Photos: First Look at ALL THE MOURNFUL VOICES at Forgotten Works

INVULNERABLE NOTHINGS production of Matthew Gasda's new play All the Mournful Voices opens on April 15 and coincides with the 157th anniversary of President Lincoln's assassination, a major subject of the work. The site-responsive immersive production runs through April 29 at Forgotten Works in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The company's Facilitating Director C.C. Kellogg, directs the World Premiere.

April 17, 1865. Easter Sunday. The weekend of Lincoln's assassination. Three men reel and rage together in a tavern. A stranger's unexpected arrival sparks suspicion, reflection, and something mysteriously cosmic. All the Mournful Voices is a purgatorial bar play that focuses on the death of Abraham Lincoln and examines inherited cultural legacies of violence and loss.

The production is staged in an intimate, immersive style and features Charlie Munn (The Maids/Intar), George Olesky (Titus Andronicus/Bedlam), Derrick Peterson (Kafka's Quest/Theater For the New City), Jake Austin Robertson (MADMAN/United Solo), and Christian Stevenson (Vacancies/The Gallery Players).

All The Mournful Voices also features costume design by Beau Watson, environmental sets and lighting from Margot Mayer, and photography/visual process capture by Jordan Tiberio. The creative team is intentionally composed entirely of women and non-binary individuals to more fully explore the performatively masculine world of the paly.

All the Mournful Voices runs April 15 - April 29 with shows on Tuesday - Saturday at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. Performances take place at Forgotten Works, 46 Bridge Street (between Water and Plymouth), Brooklyn NY 11201. Subways: A/C train to High Street, a 3 block walk from the F train at York Street. Tickets are $26 . Running time: 1:15. More information available at https://www.invulnerablenothings.com.

Matthew Gasda (playwright) is a playwright, director, and teacher. His work can be found regularly in unusual spaces throughout New York City; plays include Denmark, Ardor, Messages, and Dime Square. He directed Invulnerable Nothings' inaugural production of Howard Brenton's Bloody Poetry in 2016. Upcoming projects include a May production of Minotaur at Forgotten Works.

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