War & Mercy - 10/24

 War & Mercy by Regina Robbins

November 5, 7PMCloud City, WilliamsburgPay what you can at the door

Join us for a workshopped reading of this new play that explores when it’s time to take up arms to defend our rights, our personal duty to justice, and the cost of violence. Weaving verse written by Mercy Otis Warren through her modern dialogue play, Regina Robbins leaves us pondering the layers of revolution that have come before.

Directed by Sofia Ubilla. Featuring Gabrielle Laurendine, Madeline Egan Addis, Miguel A Faña, Gagarin, Monica Rounds, Leticia Diaz, Desirée Baxter, Michael Quattrone, Jory Murphy, Dorothea Gloria, and Royston Scott.

Last year's first public reading of War & Mercy

Cloud City - 85 N 1st St, BrooklynTake the L train to Bedford Ave or the G to Metropolitan 

What is The Legacy Commission? 

Each year, the Expand the Canon Reading Committee reads hundreds of plays by women. Some are wonderful (and now featured on the 

Expand the Canon list

). Some are bad. Many are worthy but imperfect. Mercy Otis Warren's The Ladies of Castile is one of those play. Hedgepig pairs contemporary women playwrights with these plays, asking writers to loosely adapt the text. We're thrilled by what Regina Robbins has created and delighted to uplift Ms. Warren's largely forgotten work. 

 Questions? Email Emily or Shannon. We can't wait to raise a glass and dive into these texts with our community! 

Expand the Canon is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program), and the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).