БУРЯ

Honors Project for the Department of Theatre, Williams College 2021

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Tempest, Буря (Burya) is a devised exploration of Russian immigrant memory, part-installation, part-movement, and part-everything-in-between. With a team of three actors, three designers, and three spaces, follow Miranda as she crosses from old to new land under the wings of her mother: what does intergenerational memory mean when only recalling whispers of the past? Is a person cleansed or reinvented in water? What do we do when love can move a person across continents, but is inextricable from sacrifice?

Featuring Mira Sneirson, Noah Savage, and Emily Neuner.

Director Nadiya Atkinson

Stage Manager Obi Nwako

Assistant Stage Manager Lio Otter

Production/Lighting Designer Raven Zhan

Sound Designers Jake Eisner, Caroline Tally

Original Art, Costume Designer Nadiya Atkinson

Production Manager Ann Marie Dorr

Advisors Shanti Pillai, Rob Baker-White