The Chechens
written by Phillip Christian Smith
directed by Tess Howsam
ECC is entering her sixth year of producing exciting new work! And this summer is no different. Four new plays created in response to the theme "This Is A Distraction" explore issues of identity in a world that is constantly changing. Inspired by the 24-hr news cycle, "This Is A Distraction" calls on it's artists to explore different identities through visual and performance art at a time when "difference" receives polarizing reactions.
The four plays will run in rep as a part of Exquisite Corpse Company's IFACP Raw Residency at at The Parlour in NYC. With a visual art gallery open to the public before performances, both visual and performance artists share what distraction looks like through their art.
produced by
Liz Frost
casting director/program director
Blaire O'Leary
technical director
Lee Collins
stage manager
E. K. Quinn
set design by
Sonya Plenefisch
lighting design by
Lizzie Mahoney
costume design by
Adrianna Covone
dramaturgy
Julia Sears
visual art design by
Andrea Caldarise
Laurel Adams
Lillian Henehan & Justine Marosi
Rachel Long
Matt Chalk
Lavinia Roberts
featuring Ruslana Sokolovskaya, Tatyana Kot, Alen Klapija, Ivica Marc, and Polina Ionina