Trista Baldwin's 'Sand' Premieres February 1 Off-Bway

Sand, a new play by Trista Baldwin directed by Daniella Topol, about three young American soldiers in a wind-swept, ever-shifting Middle East desert, will have its world premiere at Women's Project, Julie Crosby, Artistic Director, when previews begin Friday, February 1 at 8PM for an opening Sunday, February 10 at 7PM at the Julia Miles Theater (424 West 55th Street).

"Through Sand, Baldwin explores the current American crisis of spirit. Alone in the middle of a desert, three young American soldiers are ordered to guard an abandoned gas station. Trapped in a confusing, boring, often terrifying occupation, the three confront powers foreign and domestic, secular and divine, real and imagined," explain press notes.

Cast in Sand are Alec Beard (Roundabout's Tartuffe, Public's As You Like It, Playwrights Horizon's A Feminine Ending), Angela Lewis (Cherry Lane's HooDoo Love) and Pedro Pascal (Public's Macbeth, Terrance McNally's Some Men).

The designers for Sand are Anita Fuchs, sets, Clint Ramos, costumes, Traci Klainer, lights and Daniel Baker, Sound

Baldwin lives in Minneapolis where she is a professor of play writing at St. Cloud State University. Her work has been produced and developed around the country by groups including New Georges, HERE, Urban Stages, The Guthrie, The Production Company, and HB Playwrights' Foundation. Recent projects include Doe at the Tokyo International Festival, Falling Up at Perishable Theatre Company in Providence and Patty Red Pants at Seattle's Live Girls!. Her work is published through Playscripts and Heinnemann. She is the recipient of two recent Jerome Fellowships and a 2006-07 McKnight Advancement Grant.

Director Daniella Topol's directing has focused primarily on new writers and new plays. New York productions include Sheila Callaghan's Dead City at New Georges, Zakiyyah Alexander's Sick at the Summer Play Festival and Snow Queen at Urban Stages. Ms. Topol is a member of the Women's Project Directors Lab

 

Tickets for Sand are $42; Member Tickets $15. Click www.Telecharge.com, call 212.239.6200. To become a WP member, click www.WomensProject.org or call the Members Hotline at 212.765.2105. Sand performs Tuesdays evenings at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00pm, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm at the Julia Miles Theater, 424 West 55th Street.

Photo by Carol Rosegg: (l-r) Pedro Pascal, Angela Lewis and Alec Beard