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SAFE

Sat, Jun 1, 2024

Presented by the New York Civil Liberties Union and BAM

SAFE

One Day in an Over-Policed NYC Public School

Metal detectors… patdowns… penalties… no, it’s not a prison, but a New York City public school. SAFE, a 45-minute musical by writer/director Jess McLeod and songwriter Brian Quijada, chronicles a day in the life of two NYC teens, Zyniah and Fredo, who get pulled out of the metal detector line for patdowns in two different public high schools, triggering two very different days. Presented by the New York Civil Liberties Union and based on interviews with real students, the musical explores how we got here, and how a punitive environment is making kids feel anything but safe.

Book & Direction by Jess McLeod 
Songs by Brian Quijada 
Choreographed by Voltaire Wade Greene

Executive Producer: Ari Conte
Associate Producer: Cindy Tsai

Music Director: Wes D'Alelio
Set and Props Designer: Emmett Grosland
Costume Designer: Hahnji Jang
Casting by 
Gregory Jafari Van Acker 
The Casting Collaborative 
Bass/Valle Casting 

Production Stage Manager: Christine J. Colonna
Assistant Stage Manager: Giselle Andrea Raphaela

This production is made possible by the Creatives Rebuild New York Artist Employment Program

CAST

Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew*
Jade Jones*
Fergie L. Phillipe*
Cristian "Chino" Rodriguez
Kiana Rodriguez
Futaba Shioda*

*Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

 

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      JL Greene

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