Modern Swimwear

Written by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
Directed by Meghan Finn
Dramaturgy by Amauta Marston-Firmino

January 19 - February 12, 2023

After an accident in their West Village apartment, Nick and Sylvie retreat to a hotel room in a nearby members-only club. Desires collide inside the room as Sylvie, career-driven and ambitious, prepares for a big day ahead while her stoner boyfriend Nick revs up for a wild night out. Modern Swimwear is a provocative new play by Caitlin Saylor Stephens about swimwear designer Sylvie Cachay's life. And the cost of female ambition.

Running Time: 80 Minutes, No Intermission.

CAITLIN SAYLOR STEPHENS
PLAYWRIGHT

CAITLIN SAYLOR STEPHENS is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her recent full-length plays include: Turbeville (NYSCA Theater Artist Commission), A Picture of the Dog (O’Neill Finalist), Modern Swimwear (NYC Women’s Fund/The Tank), Woke Boy (The Lark), Black Escalade (New Georges, Sundance Finalist), When We Went Electronic (Kilroy’s List, The Tank), and many more. Her work has been presented at NYTW, The Tank, theFlea, The Lark Play Development Center, New Georges, LAByrinth Theater Company, the Amoralists, and internationally at festivals in Athens, Milan, and Rome. She's the recipient of an EST/Sloan Project Commission, a NYSCA Artist Grant, a NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre and has been nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award.  Notable residencies and fellowships include: Lincoln Center Theater, Headlands Center for the Arts, UCross, New Georges Audrey Residency, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. Her work has received support from the Jerome Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Knight Foundation, and others. Caitlin is currently under commission with Lincoln Center Theater, where she is an artist-in-residence. BA, Sarah Lawrence College. www.caitlinsaylorstephens.com

MEGHAN FINN
DIRECTOR

Meghan Finn (she/her) is the Artistic Director of The Tank. Her directorial work has been seen at the Tank, the V&A, Serpentine Galleries, The Wexner Center, SCAD, The Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago, Museo Jumex Mexico City, The Roes Theater, Athens Greece and OnStage! Festival Rome and Milan, The Power Plant/Canadian Stage, Brooklyn College, MIT, NYU, the Great Plains Theater Conference and others. She is a frequent collaborator of conceptual artist and sculptor Pedro Reyes, and directed Doomocracy for Creative Time. Finn collaborated with photographer Mitch Epstein on a live performance with cellist Erik Friedlander as well as celebrated premieres by Mac Wellman, Laurel Haines and Steph Singer, Barbara Cassidy, Nick Flynn, Caitlin Saylor Stephens, Soomi Kim, Kaaron Briscoe, Matthew Paul Olmos, Greg Kotis, Erin Courtney, Peggy Stafford, Julia May Jonas, Gary Winter, Ben Gassman, Alexandra Collier, Carl Holder, Paul Hufker, Jess Barbagallo, Valerie Work, Misha Shulman, Eliza Bent and Cori Copp. BA Theater The University of Southern California, MFA Directing Brooklyn College.

AMAUTA MARSTON-FIRMINO
DRAMATURG

Amauta Marston-Firmino is a writer and artist born in Miami, raised in Washington D.C. and based in New York City. He studied performance and creative writing at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and is currently working and engaging with contemporary theatre, sound art, and performance in the New York City area.

FIG CHILCOTT
SYLVIE

Actor/Playwright Fig Chilcott is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, and received her M.F.A. from The Actors Studio Drama School. Her Off-Broadway debut was at Laura Pels Theatre in 2020, in 27 Miles To Go, written by Hilary Bettis and directed by Jo Bonney. 

SARAH JOHNSTON
LIGHTING DESIGNER

Selected credits: When We Went Electronic (The Tank; Europe Tour 2021 - Athens, Milan, Rome); Sun & Sea (BAM Fisher); Medea (BAM Harvey); Monsoon Season (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre); Open (The Tank); The Brobot Johnson Experience (The Bushwick Starr); Squeamish (Theatre Row); Speak Up, Rise Up (The Connelly Theater); Charleses (The Brick Theater); I’m Bleeding All Over the Place (LaMama - Ellen Stewart Theater); A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (The Night Shift at IRT); Acappella: The Musical (NYMF);Emily Climbs (The Brick Theater); The Harper's Play (JACK); Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Happily Ever; Miss Julie (NWT); The Downtown Loop (3LD). Associate Lighting Designer selected credits: Girl from the North Country(Belasco Theater); Moulin Rouge (Boston Colonial); Jagged Little Pill (ART); Saint Joan (MTC); The Little Foxes (Samuel Friedman Theater, MTC); Joan of Arc: Into the Fire (The Public Theatre); American Psycho (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre); The Humans (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Helen Hayes Theatre; Laura Pels Theatre); Invisible Thread (2econd Stage);10 out of 12 (Soho Rep.); Pretty Filthy (Abrons Arts Center). Co-Creative Director and Designer: Drake, 2017. Architectural Lighting Designer at Focus Lighting. Sarah is a graduate of Brooklyn College. www.sarahjohnstonlighting.com

PATRICIA MARJORIE
COSTUMES AND PROPS DESIGNER

Patricia Marjorie is a Brazilian Multidisciplinary theatre artist based in New York with focus on set design, props and directing. Recent works: costume designer for; Simon and his Shoes directed by Meghan Finn; costume designer for The Time Machine directed by Joshua Gelb (playwrights horizons theatre school) set design for  Re MEMORI by Nambi E. Kelley (WP theater); props for Hound Dogdirected by Machel Ross for Ars Nova; Montag directed by Dustin Wills by Soho Rep.; Ulysses and The Seagull by Elevator Repair Service, Eva Luna by Repertório Espanhol; Notes on Killing Seven Oversight” by Mara Velez Melendez (Soho Rep.) 7 Minutes (Waterwell, dir. Mei Ann Teo); Wolf Play (Soho Rep), Black Exhibition by Jeremy O. Harris dir by Machel Ross, SKiNFoLK by Jillian Walker, In the Southern Breeze (Rattlestick). Patricia has also recently Performed on -Mrs Loman directed by Meghan Finn (the Tank) and directed What Will Become of Kaaron? (The Tank) and her own work as a playwright A Song to Keep the Wolves Awake (The Tank).

