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THE BETTERMENT SOCIETY
\nWritten by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
\nDirected by Jessi Hill
\nMusic composed by Nell Shaw Cohen
\nPerformed by Jade Wu, Lynda Gravatt, Zoe Winters, and Matt Consul<\/p>\n
Monday, October 30, 2017, 3:00pm<\/strong> Join me for this public reading of brilliant new play\u00a0The Betterment Society<\/em>\u00a0by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen. I composed a song for voice and guitar that is threaded throughout the structure of the play.<\/p>\n Of this play and workshop reading, Deen writes:<\/p>\n “Three women on a godforsaken mountain.” This abstracted piece is curious about how place affects values, and how this in turn affects the divide between rural and urban value systems in America. It ask questions about the ways in which “community” can liberate us and\/or imprison us. (And it’s also about three really fucking strong women.)<\/p>\n There’s something I’m trying to understand about the audience’s response so if you can come, your presence will be TANGIBLY helpful to me. There will be a brief conversation afterwards. I hope you can join us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I first collaborated with Deen in the New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio<\/a>\u00a0last winter. Deen then invited me to work on The Betterment Society,<\/em>\u00a0which was developed through workshops at New Dramatists and a weeklong PAGE 73 Yale Summer Residency<\/a> this past August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE BETTERMENT SOCIETY Written by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen Directed by Jessi Hill Music composed by Nell Shaw Cohen Performed by Jade Wu, Lynda Gravatt, Zoe Winters, and Matt Consul Monday, October 30, 2017, 3:00pm New York Theatre Workshop 79 E. 4th St, New York, NY 10003 Free admission Venue information Join me for this public … <\/p>\n
\nNew York Theatre Workshop
\n79 E. 4th St, New York, NY 10003
\nFree admission
\nVenue information<\/a><\/p>\n