SEPTEMBER 20 & 21, 2024
ALL THIS NEWNESS
Multi-disciplinary artist and inaugural Barn at Lee Resident, Nazareth Hassan returns to Lee with an original work of site-specific performance art that explores divine machinery, lucid dreams, and buoyancy.
All this newness was performed on the pond.
Nazareth Hassan is an interdisciplinary artist working in writing, performance, music, and image making. Their play Vantablack was selected for Theatretreffen Stuckemarkt 2019, and workshopped at the Royal Court Theatre and Emory University. Recipient of the 2017 Dramatist Guild Young Playwright Award. Their choral text performance Untitled (1-5) was commissioned by The Shed in 2021 and published by 3 Hole Press (2022). Their solo performance Memory A was most recently shown at Museo Universario del Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City (2022). Their play Bowl EP was long listed for the Brentwood Prize. Sound design and composition credits include The Trees (Playwrights Horizons) and A Song of Songs (Bushwick Starr). They have released three singles, available on all platforms. Their first book of poetry and photography, Slow Mania, will be published by Futurepoem (2025). They were the dramaturg at the Royal Court in 2022, and are a 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow.
This program is made possible, in part, by The Mass Cultural Council 2024 Festival Grant.
We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Public Health's WIC Nutrition Program, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and hundreds of organizations by making cultural programming accessible to those for whom cost is a participation barrier. EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive a 50% discount on all our performances. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
The Barn at Lee is an ADA compliant theatre facility. If you need access to a script ahead of time or have specific accessibility needs, please contact info@thebarnatlee.org.