NIGHT WITCHES, the play
A new play about the all-female Soviet 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment of World War II.
Using conventional realism, physical theatre, music, dance, acroyoga, shadow puppetry, and source material from Anne Noggle’s book, A Dance With Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II (a compilation of interviews done with surviving Night Witches in 1992), the audience comes into immediate contact with the women's stories. In this shared space, the audience witnesses a young generation of women embodying the courage, endurance, and sisterhood of another generation of women once lost to history.
Using conventional realism, physical theatre, music, dance, acroyoga, shadow puppetry, and source material from Anne Noggle’s book, A Dance With Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II (a compilation of interviews done with surviving Night Witches in 1992), the audience comes into immediate contact with the women's stories. In this shared space, the audience witnesses a young generation of women embodying the courage, endurance, and sisterhood of another generation of women once lost to history.
Photography by Stephanie Dee & Katherine Fairbanks
Phase II
The play is continuing its growth under the leadership of Executive Producer Elena Kritter, Co-Producer Alida Rose Delaney, Director Kathleen Anne Hefferon with a fall tour in both Virginia and New York.
Performances:
Dixon Place, NY
The Muse, Brooklyn - Off Broadway
Ground Rush Farm, VA
Hylton Center for the Performing Arts, VA - Regional Off Broadway
Phase I
The play completed its first phase of development in creative collaboration with an all-female ensemble of actor-creators hailing from New York City, Boston, and the Dominican Republic.
Workshop Performances:
William Esper Studio, NY
Lynchburg College, VA
Ground Rush Farm, VA
Citations: A Dance with Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II. Text and Contemporary Portraits - Anne Noggle. Texas A&M University Press.