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Acting Thesis: Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven


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By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Lisa Benavides

Showtimes
Thursday, November 3 @ 7:30 PM
Friday, November 4 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 5 @ 2 PM
Saturday, November 5 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 6 @ 2 PM

Columbia University School of the Arts presents the MFA Acting class of 2023 in Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven.

18 raucous women, one goat, and the relentless presence of the Upper West Side’s residents are just a few layers to Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven. Through a series of explosive exchanges, this play shows the effects of displacement on a group of women seeking refuge at Hope House, a government-funded shelter. Within these walls, tension builds as relationships evolve. This production questions which individuals are left out of society’s fabric. And how do they persevere in a system that works against them?

RUN TIME

2 Hours and 30 Minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

CONTENT WARNING 

Please be aware that this production contains the following content:

  • Graphic/Explicit Violence towards women and people of color

  • Graphic Violence towards animals

  • Self Harm & Suicide

  • Graphic / Violent Death

  • Hate Speech & Extreme Bigoted Sentiments

  • Rape, Sexual Assault, & Harassment

  • Abuse, Slurs

  • Graphic Bodily Fluids

  • Transphobia/violence against the trans community


FEATURING

Katherine George - SARGE
Tenneh Sillah - LITTLE MELBA DIAZ
Mazvita Chanakira - WANDA WHEELS
Daphne Kinard - TAINA
Caroline Pitts - BELLA
Zachary Roa - VENUS RAMIREZ
Rebecca Ho - MISS RIVER
Adebowale Adebiyi - MR. MOBO
Trí Lê - JOEY FRESCO
Kyle McClellan - NICKY / DETECTIVE SULLIVAN
Josh C. Thomas - FATHER MIGUEL
Tiffany McLarty - MUNCHIES 
Sarah Chalfie - ROCKAWAY ROSIE
Britta Kuhn - BETTY WOODS
Veda Baldota - HAPPY MEAL SONIA
Alecsys Proctor-Turner - QUEEN SUGAR
Aaron Joseph - MATEO
Mollee Barse - JENIFER

PRODUCTION TEAM & CREW

Lisa Benavides-Nelson (Director)
Jacqueline Holloway (Fight/Intimacy Supervisor) 
Sita Mani (Somatic & Movement Coach) 
Gianna Durante (Stage Manager) 
Paola Solis-Ramirez (Assistant Stage Manager) 
Zoe Feng (Assistant Stage Manager) 
Rachel Dozier-Ezell (Costume Designer and Costume Shop Supervisor) 
Matt Coggins (Sound Designer)
Britta Kuhn (Production Resources Manager) 
Andreea Mincic (Set Designer) 
Liz Schweitzer (Lighting Designer)
Liv Rigdon (Props Designer) 
Zhiwei Ma (General Manager) 
Chaz Coberly (Company Manager)

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