Floating the House

CimientosReading2024

Jun 7

*“It’s like a wasp buzzing. Gnawing. Do you feel yourself disappearing? Doesn’t it tickle?”*

Written by **Cole Hayley**
Directed by **Andrea Velasco**
Staged Reading Presentation:
**Friday, June 7, 2024** – **6:00 PM**
Language: **English**
Tickets:
*General admission, one reading -* **$10**
*Two reading pass -* **$15**
*Cimientos full season pass (10 readings) -* $50
Available at the door and ***online >>***
Location:
**IATI Theater Studio**
64 E. 4th St 2 Fl
New York, NY, 10003
Hashtag: **#Cimientos2024**

Synopsis

The damage of resettlement to rural Newfoundland and Labrador has been well documented, but the trauma felt within the family units of those who had to go through the process, and the generational strain since, has not been as openly discussed. The Thin Place exists squarely in the latter, as Terra and her family are lost at sea in their saltbox house, where their one-hour trek across the bay has turned into a lazy river through purgatory.

Playwright

Cole Hayley

A playwright and poet originally from Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador, but now is based between St. John’s and the “Mainland,” as he continues to pursue a life in the arts. Cole is a recent graduate of the National Theatre School and an alumni of Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he received a BA in English and Communications. He is the recent recipient of 2023 Playwright's Guild of Canada RBC Emerging Playwright Award and a member of the inaugural Poverty Cove playwrights unit; currently, Cole is working on publishing his first collection of poetry.

Staged Reading Artistic Team

Andrea Velasco, Director

Chilean actress, director, writer and singer, BA in Dramatic Arts. Stands out for her performance in the film trilogy “Que Pena” by Netflix. As part of the NY theater, in 2018 with Verano Verano directed by Jorge Merced, IATI Theater (Best Actress ATI Awards 2019). 2019 with Delicadas by Alfredo Sanzol (Best Cast at LATA Awards 2020, Latin ACE Awards 2020 and HOLA Awards 2020); La Chica del Parque by Eduardo Viladés, Coquí Theater (Extraordinary Award for Outstanding Performance LATA Awards 2020). And for her role in the short film Desde el Principio by Miguel Soliman, won Best Actress at the Rahway Film Festival, LA Diversity Film Festival and Best Short film at New York Latino Film Festival 2018, being acquired by HBO 2019. In recent years Andrea has been the leading role in Eva Luna, first theatrical adaptation of Isabel Allende's book by Teatro Repertorio Español NYC.