NOT FROM HERE
NOT FROM HERE
Presented by ACE HOTEL NEW YORK
Directed by ERWIN MAAS
Written by BRANDT ADAMS
Developed in collaboration with MARTHA HARMS,
CHRISTOPHER J. DOMIG and DAN KUBLICK
Poster Artwork by DANIEL DOMIG
Winter 2019
Not From Here is an immersive theater piece about what it means to be from one place and journey to another. It asks: What stories do we tell to define who we are—and what happens when we carry those stories across borders, distances, and cultures? How do we make sense of ourselves as strangers in unfamiliar lands? In the space between belonging and displacement, is true generosity between us possible? And how long does it take for a room full of strangers to feel connected to one another?
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is a New York based theatermaker, curator, educator and international arts advocate from the Netherlands with extensive international experience across a variety of creative and community contexts. In New York, his directions both Off Broadway and site specific have received multiple NY Times Critic’s Picks. His directing work ranges from plays by contemporary playwrights to devised, interdisciplinary immersive projects, opera, music theater and dance with performances for all ages. He is the Co-Executive Director of the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) & teaches at CUNY Brooklyn College's MFA Performance & Interactive Media Arts Program (PIMA) - www.erwinmaas.com
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Brandt is a Brooklyn-based theater artist. This is his second project as a playwright for Sea Dog. The first was Not From Here, which was performed to sold out crowds in a suite at The Ace Hotel in spring of 2018. His first play, Dispatches from (A)mended America, co-written with Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., was produced Off-Broadway in 2012 by Epic Theatre Ensemble at the Theater at the 14th Street Y and was published by NoPassport Press in 2018 as part of its Epic Plays anthology. He is currently at work on a series of one acts about anthropomorphic animals wrestling with the minutiae of day to day life in a world changing on a grand scale. Thanks to S&L&A, who fill his life with meaning.
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Christopher is an actor and director in New York City. Recent acting credits include: The Waste Land: A Performance/Installation at FringeNYC, English World Premiere of Dirt in New York (59E59, 4th Street Theater), Edinburgh (Gilded Balloon), Vancouver (Pacific Theatre), Berlin (ETB), and London (Arcola Theatre). Recent Film: Ava (dir. Tate Taylor, opposite Jessica Chastain) Recent TV: Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, Black List, Law & Order: SVU and Blindspot. BFA: Wheaton College, MFA: Southern Methodist University. www.christopherdomig.com
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has appeared in new works by Dan Rothenberg, Kristin Marting, Ashlin Halfnight, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Jerry Lieblich, Eric Bland, Tracy Bersley, Jenny Connell Davis, Jeremy Pickard, Mikhael Tara Garver, Sister Sylvester and art.party.theater.company. Recent credits include: Toshiki Okada’s The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise (The Play Company, NYT Critic's Pick); IDIOT (HERE); Tom & Eliza (JACK); Ghost Stories (Tiny Little Band); Dead Behind These Eyes (Sister Sylvester); and Health Insurance (United Solo Festival-- Best Avant-Garde Show). He is a graduate of The Studio/New York and Princeton University, and currently lives in oh so beautiful Brooklyn.
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recently moved to NYC, but is highly regarded for her theatrical work all over Dallas. She’s been a company member at Kitchen Dog Theater (TX) for seven years, where favorite past productions include Barbecue Apocalypse, In The Next Room Or the Vibrator Play and The Seagull. Martha is the voice of many characters in anime tv shows and films, as well as video games such as Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, Smite, and Borderlands 2. She holds a BFA from Southern Methodist University. Awards: Best Theater Actress of 2013, Dallas Observer, Best Actress of 2014, D Magazine.
Poster Artist
Daniel Domig
Assistant Director
Jenn Hibbs
For the month of February in 2018, Team Sea Dog became Artists in Residence at Ace Hotel New York. Not From Here was performed in a Loft Suite on Sunday nights in February a 5PM 7PM and 9PM. ACE HOTEL reimagines urban hotels for people who make cities interesting. We crave experience more than hospitality clichés. We are curious about the history and geography of the buildings we inhabit, and let these guide us to someplace fresh and familiar. Ace is the low card and the high card.
For more information about Ace Hotel New York's Artists in Residence program, visit acehotel.com/newyork/artistsinresidence