Reckless Theatrics

Tonight ( ), join us on Zoom or at Court Square Theater in LIC for Fail Risk, a play about navigating love and chronic illness.

This play is written and produced by our Co-Founder, Ali Hardy, and is inspired by her experience living with multiple rare diseases.

The show is from 6PM to 8:30PM. Tickets are pay what you can with suggested prices of $5, $17, or $30 so that cost isn’t a barrier for the community. Link in our bio.

Cast

Crew:

CW: Mature content, strong language, s*xual themes, s*xual trauma related to illness or disability, depictions of ma********on, depictions of s*xual situations when consent cannot be given or revoked due to medical incapacity, fatphobia in medicine, medical trauma, gaslighting, and suicidal ideation.

This project is made possible, in part, with public funds from the Queens Art Fund, a re-grant program supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.

Say Hello to our Photographer, Mattie!

Mattie Cameron Rosen (she/they) is a New Jersey-based camera operator and cinematographer with decades of experience in multiple forms of media and visual storytelling. Her years of broadcast journalism for Thirteen and FiOS1 have honed her skills of presentation and problem solving, even under the tightest of deadlines and harshest of conditions. Likewise, her experiences on narrative films have developed a sharp artistic insight to plan and bring projects to life. She brings dedication, vision, and mindfulness to every project and is looking for collaborators who can push her to grow creatively and personally. mattiecam.com

Join us on February 28 at 6pm at Court Square Theater or on Zoom. Ticket link in bio.

Meet Sam and Ben!
Sam Nieves (Non-binary, all pronouns)
Latinx chronically ill & disabled performer, director, and cinematographer. I’m a trained actor (NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, AOS Acting for Film & TV) and co-founder of Reckless Theatrics, a fiscally sponsored collective creating original, representative work since 2018. I’m passionate about accessible, trauma-informed, consent-based storytelling and collaborative process. As an actor, I blend rigorous script analysis with play, adaptability, and care for the full production because I know what it takes to make a shoot day work.
Management: Maryann Raposo, Dreammaker Talent Management.


Ben Freeman (he/him) is an interactive artist, experience designer, and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. He recently wrote and performed music for Erik Ehn’s Creatures at La MaMa E.T.C. His theatrical work includes the full-length play The Shape of the Entire, developed as part of the salon process at The Skeleton Rep(resents); Shattered: A Drama in Two Acts, an unintentionally very funny tragedy that he wrote in the fifth grade; and Death Poem, a shadow play. As a fellow at LABA: The Laboratory for Jewish Arts and Culture, he developed an interactive ritual/theatre/music piece called What Happens on Retreat, and he has written and directed interactive ritual theatre pieces at Lab/Shul, an experimental synagogue.

Ben is the founder of That’s Interesting!, a studio for the playful practice of attention, hosting concerts, participatory art parties, and workshops and one-day ensemble experiences across the city. He is currently at work on a set of memoir essays exploring gay s*x, spirituality, and the attention economy (informally: “The Grindr Essays”). As a singer-songwriter, he has released two EPs and a full-length album, and is currently recording his second full-length album. He holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School and a BA in Theater Arts and Performance Studies from Brown University.
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Join us on February 28 at 6pm at Court Square Theater or on Zoom. Ticket link in bio.

Introducing Ali (playwright, producer, and Peyton) and Fernando as Alex for our upcoming production: Fail Risk

Ali (Uh-lee)(she/they) is an NYC-based artist, advocate, and Co-Founder of Reckless Theatrics. Using theater as a form of both healing and protest, she has spent the last decade creating work that brings the often harsh realities of illness to the stage. Over the past year, their plays have evolved into a theatrical interrogation of the systems and communities meant to help, but that often cause harm. Plays include Fail Risk, Flare Play, Grace & Dennis, Love Over Trust?, Dead Died Dead, Negligent: Or the Cost of Being Believed, and Spoonie Stories: Notes to my Health (devised, lead creative).

In addition to their writing, Ali is a performer and teaching artist whose process is shaped by their work in intimacy coordination and advocacy, prioritizing inclusive, accessible, and consent-forward creative spaces. As an advocate, Ali has collaborated with organizations including Suffering the Silence, Generation Patient, and the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases. Ali is a recipient of the Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant.


Fernando De Jesus (he/him) is a Latino NYC Native, actor, director, producer, & editor; Born with the enthusiasm to create SOMETHING.

Studied and trained at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Created his own passion projects with Directing/Starring in film ‘Omega Hunters,’ Directing ‘Las Brewhas’ Commercial, Co-creating the ‘K.Lo.K. Podcast,’ Producing/Editing artist Astrid A ‘Ain’t It A Shame’ Music Video, Edited theatre-filmed projects of ‘Darkness After Night: Ukraine,’ ‘The Coming Storm,’ & ‘The Story of Salarno Berserkerac and Barbranne: A Mob Fantasia.’


Join us on February 28 at 6pm at Court Square Theater or on Zoom. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fail-risk-play-reading-tickets-1981837718967