OCCUPY PRESCOTT
by Andy Boyd
Coming soon!
10 years ago this fall, activists gathered in lower Manhattan to peacefully occupy Zucotti Park and to declare opposition to an economic system clearly inadequate for the majority of Americans, the 99%. Occupy Wall Street galvanized people around the world and inspired hundreds of activist occupations, big and small, united in a call to radically rethink the economic order.
Playwright Andy Boyd hones in on Prescott, Arizona to follow five Occupiers in their efforts to change their town and the world. They broadly agree that the one percent is too powerful, but agreement breaks down as they search for specifics. Reaching consensus on what a better world looks like—and how to get there—is frequently frustrating and rarely glamorous. Never easy, but urgently necessary. On the 10th anniversary of the rallying cry heard round the world, we are thrilled to produce the prescient and hopeful play: Occupy Prescott.
10 years ago this fall, activists gathered in lower Manhattan to peacefully occupy Zucotti Park and to declare opposition to an economic system clearly inadequate for the majority of Americans, the 99%. Occupy Wall Street galvanized people around the world and inspired hundreds of activist occupations, big and small, united in a call to radically rethink the economic order.
Playwright Andy Boyd hones in on Prescott, Arizona to follow five Occupiers in their efforts to change their town and the world. They broadly agree that the one percent is too powerful, but agreement breaks down as they search for specifics. Reaching consensus on what a better world looks like—and how to get there—is frequently frustrating and rarely glamorous. Never easy, but urgently necessary. On the 10th anniversary of the rallying cry heard round the world, we are thrilled to produce the prescient and hopeful play: Occupy Prescott.
THE TEAM
Written by Andy Boyd
Directed by Paul Bedard and Katie Palmer
Community Engagement facilitated by Hilarie Spangler
Produced by Kathryn Appleton & Theater in Asylum
Directed by Paul Bedard and Katie Palmer
Community Engagement facilitated by Hilarie Spangler
Produced by Kathryn Appleton & Theater in Asylum
THANK YOU TO THE MIGHTY ARTISTS WHO HELPED DEVELOP THIS PIECE!
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Matt Barbot
Toney Brown Nora Casey Danny Erickson |
Stephen Foglia
Willie Johnson Susan Kim |
Katherina Peña
Haleh Roshan Philip Santos Schaffer |
THANK YOU TO THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO MADE THIS WORK POSSIBLE!
