A new play written and composed by Shira Nayman and Ben Moore, adapted from Nayman’s collection of short stories, Awake in the Dark, will be an exclusive two show run, benefitting, First Unitarian Congregational Society, in Downtown Brooklyn.

This theatre concert work, explores one woman’s experience of the personal impact of secrets and hidden pain born of collective, socio-historical trauma. As we accompany Christiane on her journey, we glimpse the ways in which repression of historical truth can weave into the self and the redemptive power of reckoning with the past.

CREATIVE TEAM

Bill Barclay – Director

Trey Tetreault and Shira Nayman – Producers

Shira Nayman – Playwright

Ben Moore – Composer

Dawn Reed – Stage Manager

Daniel Prosky – Set Designer

CAST

Merritt Jansen – Hilde

Juliana Sass – Christiane

MUSICIANS

Todd Palmer – Clarinet

Jack Kessler – Viola

Nathaniel LaNasa – Piano