The Return of Communal Spaces!

Celebrating ten years of site-responsive plays written for and performed in community gardens around the city…

This time, in Queens!

Listen up!


To the following audio theatrical installation by Lillian Meredith for the walk between gardens:

Sound design by Aaron Landgraf

Additional Voiceover by Kevin Herrera

graphic design by Brandon Phillips

The Rusty Wheelbarrow

by David M. deLeón

featuring Andrea Ramos & Tieisha Thomas; directed by Ania Upstill

At Rusty Wheelbarrow Farm in Woodside

Fort Sunny

by Angela Santillo

featuring Irina Kaplan*, Rory Kulz*, and Jonathon Ryan*; directed by Dina Vovsi

At Sunnyside Community Garden in Sunnyside

What Grows?

by Ben Holbrook

featuring Jaz Astwood, Patrick Tombs* & Marcela Sbongile; directed by Caitlin Wells

At Moore Jackson Cemetery & Garden in Woodside

photos by Averi Israel & Angela Santillo

*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.


Special Thanks

Madelene Deleon at Sunnyside * Benjamin Lucas at Rusty Wheelbarrow * Elizabeth O’Connor & the families at Moore Jackson * Global Kids


Actors' Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

This event is made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

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The Motor Company is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.
Contributions for the charitable purposes of The Motor Company must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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