Thinking Theater NYC

Redeemed Written by Chisa Hutchinson Directed by marcus d. harvey Presented by Contemporary American Theater Festival at 59E59 Theaters 59 E. 59th St., Manhattan, NYC September 15-October 5, 2024 Elizabeth Sun and Doug Harris in Redeemed . Photo by Carol Rosegg. Americans love a good redemption story. We are conditioned, indeed, to expect redemption, according to one of the characters in Chisa Hutchinson's tension-filled, thought-provoking two-hander Redeemed . Impactfully realized through a pair of absorbing and finely shaded performances, Redeemed approaches the possibilities of forgiveness and what it might look like or mean in a way that compellingly intersects with a nexus of personal grief and social hierarchies. The play's current NYC run is part of the second annual AMPLIFY Festival at 59E59 Theaters, which spotlights three original works by the same playwright across 59E59's three stages. This year, AMPLIFY features the NYC premieres of a trio of works from the ...

The Bleeding Class Written by Chisa Hutchinson Directed by Cezar Williams Presented by Undiscovered Works with Executive Producers Ruth & William Isenberg and Leah S. Abrams at 59E59 Theaters 59 E 59 St., Manhattan, NYC August 13-September 1, 2024 Reginald L. Barnes and Tamar Lopez in The Bleeding Class . Photo by Jennifer Dean Even in times when there is no public health emergency, it is clear that capitalism concerns itself with human health only insofar as it affects productivity and profit; any doubts to this effect that anyone may have harbored should have been erased in the recent pandemic, amidst open discussions about the levels and demographics of acceptable sacrifices of human life to "the economy." The pandemic also rendered transparent on a national stage–if, again, anyone had any doubts–the ways in which the harmful effects of neoliberal capitalism's exploitation of life and labor fall unequally across hierarchized lines of race, class, gender, and sexual...