End of the Line

An Irons in the Fire Project

March 22, 2022 @ 4:00pm

Written by Bleu Beckford-Burrell
Directed by Chika V. Ike

This venue is wheelchair accessible.
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Synopsis

End Of The Line is a play in three parts and a journey through modern time. It honors the people of a community, whose bond of land and space can be felt over time and ultimately questions what is ownership of space and who gets to claim it.

Performed By

Bleu Beckford-Burrell
Deonna Bouye
Christin Eve Cato
Erin Cherry
Naomi Lorrain
Robert Manning Jr.
Cesar J. Rosado
Matthew Russell
Terrell Wheeler

Stage Manager: Hannah Sgambellone 

Playwright

BLEU BECKFORD-BURRELL [she/her] is a first-generation Jamaican-American actor/playwright. Born and raised in New York City, she works for non-profit organizations where she teaches acting to teens, as well as writing and directing plays. She is the 2021 Playwriting Fellow at Page 73, 2018 Yale Drama Series Award Runner Up, The Playwrights Realm 2018-19 Fellow, a 2020 Page73 Fellowship Finalist. Her plays include P.S.365 —2019 O’Neill Finalist, showcased in EST workshop series and The National Black Theatre —Keep the Soul Alive reading series. Lyons Pride –-Ink’d Festival of New Plays, EST Bloodwork Reading Series, Finalist for: 2018 PWC New Voices Fellowship, 2018 BAPF, 2018 Princess Grace Award; 2020 Arnold Weissberger Award Nominee, 2019 Honorable Mention for The Kilroys, and longlisted 2018 Theatre503 Award. M.F.A. Rutgers University. www.BleuBeckford.com

Director

CHIKA V. IKE [she/her] is a New York and Chicago based theatre director drawn to epic stories that explore identity and human connection (or disconnection).  Recent work includes Kentucky, A Swell in the Ground (The Gift Theatre), Franklinland (Jackalope Theatre Company), Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea (First Floor theatre), No Child (Red Tape Theatre). She has also worked with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Playmakers Repertory Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens, About Face Theatre Company, Chicago Inclusion Initiative, and Chicago Dramatists.

As an Assistant Director, she has worked with Daniel Sullivan on Macbeth starring Frances McDormand, Liesl Tommy on the remounting of Eclipsed at the Curran, and Lisa Peterson on the world premiere of It Can’t Happen Here. Most recently she assisted Rachel Chavkin on the the world premiere of Dave' Malloy’s musical reckoning Moby Dick at ART. She is a proud ensemble member of The Gift Theatre Company, and Artistic Producer of the 4802 new play development residency. New York Drama League Directing Fellowship, the 2016 SDCF Gielgud Directing Fellowship, the 2017 Bret C. Harte Directing Fellowship, SDCF Observership Class of 2017, and was part of the 2015 Victory Gardens Directors Initiative.

Poster Art by Sean Devare
Photography by Valerie Terranova