Mabou Mines Development Foundation Inc

MABOU MINES IS AN ARTIST-DRIVEN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER COLLECTIVE GENERATING ORIGINAL WORKS AND RE-IMAGINED ADAPTATIONS OF CLASSICS. WORK IS CREATED THROUGH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, TECHNOLOGICALLY INVENTIVE COLLABORATIONS AMONG ITS MEMBERS AND A WIDE WORLD OF CONTEMPORARY FILMMAKERS, COMPOSERS, WRITERS, MUSICIANS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, PUPPETEERS AND VISUAL ARTISTS. MABOU MINES FOSTERS THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND RESIDENCIES SUCH AS THE LONG-STANDING RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAM FOR EMERGING ARTISTS, AND SUITE/SPACE FOR DIVERSE ARTISTS FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

IN FY23 MABOU MINES MOUNTED TWO PRODUCTIONS AND HOSTED TWO PROGRAMS FOR EARLY CAREER ARTISTS AS WELL AS DEVELOPED SEVERAL PROJECTS FOR UPCOMING PREMIERES.IN AUGUST 2022, MABOU MINES PREPARED FOR THE REMOUNT OF MUD/DROWNING BY MARIA IRENE FORNES, DIRECTED BY JOANNE AKALAITIS AND MUSIC BY PHILIP GLASS. MUD/DROWNING STAGED TWO OF FORNES PLAYS WITH DROWNING AS AN OPERA ADAPTION. PERFORMANCES BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 AND RAN THROUGH OCTOBER 9, 2022 FOR 15 PERFORMANCES. SUITE/SPACE BEGAN PERFORMANCES ON DECEMBER 4, 2022 AND RAN THROUGH DECEMBER 8, 2022 OF FOUR ARTISTS ORIGINAL WORK: GLENN POTTER TAKATA PERFORMED YONSEI; MARY PRESCOTT PERFORMED TIDA; SHANTELLE COURVOISIER JACKSON PERFORMED AMERICAN GHOUL AND SIM YAN YING YY DIRECTED AND DEVISED WHERE ARE YOU? (NEW YORK). THE PROGRAM CREATES A FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE WITH TWO SHOWS ROTATING EACH NIGHT FOR FOUR NIGHTS TOTALLING 12 PERFORMANCES. MABOU MINES VICKSBURG PROJECT PREMIERED AT HARLEM STAGE ON JANUARY 12, 2022 AND RAN THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2023. THIS NEW MUSIC THEATRE PIECE, VICKSBURG PROJECT, WAS WRITTEN BY KAREN KANDEL, MUSIC BY EVE BEGLARIAN, AND DIRECTED BY MALLORY CATLETT. THE PIECE FOLLOWED THE LIVES OF WOMEN IN VICKSBURG MS OVER 150 YEARS.FOLLOWING A SIX-MONTH RESIDENCE, MABOU MINES HOSTED THREE RESIDENT ARTISTS WORK: JOVON OUTLAWS HUMAN | HUMANE, LYDIA JIALU LIS EYE EYE EYE ????, AND SARAH FINNS OUR BODIES LIKE DAMS. PERFORMANCES BEGAN ON JUNE 8 AND RAN THROUGH JUNE 10 WITH TWO ROTATING SHOWS PER NIGHT. MABOU MINES BEGAN DEVELOPMENT ON SEVERAL NEW WORKS: BARCELONA MAP OF SHADOWS, AN OPERA ADAPTATION OF A PLAY BY SPANISH PLAYWRIGHT LLUISSA CUNILLE, DIRECTED BY MALLORY CATLETT, MUSIC COMPOSED BY MIKA KARLSSON AND DRAMATURG ANTON PUJOL. ALSO IN DEVELOPMENT, ETUDES BY CARL HANCOCK RUX WITH JOCELYN CLARKE AS DRAMATURG. BOTH PRODUCTIONS ARE SET TO PREMIER IN FY25.