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DAPHNE

Written by Alice Pencavel 
Directed by Paul Bedard 
Choreographed by Melissa Brading 
Composed by Daniel Emond 
Designed by Claire Moodey 
Stage Managed by Cody Hom
Starring Daniel Emond, Claire Moodey, Jonelle Robinson, Alison Walter 
With cello performed by Susan Mandel

ABOUT THE PLAY
Daphne is a tree. But she wasn’t always. In fact, she’d do anything to be human again. Even if it means undergoing the ax… Spun from a love of vegetation and Greek mythology, Daphne is a hero’s journey of survival, symbol, and poetic endurance.​

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Alice Pencavel Work includes Daphne (IRT/Arctic Group), The Glowing Boot (Best Emerging Actress, United Solo Festival; Portland Fringe Festival), Pie Shop Play (finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival), The Dutch Goose (semi-finalist, Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Conference), Totally Wholesome Foods; Bubbles; Nanners in da Face; Oh My God (Politico-Comico reading series); A Box in the Mountains (reading, Naked Angels), Nightmare (Theater in the Room, Kiev, Ukraine), Field Trip: A Climate Cabaret, (Superhero Clubhouse), Nettles (semi-finalist, Manhattan Rep), A Call From the Devil (Oh Force Theatre Co.), Jeans Make Art (Romanian/American New Play Exchange), The Spider & The Wasp; How it Happens; Fly Away; What I Knead; and Yours, Truly (New School). She has taught with Arts Connection,  Girls Write Now, SAY (Stuttering Ass. for the Young), and Brooklyn Acting Lab, among others. BFA Acting, Ithaca College; MFA Playwriting New School for Drama. alicepencavel.com.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
World premiere September 14-24, 2017 at New York's IRT Theatre

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Theater in Asylum

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Bread and Puppet Theater

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