JANUARY Premieres in New York

MULTISTAGES is presenting the world premiere Off-Broadway engagement of Paula Cizmar’s JANUARY, directed by MultiStages Artistic Director Lorca Peress. A play about the aftermath of traumatic violence, JANUARY performs as part of THE FEMME COLLECTIVE four-week residency in repertory at The Theatre at the 14th St Y. Performances began Thursday,…
JANUARY – The Cast!

The world premiere of JANUARY is in rehearsals–and the cast is superb. Alinca Hamilton as Lauren; Darlenis Duran as Maya; Veronica Cruz as Joyce; Jed Peterson as Henry. JANUARY by Paula Cizmar. Directed by Lorca Peress. Production Stage Manager Mel Ashby-Hunt. Artistic Company includes Jan Hartley: Projection Design; Sun Hee…
JANUARY in January

At long last, after delays caused by the pandemic, JANUARY will finally see the light of day. Produced by MultiStages in New York, directed by Lorca Peress, the production includes an artistic team made up of a projection artist; a choreographer; scenic, costume, sound, and lighting designers; music; social media…
Starting from Scratch: Conference of Fire

After Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles, what do you do next? You turn to another environmental issue. This time co-creators Michael Bodie and Paula Cizmar decided to take on wildfires–the increasing intensity and quantity of fires in the American West due to extreme weather caused by climate change, and the effects…
Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles

What an amazing experience! Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles is an example of combining new and traditional ways of telling stories–a hybrid of video, interactive media, and live performance. Co-created and co-produced by Michael Bodie and Paula Cizmar, the event is the product of four years to research, devising, prototyping, involving…
Cast & Part of the SZLA Production Team – First Rehearsal

What a wonderful group. It’s not an exaggeration to say that over 100 people have come together over the three years we’ve been developing this project–designers, researchers, writers, video makers, interactive creators. Here are a few of them at our first rehearsal! Cast members Claudia Elmore, Xol Gonzalez, David Huynh,…
The SZLA Website – Launched!
SZLA – Immersive, Interactive, and Coming Soon

Over a year’s work. From a team of over a hundred artists and community members. Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles (SZLA) is coming soon! SZLA is an immersive environmental justice experience that merges an art installation with live performance. Utilizing multimedia enriched, documentary theatre and film storytelling tools and techniques, SZLA highlights…