Original Play By Drew Students Premiering In NYC

From Drew University: Tectonic Theater Project, best known for its production of The Laramie Project—one of the most performed plays in America today—mentored Drew University students to create 4320p: Immersion, an original play that will premiere in New York City.

The play, directed by senior Madeleine Blossom, centers around technology and the curated self, exploring themes such as how we create our identities within social media versus in reality. The show takes place in a Virtual Reality competition show 15 years in the future.

During the fall semester, Drew theatre students took a weekly class in N.Y.C. where they studied with Tectonic members Barbara Pitts McAdams and Scott Barrow. Drew’s Semester on N.Y. Theatre enables junior and senior theatre students to explore Tectonic’s technique of Moment Work, and then to create a fully realized production using what they learned.

The new original work, 4320p: Immersion, will premiere at the John Callum Theatre in New York and also be performed at Drew’s Thomas H. Kean Black Box Theatre inside the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts.

The Callum shows are March 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and March 10 at 2 p.m. The theatre is located at 314 W. 54th St. For ticket information, please click here, email keanboxoffice@drew.edu or call 973-408- 3030.

The Kean shows are March 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and March 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students. To reserve, please email the box office at keanboxoffice@drew.edu.

Photo: Drew University/Lynne DeLade