“Exhilarating...Raw, heartfelt and messy on several levels... Boldly theatrical.”
-The Stage
The TEAM will spend their time at LUMBERYARD developing Reconstruction (Still Working but the Devil Might Be Inside), a new dance-theater work, helmed by Tony-Award winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), about reconstructing ourselves personally and nationally in the harsh light of America's white supremacist past and present.
The work wrestles with Gone with the Wind as a Confederate monument and delves into race, representation, white feminism, and capitalism’s role in maintaining the system.
Written by Brenda Abbandondolo, Jessica Almasy, Denée Benton, Jhanaë Bonnick, Frank Boyd, Vinie Burrows, Rachel Chavkin, André De Shields, Jerome Ellis, Jill Frutkin, Amber Gray, Jeremy O. Harris, Matt Hubbs, Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Jake Margolin, James Monaco, Kristen Sieh, and Nick Vaughan.
Music by James Harrison Monaco & Jerome Ellis
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
The TEAM is an internationally-recognized Brooklyn-based theatre ensemble. Our mission is to collaboratively create new works about the experience of living in America today. The Guardian described us as "theatrical excavators of American culture, American dreams and the American psyche." Combining aggressive athleticism with emotional performances and intellectual rigor, our work crashes characters from American history and mythology into modern stories, drawing unexpected connections across time to touch the raw nerves of the current moment.