Where Are You? (New York) - 2019

Created & Directed by Sim Yan Ying "YY"

Devised with & Performed by An-Li Bogan, Ao Lan Guo, Brendan Schwartz, Guillermo Contreras, Rani T. Choudhury, Rosalie Neal & Shannon Barnes

May 2019 at NYU Tisch School of the Arts

“How can you believe things without proof?”
“Must we prove things to believe them?”

Where Are You? is a confrontation with death through experiences of grief. Spanning time, space, and cultures, Where Are You? seeks to expand our understandings of and beliefs about death.

Production History

Where Are You? was first conceived and staged at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in May 2019. It subsequently had a digital production in October 2020 under the Mabou Mines SUITE/Space program, followed by a Singapore production in February 2021 as part of the Wild Rice Directing Residency. Where Are You? is presently continuing its development under the Mabou Mines SUITE/Space program and will be performed in December 2022.

Collaborators

Creator & Director: Sim Yan Ying "YY"
Devisers & Performers: An-Li Bogan, Ao Lan Guo, Brendan Schwartz, Guillermo Contreras, Rani T. Choudhury, Rosalie Neal & Shannon Barnes

Dramaturgs: Nicholas Chan, Omri Ariav & Renee Yeong
Scenic Designer: Benny Pitt
Costume Designer: Amelia Kassing
Lighting Designer: Chris Voegels
Sound Designer: Jordan Bernstein

Assistant Director: Zahra Budhwani
Assistant Choreographer: Shannon Barnes
Associate Sound Designer: Iris Smith-d'Agincourt
Assistant Costume Designer: Jordan Powell
Stage Manager: Sam McHale
Collaborator: Sherifa Abudulai

Photos by Craig Mungavin