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Brighton Beach Project
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In June 2012 three Russian-speaking playwrights went to live in Brighton Beach to explore a world made up of emigrants who fled the former Soviet Union and formed their own community on the Brooklyn shorefront. The playwrights were accompanied by Elyse Dodgson, International Director of the Royal Court Theatre, London, who grew up in Brighton Beach; Ramin Gray, Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company, UK; and poet and translator Sasha Dugdale. The resulting plays, after an initial presentation at the Segal Center, are now presented at the Public Theatre as full readings: Black Body, by Mikhail Durnenkov, Russia, translated by Rory Mullarkey; Emigrants, by Pavel Pryazhko, Belarus (both directed by Ramin Gray); and Place, by Natal’ya Vorozhbit, Ukraine (both translated by Sasha Dugdale). The plays shine startling lights on Brighton Beach and its residents’ attitudes toward being new Americans.
Presented by The Public Theater in collaboration with Actor’s Touring Company, UK (with Elyse Dodgson, International Director, Royal Court Theatre, London), CEC ArtsLink, with support from the Segal Theatre Center. The entire development of this project was made possible by the generous support of the Genesis Foundation. Special thanks for the additional support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.