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VIVRE Presents Dry Land
VIVRE Performing Arts Production: Dry Land
VIVRE Performing Arts invites you to attend the 2022 Fall Play entitled ‘Dry Land’ written by Ruby Rae Spiegel.
Following the life of an American high school senior, Dry Land is about Amy, who is desperate to end her unwanted pregnancy, but has no access to an abortion. She enlists the help of Ester, a new student and fellow swimmer on their swim team. The two girls struggle to find a way to end Amy’s pregnancy and find themselves drawn irrevocably closer. The bonds of their friendship prove intense, as both girls struggle how to navigate the challenges, heartbreaks, and discoveries that come of trying to find your way when there is no map back to the safety of dry land.
Content Warning: This play includes and or mentions: depression, suicide, eating disorders, abortions, blood, and flashing images.
Director: Marteena Mendelssohn
Assistant Director: Malala-Samirha Waseme
Stage Managers: Rensina Salerno, Sophia Ellis
Starring: Sarah Affonso, Sterling Knight, Gabriella Mendes, Dylan Kornhauser, and Isaac Bates.
Non-AUP students/ Staff will be charged 15 euros online or at the door (cash only).
About VIVRE:
VIVRE is an interdisciplinary student-led organization whose mission is to provide the AUP community with a place for creative expression and to promote growth academically and artistically through the performing arts.
About the Director:
Marteena Mendelssohn is a Junior Creative Writing major with a minor in Film and Marketing Management. As one of the founding members of VIVRE Performing Arts, she dedicates her time to theater and playwriting. She believes that acting is about understanding oneself enough to react truthfully under any circumstance– and she hopes to stay true to that as she begins to direct other actors on her journey.
Dry Land written by Ruby Rae Spiegel was Originally Produced by Colt Coeur, New York, NY. Developed at the Ojai Playwright ConferenceRobert Egan. Production Credit Developed with the support of New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Season at Vassar
