by Caryl Churchill
directed by Sam Gibbs
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Far Away, a directing thesis production by current student Sam Gibbs.
Far Away is a thriller about the end of the world and the dark deeds that bring it about. We watch three scenes from the life of a young woman named Joan–in the first, she’s questioning her aunt in the middle of the night about witnessing a disturbing scene in the garden shed. By the third, the whole world is at war, with ants fighting crocodiles fighting Latvian dentists. This timely, hilarious, and absurdist tragedy asks the question: what can we do to stem the rising tide of violence around us? And what dark scenes arise from just “going along with it?” Far Away is closer than we think.
Far Away is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Showtimes
Thursday, March 28 @ 8pm
Friday, March 29 @ 8pm
Saturday, March 30 @ 2pm
Saturday, March 30 @ 8pm
Sunday, March 31 @ 2pm
Run Time
1 hour, no intermission
Content Warning
This play contains descriptions of violence, torture, and mass death.
Featuring
Rebecca Tyree – ADULT JOAN
Tiera Lopper (she/her) – YOUNG JOAN
Charlotte Righetti – HARPER
Daw’’ud Yasin Muhammed- Spaulding – TODD
PARADERS
Giuliana Asaro, Julia Baker, Eric Berg, Hannah Charles, Kelly Collins, Damon Diaz, Will Dintenfass, Lana Fuqua, Mary Grace Epps, Anjana Heaven, Su Hendrickson, Frida Hernandez, Mercedes Hesselroth, Jun Kim , Ashley Kuril, Yifei Liu, Rachel Lorando, Ash Mayers, Miles Messier, Santiago Orjuelab, Aaliyah Peterman, Abigail Redlich, MJ Roa, Amanda Rodriguez, Magnolia Santibanez, Shania Simko, Zack Tashoff, Frankie Verroca, Lake Wilburn, and Danilo Zepeda
Production Team & Crew
Director Sam Gibbs (current student)
Assistant Director Andrew Schwartz
Line Producer Abigail Jones
Production Stage Manager Gianna Durante (current student)
Assistant Stage Manager Hera Jung (current student)
Dramaturg Sarah Bedwell (current student)
Company Manager Xiaoyu Mai (current student)
Thesis Season Operations Manager Zachary Hedner (current student)
Scenic Designer Josh Oberlander
Costume Designer Marianne Dorado Needell
Lighting Designer Elizabeth Schweitzer
Sound Designer Jimmy Kavetas
Projection Designer Claire Talbott
Props Designer Callie Hester
Movement/Intimacy/Choreographer Mary Bertherlsen
Acting Coach Maude Mitchell
Musician / Composer Anthony Leung
Run Crew Flavie Philipon, Bryce Jones, Mirza Hassan (current students)
Lighting Board Operator Emilio Cerci (current student)
Sound/Video Operator Zoe Stanton-Savitz (current student)
About the Director
For 10 years Sam Gibbs has been the Artistic Director and Founder of site-specific classics company Stairwell Theater in New York City. He has worked with avant-garde companies such as Mabou Mines, Anonymous Ensemble, and Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco, and completed a directing internship with Kenny Leon Productions. He studied theater at UCLA and LAMDA and is completing his directing MFA at Columbia under the guidance of professors Anne Bogart and Brian Kulick. He loves embodying great writing – Far Away by Caryl Churchill, for example.