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La Musica Deuxième
by Margherite Duras
Directed by Jessica Burr
Produced by Blessed Unrest Theatre Company
The Drawing Room, New York, NY, May 2-18, 2024
Downtown Upstate Festival, SOHO Think Tank, Ancram, NY, September 7-8, 2024
CREATIVE TEAM
HEATHER BENTON*
Performer
Heather is an actress and theatre maker who has performed internationally (Russia, Italy), nationally (two U.S. tours), in regional theatre, and downtown NYC theatre over the past eighteen years. Former company member of East River Commedia, collaborator with Theatre Trouve and Blessed Unrest, her work has been seen at P.S. 122, Collective: Unconscious, The Clemente, The Nuyorican in NYC and American Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Montana Repertory Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Luna Stage etc. MFA in Acting from ART/MXAT, member of Actor’s Equity and the Stage Directors and Choreographers’ Society.
JESSICA BURR
Director
Jessica Burr has been honored with the 2019 Kennedy Center ACTF Commendation for Distinguished Leadership, First Prize at the 2016 Secondo Festival (Switzerland), the 2011 LPTW Lucille Lortel Award. Along with New York Innovative Theatre Awards including: Outstanding Production, Choreography/Movement, and Caffe Cino Fellowship Award among eight total nominations. Burr was a featured panelist in the 2016 Brave Summit, a forum of women leaders, experts, and scholars to drive cultural change.
TAYLOR VALENTINE*
Performer
Taylor "TV" Valentine (he/him/we/us) is a multi-hyphenate creative who finds himself at the inspiring intersection of education, theatre, and continuous improvement. As an actor, he has performed professionally in theaters all over the country for over 25 years, from children's theater to fringe festivals to Off Broadway. Blessed Unrest Theatre Company: Training Director, Associate Producer, Actor: La Musica Deuxiéme (2024), Platanov (2018); Regional Theater: Cleveland Play House, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep. NYC: La Mama ETC, Magis Theatre Co, Smith Street Stage; Fifteen-plus years in K - 12 arts education, teaching/directing theatre: Peter Pan jr., Spamalot jr., devised works, et al.; Educational Trainer & Consultant: Founder of Play on Learning, emphasis on creativity, mindfulness and SEL; Senior Education Specialist at LEAP NYC; certified Social Emotional Ethical (SEE) Learning Facilitator with Emory University; certificate in Responsive Pedagogy with Teachers College; MFA Acting from Case Western Reserve University.
* appears courtesy of Actors Equity Association
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