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2019/2020 SEASON The Actors' Gang The New Colossus Saturday, February 29, 2020, at 7:30 pm Hancher Auditorium, The University of Iowa Executive Producer THE ACTORS’ GANG THEATER Produced and Directed by TIM ROBBINS Co-written by THE ACTORS’ GANG ENSEMBLE AND TIM ROBBINS Musical Director DAVID ROBBINS Tour Manager GRATIELA BRANCUSI Technical Director JOSH KEH Exclusive Tour Direction THE ROAD COMPANY Tour Marketing and Press BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC This play is the story of: Homayun Dideban Born in Isfahan, Iran, in 1937 Mehmet Fatih Tras Born in Adana, Turkey, in 1984 Anna Margaret Wong Born in Borneo, Malaysia, in 1943 Yetta Rothschild Born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1870 Ly My Dung Born in Dalat, Vietnam, in 1953 Sadie Duncan Born in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, in 1830 Gabriela Mia Garcia Born in Puruándiro, Michoacán, Mexico, in 1970 Elin Matilda Nylund Born in Kronoby, Finland, in 1885 Aranka Markus Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1933 Mirko Petkovic Born in Mokro Polje, Yugoslavia, in 1922 Tatyana Iosifovna Birger Born in Moscow, The Soviet Union, in 1961 Helga Schmidt Born in the Alpbach, in the Austrian Alps in 1888 There will be a conversation with the cast in the auditorium immediately following the performance. EVENT PARTNERS Richard and Vicki Siefers Alan and Liz Swanson Photo: Ashley Randall Director's Notes The New Colossus is a movement piece. A calling up of ancestors, spoken in twelve languages. It is a play about waiting, the silence in waiting, and the chaos. A story of the continuing journey. And survival. We began working on this piece a couple of years ago.
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