THE WILD BOAR OF CHERNOBYL
written by Francesca Pazniokas
directed by Felicia Lobo
musical guest Ray McGale
FEATURING
Girl.....................................................................Alexandra Curran
Governor...............................................................Danté Jeanfelix
Father...........................................................................Brian Bock
Mother/One.....................................................Laura Hetherington
Doctor/Two................................................................Alyssa Block
Stage Directions......................................................Janice Amaya
Francesca Pazniokas (she/her) | is a playwright and filmmaker who creates works of social surrealism. Often uncanny, grotesque or fantastical, her work centers themes of alienation, disability, madness, queerness and traumas of embodiment. She received Clubbed Thumb's 2020 Biennial Commission, and her play The Wild Boar of Chernobyl was recently long-listed for Theatre503's International Playwriting Award. She has a BA in Art History from Georgetown University and a MA in Playwriting from Royal Holloway (University of London). francescapazniokas.com
Felicia Lobo (she/her) | is a Brooklyn-based director, performer, and musician. She directs spooky plays and loud musicals, most notably Pop Punk High (Le Poisson Rouge) and immersive horror experiences with Insomnium Theatre Company. Felicia is currently pursuing her Masters in Educational Theatre from City College of New York. In addition, she is in a punk band called QWAM, runs a YouTube channel called GirlyGore and co-hosts a podcast called Sinister Sisters. BFA: NYU Tisch. www.felicialobo.com
Ray McGale (he/him) | is a guitarist from Astoria Queens who specializes in finger-style instrumental arrangements. He typically does arrangements of other people's songs but this evening he is going to attempt some originals! www.youtube.com/raymcgaleacoustic
Alex Curran (she/her) | is thrilled to be working with The Parsnip Ship! NY Theater includes: Wolf in the River (Adam Rapp/The Flea), Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood (Flux Theater), Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Joel Schumacher/The Flea), My Dead Friend’s Porn (NYTF), Look Me In The Eyes (ARTC), Student Body (The Flea). She made her international debut in Pool Play at the Theater Festival of Kerala, India. TV: Maniac (Netflix), Hawaii 5-0 (CBS). www.alexandracurran.com
Danté Jeanfelix (he/him) | is a New York based actor who has performed Off-Broadway and regionally. Some of his credits include BALLS (59E59), Playing Hot (Pipeline Theatre Co) and The Tempest (Classical Theatre of Harlem). His TV/Film credits include Law and Order, Everything's Trash (Freeform), Holiday in Harlem (Hallmark) and upcoming The Other Two (HBO MAX). Dante is represented by BWA and VGP Management. AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
Brian Bock (he/him) | is an actor, clown, and writer from California. The youngest and most ignorable of 5 dysfunctional children, Brian blossomed from a shameful little cretin into a conduit for jagged humor borne of ennui. He is happiest when performing his clown show, Soul Potato, in which he eats a rotisserie chicken with his feet—or, more generally, whenever he can disarm and delight with mild-to-medium grotesquerie. He is an alumnus of NYU’s Graduate Acting Program.
Laura Hetherington (she/her) | is a New York City-based film and theatre artist. She works in performance, writing, directing, and dramaturgy. She has a passion for pop culture, people, and quotidian drama. Recent work includes appearances in Law & Order: SVU, Bull, and a piece in Batshit Times.
Alyssa Block (she/her) | is a stage, on-camera, and voiceover actor based in Jersey City with her husband and cat. She has performed around New York, across the country, over the radio, and in international waters. She trained at NYU in collaborative theatre-making. www.alyssakblock.com
Janice Amaya (they/them) | is an actor, theatermaker, and educator. Recent theater credits: Lunch Bunch (The Play Company), Shhhh (Atlantic Theater Company), Mushroom (People’s Light Theater Co), Cartography (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), Tell Them I’m Still Young (American Theater Group). Film: Patriot’s Day (Lionsgate, Dir. Peter Berg), Up North (Dir. Stefanie Abel Horowitz). They are a Co-Director at Pipeline Theatre Company and a founding member of The Hummm. MFA, Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theater. www.janiceamaya.com
The Wild Boar of Chernobyl is the fourth episode recording of Season Six of The Parsnip Ship. Season Six features an exciting offering of one-night only live podcast recordings of new plays by a dynamic lineup of queer playwrights. In addition to featuring new plays on the platform, The Parsnip Ship features interviews with the playwrights as well as live music from independent musicians, culminating in a uniquely curated theatrical event.
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