Phoenix Theatre Ensemble's METAMORPHOSIS

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Phoenix Theatre Ensemble Presents

METAMORPHOSIS

Inspired by the classic absurdist novel by Franz Kafka
Created by PTE artists Clara Francesca & Leo Lion
KafkaTech at Studio Exhibit
62 Orchard Street, 2nd Floor NYC, NY 10011 USA

Set at an uncanny corporate retreat, this original immersive retelling of a mysterious transformation from human to insect fuses audio tech, physical theatre, and interactive sensory installations. This darkly humorous and beautifully strange exploration of self-help, corporate culture, and late-stage capitalist anxieties will leave you changed…for the better. We promise.

CREATIVE TEAM
Buffy Cardoza, Lead Production Designer
Claire Talbott, Video Design
Nate Edmondson, Collaborative Sound Designer & Mixer
Max Romanov, Associate Props Designer
Ariel Estrada, Marketing & Press Consultant

ABOUT CLARA FRANCESCA
CLARA FRANCESCA. An alumnus of Anne Bogart’s SITI Company’s Inaugural Conservatory, Clara’s work ranges from traditional acting to poetic immersive avant-garde. Theatrical works include: 43 Stages of Grief (The Tank), The Brick Theater (Macbeth, Hamlet, Three Sisters), Live Arts The Phoenix Theatre (Skin of Our Teeth, Wind In The Willows), Theatre For The New City (Freedom Summer), NYC’s Hayden Planetarium (MarsBand), La Mama (The Well), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Manifesting Mrs Marx), and Firenze Cinema la Compagnia (Speaking Dante: The Divine Comedy in 24 hours). Clara's selected television credits include: “FBI” (CBS) opposite Jeremy Sisto, and "New Amsterdam” (NBC) opposite Ryan Eggold. Film credits include supporting roles playing Lance Henriksen’s daughter in "Reklaw", as well as co-starring in award-winning "Johnny Ghost". Clara won Best Actress at the Arts Centre Fairfax Stage for self-devised piece “Susan Who?” about underage coerced sex work and government. Clara received the Dame Joan Sutherland Fund for excellence in Theatre. www.clarafrancesca.com 

ABOUT LEO LION
LEO LION is a director, teaching artist, and producer from Brooklyn, and the founding Artistic Director of The Firebird Project. Leo also serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Phoenix Theatre Ensemble and heads their PlayCoop New Works Incubator, a home for new storytelling forms like improv, immersive performance, ARG and RPG. Recent directing credits include Rossum's Universal Robots and The Snow Queen with Firebird, Wind in the Willows and Scandalton: LIVE with Phoenix. As a teaching artist, Leo leads workshops in improv, playwriting, and RPG storytelling. As a genderqueer first-gen immigrant, Leo seeks to create work that explores nebulous identities, placelessness, and unconventional methods of meaning-making. @whosleolion / www.leolion.com

ABOUT PHOENIX THEATRE ENSEMBLE
Founded in 2004, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble is an Audelco, IRNE, Elliot Norton, and NYITA award-winning not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization committed to the presentation of the great stories of the classical canon, and new adaptations of language-rich texts in innovative stagings that speak to and serve contemporary audiences. We are dedicated to nurturing a diverse resident company of classically trained and highly skilled theatre artists. www.phoenixtheatreensemble.org

ABOUT STUDIO EXHIBIT
These bright spaces for rent are thought for people of all industries to explore and explode creativity.  We offer a comfortable, welcoming space for photoshoots, creative projects and events. www.studioexhibit.com