Fieldston Theatre & Dance presents...

The Theatre and Dance Department has been so grateful to be able to produce such a robust, far-reaching virtual season this year. Although we have had to forgo our traditional, large-scale spring musical, we are so lucky to have been in robust collaboration, creating Keep The Orange, a new play by colleague, playwright, and alum, Dhari Noel (Class of '11).

Creating a piece from scratch, with multiple voices, experiences, origin stories, identities, perspectives, bodies, minds and hearts, is one of the most invigorating and important opportunities for any theatre-maker. While devising theatre is no easy feat, this company proves their might, their heart, their courage and their good humor as they co-create this piece with Dhari.

Keep The Orange is a love letter! It is a celebration of student voice, Adler's work and his vision. As the play moves from the early 1900's well into the future, Keep The Orange asks each of us to consider what it means to live the mission and live the work of the school.

In collaboration with

Sarafina Belafonte (V), Ethan Cohen (VI), Niyyah Costner (IV),
Logan Furlonge (IV), Thomas Grant (VI), Lena Habtu (V), Eliza Kelly (VI), Carson Lender (V), Thomas Manchester (V), Ben Markowitz (VI),
Hannah Mayerfield (IV), Charlie Melkonian (VI), Ines Menendez (V),
Julia Parham (VI), Alison Rogers (VI), Rachel Youngwood (III),
Deb St. Onge McMahon, Clare Mottola, William Norman, and Danny Viola

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Dhari Noel is an actor, writer, and educator born and raised in Harlem. Recent productions include: Black Exhibition (Bushwick Starr), In The Penal Colony (Next Door at NYTW, The Tank), Floater, Ride (Cherry Picking), The Essential Ella Maythorne (Dixon Hall), Telegraph Bois (Ars Nova), UnAmerican Activities (ECFS). Dhari's teaching focuses on social justice and storytelling all in effort to challenge systems of power.