New Stage Theatre Company Premieres Lists of Promise – A Theatrical Exploration of Women’s Histories
New Stage Theatre Company presents the Premiere of LISTS OF PROMISE, created by Ildiko Nemeth and Lisa Giobbi and produced by New Stage Theatre Company and Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre, from March 13- 30, 2025 at the Johnson Theater at Theater For The New City, 155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003. Performances run Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $25 for general admission, $20 for Students and Seniors, and Pay-What-You-Can on Sundays.
Inspired by When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone and created for the stage by Ildiko Nemeth and Lisa Giobbi, this performance piece, structured through classic theater and ungrounded aerial movement elements, traces the lives of a group of women from different eras and socio-political circumstances, through the lens of historical records and lists from mundane to extraordinary.
Infused with humor throughout and presented in a series of interconnected vignettes amalgamating daily life and imaginative thinking, the nine-woman cast embodies individual experiences in order to explore their community and shared consciousness. With an index of historical texts and anecdotes, Lists of Promise questions the expectations and demands made of women by highlighting absurd, tragic, and ironic realities.
Tickets can be purchased online or by phone at 212-254-1109, or in-person at the Theater For The New City Box Office.
Artistic Credits: Lists of Promise
Conceived by: Ildiko Nemeth and Lisa Giobbi
Directed by: Ildiko Nemeth
Produced by: New Stage Theatre Company & Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre
Aerial Choreography by: Lisa Giobbi
Original writing by: Marie Glancy O’Shea
Visual and Costume concept by: Jessica Sofia Mitrani
Costumes by: Tamar Mogendorff (in collaboration with Jessica Mitrani)
Set designer/ sculptures by: Tamar Mogendorff
Lighting design by: Frederico Restrepo
With Performing artists: Sarah Lemp, Lisa Giobbi, Rebecca Magazine, Lainey McKinnon, Tatjana Kot, Renee Erikson, Amanda Langberg Hermansen, Elena Lozonschi, Elizabeth Foster
Aerial operators: Benny Oyzone, Abe Meisel, Jacob McKee, Manny Mendoza
Lighting Operator: Rodney Perez
Stage manager: Christopher Adams and Nora Butler
Lists of Promise is presented by The Long Point Fund, Bill and Maura Haney and the Vanguard Charitable Endowment.
The program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. The program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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