The Vicksburg Project

Mabou Mines and piece by piece productions present

conceived by

Eve Beglarian

created in collaboration with

Karen Kandel

Mallory Catlett

it is the great circulation
of the earth’s body, like the blood
of the gods, this river in which the past
is always flowing.

–Lucille Clifton

Preview Performances

May 11- 29, 2022
Tickets just $25 (Regular) or $20 (Student/Senior)

At Mabou Mines
150 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009

Performance runs 90 minutes, no intermission.

PLEASE NOTE: Mabou Mines requires masks and proof of a complete COVID-19 vaccination AND proof of a booster dose (for those eligible under CDC guidelines) to enter the building and attend performances.

The Vicksburg Project traces the experiences of women and gender-expansive people in Vicksburg, Mississippi, a small city pivotal to the painful history of our country.

How can we speak honestly about what happened in this place that haunts us still? Can we create a sanctuary where grieving together is possible, or where healing becomes imaginable?

Originally imagined by composer and long time Mabou Mines collaborator Eve Beglarian as a song cycle, the project grew beyond the confines of that form when writer/performer Karen Kandel and director Mallory Catlett joined the collaboration.

Through deeply researched and resurrected stories, as well as material based on the creators’ own experiences as women — black and white, straight and gay, the descendants of enslavers and the enslaved – The Vicksburg Project acknowledges the humanity in every person’s story.

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Kasper in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

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Eve Beglarian in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

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Karen Kandel stands behind a projected list of names in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

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Megan Schubert (foreground) & Karen Kandel (background) in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

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Megan Schubert in the foreground; Karen Kandel, Christina Morris, & Gwen Laster in the background in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

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The Vicksburg Project — set and projections

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Kasper in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

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Megan Schubert, Christina Morris, Karen Kandel, Melanie Dyer, Gwen Laster, & Kasper in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

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From left to right: Karen Kandel, Eve Beglarian (piano), Christina Morris (bass), Gwen Laster (violin), & Melanie Dyer (viola) in a scene from The Vicksburg Project.

The Vicksburg Project is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, New Music USA and with support from: The Made in NY Women’s Film, TV & Theatre Fund by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Café Royal Cultural Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, and the JKW Foundation.

COLLABORATORS

Eve Beglarian – Composer/Writer/Performer
Karen Kandel – Writer/Performer
Mallory Catlett – Director
Megan Schubert – Performer
Kasper – Performer
Gwen Laster – Violin
Melanie Dyer – Viola
Christina Morris – Bass
Kate McGee – Lighting Design
Peiyi Wong – Set Design
Dianne Smith – Costume Design
Louis Brown – Associate Costume Design
Wyatt Moniz – Video Design
Michael Hernandez – Sound Design
Francisco J. Rivera Rodriguez – Assistant Director
Carl Hancock Rux – Creative Advisor

Production History

Church of the Holy Trinity, Vicksburg MS – December 11, 2019

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Bovina, MS – December 13, 2019

The Vicksburg Project – Preview

Mabou Mines and piece by piece productions present