MARCELO AÑEZ
SOUND DESIGNER

Based in NYC for 14 years, Marcelo Añez is a four time Grammy Winner working as a Sound Designer, Sound Engineer, Acoustic Consultant, 5.1 Mixer, music mixer, and recording engineer. With credits that include work with The Met Museum, MoMA, PS-1, TATE Britain, Sundance Film Festival, Times Square Alliance, Michael Kors, CreativeTime, The Pulitzer Center.  Theater sound design work at 3LD Center for the Performing Arts. at La Mama, Columbia University, The New Ohio,  INTAR, HERE, PS-122, CSC, One Eighth, New Georges, Caborca, 3-legged dog, Chris Henry & Royal Family Productions, and others.

MAX MOONEY
STAGE MANAGER & INTIMACY DIRECTOR

Max Mooney (he/him/she/her) is a stage manager, playwright, director, producer, dramaturg and theatre educator who works primarily in New York City and the greater Philadelphia area. Max graduated from NYU Tisch's Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, studying directing and playwriting. Within all of his practices, Maxfocuses his energy on developing language-based new work in collaborative settings that find the intersections between poetry and theater. He has worked with Ars Nova, New Victory Theatre, Playwrights Downtown, The Tank, SoHo Playhouse, New Ohio Theater, The Strasberg Institute, Garden Level Theatre and The Strafford Players to create work. Currently, Max is the Director of Programming at Sanguine Theatre in Brooklyn.

EMMA RICHMOND
LINE PRODUCER & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Emma Richmond is a director, producer, Assistant General Manager at HERE Art Center, and sometimes scientist. She is a recent graduate of The New School's BFA in Dramatic Arts, where she also completed a minor in Interdisciplinary Science. She is delighted to be continuing her Producing Fellowship at The Tank with Modern Swimwear! emma-richmond.com

YASMIN SANTANA
INSTALLATION GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Yasmin Santana is a Brazilian multidisciplinary theater and film actress, creative director, and designer based in New York City. She graduated with a BA in Performing Arts from CEFART - Artistic and Technological Training Center (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and a BA in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Yasmin has extensive experience in theater and film. Since 2015 she has worked as a company artist at 3LD Art and Technology Center developing new ways to incorporate digital technology in theater narratives for more than 200 productions. She is also Co-Founder of MôTif Productions - a non-profit that supports and creates art projects focusing on social justice.   As a designer and creative director, her credits include Esperpento by Victor Morales (Sundance Film Festival, B3 Frankfurt Biennial - Awarded as Best Immersive and Time Based Art) and The Other’s Shadow by Rodrigo Fisher. She has also created and provided design solutions for multiple renowned performing arts organizations in NY like Creative Time, Montclair State University, Renegade Performance Group, The Tank Theater, Group.BR, New Georges, The Builders Association, Origin Theater, Caborca Theatre, Pace University’s Theatre Department, and MAX Media Art Exploration, among others.

CHRISTOPHER AND JUSTIN SWADER
SCENIC DESIGNERS

Christopher & Justin Swader are scenic designers for theatre and live events. Previous designs with: Dallas Theater Center, Two River Theatre, Everyman Theatre, Miami New Drama, Resident Ensemble Players, Tectonic Theater Project, Dorset Theatre Festival, The New Victory Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Lincoln Center Education, York Theatre Company, INTAR, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Kitchen Theatre Company, Penguin Rep, Luna Stage, Mason Holdings, IBEX Puppetry, Trusty Sidekick, A$AP Rocky, Sotheby’s, Big Apple Circus, National Geographic. Lucille Lortel nomination, Henry Hewes nominations, AUDELCO, IRNE & Carbonell Awards. www.cjswaderdesign.com

CHAD PIERRE VANN
STAFFER

Chad Pierre Vann is a NY based artist. TV: Let The Right One In (Showtime). Theater: Antony And Cleopatra, The Cherry Orchard, In The Blood, Too Heavy for Your Pocket (The Juilliard School). Education: The Juilliard School. Instagram: @chadpvann

HANNA YURFEST
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Hanna Yurfest (She/Her) is a director and producer. She studied American Studies and Theater at Skidmore College.

FRANK ZWALLY
NICK

Frank Zwally (he/him) is an actor from Kissimmee, Florida and recent graduate of The Juilliard School Drama Division. Select credits include: Netflix’s ‘Manifest’ Season 4 (Reoccurring Guest Star), ‘Meet Me With a Mask On’ by Kathleen Capdesuñer (San Francisco Indie Film Festival, Ft. Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival), and Juilliard’s first one man show ‘Thom Pain Based on Nothing’ by Will Eno. Frank is a program lead of StART, a program that brings professional artistic experiences to public school students in his hometown. Frank would like to thank all of the educators who got him here.