Next Faggot Nation The Fossick Collective

About This Show

Inspired by the novel Faggots by acclaimed playwright and activist Larry Kramer, a variety of gay literature, and stories of everyday gay men, Next Faggot Nation aspires to rattle the current climate of the millennial gay male experience. The Fossick Collective aims to hold a mirror up to the younger generation of gay men and bring out a call to action; the fight to bring knowledge of the past in order to make future change is not over just yet.

About the Artists

Scott F. Davis is a recent graduate of B.A. Directing Program at Pace University. He recently presented an adaptation of Kaspar by Peter Handke to The Sibiu International Theatre Festival. He also just wrapped a workshop of Self-Accusation at LPAC under the direction of Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director of The Drama League. His next project is assistant directing Playhouse Creatures next production, One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace at The Sheen Center directed by Caitlin McLeod. Scott’s other recent credits include Songbird (NY Times Critics Pick) at 59e59 and TW 1982 at Walkerspace.

Spencer Armstrong is a Collaborative Theater Artist focusing on the Creation and Development of New Devised Work. Spencer is currently the Assistant Director and Production Stage Manager of En Garde Art’s New multi-media Docu-Theater production Wilderness, Director Seth Bockley- Premiering at Abrons Art Center in October. Associate Director Credits: All is Good, Biennal Arte Joven, Argentina. Love Is Love, The Sibiu International Theater Festival, Romania (Dir. Adrienne Kapstien). Assistant Producer / Asst. Director of Light; a Dark Comedy in Brooklyn. Spencer was the volunteer coordinator of BOSSS Theater Festival.

David Arminino is an actor, writer, and collaborator whose work spans the mediums of theater, film and television. In the NYC theater scene, David’s work has appeared at:  Theater Row, Theater for the New City, The Access Theater, IRT, The Irondale Center, The Abingdon Theatre, Roy Arias Studios, and The Figment Festival on Governors Island. Rolls include: off-Broadway: WILD (Jordy), Wilde Tales (Fisherman), This Property Is Condemned (Tom), Our Lady of 121st Street (Gail). On film David has appeared in episodic series including Unforgettable (CBS), One Bad Choice (MTV), Shadow of Doubt (Discovery) – two national commercial campaigns for Mashable Inc. and Mylan “Face Your Risk” – and the award-winning short film: The Sketch Artist. Coming up will be: continuing development with the Collective Next Faggot Nation – the premier of BRKLYN, a new web-series which David wrapped initial filming on earlier this year – and traveling to Taipei this fall, to take part in the annual World Wide Theater Lab, with a group of international directors/artists.

John Erickson is a Brooklyn based projection designer who has worked all around the United States. Originally from Colorado John graduated from Colorado State University with a Technical Theatre Degree. Projection design credits include Who Knows? (Independent film), The Bridgette Hobbes Connection (Tisch School of the Arts), and Winners (Ensemble Theatre). Assistant Design credits include Josephine (Asolo Rep), Marley (CenterStage Theatre) and Aida (The Muny Theatre).

Marc Jablonski is a sound designer/composer and researcher who spends his days studying broadway audiences in an office, and his nights designing in theaters. His sound has been heard around the city at venues such as the Gym at Judson, Dixon Place, the Access Theater, Under St. Marks, IATI, a few bars, and a senior citizens home in Long Island City.

Ashton Muñiz is an actor, artist, and activist based in NYC; and is stoked to be apart of this experience. NY theater credits include Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music (St. Ann’s / Pomegranate Arts), On False Tears and Outsourcing (New Museum), Caenis (Pace Gallery). Ashton is also a resident actor at The Flea. Credits include: Take Care (dir. Nigel Smith), The Blind, and Madhouse. Other recent credits include Emperor of the Moon (Ferdinand), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), Generation Y (Micheal), Eyes Closed (Dreamer). Training: Ithaca College, Moscow Arts Theatre School (MXAT/NTI), S&Co-Young Company.

Ethan Hardy is thrilled to be a part of this team and hopes that its development helps spur positive action and change. Acting – New York: CAENIS at Pace (Neptune, Pace Gallery) Checkpoint Charlie’s State of Affairs (Marie Antoinette, Ars Nova), The Great Parade of Upper Kennington (One, Manhattan Repertory Theatre) The Flea: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music 1786-1806 (Temperance Choir, Dandy Minion), Take Care (Understudy), #serials@theflea (Various). Harvard: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown, Loeb Drama Center) Choreography – Take Care (The Flea), Jitterbug (Dixon Place), #serials@theflea (The Flea) Emma (Loeb Drama Center).

Nico Meyer Allen is a New York City-based actor.  Born in Hampton Falls, NH, he moved to Montreal, QC, to attend McGill University before moving to NYC.  Select credits include: Kip in Something Cloudy, Something Clear, Dick in The Parade ( P’Town Tennessee Williams Festival), Robert in Providence, and Billy in The Rock and The Ripe (Hetrick Martin Institute).  Nico is a graduate of the William Esper Studio.

Nilan Johnson is an actor and playwright. Some playwrighting credits: ENDANGERED SPECIES: 2016 Drama League Artist in Residence, workshop (The New American Theatre Co. NY), reading (Red Fern Theatre), THE SHADOW IN THE CORNER (48 Hours in Harlem), OLD SCHOOL (24 Hour Pridefest) OUR PRECEDENT: 2015 semi-finalist National Playwright Conference, WATER FROM THE TAP (NY Indie One Minute Play Festival), THE SAINT AND THE SINNER: reading (Wagon Wheel Arts). Some acting credits: NYC: Self-Accusation: The Remix (LPAC, Bedlam MadLab), Bar Play (Peculair Works Project), Trojan Women (Oppressed in Heels), Assassins, A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park, The Parchman Hour, Henry IV, Henry V, and The Imaginary Invalid (PlayMakers Repertory Company), Radio Golf (Deep Dish Theater), 10×10 in the Triangle (ArtsCenter Carrboro), Rent; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Ceremonies in Dark Old Men. Internationally he was a Performer/Co-Facilitator in Playback Theatre (Playback Berlin/Second International Conference for the Arts in Society, Kassel, Germany). He holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. www.nilanjohnson.me

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Tuesday, December 20 at 7:30pm

General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door

Students/Seniors/idNYC
$12

Estimated Runtime
80 minutes

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Credits

Director Scott F. Davis

Co-Created by Scott F. Davis & Spencer Armstrong

Head writer & composer David Arminino

In This Distracted Globe Consultancy Morgan Jenness

Projection Design John Erickson

Sound Design Marc Jablonski

Additional creation by & featuring David Arminino, Ashton Muñiz, Ethan Hardy, Nico Meyer Allen & Nilian Johnson*

*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

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