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Starting June 4th: THE AMISH PROJECT.

Rattlestick is excited to announce an additional production to our 2008/2009 season – starting June 4th – The Amish Project.

The Amish Project was a standout production in 2008 FrinceNYC. A fictional exploration of true events, The Amish Project is the story of a schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in its wake. Imbued with poetry and humor, The Amish Project investigates a community grappling with loss and faith

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THE AMISH PROJECT
written and performed by Jessica Dickey
directed by
Sarah Cameron Sunde

June 4th – June 28th
Wed – Sat at 8PM
Sun at 3PM
Mon at 8PM

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JESSICA DICKEY (Writer and Performer) received her BFA from Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. New York credits include (most recently) the Off-Broadway revival of The Fourposter with Keen Company, as well as productions with Manhattan Theatre Club, HERE, Origin Theatre Company, AndHow!, and countless workshops and readings with companies such as New Georges, Women’s Project, Red Bull, Rattlestick, Culture Project, and many others. Regional credits include multiple productions with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, and George Street Playhouse. Jessica has birthed several new plays with The New Harmony Project and is a Founding Member of The Fire Dept.

SARAH CAMERON SUNDE (Director) is a New York-based theater director specializing in new American plays and contemporary plays in translation. Most recently, she directed WHAT MAY FALL by Peter Gil Sheridan (Guthrie Theater) and LIVING OPENLY AND NOTORIOUSLY by Elizabeth Hess (Baltimore Theatre Project). Since 2003, she has worked closely with Jon Fosse (Norway’s leading contemporary dramatist) as his director/translator in the United States. With Oslo Elsewhere, Sunde has introduced American audiences to Fosse’s work with her productions of his NIGHT SINGS ITS SONGS (45 Bleeker), DEATHVARIATIONS (59E59), and SA KA LA (45 Bleecker). Other credits include: GOOD HEIF by Maggie Smith (New Georges), THE ASPHALT KISS by Nelson Rodrigues (Brazil’s leading dramatist, 59E59), ECHO’S LONGING and THE ALBATROSS AT SEA by Steven Gridley (Spring Theatreworks), MIRITA by Christopher Dunkley (Cherry Lane Studio). Since 2001, Sarah has been the Associate Director of New Georges, and helped develop countless plays. Other work with: Voice & Vision, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, HotINK, New Harmony Project, Hermitage Foundation Residency. Awards include: American Scandinavian Society Artist Award, Princess Grace Directing Fellowship/Robert & Gloria Houseman Theater Award.