and she would stand like this

Monday, 20th January 2020

7pm - Alex Theatre

by HARRISON DAVID RIVERS

Directed by JENNIFER SARAH DEAN

Featuring

MARTY ALIX, BENJI BLOWERS, BAILEE-ROSE FARNHAM, JUAN GOMEZ, JAMES MAJOOS, MAMA ALTO, ANDREA MENDEZ, VANESSA MENJIVAR, MICHELLE PERERA, RICHARD TAKI

Assistant Director and Stage Directions: SHAMITA SIVA

And She Would Stand Like This is an adaptation of Euripides’ The Trojan Women with inspiration from Jennie Livingston’s seminal ball culture documentary Paris is Burning. Set in a hospital waiting room during a mysterious plague, the play is a modern observation of HIV/AIDS and re-contextualizes the Greek characters as Queer bodies of colour fighting for survival.

Part of Antipodes Theatre Company's Ricochet Reading Series in collaboration with Alex Theatre, St. Kilda – presenting free public readings of plays that have yet to be seen on Australian stages, followed by a discussion about the material.

harrison david rivers

**Harrison David Rivers** (Playwright) is the winner of the 2018 Relentless Award for his play *the bandaged place* (New York Stage & Film). Selected plays and musicals: *When Last We Flew* (GLAAD Media Award, NYFringe Excellence in Playwriting Award), *Sweet* (AUDELCO nomination for Best Play), *Where Storms Are Born* (Berkshire Theatre Award nomination for Best New Play, Edgerton Foundation New Play Award), *Five Points* (MN Theatre Award for Exceptional New Work, BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Award for Best New Work), and *This Bitter Earth* (MN Theatre Award for Exceptional New Work, Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Production). Harrison was the 2016 Playwright-in-Residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and is an alum of the Public Theater's Emerging Writers' Group.

jennifer sarah dean

Jennifer Sarah Dean (Director) trained at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. She is the artistic director for the Melbourne Shakespeare Company and has directed 8 productions for them including The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night. Jennifer’s other credits include Ghost Stories (National Tour), The Haunting (The Atheneum), Travesties (45 Downstairs), Festen (Ripponlea Manor House) and Tape (Courthouse). Next up, Jennifer will be directing As You Like It with performances 7th - 22nd of March.