Polaroid Stories

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DATES

January 31 - February 3 @ 7 PM

February 2 @ 4 PM and 7 PM

LOCATION

Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS)

328 West 48th Street

New York, NY 10036

PRICE

Adult: $20

65+ / Student (with valid ID): $15

PPAS Student: $5

DIRECTED BY:

Daniella Caggiano 

BY:

Naomi Iizuka

FEATURING:

The Waterwell Drama Program Class of 2026

DESCRIPTION:

A visceral blend of classical mythology and real life stories told by street kids. Naomi Iizuka’s Polaroid Stories journeys into a dangerous world where myth-making fulfills a fierce need for transcendence, where storytelling has the power to transform a reality in which characters’ lives are continually threatened, devalued and effaced. Not all the stories these characters tell are true; some are lies, wild yarns, and clever deceits, but whether or not a homeless kid invent an incredible history for himself isn’t the point, explains diarist-of-the-street Jim Grimsley. “All those stories and lies add up to something like the truth.” Inspired in part by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Polaroid Stories takes place on an abandoned pier on the outermost edge of a city, a waystop for dreamers, dealers and desperadoes, a no-man’s land where runaways seek camaraderie, refuge, and escape.

INFORMATION

  • Cast: Sawyer Bock, Olivia Culver, Makayla Cuce, Ava Elsass, Lia B. Filipov, Earon Greenidge, Sanaa McNair, Lorenzo Oheneasa, Dharayana Phipps, Adolta Shuler, Valerie Volchyok, La'Zaria Williams, Selima, Yehudah

    Creative Team:

    Stage Managed by Kaelin Elizabeth Fuld

    Produced by James Palmer

    Assistant Stage Managed by Sawyer Bock

    Design and Production Support by Waterwell Drama Program Design & Production students