CORIOLANUS:
A BENEFIT STAGED READING
Directed & Adapted by Elizabeth Dinkova
JULY 2ND, 2024 @ LA MAMA Shares*, NYC
*LA MAMA Shares provides theatre space for non curated productions
Coriolanus was first conceived and produced in Shakespeare in the Woods' 2022 Season. This 2024 one night only Benefit Staged Reading remounted Elizabeth Dinkova's stirring adaptation with the expansive, immersive original soundscape by Anaís Azul. Featuring an all femme and non-binary cast, the story is conceptualized as occurring in our modern moment, as a retelling of the story about the fall of a controversial Roman hero through the eyes of his wife Virgilia in the context of an asylum interview.
CAST
(top row)
Frances Inés Rodriguez (they/them) - BRUTUS
Nemuna Ceesay* (she/her) - MENENIUS
Katharine Maness^ (they/them) - ASYLUM OFFICER/CORIOLANUS
Anaís Azul^ (they/them) - VIRGILIA
(bottom row)
Nicole Villamil* (she/her) - SICINIUS
Thi Le* (she/her) - CITIZEN/SENATOR
Raghad Makhlouf (she/her) - VOLUMNIA
Paula Sim*^ (she/her) - AUFIDIUS
^2022 original production cast member
*Member of Actors' Equity Association. We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS, SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear in this program
PRODUCTION
Elizabeth Dinkova (she/her) - Director and Adapter
Beatrice Feldbush (she/her) - Stage Manager
Anaís Azul (they/them) - Composer and Sound Designer
Katharine Maness (they/them) - Producing Artistic Director
Roberto Di Donato (he/they/el/elle) - Collaborative Producer
