In Vestments by Sara Fellini
WINNER! NYIT AWARDS for OUTSTANDING PREMIER OF A NEW PLAY, OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
An immersive production in the Chapel at West Park Presbyterian Church in NYC featuring live performances of the music of Jacques Brel, Rocky Horror Picture show, and faceless nuns. The story centers around a sacristan and four priests in a crumbling church, a poisoned chalice of sanctified wine, addiction, and the ghosts that haunt them as they refuse to face the darkness in their past.
PRESS:
"Isaac Byrne’s high-energy production is by turns earnest and campy, wrenching and visually eloquent...dramaturgical jambalaya, flavored with the full-throated music of Jacques Brel" NY Times
“a thrilling and dangerous ride...Byrne's ability to stage the absurd keeps the play buoyant even while it descends into its feverish finale...this is a company that knows how to use their resources. This is a piece of theatre that represents intelligent and focused artists whose work is as good as any off-broadway house, and is really a gift to the community, done for love of the art" NY Theatre Review
"sure-handed writing and direction...Director Isaac Byrne carefully maneuvers all of the characters in and out of the small space allowing for a manic but controlled atmosphere"
Theatre Pizzaz
"intense, sometimes volatile, occasionally challenging in-your-face play... Byrne has set this show comes as close as any production to fly-on-the-wall observation... all-encompassing theatre: old-fashioned stakes paired with contemporary storytelling savvy." Garden State Journal
An immersive production in the Chapel at West Park Presbyterian Church in NYC featuring live performances of the music of Jacques Brel, Rocky Horror Picture show, and faceless nuns. The story centers around a sacristan and four priests in a crumbling church, a poisoned chalice of sanctified wine, addiction, and the ghosts that haunt them as they refuse to face the darkness in their past.
PRESS:
"Isaac Byrne’s high-energy production is by turns earnest and campy, wrenching and visually eloquent...dramaturgical jambalaya, flavored with the full-throated music of Jacques Brel" NY Times
“a thrilling and dangerous ride...Byrne's ability to stage the absurd keeps the play buoyant even while it descends into its feverish finale...this is a company that knows how to use their resources. This is a piece of theatre that represents intelligent and focused artists whose work is as good as any off-broadway house, and is really a gift to the community, done for love of the art" NY Theatre Review
"sure-handed writing and direction...Director Isaac Byrne carefully maneuvers all of the characters in and out of the small space allowing for a manic but controlled atmosphere"
Theatre Pizzaz
"intense, sometimes volatile, occasionally challenging in-your-face play... Byrne has set this show comes as close as any production to fly-on-the-wall observation... all-encompassing theatre: old-fashioned stakes paired with contemporary storytelling savvy." Garden State Journal