Associate Artistic Director ‘16-’19), Liz supported the development of new work with artists such as César Alvarez, Ngozi Anyanwu, Christopher Ashley, Jocelyn Bioh, Jaki Bradley, Adam Chanler-Berat, Margaret Cho, Heather Christian, Delta RaE, Halley Feiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Beth Henley, Keelay Gipson, Jessica Huang, Melissa Li, Michael R. Jackson, Jason Kim, Grace McLean, Don Nguyen, Mason Alexander Park, Brian Quijada, Josh Radnor, Amber Ruffin, Danya Taymor, Lauren Yee, Stevie Walker-Webb, Kit Yan, and more. As a director, Liz has developed plays and musicals with Ars Nova, The Dramatists’ Guild, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Flea, Keen Company, Manhattan School of Music, Manhattan Theatre Club, The New Group, Playwrights Horizons, The Playwrights Realm, Signature Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and more. MFA The New School. Recipient of The Drama League Fellowship. 

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CAMPBELL ANIDJAR (Stage Manager) (he/they) is a New York City-based stage manager and theatre artist. Recent credits include MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (New York Theatre Workshop); A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Hartford Stage); THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS National Tour; THAÏS, THE SONG OF ROME (Spoleto Festival USA). Campbell has worked on developmental readings with Manhattan Theatre Club, the Working Theater, New York Stage and Film, Ars Nova, and Breaking the Binary Theater. He is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College with a BA in Theatre Arts and a concentration in Producing & Management. For all the trans folks who came before, and for all who will come after.

CAST

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JUAN CASTANO (Mauricio Machado)* Theatre:  DANGER & OPPORTUNITY (East Village Basement, Drama Desk Award for the cast and creative team), TOROS (2nd Stage), THE INHERITANCE (Geffen Playhouse), ROMEO Y JULIETA (The Public), TRANSFERS (MCC, Lucille Lortel Award ‘Best Lead Actor in a Play’), PARALLELOGRAM (Second Stage), OEDIPUS EL REY (The Public, Drama League nomination).   FILM: RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE (Amazon), ROB PEACE (Netflix), ENCANTO (Disney). TV: FBI (CBS), THE GREAT NORTH (Fox), WHAT/IF (Netflix), TALES OF THE CITY (Netflix), THE OA (Netflix).  Juan received the Drama Desk’s highly coveted Sam Norkin Award for Excellence in Off-Broadway Theatre. 

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JEANINE MASON (Lidia Machado) is a Cuban-American actor and dancer born and raised in Miami, Florida. Her career began when she won Season 5 of FOX’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and earned the title of America’s Favorite Dancer. The opportunity enabled her to pursue her dream of acting, where she has spent the last 15 years establishing an impressive footprint in entertainment. Her notable TV credits include playing the series lead Liz Ortecho in The CW’s ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO and ABC’s hit medical drama GREY’S ANATOMY as new surgical intern Sam Bello. Other TV credits include Amazon’s UPLOAD, Netflix’s THE PERFECT COUPLE, and up next in Amazon’s CROSS. Her film credits include the Emmy Award-winning movie musical CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE opposite Dolly Parton and VIRAL opposite Sarah Silverman, directed by Blair Underwood. In the animation space, she has had significant roles in the TROLLS and MEGAMIND franchises and is the series lead on Apple TV+’s WONDLA. Jeanine resides in New York City and is a graduate of UCLA.

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