Places Romy Nordlinger

About This Show

Long before Madonna, the world was Gaga for Nazimova. The multimedia solo show Places tells the story of Alla Nazimova, the forgotten lesbian trailblazer, iconoclast and the greatest star you’ve never heard of. Escaping anti-semitic Tsarist Russia she became Broadway’s biggest star, the highest paid silent screen icon and Hollywood’s first female director and producer. Defying moral and artistic codes of her time she was forced into obscurity. Returning from the grave, Nazimova raises her voice, reclaiming our collective history, lighting the way to diversity. “By opening our eyes to the past, we are better able to see our present.”

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Romy Nordlinger (playwright/performer) NYC Theatre: Places, 59E59/Edinburgh Fringe; Shakespeare’s Slave, Clurman, Theatre Row; Lancelot, Judson Gym; R Culture/I.R.T; Stage Struck, Metropolitan Playhouse; January, Multi Stages. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Wilma, Fleetwood Stage. Playwriting credits include Lipshtick, NY Fringe, Broadville, MITF; The Feeling Part, LoNYLa. In pre production for feature film Lancelot. TV/Film: BULL (CBS); Separation; (Edna Hoffman: Voice Role) Florence, directed by Stephen Frears; (Officer Talbor) Law and Order CI; Gothams, & the soon to be released feature Downrange. Member: League of Professional Theatre Women, Resonance, Playwrights Gallery, Dramatists Guild. Audiobook Narrator, over 200 titles. www.romynordlinger.com / www.placestheplay.com/

Cailín Heffernan (DIRECTOR): Her recent outings include Direction/Book (music/lyrics – Henry Aronson) of Loveless Texas at the Sheen Center; archival recording of Letters Home by Rose Leiman Goldemberg with Kathleen Chalfant at Lincoln Center; the immersive musical Impossible But TrueHello, Dolly with Donny Most and Judy Norton, and Monte Cristo at Urban Stages. She is Associate Artistic Director of Boomerang Theatre Company; Artistic Advisor to New Light Theatre Project and Texas Family Musicals, and founding Artistic Director of the dance/theater company, Manhattan Dance-Theatre from 1980-1998. She’s a member of SDC, Dramatists Guild, AEA, SAG-AFTRA.

Nick Moore (COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER): PLACES – Edinburgh Fringe/59E59; Off-Broadway: The Drawer Boy (IT nominee) – SoHo Playhouse/Oberon; Expatriate – Culture Project; Summer Shorts 14’-18’ – 59E59/Throughline Artists; Crazy for the Dog – Jean Cocteau Rep., Defenses of Prague – La Mama; Embraceable Me – RReiner Productions (NY)/(NC) BlumenthalPAC, Off-Off-Bway: 18 Resonance Productions, 23 Knives (IT nominee); 8 Oberon Productions, Halcyon Days, Truckin’…(MITF nominee); Peace (IT nominee) – MCTC;  MonsterLit. 1-5 – BklynLyc. Film: Being Reel, (Coca-Cola Filmmaker’s winner), The 7 Men of Hanukkah, Copathia Productions (Winner Boston JFFest & 13 selections), The Ticket Seller, Laura Archer – NFNY/DAMNFest/WAMMFest/Powfest. Member: Dramatists Guild; RTComany. Master: TA.  www.nicktmoore.com

Adam Burns (VIDEO DESIGNER): Adam’s artwork, films, screenplays and theater video designs have been shown internationally, including the Big Apple Film Festival, the New York International Fringe Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, 59E59 and Tribeca Cinemas. Shows include Lipstick, Broadville, Sex + Sealing Wax, and Places. Adam lived on Greyhound buses for a year writing his first novel and adapted his second into a feature screenplay. He’s currently writing his third novel, a dystopian sci-fi about humanity’s urgent need to evolve toward empathy. BA: Literature, Art & Film. adamburns.nyc

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 7:30 PM

General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door

Students/Seniors/idNYC
$12 in advance
$15 at the door

Estimated Runtime
75 Minutes

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