ward
by Jarek Pastor
A Developmental Reading
Directed by Erica Wray
Music & Sound Design by Dakota Parobek
Dramaturgy by Morgan Grambo
Produced by The Interstitial
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June 28, 2024
Court Square Theater
Link to Program and Full Bios Here
Directed by Erica Wray
Music & Sound Design by Dakota Parobek
Dramaturgy by Morgan Grambo
Produced by The Interstitial
****
June 28, 2024
Court Square Theater
Link to Program and Full Bios Here
Photos by Erica Wray
ward follows a small community’s struggle under a tumultuous and absurd (yet familiar) hierarchy and exploitative labor conditions, and the tremendous shift upon the arrival of new beings and thought.
ward was developed with support from the Playwrights’ Center’s Many Voices Fellowship Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in February 2024.
From L to R: Kevin Gill, Annie McCoy, Liat Graf, Marie Donna Davis, Michael Ortiz, Josue Zeus Guerrero,
Annie Hoeg, Luli Gomez Teruel, Ren Pepitone, Isabelle Chirls
Annie Hoeg, Luli Gomez Teruel, Ren Pepitone, Isabelle Chirls
The Interstitial is thrilled to support this new work and introduce Jarek Pastor’s unique theatremaking to Queens.
Jarek Pastor (they/them) is a theatermaker with a focus on play composition, dramaturgy, and directing. Their work moves with a tonal dynamism to enact absurdist portraits of social systems from a mixed race/bilingual/transnational perspective. The result is a theater of being more than the expected doing—of presence and acquaintance more than deed and explanation. This practice is driven by an insistence on finding more communal ways of living beyond the closed horizon of imperialism in all its forms. They hold an MFA from the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop and a BA in Playwriting from Columbia College Chicago. Jarek Pastor is Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Fellow.
Jarek Pastor (they/them) is a theatermaker with a focus on play composition, dramaturgy, and directing. Their work moves with a tonal dynamism to enact absurdist portraits of social systems from a mixed race/bilingual/transnational perspective. The result is a theater of being more than the expected doing—of presence and acquaintance more than deed and explanation. This practice is driven by an insistence on finding more communal ways of living beyond the closed horizon of imperialism in all its forms. They hold an MFA from the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop and a BA in Playwriting from Columbia College Chicago. Jarek Pastor is Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Fellow.
This project is made possible (in part) with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.
Additional Support for ward made possible by:
Bo Frazier, Bill and Marcy Grambo, and K.T. Peterson
