tracks
A new play by Paula B. Stanic
Co-Directed by Tabatha Gayle & Sarah Norris
September 3 - September 7
in Saranac Lake, NY
Running off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters September 11 - September 28
"Tracks was moving, relatable, and engaging— heavy even in moments of levity but worth the emotional commitment."
- Mason Pilevsky, Pages on Stages
"Exciting theatre!"
"a stirring new play"
- Andrew Cortes, Stage Spotlight NYC
THE team
Scenic Design by Anna Kiraly
Costume Design by Krista Grevas
Lighting Design by Matt Lazarus
Sound Design by Kwamina "Binnie" Biney
Props Designer Peggy Orman
Production Stage Manager Cat Copeland
Assistant Stage Manager Grace Lardner
Featuring:
Mickey: Jason Alan Carvell *
Simone: Laura Hooper *
Jak: Alessandro Yokoyama
* Member of Actors' Equity Association
ABOUT THE SHOW
Set in the wake of the social unrest that followed the 2011 police killing of a Black man in London, Mickey finds himself struggling with precocious teenage son Jak, shelving old dreams, and doing the best he can. Father and son maintain a wary relationship until Simone, an old friend from Mickey’s past reappears, asking questions, spilling secrets, and threatening to disturb their fragile peace.
Tracks is a stirring new play about the growing pains and identity crises that strike at any age, and if our past determines our future.
90 Minutes
PG-13
Adult Content & Language
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paula b stanic
Playwright
Paula (she/her) has written plays for theatre companies and spaces around the UK. Her play What’s Lost won the Alfred Fagon Award, Monday was shortlisted for the John Whiting and Four Decades was a finalist for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Playwriting. She’s been a writer on attachment at Soho Theatre & the National Theatre Studio and in the 2016 Drama Room at BBC Writersroom. Paula’s recent work includes: Messiah, co-written with Jesse Briton, Night Shift for Zoo Co Theatre, being part of the writer’s room at Stockroom Productions and the upcoming Dissonance for NEW ’24 RWCMD & Paines Plough. She is the 2023 Roland Rees Bursary Recipient.
SARAH NORRIS
Co-Director
Sarah (she/her) is an award-winning director and producer. Select: H*tler's Tasters (TimeOut NY Critics' Pick, Best of the Edinburgh Fringe; featured in the NY Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Times and the BBC), Everything is Super Great (TimeOut NY Critics' Pick), This Wrestling Place (w/ Executive Producer Ben Folds), Picture Ourselves in Latvia (Best of Theater, The L Magazine). Other directing highlights include: Guild Hall of East Hamptons, Pleasance Theatre (Edinburgh), Greenside Theatre (Edinburgh), Bottom Dog Theatre (Ireland), Adelaide Fringe Festival (Australia), 59E59 Theaters, Rogue Machine (Los Angeles), LAByrinth Theatre, Working Theater, Electric Lodge (LA), Chicago Dramatists, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, The Flea Theater, Zeiders American Dream Theater, Calliope Stage, Forestburgh Playhouse, and New Light Theater Project. Member of SDC.
More info: SarahNorris.org
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LAURA HOOPER
Simone
Laura (she/her) Theater: Crumble, a one woman show; The Queen in The Persians, touring Amphitheaters in Cyprus & the UK; Narrator for Max Richter’s Blue Notebooks Broadway and North American tour. Training: East 15 Acting School (London). AEA/SAG-AFTRA
TABATHA GAYLE
Co-Director
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Tabatha (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate creative based in NYC. Her personal and collaborative projects have been developed with Ars Nova, Musical Theater Factory, Poetic Theater Productions, Out of Chaos Theater (UK), the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University, and the Wild Project. Select directorial credits include Ink’dWell (NLTP), Medea (Center For Hellenic Studies/Harvard University), and Tragic Fragments (Out of Chaos Theater, UK). She is a proud NLTP Resident Artist. Find her at TabathaGayle.com.
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JASON ALAN CARVELL
Mickey
Jason (he/him) TV: Ruthless (Obadiah), Godfather of Harlem (Malcom X), NCIS: New Orleans (Jimmy Boyd) Theater: War Horse, Othello, Muswell Hill. Training: Moscow Art Theatre School (MA), Carnegie Mellon School of Drama (MFA). AEA/SAG- AFTRA
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alessandro yokoyama
Jak
Alessandro (he/him) Theater: Great River Shakespeare Festival (2024 Season), Othello in Othello (directed by Tom Oppenheim), Ejlert Lovborg in Hedda Gabler (directed by John Gould Rubin), Mike in The Memory of Water (directed by Robert Gonyo). Film: Ti Accorgi di Me (directed by Giuseppe Ferlito), Chocolate Birds (directed by LouLou Brazil). Training: Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Alessandro is acting and is in love: what a blessing, what a dream! All performances are dedicated to his mother, Natsuko Yokoyama.