On Sunday, October 26, come witness an exciting presentation of a play-in-progress The Lucky One, a new play by Nia Ragini.
Felicia Asuncion takes her job as a cancer research nurse very seriously. Until the doctors leading the trial consider entry for a questionable patient and her world begins to crumble. The Lucky One explores wealth, power, and access, interwoven with experiences of migration, survival, and exploitation. Merging the everyday with the poetic, it strives to tell a story that otherwise might remain unheard.
Broadway and television veterans will join local professional actors to workshop the new play, and present in a Staged Reading format the final rewrites that emerge from the rehearsal room.
This presentation is the first installment of an incubation period for establishing a professional theatre inBaton Rouge.
As with all Sundays@4 presentations, this will be free and open to the public.
ABOUT THE playwright:
Nia Ragini has an international record of artistic leadership. Most recently, she presented BIDESHI as the resident playwright at The Good Chance Theatre in London, UK. A previous work, WARM DECEMBER was recognized by the BBC.
Acting: Recent credits include Marianne in The Living Room Theatre’s production of CONSTELLATIONS, Off-Broadway as Snow White in Linda Manning’s BITE THE APPLE at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Television includes a recurring appearance on WESTWORLD (HBO), DEADBEAT (HULU), and films such as BLACKOUT, THE RAMBLER, and THE WIDOWERS. Regional theater credits include among others TROILUS CRESSIDA, LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, and ROMEO AND JULIET at Santa Cruz Shakespeare.
Producing credits include THE WAVE starring Justin Long and Donald Faison, A FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL, and MY NAME IS MYEISHIA films with world premieres at SXSW, Sundance, Slamdance!, and FantasticFest.
She holds a PGDip in Acting from The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and a B. A. in English from Rutgers University. Continuing studies include a Certificate in Art Law from Georgetown University Law School and Voice at the Juilliard Extension.
The Actors:
Emy Coligado* (Broadway's Miss Saigon, Malcolm in the Middle)
Kimberly Chatterjee* (Kate Hamill's Pride and Prejudice, HBO High Maintenance)
Jason Bayle* (Trumbo, The Big Short)
Nia Ragini* (Westworld, Off-B'way Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre's Bite the Apple)
Aria Jackson (School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play, The NOLA Project)
*Appearing courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association
The creatives:
Nia Ragini (playwright, director, producer)
Ishita Mili, IMGE Dance (choreographer)
Emily Boyd Dahab, TT Studio NY, Columbia University (dramaturg)
Kalivyn Marquix Morris, grio, the poet laureate of Baton Rouge, performer (consulting dramaturg)
Tyler Kieffer, Assistant Professor, LSU (sound)
Made possible with generous support from Cordell and Ava Haymon, Dave Remmetter, Erica and Ryan Malone, Bethany Robicheaux, and Indigo Productions, and generous in-kind support from The Manship Theatre, Sarah Kracke, and Joshua Bunting
Sundays@4 is presented in partnership with the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area whose mission is to enhance the identity of our unique American landscape by preserving and promoting our heritage and by fostering progress for local champions that create authentic, powerful connections between people, culture, and the environment.