SOMETHING FOR THE FISH Premieres At CPR In Brooklyn

The world premiere of SOMETHING FOR THE FISH, written by Emily Krause, directed by Jenna Rossman, and produced by Emily Caffery runs August 9-12 at CPR-Center for Performance Research, located at 361 Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

A fisherman in a small coastal town dreams of mass marine extinction, and hauls in empty traps each day. A prodigal son returns, looking for answers. Three young women are beginning to change form, and nobody is talking about it. And yes, some time in the past, on a particularly cold midnight, a woman walked into the sea. It has happened before.

SOMETHING FOR THE FISH is a play about people on the verge of enormous change, set in a coastal town rocked by the sudden disappearance of the sea life it depends on. It is a climate change parable, a contemporary reaction to classic American small town plays, and an intimate look at the transformative (and transfiguring) power of grief, featuring music, visual art, extreme weather, and a little magic.

Performances are Thursday, August 9 - Saturday, August 11 at 7pm, and Sunday, August 12 at 6pm. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 cash only at the door. Purchase online at bpt.me/3504089 or by calling 800-838-3006. For more info visit cprnyc.org/events/something-for-the-fish. Follow the show on Facebook and Instagram at @somethingforthefish.

SOMETHING FOR THE FISH was a 2018 selection of the Great Plains Theatre Conference PlayLab and received additional development support from The Hearth.

The cast includes Briana Archer, Vanessa Bretas, Diane Chen, Megan Ermilio, Andrea Lopez, Leila Teitelman, and Sarah Gwynne Walker.

The creative team includes Tekla Monson (Scenic and Props Design), Indigo Rancourt (Costume Design), Abigail Wang (Lighting Design), Carsen Joenk (Sound Design), Sydnee Drake Peterson (Stage Manager), Britt Berke (Assistant Director), and Ava Calabrese Grob (Assistant Scenic and Props Design).

Emily Krause (playwright) is a Brooklyn-based playwright, actor, and occasional songwriter originally from Portland, Oregon. A playwright-in-residence with Exquisite Corpse Company, her other plays include: Provenance, a tree play, t h r o u g h o u t i v e n e s s, We Were Always Our Own Thing, POSITIVE, and Sarah. Recent collaborations: playwright on Exquisite Corpse Company's A Ribbon About A Bomb and songwriter on Ran Xia's Pomegrenade for IRT's 3B Developmental Series. She has had readings of her plays with Exquisite Corpse Company, The Playwriting Collective, and The Bechdel Group. She is an alum of the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. BA: Whitman College. emkrause.com

Jenna Rossman (director) is an NYC based director. Recent Directing: tender of you too by Anya Richkind (The Tank), The Brian Wilson Space Experiment by Jenna Rush (St. Andrew's New Play Lab, Austin, TX), Dog Ears by Madison Pollack (Triskelion Arts Center), The Colchester Thunder by Anya Richkind (24 Hour Plays, Nationals). Jenna was the Associate Director for the world premiere of Safety Net, written and directed by Young Jean Lee. She has also worked with Kip Fagan, Annie Tippe, and Whitney White as an assistant/associate director. Jenna is an alumna of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. jennarossman.com

Emily Caffery (producer) is a theater artist and producer primarily of experimental and ensemble-based new work. She is the associate producer of The Assembly, whose latest premiere SEAGULLMACHINE ran at La MaMa ETC this April. Previously the assistant line producer of The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival, she has assisted the development of new work with The Team, Dave Malloy, and Superhero Clubhouse Big Green Theater. She is the co-founder of the leastaways, a collaborative traveling theater ensemble that performed an original play with music in living rooms across the country. She is an alumna of Wesleyan University, the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute. emilycaffery.com