Name: VIRGINIA/POE
Start: 2021-10-14T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2021-10-16T21:00:00-04:00
Location: The Center at West Park

VIRGINIA/POE

The Center at West Park is a home for arts, culture, and community in the landmark West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. The Center is a secular not-for-profit organization that offers a diverse range of programs for artists, audiences, and the neighborhood; manages the building’s venues; and stewards the restoration of its historic exterior.

The Center at West Park

A surreal, fourth-wall-breaking drama exploring the relationship between Edgar Allan Poe, and his child bride, Virginia Eliza Clemm.

When Virginia Eliza Clemm, a young girl in love with Death, meets Edgar Allan Poe, she becomes entangled in a marriage that eludes historians to this day. VIRGINIA/POE explores the many possible relationships between the famed poet and his thirteen-year-old cousin. Steeped in uncertainty, the play explores questions of historical interpretation, agency, and power. VIRGINIA/POE is written by Daria Kent with direction by Maiya Pascouche and is presented as part of The Center at West Park&#x27;s ​Fall 2021 Season.Please be advised that this production contains flashing lights, mature themes, and pedophilia.COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDELINESPer New York City&#x27;s vaccine mandate, all attendees must show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to be admitted to the event. Attendees are required to wear face masks throughout the performance.ABOUT THE ARTISTSDARIA KENT (She/Her/Hers) is an emerging playwright, dramaturg, and theatre artist in New York City. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre (Playwriting) and English from Fordham University. There, she produced three original plays: Erotophobia (dir. Miranda Haymon, November 2018), Into Me See (solo performance, November 2020), and Virginia/Poe (dir. Kate DiRienzi, April 2021). Daria also worked as a dramaturg on various Fordham Studio productions, including Ishmael, a new play (dir. Kevin Hourigan, 2017), Dimes, a new play (dir. Carlos Armesto, 2018), and Everybody by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins (dir. Terrence I. Mosely, 2021). Her devised work includes If you give a country a cookie, performed in collaboration with Emma Lea Hasslebach at Theatre in Asylum’s The Debates 2020.MAIYA PASCOUCHE (She/Her) is a theater director-songwriter-adaptor. Originally from Connecticut, she has found her true home in the multifarious neighborhoods of New York City. She studied Drama at NYU Tisch. Her work strives to challenge the cis, hetero-normative narrative commonly found in the theatrical canon by placing women and LGBTQ+ characters at the forefront of her pieces. It is the vulnerable act of making theater that keeps her alive. Maiya’s work has been seen at Playwrights Downtown, Theaterlab, and digitally as a Line Producer for The Homebound Theater Project.

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