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Reviews are in for “Too Many Dead Birds on the Sidewalk” at the SheNYC Festival✨

Thank you to all who attended! Wishing the fondest farewell to the SheNYC team for this experience and to our wonderful cast and creative team💚🐦‍⬛

📸: Danielle DeMatteo
🎶: Emma Shafer by @firstandbestally

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Excited to announce that my play “Mayday, Piper Cherokee!” will be featured at @theatreworksnm Summer Shorts Festival August 13-16th! by @firstandbestally

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Congratulations Rachel and thank you for your powerful, emotionally driven, and heartfelt portrayal of Edith in “Too Many Dead Birds on the Sidewalk” at the SheNYC Festival.

Thank you to the panel of industry judges for this recognition and, as Rachel said in her awards speech, “shoutout @shenycarts for giving so many opportunities to so many underrepresented people.” by @firstandbestally

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*Now extended to Aug. 7*

Missed the chance to see “Dead Birds” in person? A recording of the show will be available to watch online for just $10! 🥳

The online performance can only be streamed from July 29 - Aug. 7. Tickets are now available at the link in the bio. by @firstandbestally

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MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT of @toomanydeadbirds ! Aleyna Karaca takes us through a dizzying dinner party in the atomic age- and you can snag a seat at the table. Grab your tickets now at the link in our bio 🍸

Aleyna Karaca is a Turkish-American playwright, lyricist, and bookwriter based in Brooklyn. She holds a BA in History from the University of Virginia and an MFA in Musical Theater Writing from NYU. Play credits include: Too Many Dead Birds on the Sidewalk (The Tank); Magnolia and the Pig (LiveArts, VA); and Mayday, Piper Cherokee! (Chestnut Street Playhouse, CT). Selections from her musicals have been performed at 54 Below, The Cutting Room, and African Grove Theater.

#theatre #broadway #musicaltheatre #newmusical #offbroadway #feminist taken in New York, New York by @firstandbestally

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4 months ago

Nuclear Apocalypse 2.0 incoming!

So excited to announce that “Too Many Dead Birds on the Sidewalk” will be performed at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater in conjunction with @shenycarts this summer!

July 15th at 7pm
July 17th at 8pm

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“It’s 1953, and Edith’s husband Clark has just been promoted to second-in-command at the Atomic Energy Commission. To celebrate, she invites Clark’s new boss, his femme-fatale wife, and a couple of high school friends over for a cocktail party. Despite rising domestic tensions and the re-ignition of an old flame, Edith’s keeping the party under control—until a dead bird drops from the sky. Meanwhile, stolen data exposing the effects of the AEC’s nuclear testing threatens to surface. As Edith watches bird after bird fall, she’s left to determine what’s real and what isn’t, and who—or what—to trust.“ by @firstandbestally

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5 months ago

“Talia.” — A midwestern mother must accept her freshman daughter’s changing identity.

10/17 @ 6:00
10/23 @ 8:30
10/25 @ 7:00
11/2 @ 7:00

Come one, come all!! by @firstandbestally

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a year ago

“You’re My Universe”

Written with the darling @tess_edddy
And performed by @dante_dantonio and @hannah.bank by @firstandbestally

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a year ago

Gee whiz we did it!!!

Niya, Christian, Maille-Rose, Devan, Tim, Annette, Julia, Alan, and Rainah— you helped bring my silly little (dead) bird play to life. Developing this play and these characters with you was a (nuclear) blast. Thank you for your insights, dedication, and hard work.

I’ll be seeing you :)

Too Many Dead Birds on the Sidewalk
August 9th, 9:30 pm at The Tank by @firstandbestally

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#didyouknow that women commonly used to call each other dear and darling in their friendships?

Poll! Should we bring back using dear, darling, pet, etc. as friendly terms of endearment for each other? by @firstandbestally

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a year ago

Ticket Link in Bio. by @firstandbestally

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a year ago

folks! it’s time to start getting those 🎟️ link in bio ⬆️ very excited about the work we’ve got going on! would love to see you there! let’s help the lovely and talented @firstandbestally get her play on its legs and into development! we need your feedback on where this play can grow 🌷

our wonderful team:

Playwright @firstandbestally
Director @rainahdarlene
Costumes @juliaa_kehrleyy
Lighting @alanhighenyc
Edith @annetteberning
Clark @gotomkoch
Daisy @niyaraman
John @realchrisoneill
Pam @smithmaille
Fred @devankushnir

#newwork #play #playwright #director #actor #stagedreading #thetanknyc #theatre #1953 by @firstandbestally

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