From an interview on devising theatre.
Given at In.F.o.Ma.T Festival in Athens, Greece.graph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you.
​Annie G. Levy
 Theatre Maker | Director | Educator
Machinal
WestRep Stage | Danbury, CT
by Sophie Treadwell
















She is a cog in a machine she did not build. In Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal, one woman’s life is shaped and ultimately shattered by the mechanized forces of modern society. This visceral, physical production explores the collapse of a soul forced to submit to the grinding pressures of labor, gender, and social expectation. Inspired by the 1928 true crime case of Ruth Snyder and told with the cold precision of an assembly line, Machinal asks: what happens when the need to get free outweighs the unthinkable cost?
Written by Sophie Treadwell
Directed by Annie G. Levy
Assistant Director: Allison Mele
Scenic Design: Oliver Wason
Lighting Design: Oliver Wason
Costume Design: Joni Johns Lerner
Sound Design: George LaChance
Production Stage Manager: Summer Wilmot
Assistant Stage Manager: Sadie Baran
Production Assistant Francesca Del Gardo
Production Manager: Joni Johns Lerner
Technical Director: Thomas Swetz
Asst. Technical Director: Owen Chadbourne
Props Manager: Cole Bartmon
Hair and Makeup Head: Chanelle Jaime-Guzman
Asst. Scenic Designer: Maren Leyva
Asst. Costume Designer: Brianna Twerdy
Asst. Sound Designer: James King
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Dramaturgs Bryan Reimertz, Nico Maysonet, Esther Goldstein, Alixea Reyes
Producing Artistic Director Justin P. Cowan
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Cast: Blessett Leola Anderson, Olivia Renèe Anne, Paul Carlantone, Lucas Dylan, Brett Foltz, Ben Goffredo, Trevor Howard, Max Konidaris, Natalie Kitchin, Nico Maysonett, Sandra Mood, Carlos Pèrez, Dylan Reynes, Amanda Seer, Jake Stemmer, Jocelyn Titus, Willa Voorhis, and Sofia Zizolfo-Gonzalez.
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Swings: Bianca Daniels, Esther Goldstein, Mason Gowell, Reilly Gramesty, Bryan Reimertz, Rachel Rosenberg, Zachary Simmons, and Maxwell Wetherhold.
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Photographer: Anastasiia Vladymyrenko
Videographer: Kevin Geraghty
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