INVINCIBLE ONES by Samantha Cooper

INVINCIBLE ONES written by Samantha Cooper (mentored by Melissa James Gibson) directed by Jenna Worsham featured as part of Columbia University MFA Showcase Reeling from their best friend's death, a group of women face what their lives look like in the aftermath. In the wake of loss, they each attempt to answer seemingly unanswerable questions: Who will give the eulogy? Will they ever be able to live alone? Why did that girl’s brother show up? Drawing on roller derby culture, Invincible Ones explores the way we handle grief, guilt, and a constant drip from the heavens (apartment) above. Dates and Times: Thursday, May 5th at 2:30pm Saturday, May 7th at 7:30pm Sunday, May 8th at 2:30pm at Ford Foundation Studio Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center Click the link below to reserve your tickets: http://columbiastages.org/season/2016/20_New%20Plays/newplays2016(2).html Support us on Indiegogo here: https://igg.me/at/invincibleones/x/708695 Cast Zoe: Lisa Purrone Preston: Cesar Rosado Paige: Becca Q. Co Natasha: Javana Mundy Whit: Kathleen Littlefield* *Appearing courtesy of the Actors Equity Association Equity Approved Showcase Production Team Playwright: Samantha Cooper Director: Jenna Worsham Producer: Jaime Jaget Production Assistant: Isabel Fox Dramaturg: Larkin Sackett Stage Manager: Mason Huse Set Designer: Sheryl Liu Lighting Designer: Katrina See Sound Designer: Peyton Berry Props Designer: Victor Cervantes Costume Designer: Darla Juniper Fight Choreographer: Jesse Geguzis About the Playwright Samantha Cooper is a playwright and theatre maker originally from Cheney, Washington. She received her B.A. from Western Washington University (WWU) in 2010. Samantha has been affiliated with organizations such as: Annex Theatre, The Barrow Group, Blood Ensemble, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Disquiet International Literary Program (2015 Short List), Last Frontier Theatre Conference (2015 Play Lab), Macha Monkey Productions, Northwest Playwrights Alliance, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. She will receive her MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University in May 2016. Find her online at: http://www.samanthajcooper.com/. About the Director Jenna Worsham is a freelance stage director and activist, based in New York City, with a focus on new work and re-imagined American classics. Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles (Associate Director); Picnic (SDCF Observership). Recent Directing: Superstitions by Emily Zemba (Rising Phoenix Rep's Cino Nights; and upcoming at Williamstown Theatre Festival); Balm in Gilead (Lee Strasbourg Institute); Here to Be Seen (Social Justice piece featuring formerly incarcerated women, commissioned by the Brooklyn District Attorney); Kids by Daniel Talbott (IRT); The Vagina Monologues for Taconic Correctional Facility (also performed off-Broadway at Cherry Lane Theatre); Graduation Day by Emily Daly (WorkShop Theater); Spring Awakening (Lime Kiln Theater). As founding Artistic Director of The Middle Voice Theater Company, she directed Bus Stop (The Producer's Club), Room For One (Paradise Factory), and Waiting for Lefty in a production that toured public locations in NYC and the tri-state area. Jenna has been an assistant director on and off-Broadway to such directors as Tony-award winner Pam MacKinnon, Sam Gold, Kate Whoriskey, as well as PublicWorks director Lear deBessonet. She has directed readings and workshops for The Public, Yale Repertory, the Lark Play Development Center, Labyrinth Theater, Playmakers Rep, Primary Stages, Cherry Lane, Rattlestick, The Flea, among others. Throughout her time in New York Jenna has been awarded a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellowship, and two SDC Foundation Observerships. She is a proud member of Rising Phoenix Rep, The Actors Studio Directors Unit, the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, and an Affiliated Artist of New Georges. She also serves as Curator of the Creative Solutions Symposium, a residency program at SPACE on Ryder Farm that houses artists who integrate creativity with social action initiatives. Associate member, SDC.