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LOBSTER


  • The Tank 312 W 36th St New York, NY, 10018 United States (map)

April 25th , 26th, & 29th @ 7:00 PM
May 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8-10th, 12th, 15-17th @ 7:00 PM

Nora loves Patti Smith. Nora is Patti Smith. Nora is stoned out of her mind in the Chelsea Hotel, no, the Chelsea Hotel is her mind, actually, the Chelsea Hotel is an out-of-use portable classroom in the Pacific Northwest, but that portable is a breeding ground for lobsters young women.

LOBSTER received additional support from Clubbed Thumb, made possible by Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation.

Amelia (Mellie) Way (Sound Design, she/they) is an nyc-based sound artist and engineer with a passion for amplifying untold stories. NYC: Three Sisters (Columbia University), Everybody (The New School), Winter Guard, Middletown, Sisters on the Ground (AAS), Aztec Pirates... (The Chain), Tracy Jones (Art House Productions), Los empeños de una casa (Repertorio Español), 24 Hour Plays: Nationals (CSC), The Stella Show, Ted Bundy’s Volkswagen (IRT), Rough Trade (The Tank), Alexa, Play (United Solo Fest), Life Sucks (AADA), High School Play: A Nostalgia Fest, Tartuffe, Continuity, Everybody, and Water by the Spoonful (Fordham University), Saguaros (JACK). Regional: Brigadoon (Wagon Wheel CFA) Other: Grease (Sandy). @ameliawaydesign | ameliaway.com

Annie Fang (Imogen): Off-Broadway: Cymbeline (NAATCO), Your Own Personal Exegesis (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater), SHHHH (Atlantic Theater Company). Also in NY: A Woman Among Women (Bushwick Starr/New Georges), Usus; Chairs (Clubbed Thumb). Select regional: Jennifer Who Is Leaving (Round House Theatre), Thrive, Or What You Will; Twelfth Night (American Shakespeare Center), SHIP (Azuka Theatre), Man of God (InterAct Theatre). fang-annie.com @thefatpecan

Coco McNeil (Medea) is an actor, comedian, and dramaturg from Seattle. She has performed at/in Clubbed Thumb, Prelude Festival, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, Second City, The Tank, Brooklyn Comedy Collective and more. She performs with her improv groups Brunch Buddies and Slay’s Anatomy around the city. Upcoming: Middle School Play at Brick Aux, Loose Teeth, and TÁR the Musical. Instagram: @cocooaaa

Cori Diaz (Stage Manager) is a stage manager based in New York, NY. Her recent credits include RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR (The Hearth), cunnicularii (Good Apples Collective), A Seagull in the Hamptons (Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute), Close Up (Metropolitan Playhouse) and QUEEN (Long Wharf Theatre). She is receiving her BFA this spring from NYU Tisch.

Emma Richmond (Producer) is a producer and director of performances and events. She has worked with/at HERE, The Tank, The Brick, and Audible, amongst others. She was The Tank’s 2022-23 Producing Fellow, and is a member of the artist group TAG. Her day job is Programs Manager at Clubbed Thumb, and she also makes work with her collective Trove, which she co-founded. www.emma-richmond.com

Felix Teich (Jeremy) is so excited to get to make a play that uh... hopefully uh... ~~~ r*ms a f*st up your mf'ing [beeeeep] -hole. ~~~ In other words, something totally punk rock. But also soft and tender duh ;) They're a 2021 graduate of NYU's MFA Acting program, and graduated from Emerson College in 2016 with a BFA in Acting. Also, they’re an acting company member at the Mercury Store, a new play development lab in Gowanus. Reachable @felix.teich on instagram for questions, comments, and concerns.

Hanna Yurfest (Director) is a director and producer from Richmond, MA. She co-founded and leads The Tank’s artist group, TAG, and creates work with her company, Needy Lover.

Jacqueline Scaletta (Lighting Design) is a Brooklyn-based lighting designer with a background informed just as much by dramaturgy as by optical physics. Select design credits: Third Law (CultureLab LIC), Lula 19/85 & The Pearl of the Bekaa (La MaMa), ONE NIGHT (Target Margin Theater), The Vicky Archives (The Tank), {in}tangible (Theatre Row), Galatea 2.0 (Brooklyn Art Haus). Associate credits: Open Mic Night (Under the Radar, Williamstown Theater Festival), Sasha Velour’s The Big Reveal Live Show (La MaMa), Rose: You Are Who You Eat (Woolly Mammoth). jacscalettalighting.com.

Kallan Dana (Playwright) is a writer and performer originally from Portland, Oregon. She has developed or presented work with Clubbed Thumb, The Hearth, The Tank, Bramble Theatre Company, Dixon Place, Northwestern University, and Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. She is a New Georges affiliated artist and co-founder of the artist collaboration group TAG at the Tank. She received her MFA from Northwestern University. needylover.com and troveirl.com

Sarina Freda (Gwen, she/her) is an NYC-based actor/writer/producer. She has worked on several short films and new plays with Clubbed Thumb, P73, The Geva Center, the 24-Hour Plays Festival (Nationals 2020), and more. Together, she and Tom Costello created no no no please no god no, nevermind i’m fine, a one-woman show which debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024. She loves to swim. She loves to dance. And her passion project is finding inner peace. NYU Tisch BFA.https://sarinafreda.com/