a new play by Greg T. Nanni & Griffin-Stanton Ameisen
directed by Brenna Geffers
creative producer Henry Lombino
November 16, 18, and 24th at 7PM
The Body Filters is a futuristic dystopian tale about two workers who filter dead carcasses away from their camp’s limited water source. The Body Filters save them, but then they face a dilemma: whether or not to secretly help this person stay alive, or to report them to their camp, which usually ends in one outcome: death. The Body Filters uses both scripted and dramatically improvised material. Audiences are asked curated questions before each show, which are then used by the actors to explore fears of a future world impacted by climate change.
MEET RESIDENT ARTISTS GREG T. NANNI & GRIFFIN-STANTON AMEISEN
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Greg T. Nanni (Co-Creator) is a playwright, comic book writer, dramaturg, educator, solo show performer, and former Philadelphian now living in the NYC area. He was a member of Witherspoon Circle, Passage Play Lab, Cut/Edge Collective, a former PDC Playwright in Residence at Plays & Players, and the former Literary Manager of the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium. He is the Co-Founder of the PDC Playwrights' Happy Hour, and formerly served as President on the board of the Philadelphia Dramatists’ Center. As a dramaturg, he was the former Literary Manager of the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, and assisted Kristina Wong and Aaron Malkin on the inaugural production of Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord (New York Theatre Workshop). As an educator, he has worked with Two River Theater, Horizon Theatre Company, and with high schools around the country. His One Act plays have been featured in Festivals and Readings throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area, and have been produced nation-wide. Solo Shows: Fat and The Depression Show! Full length plays include: Loneliness (CU 2020 Workshop Production), The Bear is Here (BAPF Semi-Finalist), Rage (Emerson Stage NewFest New Play Workshop 2022), Love (Among Dreamers)(Broadway For All THE HOUSE Debut Lab Production 2023), Vacations, and Angst. He is a graduate of the George Washington University. He is a recipient of the MFA in Playwriting at Columbia University in 2022, where he was awarded the Dean’s Fellowship.gregnanni.com
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen (Co-Creator) (he/him) is a Philly area-born, NYC-based actor, writer, filmmaker and producer. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Most recently, he performed in New Circle Theatre Company’s Start Then Next, as well as in Die-Cast’s Suddenly Last Summer at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival. Select theatrical credits: The (Curious Case of The) Watson Intelligence (Azuka Theatre), Hamlet (Delaware Shakespeare), Gint (Egopo Classic Theatre), Julius Caesar (Greenbrier Valley Theatre Company), Penelope (Inis Nua Theatre), The Nether (InterAct Theatre), Cymbeline and Love's Labour's Lost (Revolution Shakespeare), and All's Wells That Ends Well (Shakespeare on the Sound). He is the founding Artistic Director of the Philadelphia-based Shakespeare company Revolution Shakespeare. He’s currently a professor at St. Francis College in Downtown Brooklyn. Having worked on several commercials for TV and the web, he’s known for playing internet sensation Yawn Yawnson. He created his one man game night theatrical experience FREE SPACE, which has performed in various locations in the tri-state area, and will show this August at The Bushwick Starr. Next, he’s on the producing team of Hapa Media’s feature film KATE, filming this summer in NYC. Hapa-media.com. More info at www.griffinsa.com. @thegriffinsa
