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A site-specific, docu-fiction play about waste pickers
JUNE 12 - 27th @ SURE WE CAN Recycling Center in East Williamsburg
Born out of a research and interview process on the reality of waste pickers in São Paulo, Brazil – a community of invisible environmental agents responsible for picking and sorting 90% of the country's recycled materials— this play aims to raise awareness and give voice to the global community of pickers, accounting for more than 20 million people around the world.
The play follows Alessandra and Melina: two women from the global south working at a waste picking cooperative - a place where recycled materials are sorted and people are rescued from neglect. Side by side, they share not only a lifetime of sorting the accumulated discards of a society that has failed them, but also a promise: to survive and to stay bound to each other.
AS A PRODUCER…
I specialize in site-specific theatre. Non-traditional venues (like this barge, right here) are my jam!
I like to transport audiences by curating highly sensorial performance environments.
I use an eco-social methodology which centers sustainable use of physical and human resources. People and planet are my top priorities!
Scroll down to see my projects…
PAST PROJECTS
World Premiere of Until Dark by Federica Borlenghi at OUT OF THE BOX THEATRICS (Feb 15 - Mar 3, 2024)
When Cass is accused of a heinous crime, her sister Jackie - a promising criminal defense attorney - decides to take over the case without blinking. When Lisa, their third sister, shows up in town for solidarity, she realizes there is more to the allegations than what she was told...
Produced by Et Alia Theater, Co-Produced by Mo Shah and Kavita Shah, Associate Produced by Covi Loveridge Brannan
World Premiere of CHRISTIE at The Waterfront Museum (October 15-23, 2022)
A site-specific, eco-feminist reimagining of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize winning play ANNA CHRISTIE
Produced by my eco-theatre company On The Hook
REMINISCENCE at Italytime Cultural Center (June 10-11, 2022)
A community-based experiment exploring the experience of international women living in New York City.
Investigating themes of language, cultural expression, and familial separation, this piece invites audiences to consider what it means to exist between places called "home".
HERE WE GO: A Site-Specific Play Festival at ASI Studios (May 24, 2019)
The second iteration of HERE WE GO’s annual site-specific festival at an empty warehouse in Brooklyn, featuring an all-femme creative and producing team.
HERE: An Evening of Plays by Covi Loveridge Brannan at Italytime Cultural Center (Dec. 18, 2018)
An evening in the basement of Our Lady of Pompeii Church which later launched HERE WE GO, a site-specific production company.
