A Trojan Woman

PLAYWRIGHT

NYC/NJ playwright of traditional & nontraditional plays, co-founder Foxy Films co. w/ Reid Farrington. MFA: Brooklyn College w/ Mac Wellman. Publications: The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant Garde (53rd State Press/TCG), A Trojan Woman, Mickey & Sage (both @ Broadway Play Publishing). Plays: A TROJAN WOMAN (tour: Athens, Gr.), DORA MAAR (Mercury Store & Brick Aux), LUCKY BREAKS (Brick & New Ohio), CASABLANCABOX (HARP @ HERE, 2 x Drama Desk nom’d: Unique Theatrical Experience & Outstanding Projection), LEISURE, LABOR, LUST (The Tank & The Mount), BRANDOCAPOTE (Tank), THE RETURN (commissioned by/performed @ The Met Museum), HONDURAS (Phoenix Ensemble), NEAR VICKSBURG (Incubator Arts Project), MICKEY & SAGE (Incubator), THE RISE & FALL OF MILES & MILO (FringeNYC ‘07, winner: Outstanding Playwriting). Film: MENDACITY, dir: Reid Farrington, feat. Foxy Films (2023 NYC Indie Theater Film Festival). Residencies: Mercury Store, HARP @ HERE Arts, The Tank, Now-In-Process @ New Ohio, AFO Solo Collective. Sara’s an audiobook narrator, fiercely anti-fascist, an original founder of Immigrant Families Together, champion of #MeToo, Maplewood local & momma to Jack & Levi.

DIRECTOR

The Artistic Director of The Tank. Her directorial work has been seen at the Tank, 3LD Art & Technology Center, CSC, the V&A, Serpentine Galleries London, The Wexner Center, SCAD, The Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago, Museo Jumex Mexico City, Powerhouse Theater, The Power Plant, Canadian Stage, Clubbed Thumb, HERE, The Brick, The Bushwick Starr, Soho Gallery, PS122, Dixon Place, Soho Rep, Ars Nova, Montclair State, New Georges, The Flea, The Brooklyn Army Terminal for Creative Time, The Roes Theater Athens Greece, and the OnStage! Festival in Rome and Milan. BA Theater USC, MFA Directing Brooklyn College.

PERFORMER (IRINA)

Drita extends her heartfelt gratitude to Meghan Finn, Sara Farrington, and the entire Luna Stage team for this extraordinary experience. Recent theatre credits- Irina in A Trojan Woman (Interbalkan Festival of Ancient Drama, Greece/ Meghan Finn), Bethany in When We Went Electronic (OnStage Festival, Rome/ Meghan Finn), Rasputin in Red Emma & The Mad Monk (The Tank Theater/ NY Times Critic’s Pick/ Katie Lindsay), Bernadine Dohrn in Weatherman (La Jolla Playhouse/ Christopher Ashley), Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Downtown/ Geoffrey Horne), Film- Ana in A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On (Albania’s Official Entry for the 2023 Academy Awards/ Gentian Koçi), Love in Fish Hook & Eye (Best in Show, Fusion Film Festival/ Chloe Aktas), Undergraduate Degree- New York University; Tisch School of the Arts, BFA, Graduate Degree- University of Illinois Chicago, MA, follow on Instagram @drita__kabashi

UNDERSTUDY (IRINA)

Madelyn is an actor and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her recent theater credits include Simon and his Shoes (The Tank), The Invention of Tragedy (The Flea Theater), and Rich Kids (Sitting Shotgun). In 2021, she performed alongside Drita Kabashi in the European tour of When We Went Electronic, directed by Meghan Finn. Her film credits include the short Night Out, which premiered at Northern Horror Fest 2019. Madelyn is a proud graduate of Naropa University's Contemporary Performance MFA and UC Santa Barbara's conservatory acting program.