IRT Theater | Moxie Arts NY | The Companion by Amy Greenspan

Performances Dates:
September 23 at 7:30pm
September 24 at 7:30pm
September 25 at 7:30pm
September 26 at 2pm and 7:30pm
September 27 at 2pm

Show Length: 100 minutes

About the Play
Joy, a lonely late 30-something, acquires a Companion (an AI in a human form designed to help with daily tasks) for her ailing father. After his death, the Companion becomes hers. Choosing to keep him, Joy begins to fall for her Companion. Joy is romanced by his perfection, ignoring the advances of a human blind date, Brian. A devastating loss opens her up to the opportunity for a true human connection.

Cast & Creative Team
Joy: Rosie Moss
The Companion: Elliot Sagay
Brian: Justin Borak

Written by Amy Greenspan
Directed by Kalina Ko
Produced by Katie Brown
Stage Managed by Maggie Brockman
Sound Design by Wendy MacIver
Lightning Design by Zoe Griffith
Scenic & Props by Jessie Baldinger
Costumes by Seo Yun

Moxie Arts NY Artistic Director - Maggie Lee
Moxie Arts NY Managing Producer - Madelyn Paquette

About Moxie Arts NY & the Moxie Incubator
Moxie Arts NY is a Lilly Award-winning nonprofit theatre company founded in 2017 dedicated to engaging audiences with stories centering and created by people of historically excluded genders (including women, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists). Our programming provides opportunities for artists at all stages of career development, building community from the page to the stage, and everywhere in between. For more information visit www.moxiearts.org

About the Moxie IncubatorThe Moxie Incubator is an accelerated development program for new, unproduced works and aligns with Moxie’s mission of engaging audiences with stories centering women, created by artists of historically excluded genders. These pieces were selected through an open submission process to Moxie Arts NY and each received two rounds of development before these productions. Throughout this process, the nine cohort members rotated, so that all artists have worked together in different configurations across the three rounds.

IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation. Thank you to IndieSpace, and everyone who supports venues like ours in New York City.

ACCESS: IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility. Please reach out to Kori Rushton if you have any accessibility questions or concerns, krushton@irttheater.org

PLEASE NOTE: All sales final and there is no late seating at IRT Theater.