Bay Street Theater and Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the first ever summer intern production, OBAMA-OLOGY by Aurin Squire, directed by Bay Street's Directing/Producing intern Shea King and starring Bay Street Theater's 2018 Acting Apprentices. This production will run as the first show ever directed, produced, designed, and acted entirely by the summer intern company at Bay Street Theater. Performances run from August 9 - 11, 2018, with twilight performances at 4 pm. Tickets are $12 or $10 for students (available at the Box Office only, with student ID.)
In OBAMA-OLOGY, African-American college graduate Warren is hired by the 2008 Obama campaign and lands in the streets of East Cleveland. Somewhere between knocking on doors, fending off cops, and questioning his own racial and sexual identity, he learns that changing society isn't as easy as he imagined. OBAMA-OLOGY is a compelling exploration of life on a political campaign.OBAMA-OLOGY is a recent work by playwright Aurin Squire (Don't Smoke in Bed, NBC's This Is Us.) Other members of the creative team include Bay Street Theater interns Madeline Dozat (Scenic Designer), Meredith Platt (Associate Scenic Designer/Scenic Change Artist), Blaine Shepherd (Costume Designer), Kyli Mikai Warner (Associate Costume Designer), Ethan Sepa (Lighting Designer/Projections Designer), Joseph Fisher (Associate Lighting Designer/Master Electrician), Anthony Lefebvre (Associate Projections Designer), Maria-Ray Ossino (Technical Director), Alex Brock (Sound Designer), Katie Wasicko (Wardrobe Supervisor), Lindsay Hearon (Prop Designer/Props Master), Antonio Ribeiro(Master Carpenter), and Terysa Malootian (Stage Manager/Production Manager). Other interns working on the production include Ally Gray(Associate Producer), Salvatore Casto (Dramaturge), Megan Turner (House Manager), Carlisle Shelson (Box Office) and Phillip Young (Marketing Director).
OBAMA-OLOGY stars Bay Street Theater's first ever acting apprentices Anthony Sims as Warren, Cici Koueth as Cece/Barbara/Ensemble, Lewis Elliott as Sam/Ensemble, and Kara Arena as Laura/Ensemble.
"This year, Bay Street has greatly expanded our summer internship program, offering our interns new educational and professional training programs as part of their experience here," says Bay Street Artistic Director Scott Schwartz, "The centerpiece of this newly enhanced program is a production that is completely created and run by our intern company. It is a significant opportunity for them to continue to develop their skills, and an exciting chance for our audience to be introduced to the thrilling next generation of artists and theater practitioners who are a part of the Bay Street family this summer."Aurin Squire is an award-winning playwright, journalist, multimedia artist, and current resident of New York City. Squire is a Julliard graduate and has also worked as a reporter for publications like ESPN, The Miami Herald, and Chicago Tribune. His dark comedy To Whom It May Concern won New York LGBT theatre awards for best play, best playwright, and best actor before being optioned and remounted off-Broadway to critical acclaim at the Arclight Theatre. Squire also wrote Dreams of Freedom, the multimedia installation video about Jewish immigrants in the 20th century for the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. "Dreams" won 3 national museum awards and is in the permanent exhibit at NMAJH. In 2013, his drama Freefalling was produced at Barrington Stage Company and won the 2013 Fiat Lux Award (Let There Be Light) from the Catholic Church's Theatre Conference. In 2014, Squire won the grand prize in the InspiraTO Theatre's International Play Festival in Toronto (largest theatre festival in Canada) for Freefalling. His plays have been produced at venues like Abingdon Theatre, ArcLight Theatre, Ars Nova, Barrington Stage Company, Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), Cherry Lane, Lincoln Center Lab, National Hispanic Cultural Center. Squire works as a video writer/producer for media organizations like Learn Liberty. He has also worked as a journalist at publications like The New Republic, Talking Points Memo, and Take Part. Squire has worked as a writer for the new CBS political satire BrainDead, the legal drama The Good Fight and the family drama This is Us. Shea King is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and holds an MFA in directing from the University of Idaho.Public funding is provided by Suffolk County.
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