Page 73 Announces the World Premiere of STEW
BY ZORA HOWARD
DIRECTED BY COLETTE ROBERT
AT WALKERSPACE
JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 22, 2020
Page 73 is proud to announce the world premiere of STEW, written by Zora Howard (Premature, IFC Films) and directed by Colette Robert (Behind the Sheet). As with every Page 73 production, including last season’s A STRANGE LOOP by Michael R. Jackson and CATCH AS CATCH CAN by Mia Chung, STEW marks Howard’s professional debut as a playwright Off Broadway. Performances of STEW begin on Monday, January 20 at the Walkerspace Theatre for a limited run through Saturday, February 22. Opening night is set for Saturday, February 1.
ABOUT STEW:
Mama is up early to prepare an important meal, and even with her family on hand to help, time is running short. Tensions simmer with three generations of Tucker women under one roof, but things come to a boil as the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of Mama’s kitchen.
“We are proud to deepen our commitment to Zora with this world premiere of STEW and introduce audiences to her incredible talent,” says Artistic Director Michael Walkup. “It’s the happy culmination of our work with her this year through our I73 Writers Group and residencies in New Haven and SPACE at Ryder Farm.”
ZORA HOWARD (Playwright) is a Harlem-bred writer and performer. Plays include STEW, AtGN, BUST, and In Good Faith. Her work has been developed by Page 73 Productions, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Pipeline Theatre Company, Yale University, and Collaborative Artists Bloc, among others. As a performer, she has appeared on HBO, TV One, PBS, and NBC. In 2019, her feature film Premature, which she co-wrote and starred in, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and will be released by IFC Films in early 2020. She is a member of the 2019 Interstate 73 Writers Group and Pipeline PlayLab. She holds a BA from Yale University and an MFA from UCSD.
COLETTE ROBERT (Director) is a Los Angeles native currently based in New York. Recent directing credits include Native Son (PlayMakers Rep), On the Exhale (Chester Theatre Company), Icons/Idols: outside of Eden (The New Ohio/Ice Factory 2019), Behind the Sheet (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and Mary’s Wedding (Chester Theatre Company). As a playwright, her play The Harriet Holland Social Club presents the 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel recently received a grant from New York City’s Women’s Film, TV, and Theatre Fund for a production in 2020 (co-produced by New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company). Colette is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, a New Georges affiliated artist, and an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College. She was previously an Audrey Resident and Jam Co-Leader with New Georges, a Van Lier Directing Fellow at the Public, and The Drama League's 2018 Beatrice Terry Director in Residence. Alumnus of the Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program, Lincoln Center Directors Lab and The Civilians R&D Group. M.A., RADA and King’s College, London. B.A., Yale University. www.coletterobert.com
Funding Credits
Page 73’s productions are supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In addition, Page 73 receives major support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, and The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund.
