Battle of Angels
- September 25–27, 2020
6:30 pm - Central Park, NYC
This Friday to Sunday only, join us for a live, in-person, outdoor, and significantly abbreviated presentation of the stunning and controversial play by Tennessee Williams.
Three women fight over a handsome stranger newly arrived in their Mississippi Delta small town. Written by Williams in 1940, Battle of Angels was closed by order of the Boston League of Decency and the Boston Police Commissioner called it “Indecent and improper…. Lascivious and immoral.” Come see for yourself.
Presented in New York as part of the 2020 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
- Written by
Tennessee Williams - Directed by
Jessica Burr - Featuring
Heather Benton, Michael Gene Jacobs, Nancy McArthur, Ronnie Williams, Aaron Michael Zook - Production Stage Management
Margaret Gleberman - Sound Design
Adrian Bridges - Costume Design Consultation
Sera Bourgeau
Space is extremely limited and reservations are required. To reserve your space, please click here to email us with your name, desired show day, and number of tickets requested. We will contact you with further details, including the exact location of the presentation.
- Tickets are a suggested donation of $25.
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The presentation will last approximately 45 minutes, and audience members will need to stand or sit on the ground for the duration. All audience members and performers are required to wear masks, and social distancing will be followed. All audience members will need to bring a phone or MP3 player and headphones.
- Feel free to email with any questions.
Kennedy Center Commendation
Blessed Unrest was honored by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival 2019 National Awards Committee with a Commendation for Distinguished Leadership, along with artistic affiliate Rich Brown. Our work with KC/ACTF over the past five years, serving as panelists, respondents, and guest teachers, has been extremely rewarding and we are thrilled to have our contribution recognized with this award.
In Development
Irreparable
- Written by
Keith Hamilton Cobb
Author of American Moor - Directed by
Jessica Burr
This new play delves into the ongoing legacy of slavery in the United States, including the role white northeasterners played in its development, financing, and expansion. We are working closely with Keith through a series of developmental workshops this fall. Look for a public presentation in the spring of 2020.
Bringing Back Refuge
Refuge, our original multilingual play devised with Teatri ODA (Kosovo), presents the incredible true story of thousands of Jewish World War II refugees being harbored by families in Albania, set against our Kosovar collaborators’ own experience as refugees during the 1990s Balkan Wars. Following last spring’s largely sold out run of Refuge at NYC’s Baruch Performing Arts Center, we are planning a New York remount and a tour to other US cities, to Kosovo and the Balkans, and to Western Europe.
We need your support to keep telling this story of compassion, connection, and perseverance. Donate now or contact us.
If your theatre would like to present Refuge, please contact us.
“At its best, independent theater is inventive, emotional, inspiring and has the ability to transform the atmosphere in a room full of people. In the several years I have been attending shows by Blessed Unrest, they have never ceased to amaze.”
~ Amber Gallery, NY Theatre Now
“Once in a blue moon comes a piece of theatre so impactful you wonder if you won’t be talking about it for years to come. A piece of theatre so unique and bold, it makes you exclaim, ‘Wait. Theatre can do this?’”
~ Rachel Kerry, New York Theatre Review
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“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist in any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, or how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
“No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
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Blessed Unrest’s work is made possible by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; SHS Foundation; Ruth and Hal Launders Charitable Trust; A.R.T./New York Creative Space Grants, supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and the generosity of individual donors. Blessed Unrest is a member of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, and the Network of Ensemble Theatres.