DAnceNationby Clare Barron
directed by Angela Brazil presented in rotating rep. with YOU GOT OLDER |
"BEAUTIFULLY POIGNANT"
-The Providence Journal "EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES"
-Broadway World RI "A VISCERAL AND EXPLOSIVE EXPLORATION OF ADOLESCENCE"
-Motif Magazine "MARVELOUS"
-Beacon Communications |
"A beautifully poignant, vibrant piece that anyone who survived adolescence can understand."
- The Providence Journal
- The Providence Journal
DANCE NATION
by Clare Barron, directed by Angela Brazil
by Clare Barron, directed by Angela Brazil
November 21 - December 22
presented in rotating rep. with You Got Older
Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay. But in Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power.
With a multigenerational cast of women playing our pre-teen heroines, DANCE NATION is surprisingly funny, ambitious, and full of heart.
FINALIST Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2019
With a multigenerational cast of women playing our pre-teen heroines, DANCE NATION is surprisingly funny, ambitious, and full of heart.
FINALIST Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2019
NEWS &REVIEWS
"Dance Nation which runs in repertory with Barron’s You Got Older through December 22 — is a beautifully poignant, vibrant piece that anyone who survived adolescence can understand."
-The Providence Journal
"Each of the cast do marvelous work in this show...a show that empowers women and those that love women, be sure to catch Dance Nation to witness superb acting and direction."
-Theater Mirror
"Dance Nation reminds us that the pressure we put on ourselves and others to make it to the top can exact a heavy cost. Winning can be wonderful, but sacrificing relationships and your soul seem a heavy price to pay for a few
fleeting moments of glory."
-Edge Providence
"Excellent performances... [Angela Brazil] demonstrates an expert ability to guide her actors to the emotional depth and truth of the moment they are playing. She draws some honest and touching performances out of her ensemble, while also creating excellent moments at the other end of the spectrum, the moments of fun, playfulness, and joy."
-Broadway World RI
"Competition, jealousy and uncertainty plague all pre-teen girls, but in few places are they more pronounced than on a competitive dance team. Playwright Clare Barron exploits the tensions teeming within both to craft a visceral and explosive exploration of adolescence in Dance Nation, which the Wilbury Theatre Group is presenting (directed by Angela Brazil) in rep with another Barron play, You Got Older, to create a wholly beautiful and brutal portrait of American girlhood.”
-Motif Magazine
"Clare Barron’s bloody Dance Nation is a frenetic, chaotic look at a troupe of Ohio tweens figuring out their dreams and their bodies. Barron crams a lot into her one-act Pulitzer finalist, and director Angela Brazil keeps the energetic ensemble running and dancing all over the place."
-Law and Order Party
"Excellent performances...Angela Brazil, a member of the Trinity Rep family for over 20 years, directs her first play at Wilbury and does a marvelous job in capturing the author’s many messages."
-Beacon Communications
-The Providence Journal
"Each of the cast do marvelous work in this show...a show that empowers women and those that love women, be sure to catch Dance Nation to witness superb acting and direction."
-Theater Mirror
"Dance Nation reminds us that the pressure we put on ourselves and others to make it to the top can exact a heavy cost. Winning can be wonderful, but sacrificing relationships and your soul seem a heavy price to pay for a few
fleeting moments of glory."
-Edge Providence
"Excellent performances... [Angela Brazil] demonstrates an expert ability to guide her actors to the emotional depth and truth of the moment they are playing. She draws some honest and touching performances out of her ensemble, while also creating excellent moments at the other end of the spectrum, the moments of fun, playfulness, and joy."
-Broadway World RI
"Competition, jealousy and uncertainty plague all pre-teen girls, but in few places are they more pronounced than on a competitive dance team. Playwright Clare Barron exploits the tensions teeming within both to craft a visceral and explosive exploration of adolescence in Dance Nation, which the Wilbury Theatre Group is presenting (directed by Angela Brazil) in rep with another Barron play, You Got Older, to create a wholly beautiful and brutal portrait of American girlhood.”
-Motif Magazine
"Clare Barron’s bloody Dance Nation is a frenetic, chaotic look at a troupe of Ohio tweens figuring out their dreams and their bodies. Barron crams a lot into her one-act Pulitzer finalist, and director Angela Brazil keeps the energetic ensemble running and dancing all over the place."
-Law and Order Party
"Excellent performances...Angela Brazil, a member of the Trinity Rep family for over 20 years, directs her first play at Wilbury and does a marvelous job in capturing the author’s many messages."
-Beacon Communications
PRODUCTION MEDIA
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"A visceral and explosive exploration of adolescence."
-Motif Magazine |
CAST
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CREATIVE TEAM
by Clare Barron
Directed by Angela Brazil Choreography by Jackie Davis Costume Design by Meg Donnelly Set Design by Keri King & Monica Shinn Sound Design by Andy Russ Light Design by Marc Tiberis Asst. Sound Design by Jessica Hawkins Assistant Direction by Erin Cawley Production Photos by Erin X. Smithers Video Shot & Edited by Sarah LaBrosse Stage Management by Maxine Wolfson Stage Management by Devra Levy View the playbill for 2X CLARE BARRON |
*Members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
About Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron
Clare Barron is a New York based playwright. Her play Dance Nation is the recipient of the 2017 Susan Smith Blackburn award, the 2015 Relentless Award, and was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play received its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in May 2018 and had subsequent run at the Almeida Theatre in London. Clare’s play You Got Older (2015 Obie award for Playwriting; nominee for 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play; finalist for the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize) received its world premiere through P73 under the direction of Anne Kauffman and recently ran at Steppenwolf. Her play Baby Screams Miracle was recently produced at Woolly Mammoth, after having premiered as part of Clubbed Thumb’s 2013 SummerWorks Festival. Her play I’ll Never Love Again was produced at the Bushwick Starr in 2016, and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick. Clare is the recipient of the 2014-2015 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award (Vineyard Theater), the 2014 P73 Playwriting Fellowship; she has received Sloan commissions from MTC and EST, and is also under commission to Lincoln Center Theater, and Playwrights Horizons. She was recently staffed on Maria Semple’s upcoming show on HBO, Today Will Be Different, starring Julia Roberts, and is currently developing a project with Gran Via Productions attached for AMC.
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