People’s Light & Theatre Company to Partner with Longwood Gardens

People’s Light & Theatre Company will develop a series of new works over three years in partnership with Longwood Gardens, which encompasses 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, meadows, fountains, a 10,010-pipe Aeolian organ and a 4.5-acre conservatory.

Funded by a grant from The Independence Foundation as part of the 2010 New Theatre Works Initiative, as many as six site-specific theater pieces will be created, focusing on art and science, and how they intersect with themes of sustainability, conservation, and botanical research.

As part of the project, People’s Light has invited 25 artists to develop a series of new site-specific works, using Longwood Gardens as a source of inspiration and research: Caridad Svich (playwright) + Anna Kiraly (designer); Michael Hollinger (playwright) + David Gordon (designer); Susan Bernfield (playwright) + Jo Winiarski (designer); Susan Mosakaowski (playwright ) + Christine Jones (designer); Lisa D’Amour/Katie Pearl (playwrights) + Mimi Lien (designer); Kathryn Walat (playwright ) + Wilson Chin (designer); Zak Berkman (playwright) + Justin Townsend (designer); Rachel Dickstein (playwright) + Susan Zeeman Rogers (designer); Andy Bragen (playwright) + Anya Klepikov (designer); Russell Davis (playwright) + Matt Saunders (designer); Charlotte Miller (playwright) + Kate Sinclair Foster (designer); and Kathryn Petersen (playwright) + Tony Straiges (designer).