CHRISTIE at the Waterfront Museum

ON THE HOOK presents their new adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's classic: "Anna Christie". This eco-theater production company presents the play with an eco-feminist lens, unpacking how humankind's domination of the Earth is echoed in today's patriarchal and capitalistic societies. Directed by theatrical curator Nicky Maggio (N/they/them), the site-specific reimagining will take place at the Waterfront Museum, a preserved coal barge docked at Pier 44 in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The heart of the production is producer, playwright, and actor Covi Loveridge Brannan (she/her). Brannan began writing this adaptation of Anna Christie in 2020 when she founded ON THE HOOK for her Master of Arts and Entrepreneurship thesis project at The New School in NYC. She partnered up with Creative Director Federica Borlenghi, who is serving the production as Casting Director and Producer. The duo produced and curated two site-specific festivals at HERE WE GO and numerous indie theater productions, including but not limited to "REMINISCENCE" at Italytime Cultural Center and "Recipe for a Witch Hunt", reprised at NY Winterfest and Manhattan Rep. They are once more presenting to audiences their production signature: live music, music directed by Alyssa Chetrick and performed by herself and James Vincent Murray. Brannan will be assuming the role of O'Neill's title character, Anna, and will be joined by Rick Benson (he/him) as Chris Christopherson, and Mike Sause (he/him) as Mat Burke to bring to life this immersive tale of oppression and transformation. Creative Team: Federica Borlenghi (Casting Director & Co-Producer), Nathan Mullen (Stage Manager), Raphael Anastas (Press & Marketing Consultant), Michi Zaya (Social Media Manager & Graphic Designer), Alyssa Chetrick (Music Director/Performer), Nathan Mullen (Stage Manager), James Vincent Murray (Production Manager), Adrian Yuen (Lighting Designer), Patricia Marjorie (Scenic & Props Designer), Jules Peiperl (Costume Designer), Alex Allwine (Fight Coordinator), Jenn Robbins (Associate Producer/Community Teaching Artist), Malikka Advani (Production Assistant). About "ON THE HOOK" ON THE HOOK is a site-specific, eco-theatre project engaging with the Red Hook community around issues of sustainability and climate change advocacy. Through dynamic programming including fully-staged productions, online events, and workshops, artists, audience members and local residents come together to explore how climate change affects Red Hook and how art can be a vehicle for inspiring sustainable change. ON THE HOOK is in partnership with Red Hook Winery and Hoek Brooklyn Pizza, which will be offering 20% to all patrons providing a ticket at checkout on show days. The company is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas. Learn more at https://www.onthehook.info/. About the Waterfront Museum The Waterfront Museum, founded in 1985, is located at Pier 44 at 290 Conover Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and is housed aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Barge #79, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its mission is to provide free and low-cost opportunities for education, exhibition, and the performance arts; provide public access to waterfront piers, their unparalleled vistas and recreational opportunities; promote historic preservation, maritime heritage, and an understanding of the importance of water as a highway for commerce, commuters, culture, and recreation; and be an active voice for public waterfront access issues up and down the river.