The reviews are in!
“...a thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking play, mixing elements of realism with dance and stylized movement to create a piece that is wholly within its own hybrid Anthropologists genre.” - nytheatre.com
The company has effectively resurrected a lost revolution from New York’s past and given it a chance to shine in such a way that it will never be forgotten again. - OffOffOnline
Give Us Bread
Conceived by: The Anthropologists
Written & Directed by:
Melissa Fendell Moschitto
Featuring performances by:
Jean Goto, Jennifer Griffee, Jennifer Moses, Shayna Padovano, Katy Rubin, Sonja Sweeney
Stage Manager: Brandi Klein
Scenic Designer: Maggie Pilat
Lighting Designer: Andrew J. Merkel
Costume & Props Designer: Alexandra Rubin
Assistant Costume Designer: Sarah Biesinger
Light Board Operator: Josh Lucero
Dramaturg: Louise Gough
Press Representative: Marcy Clark
About The Play
In February 1917, prices for basic food items rose dramatically. Unable and unwilling to pay prices that had nearly doubled, ordinary women banded together to enforce neighborhood boycotts that soon erupted into full-scale riots. Through their courage, similar movements spread across the country. Two weeks later, food prices dropped.
As today’s food prices creep upward, food riots are happening all over the modern world. Using 1917 as a lens, we will examine today’s globally-scaled food crisis.
Check out a clip of the show on YouTube!
Developmental History
• September 2008 - Residency at the Abrons Arts Center
•October, 2008 - Staged reading in Washington Heights (supported by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance)
•December 2008 - Workshop performance at BAX, Park Slope, Brooklyn
• March 2009 - Workshop at NYU
•April 2009 - Staged Reading @ The Tenement Museum
•June 5-21, 2009 - Full Production @ The Milagro Theater (CSV)
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
CULTURAL & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Action Center to End World Hunger
Educational Alliance
Hazon
Jewish Fund for Justice
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy
Manhattan Borough President’s Office
The Museum at Eldridge Street
The New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Seven Stories Press
The Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
The Tenement Museum
PAST PERFORMANCES
- 2010 Berkshire Fringe
-Mayor Bloomberg’s 6th Annual Immigrant Heritage Week (2010)
-2009 Keynote Performance at Hofstra University’s Day of Dialogue
Give Us Bread performed at the 2010 Berkshire Fringe. Read the reviews!
The Valley Advocate Gail Sez
l to r: Sonja Sweeney, Katy Rubin, Shayna Padovano, Jennifer Griffee and Jean Goto
l to r: Shayna Padovano, Sonja Sweeney and Jennifer Griffee
Jennifer Moses as Marie Ganz
Jennifer Moses (l) as Daughter and Jennifer Griffee (r) as Mother
Jennifer Griffee as Elizabeth Broslin
Katy Rubin as Rivka
Shayna Padovano as Concetta
Sonja Sweeney as Hannah
Jean Goto as Jenny
Photos from our Open Rehearsal at the Abrons Arts Center, September 13, 2008.
Actors: Jean Goto, Jennifer Griffee, Jennifer Moses, Shayna Padovano,
Connie Rotunda, Katy Rubin and Sonja Sweeney
Photos courtesy of Kim Nora.
Photos from our workshop performance at BAX, December 19-20, 2009. Photos courtesy of Nevil Jackson. Costumes by Jane Marquis-Wilson. Lighting design by Carl Wiemann.
Photos from the full production at the Milagro Theater (CSV). Photos courtesy Kim-Nora Moses.
