A b b y B e n d e r
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Rizing October 29-31 & November 5-7, 2021
Presented in partnership with the Martha’s Vineyard
Film Festival and Pathways Arts
Created by Abby Bender and Jesse Jason
in collaboration with the performers
Rizing is an evening of immersive storytelling that invites small audiences
into an unusual house with an even more unusual history, where things go
bump in the night. As the characters that inhabit this residence share their
stories through text, movement, and visuals, guests are enveloped in shifting
worlds of sorrow, humor, grace and fear.
Performed by Abby Bender, Sharon Brown, Molly Coogan,
Nia Dubon-Robinson, Laura Hall, Jesse Jason, Roberta Kirn,
Michael Lieberman, Carron Marson, Danielle Mulcahy,
Melissa Petrosinelli, Xavier Powers, and Kalyan Sayre
with guest voices by Justen Ahren, Scott Crawford,
Brooke Ditchfield, Scott Hershowitz, Brian Hall, Rob Myers,
Niki Patton, Katherine Reid, and Cassie Tunick
Read the reviews HERE and HERE
Watch the full performance HERE
This Program is also supported, in part, by a grant from the Martha's Vineyard Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council,
a state agency.
