(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling at AnomalousCo

Held Over by Popular Demand - Twelve Actresses from Ten Countries Lead Urgent Protest Performance of “(Beyond) Doomsday Scrolling” at American Theatre of Actors February 14-23, 2025

Due to popular demand, the predominantly queer-woman-led, immigrant, multigenerational, feminist theatre ensemble AnomalousCo extends their acclaimed run of “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling” - an original part theater/part protest piece about women, war, displacement, and resistance. Collectively created over three years and directed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva, “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling,” continues at American Theatre of Actors from February 14-23, 2025.

“(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling” traces a single day in the life of twelve women fleeing different wars, from different countries and eras, and taking shelter together in an abandoned theater: a microcosm of intercultural conflict, friendship, violence, and resilience. 

Embodying the war stories of their own female ancestors, twelve actresses from ten countries: Ukraine, Russia, Cuba, Poland, Iceland, Turkey, Moldova, China, Italy, and the USA, weaves through the global landscape of systemic aggression, exploring themes of resilience, capitulation, submission, compassion fatigue and collective fear. 

Speaking in twelve languages, and allowing understanding to arise from the inherent power of empathy, “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling” bears witness to the power of collective female resistance in the face of patriarchal violence - reframing the narrative of power.

“(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling is the most genuinely, completely political theater I have ever seen. And quite possibly one of the most important pieces too.” – Outer-Stage

“Brilliantly directed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva. “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling” powerfully demonstrates art - and the voices of women everywhere, from across time and distance. – Arts Independent

“Deeply powerful. My heart broke almost immediately for all of the generations of women before me and the girls whose futures are already taken from them.” – Theatre Beyond Broadway

WHEN: 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 14
6:00 p.m. Sunday, February 16

8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 20

8:00 p.m. Friday, February 21
8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 22

6:00 p.m. Sunday, February 23

WHERE: John Cullum Stage at American Theatre of Actors, 314 W. 54th Street, New York, New York 10019
HOW MUCH:  $35 (first 10 tickets for each performance are $20, first come first served)