Marion Schoevaert (Director), Danny Bryck (Director), Young Cheong (Projection Director), Oscar Castillo (Photographer), Irina Patkanian (Documentary Film Director) Hussein Smko (Choreography), Rude Mechanical Orchestra (Music) and Ali Andre Ali, Heather Holmes, Aaron Michael Zook, Crystal Marie Stewart, and Mari Vial-Golden. Based on “PAPERS” by Violaine Schwartz, translated by Christine Gutman (Fern Books).
HOME/LAND examines the United States’ divided political climate around immigration, as well as the lived experiences of immigrants. Performers embody chanting protestors, immigration officers conducting interrogations, and refugees recounting real-life stories. This joyful and powerful theatrical performance is led by the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, and culminates in a dance, as images of New Yorkers and refugees are displayed on surrounding buildings and banners. By blurring the lines between demonstration and performance, opposition and support, refugee and citizen, HOME/LAND presents a face-to-face confrontation with the struggle for the right to live in a new home / land.
Supported by NYSCA and FACE Contemporary Theater, a program of Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States, Washington Square Park Conservancy and PSC-CUNY Research Award Program.
