Legitime

An Irons in the Fire Project

September 14, 2023 @ 4:30pm
ART/NY Spaces@520, Studio E - 520 8th Avenue, 3rd Fl, New York, NY 10018

by Zachariah Ezer
Directed by Dominique Rider

Synopsis

Louisiana. 1972. When Black whiskey magnate Jonah Dost dies under mysterious circumstances, his three daughters and their partners are forced to descend on the family’s dilapidated Victorian mansion and come together to prevent their mother from disinheriting them and taking control of the family business with her new white lover. As this adaptation of Electra unfolds, alliances are formed, relationships are tested, and the very meaning of what is owed to the next generation is put into question.

Performed By

Erin Cherry
Zachary A. Myers
Denise Manning
Han Van Sciver
Lee LeBreton
Cloteal L. Horne
Ariel Pacheco

Stage Manager: Hannah Sgambellone

Playwright

ZACHARIAH EZER [he/him]  is a playwright whose work animates theoretical quandaries through dramaturgical forms. His plays include "Address the Body!" (The University of Texas at Austin UTNT Festival, The Echo Theater Company's National Young Playwrights in Residence), The Freedom Industry (The Playwrights Center, New York Stage & Film), An Unclear World (Hi-ARTS), and Black Women in Tech (The Fire This Time Festival), among others. He is currently a Core Apprentice at The Playwrights Center and under commission from Theater J. MFA: UT Austin (2023). BA: Wesleyan University.. longdaymodern.com

Director

DOMINIQUE RIDER is a Brooklyn based director whose work seeks to answer the question: “What is a world unmade by slavery?” while attempting to analyze the layers of anti-blackness that maintain the world we live in. Deploying theatre and performance as tools of Afropessimism, Dominique has developed and staged work with The Park Avenue Armory, Audible, The New Group, NYTW, Roundabout, The Atlantic, Princeton, Rattlestick, BRIC Arts, Two River, Portland Center Stage, and more. Past fellowships/residencies include Hi-Arts, The National Black Theatre, TheaterWorks Hartford, NYSAF, BRIC Arts, Roundabout, and NAMT. Dominique is a producer with CLASSIX.

Poster Art by Sean Devare
Photos by Craig McElwee