Three Christs Joe Pietropaolo

About This Show

Three Christs begins with a host, the unnamed, self-professed ‘‘Scientist,’’ setting the parameters of an experiment he will perform on three patients with Christ Syndrome. The hypothesis: forcing three disturbed identities together will force them to a state of normalcy. The experiment quickly spirals out of control & we learn that our almighty guide is not to be trusted. The subjects—each with a steadfast belief that they are the son of God—struggle to remain within their comfortable state of madness & the proceedings descend into the unpredictable state of our host. Nothing is off limits. Nothing is left unchanged. It is a process that combines psychology, music & drama to attack the heart of what it means to believe.

About the Artists

Joe Pietropaolo grew up in Goshen, NY. His play Valentino’s Famous Beefheart on Rye appeared in Theatre Now New York’s Raw Reading Series, and will appear as a reading upstairs at Dixon Place in September. As an actor, Joe has appeared most recently in Completeness (West of 10th), and Witness the Beginning (nocturne) in NY. He has also appeared in Moby Dick (world premiere) and Around the World in 80 Days (Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre) & Love’s Labours Lost (Ithaca Shakespeare).

Todd Piskin is an Ithaca College BS Theatre Arts Management graduate. Todd is the Assistant Company Manager of Beautiful-The Carole King Musical, currently playing at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. He has been involved in the arts world from an early age working in various facets of production up until his ascent to management in professional theatre. Todd has worked on The Les Miserables 25th Anniversary National Tour, Elf: The Musical (2012), the workshops of many developmental productions including On Your Feet, Beautiful & Can-Can, many of which have evolved into full productions regionally and on Broadway.

Drew Weinstein is a New York-based director and sound designer. His work has been seen at the Sheen Center, the Treehouse Theatre, the Bridge at Shetler Studios, Redwood Studios, and the Jersey City Theatre Center. Select design credits include Assembled Identity (HERE Arts Center), American Dreamers (Jersey City Theatre Center), Shutters (a radio play), Boom (The Bridge at Shetler Studios), Chatroom (The Hive), and AFLIC (The Treehouse Theatre). Drew is also the artistic director of Nocturne Productions. He has assisted artistic director, Bonnie Monte, on productions at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and recently assisted Kristin Marting on IDIOT at HERE Arts Center. He studied at Ithaca College and the National Theatre Institute.

Ben Kutner is a Brooklyn-based composer & music director. His music has recently appeared at St. Mark’s Church in NYC, the New York Fringe Festival, Brooklyn’s Redwood Studios, Brown University’s Granoff Center & on the Huffington Post. Since graduating from Brown University, Ben has composed for symphony orchestra (Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra), dance (Project 44, Voices Transposed, Tributary Dance), film (Huffington Post), and theater companies (Nocturne). He is the music director of Brooklyn ensemble, New Parnassus.

Tyler Hampton is a scenic & costume designer from Baltimore, MD & is a recent graduate of the BFA Theatrical Design program at Ithaca College. Recent scenic design credits include The Piano Lesson at the Gallery Players in Brooklyn. Recent assistant design credits include REVOLT. SHE SAID REVOLT AGAIN at Soho Repertory and O, Earth! at HERE Arts.

Erik Herskowitz is a recent graduate of Ithaca College who’s now based out of New York City. His previous design credits include Paloma at the Kitchen Theatre Company, Semele, and The Good Person of Setzuan at Ithaca College, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Wells College. Recent assistant work includes The Fantastics at Cider Mill Playhouse, Informed Consent at Westside Arts, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey at the Duke on 42nd, and Buyer & Cellar at the Kitchen Theatre Company.

Anna Aschliman is a freelance stage manager from Wisconsin & a recent graduate from Ithaca College with a B.A. in Theatre Studies. New York credits: Then She Fell (Third Rail Projects), The Rise and Fall of Marcus Monroe (Ars Nova), The Motherline Story Project (Dixon Place). Regional: How to Succeed (Sunset Playhouse, Elm Grove, WI), Il Sogno (Opera Ithaca), and numerous Ithaca College productions as both stage manager and fight director.

Annie-Sage Whitehurst is an actress & collaborator originally from Nyack, NY. After graduating from Smith College, Annie-Sage performed with Flux Theatre Ensemble, Guerrilla Girls, {Your Name Here}: A Queer Theatre Company, Bedlam Ensemble, brainmelt consortium HIT/The Unsoft War and most recently, Faux-Real Theatre Company in THE BACCHAE at La Mama ETC. She  currently plays ‘‘Lia Haddock’’ in Limetown: The Podcast & appears as the title character in the monthly 1940s lesbian serial JULIANA at The Duplex.

Joseph Cordaro is a Queens-based actor best-known for his portrayal of Man in Bookstore Grimacing Intensely at Zac Efron in That Awkward Moment. His other New York & Regional theater credits include The Tiny Mustache (JCC Manhattan), The Oddity (Theater for the New City), Benedict Arnold: The Musical (Chestnut Street Playhouse), Scissoring (Signature Theater), Mobius (NYFringe) & Brighton Beach Memoirs (Ivoryton Playhouse). Joe just finished shooting a short Western, entitled Ride by Night, in which he played a literally mustache-twirling villain.

Kelly Fairbrother has recently been seen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Helena with the Ithaca Shakespeare Company & Intimate Apparel as Mrs. Van Buren at Ithaca College.  Kelly is also looking forward to playing Nadia in Aliens with Extraordinary Skills in Washington, D.C. with the 4615 Theatre Company this August.

Marcus Crawford Guy hails from Glasgow, Scotland & is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Drama Division (Group 43). Three Christs marks his third appearance at Dixon Place. He has appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Peter & the Wolf), the Edinburgh International Festival (Minetti), and recently closed PORT CITIES, NY onboard the Waterfront Museum. Marcus is interested in collaborating with artists with different skills & challenging how audiences watch stories. In Scotland, he holds credits with the BBC, STV at Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre & the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Saturday, June 11 at 7:30pm

General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door

Students/Seniors/idNYC
$12

Estimated Runtime
70 minutes

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Credits

Produced by
Todd Piskin

Directed by
Drew Weinstein

Music Composition
Ben Kutner

Production Designer
Tyler Hampton

Lighting Designer
Erik Herskowitz

Stage Manager
Anna Aschliman

Featuring
Annie Sage Whitehurst
Joseph Cordaro
Kelly Fairbrother
Marcus Crawford Guy

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