Until Dark is a new play that reflects on consent and the intricacies of sisterhood, while testing its ties and boundaries.
When Cass is accused of a heinous crime, her sister Jackie - a promising criminal defense attorney - decides to take over the case without blinking. When Lisa, their third sister, shows up in town for solidarity, she realizes there is more to the allegations than what she was told.
Written and Directed by Federica Borlenghi
An Et Alia Theater Production
Co-Produced by Mo Shah and Kavita Shah
Associate Produced by Covi Loveridge Brannan
Actor, Producer
Until Dark
'Til Morning is a coming of age short film about Julia, a Brazilian student in her last semester of college in New York City. After losing her family ties due to political disagreements, she is left with very few alternatives to financially provide for herself and finish school. In this journey, her last remaining allies are put to the test, until she eventually has to choose between surrendering to her conservative family and selling herself to a stranger.
Directed by Ana Moioli and Ryan Cairns
With Luísa Galatti, Giorgia Valenti, John Squires and Nelson Baskerville
Photography by Ricardo Acioli
Actor, Producer, Writer
‘Til Morning
Stop Kiss is a powerful and heart-wrenching love story that will take you on a journey of laughter, tears, and ultimately, hope. This non-linear narrative follows the story of Sara and Callie, two women who meet in New York City and form an unlikely bond that quickly blossoms into a beautiful romance. But their happiness is soon shattered by a violent hate crime. With sharp, witty dialogue and deeply moving moments, Stop Kiss explores themes of love, identity, and the devastating impact of intolerance.
Directed by Suzanne Di Donna
With Luísa Galatti, Pamela Torres, Christina Loper, Sam McCarthy, Antoni Danieluk and Mamadou Jalloh
Photos by Alexia Haick
Actor, Producer
Stop Kiss
Alex battles a debilitating condition: sleep paralysis. While her body rests, her mind is trapped in wakefulness, tormented by haunting visions. Despite her psychiatrist’s efforts, medication offers no relief. As her struggle intensifies, she desperately seeks a remedy to reclaim her peace of mind and a restful night’s sleep.
A short film by Lufe Berto
Shot by JP Pacca
With Luísa Galatti and Maria Muller
Actor
I’m Not Asleep
The title “Dystopia Brazil” already foreshadows a future without hope. Drawing from the sources of genre icons such as George Orwell’s “1984” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” this collaborative play explores situations like the military intervention in Rio de Janeiro and the encroachment of religion on the power of the state.
The audience is not left out either. Filmed throughout the performance, they are encouraged to applaud speeches, pray, and judge a lesbian couple in the play.
Directed by Pedro Granato
Devised by the Ensemble
Actor
Distopia Brasil
Forbidden to leave his home country, Nassim Soleimanpour wrote a one-performer play as a letter that would travel the world in his place. With no rehearsals, no director, and a sealed script, White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a show in which the actor reads the script for the first time onstage.
This performance was be part of Let There Be Theatre - A Call to Action on March 13th. Theaters from all over the globe will be staging a production of White Rabbit Red Rabbit on March 13th, to mark the date that most theaters had to shut down due to the pandemic. At 8pm in every time zone there will be a multitude of shows starting at the same time for 24 hours, thus creating a massive theatrical community. Et Alia Theater was proud to represent New York in this event.
Performed by Giorgia Valenti (2021), Maria Müller (2022) & Melina Moghadassian (2023)
An Et Alia Theater Production
Photos by Alexia Haick
Producer
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
An immersive theater installation made of women bodies as they deal with their relationship to eating.
This is Me Eating____ started as an online project where women from all over the world were invited to fill in the blank and create a piece of their own that dealt with their relationship to eating and food.
After receiving the City Artist Corps Grant, Et Alia Theater produced This is Me Eating____ as an immersive, live theater performance. Picture a space with human, flawed bodies expressing what they are “eating” (both metaphorically and literally) through the use of their movements and voices.
The theme of food and body image is very specific and unique to different cultures and traditions, yet almost the same in its effect on mental health and societal pressures.
An Et Alia Theater Production
Directed by Debora Balardini
Associate Produced by Dave Morrissey
With Luísa Galatti, Giorgia Valenti, Ana Moioli, Maria Müller and Deniz Bulat
Photos by Gabriela Amerth
Actor, Producer
This is Me Eating___
When grieving, time seems to move at a different pace to you than to the rest of the world. It takes a while to understand that those who leave are never really gone. Such as Sofia, a Brazilian young woman who decides to take a trip to New York in the fall after her mother’s passing - a yearly trip from an early age to the mother; an emotional scar from an early age to the daughter. Written and directed by Stella Rea, the short film proposes a dive in the physicality of memories through Sofia’s journey: a trip that allows her to imagine who her mother was when in New York.
Directed by Stella Rea
With Stella Rea, Luísa Galatti, and Elizabeth Ruf Maldonado
Photography by Topher Maslanka
Producer, Actor
who were you in new york
Stella, Come Home is a dance-theater piece that translates the iconic American play A Streetcar Named Desire into movement and dance through the bodies of our company’s international women. We feel urged to explore what it means to perform this pinnacle of white US theater as women immigrants in New York City, one of the most heterogeneous cities in the world. Just as a reality-stricken Blanche longs for a return to her imagined Belle Reve, we are outsiders going through the painful struggle of letting go of our past, while the promised land of NYC forces us to face our truth: culturally diverse women still have to fight to be heard.
An Et Alia Theater Production
Directed and choreographed by SarAika Movement Collective
Actor, Producer
Stella, Come Home
Producer
Fog Around August
Fog Around August follows a late, drunken conversation between two friends-turned-lovers as we catch a glimpse at this young man’s desires, or lack thereof.
Written by Cornelius Boeder
Directed by Ryan Cairns
With Cornelius Boeder and Valentina Torresi
Producer, Director
Scissors
Scissors, a play that oscillates between the desire to experience life to its fullest and to end it all.
Casper is severely depressed when he meets Cleo, a girl who just might be his reason to stay alive. As her morbid curiosities become stronger, he must navigate between his morality and his need for her. A mildly absurdist meditation on being alive versus merely surviving.
Directed by Luísa Galatti
Written by Cornelius Boeder
With Cornelius Boeder, Hannah Abdoh and Aedan Jayce
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