THE FORD / HILL PROJECT
WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE (641 D ST. NW)
October 7 - 8, 2024
THE PUBLIC THEATER (425 Lafayette St)
October 16 - 20, 2024
PRESENTED BY
Woolly Mammoth & The Public TheaterCREATED BY
Elizabeth Marvel and Lee Sunday Evans who also directs
“The Ford/Hill Project performs one of theater’s most noble and necessary functions: to shine a light on character itself, to attune the populace to how a person’s acts betoken who they are, and to prompt the polis to pay attention.” - DC Theater Arts
30 years apart, Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford provoked a reckoning about who is given the power to shape the future of our country by telling the story of one of the most private moments of their lives in one of the most public settings imaginable.
With an ensemble of four actors speaking from the verbatim transcripts of these pivotal hearings, these two women’s stories can be seen side by side in a new light in Waterwell’s illuminating new production which we are honored to bring to two of the country's most prestigious theaters in the weeks leading up to the consequential 2024 election.
If you are interested in bringing this project to your theater, organization or community, write to us at: info@waterwell.org
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Director & Co-Creator: Lee Sunday Evans
Co-Creator: Elizabeth Marvel
Co-Sound Designer & Audio Editor: Jeffrey Salerno
Co-Sound Designer: Mikhail Fiksel
Lighting Designer: Oona Curley
Props Designer: Faye Armon-Troncoso
Costume Coordinator: Amanda Roberge
Creative Line Producer & Associate Director: Maya Davis
Production Stage Manager: Katie Young
Assistant Stage Manager: Kate Wellhofer
Audio Technician: Leonel Mendoza
Casting Consultants: Rori Bergman + Karlee Fomalont
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Features:
Washington Post: Christine Blasey Ford & Anita Hill are Characters in a New Play (Or read on our website here.)New York Times: Political Theater:7 Shows that Wrestle with Political Issues (Or read on our website here.)
American Theatre: Elizabeth Marvel, Hearing the Voices of America
WNBC New York Live: Elizabeth Marvel & Amber Iman Talk ‘The Ford/Hill Project’
Reviews:DC Theater Arts: Gripping ‘Ford/Hill Project’ at Woolly Mammoth speaks truth to male power
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As part of each performance, there will be a public conversation with thought leaders directly following the play - check out the incredible line-up of brilliant leaders.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 7 P.M.
Renee Bracey Sherman, Founder, We Testify and Co-Author of Liberating Abortion
Adrianne Wright, Founder and CEO of ROSIE and Founder of I Will Not Be Quiet
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 7 P.M.
Roxane Gay, writer
Ifeoma Ike, author, artist, and attorney, NYU McSilver Institute Fellow, Founder, Pink Cornrows
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 7 P.M.
Saloni Sethi, Acting Commissioner NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
Alvaro Pinzon, MSW - Director of Respect & Responsibility Program at Rising Ground
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 7 P.M.
Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Alexandra Brodsky, civil rights attorney at Public Justice and Author of Sexual Justice
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 2 P.M.
Chelsea Williams-Diggs, Executive Director, New York Abortion Access Fund
Jenna Lauter, Policy Counsel, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen, Founder and CEO at ClutchKit, Senior Advisor at Banyan Global
Dana Sussman, Senior Vice President, Pregnancy Justice
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 5 P.M.
Leah Goodridge, Award-winning attorney and writer
Andrea Ambam, Multihyphenate Storyteller, Truthteller, & Director of Programming at Level Forward
GALLERY
““Brilliant and brazen.””
ELIZABETH MARVEL (Actor & Co-Creator) has won four Obie Awards for her Off-Broadway work, most notably for the title role in Ivo Van Hove’s 2004 production of Hedda Gabler. Most recently, she starred in the Off-Broadway production of Phillip Roth’s Sabbath’s Theater. Of her numerous Broadway roles, she is best known for her portrayal of Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, a role which she originated off-Broadway. Marvel recently starred in the Apple TV+ limited series HBO Max limited series “Presumed Innocent”, “Love and Death” at HBO Max and the Hulu limited series, “The Dropout”. Her numerous television credits include Peacock’s “Mrs. Davis”, Hulu’s “Helstrom”, Showtime’s “Homeland”, Netflix’s “House of Cards”. She can most recently be seen in Blitz Bazawule’s adaptation of “The Color Purple” for Warner Bros. Upcoming, she will be seen alongside Viola Davis in the Amazon Prime Video action-thriller film, “G20”. Marvel is a graduate of the Juilliard School.
AMBER IMAN (Actor) most recently starred as Rafaela in Lempicka on Broadway for which she was nominated for both a TONY award and Drama League award. She made her Broadway debut as Nina Simone in Soul Doctor, earning a Clive Barnes Award nomination. Additional credits include George C. Wolfe’s Shuffle Along and the first National Tour of Hamilton. Recent highlights include Goddess (Berkeley Rep) and Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (A.C.T.). TV/Film work includes High Maintenance (HBO) and her award-winning short film Steve. Her second short film, Blackberry Winter, wrapped production in April. Amber co-founded Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Black Women on Broadway, earning a Tony Award in 2021 for her BAC work. Listen to “An Evening with Amber Iman” on Audible! @amberiman_ amberiman.com
DYLAN BAKER (Actor) Feature film credits include “Happiness” (IFP Gotham Award, IFP West Independent Spirit Award nomination), “Dream Scenario”, “Shockingly Evil and Vile”; “Miss Sloane”, “Selma”, “Anchorman 2”, “Franny”, “The Humbling”, “23 Blast” (directorial debut), “Revolutionary Road”, “Requiem for a Dream”, and most recently “Laroy, Texas”. Baker’s television credits include “Hunters”, “Inside Man”, “Homeland”, BBC’s “Little Women”, “Damages”, “The Americans”, “The Good Wife” (three Emmy Awards nominations), “The Good Fight”, “Ugly Betty”, and “Burn Notice”. Broadway credits include La Bête (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), Eastern Standard (Theater World Award), Mauritius, November, The Audience, The Front Page, and God of Carnage. He appeared Off-Broadway in Not About Heroes (Obie Award), Sea of Tranquility, Homebody/ Kabul, Medea at BAM, and Corruption.
ERIC BERRYMAN (Actor) is a Baltimore born, Brooklyn based actor who is involved in work he believes his great-grandmother would dig. On stage he was last seen Off-Broadway in Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me (Wooster Group). On screen, “Atlanta” (FX) portraying “short lived Disney CEO” Thomas Washington. Other Select Theatrical Credits: The B-Side: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons” A Record Album Interpretation (Wooster Group-Drama Desk Nomination); Pulitzer Prize winner Primary Trust (Audelco Award), Toni Stone (Roundabout); Detroit Red (ArtsEmerson-Elliot Norton Award); Private (Mosaic Theater); Scene Partners (Vineyard Theater), Moby Dick, A Musical Reckoning (A.R.T.); Steel Hammer (SITI COMPANY). Recent Film/TV credits: “Godfather of Harlem” (Epix/MGM+), “Ramy” (HULU), “Bonding,” “Marriage Story” (NETFLIX); “Evil” (PARAMOUNT+); “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Empathy Inc” (AMAZON); “Motherless Brooklyn.” Training: Carnegie Mellon University.
Thank You to Our Major Supporters:
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Angelina Fiordellisi
Mariska Hargitay
Taylor Kinney
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