Cast: John Griffin, Jenny Kelly, Lee Tennenbaum, Philip Gagliano, Mimi McMann, Vincent Ingrisano

Buried Stories is a community-specific, interview-based, multi-year theatre piece that explores the history of the Staten Island Fresh Kills Landfill and investigates its impact on the individuals and community who lived nearby. Theatre artists Carrie Ellman-Larsen and Jolie Tong created Buried Stories by conducting historical and statistical research on the Fresh Kills Landfill and interviewing community members who have a relationship with the site. When developing the script, they used aspects of Ping Chong + Company’s “Undesirable Elements” method of community-specific interview-based theatre creation and drew inspiration from the structure of Anna Deavere Smith’s ethnographic pieces Twilight: Los Angeles and Fires in the Mirror.

Content Notice: These are all true stories, as remembered by the people who told them. They contain discussions of 9/11, illness and death, and some strong language.

Time: 12:00 pm EST

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