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Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Bowie in Warsaw at Bohemian National Hall

Dates: (6/2/2023 - 6/3/2023 )

Theatre:

Bohemian National Hall


321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
New York, 10021

Phone: 212-788-1733

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The women of Warsaw tremble with the rumor of a strangler on the prowl. Behind their fear, unspoken secrets and traumas begin to surface. Set in the landscape of a true crime story from 1970s Poland, Bowie in Warsaw is an absurd comedy about the repression of self-expression and love in the Soviet era. Playwright Dorota Maslowska constructs a fantastical and baroque world to be one day visited by none other than David Bowie himself.

Bowie in Warsaw (2021), Poland/US. Presented by: Trap Door Theatre, Chicago. US premiere.
Playwright: Dorota Maslowska. Directed by: Pawel Swiatek.

Translation: Soren Gauger. Stage manager: Anna Klos. Scenic design: Merje Veske. Lighting design: Richard Norwood. Costume design: Rachel Sypniewski. Original music, sound design: Danny Rockett. Makeup, hair design: Syd Genco. Dramaturgy: Milan Pribisic. Dramaturgy intern: Emily Townley. Production intern: Tom McLees. Graphic design: Michal Janicki.

Running time: 95 min. Language: English.

The performance is followed by a talkback. 

Free and open to the public. Suggested donation $10. Seats are limited, on first-come, first-served basis. Online registration through Eventbrite is required.

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The 2023 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Anew is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, GOH Productions, Trap Door Theatre, Centre of Jewish Culture ŠTETL, Jan Mocek, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, Palissimo Company, and Romanian Cultural Institute.

The program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague, and Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

Cast and Creative team for Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Bowie in Warsaw at Bohemian National Hall

Cast

Holly Cerney

HOLLY CERNEY has been "Trapped" since 2004 when she baed her way to the infamous black box as a cello playing sheep in Garden of Delights. Fifteen shows and six tours later, her favorite roles include Eva in Eva Peron, The Wife in Horses at the Window, Sister Ana in John Doe, and Genevieve in Me Too, I am Catherine Denuve. She served as Development Director from 2008-2015 and has managed the website from 2015 to present. Appearances on other Chicago stages are numerous and appreciated, most recently as The Chef in the Cabinet of Curiosity's Sea Change. Born as a wolf child in Alaska, Holly has gradually been domesticated in Chicago over the past 25 years, daylighting as an academic librarian at Depaul University, at home where she plays the greatest role as the mother of Brock and Alice, and as partner to Matt who has made her time on the stage possible.


Emily Lotspeich

EMILY LOTSPEICH is no a fool; she is thrilled to be returning to the Trap Door stage. As a proud Trap Door Theatre Company Member, some of her favorite Trap acting credits include Monsieur D'eon is a Woman, Sad Happy Sucker, Phaedra, Fantasy Island For Dummies, and AmeriKafka... with Director credits for Universal Wolf, Tango and Reality Theatre.


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