Waiting for Godot for the Climate Crisis Generation

A dark comedy, set in a disturbingly not-so-distant future. Years after a conflict known as the Big War, a tiny kingdom jutting out of the sea wrestles with the problems of forming a nation—and opposing notions of what it means to be a citizen, a country, and a civilization. Inspired by actual events. 

In 1960’s Britain, a retired WWII army major claimed an abandoned aircraft platform in international waters off the coast of Essex as his own sovereign nation, planted his flag, and coined a motto, E Mare Libertas!  (From the Sea, Freedom!). Originally a commission for the Royal Court Theatre, the premiere venue for new writing in the UK.

About The COOP: Founded by Kate Hamill (Sense & Sensibility, Vanity Fair, Little Women, etc.), Andrus Nichols (Bedlam’s Saint Joan, Sense & Sensibility, etc.) and other artists, The COOP was conceived out of the desire to create a NYC-based community that makes extraordinary theatre and is committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, experimentation, and trust. The COOP produces both new plays that resonate with timeless themes and universal truths, and old plays reinvigorated through a new lens.

CAST
Mark Bedard
John Keating
Daniel José Molina
Andrus Nichols
Tom O’Keefe
Gerardo Rodriguez
T. Ryder Smith

CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright: Barbara Hammond 
Director: Shana Cooper
Assistant Director: April Cleveland
Set Design: Andrew Boyce
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Lighting Design: Eric Southern
Costume Design: Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene
Fight Choreographer: Carman Lacivita
Stage Manager: Katharine Whitney
Assistant Stage Manager: Violeta Picayo

Moderator Bio:
Melissa Unger, a Franco-American,  built a successful 20+ year career in media, arts, and public service and in 2011 founded Seymour Projects to collaborate with other forward-thinkers to help shape a desirable, humane future.