Graceland is a theater project that touches upon one of New York City’s most sensitive nerves: housing. Drawing from the life-histories of a cast of collaborators, we’ve pondered on what it means or feels like to live with strangers, to be evicted or displaced, not have a room of one’s own. How is our experience of space modulated by shifts in the economy? What is the everyday texture of our sense of home—our imaginary shelters, refuges, dwellings, burrows, rooms?

Graceland builds on our ongoing dramaturgical work with the NYC-based company New York City Players, and features stories written with the artistic collaboration of Rossana Appleton, Lakpa Bhutia Brandon Davis, Nicholas Elliott Jim Fletcher, Fatim Kamara Linda Mancini, Richard Maxwell Brian Mendes, Enoch Ntunga Michael Odom, Charles Reina Yasmin Sanchez, Bréhima Sangaré  Kai Stokes, Gillian Walsh, and Richard Walsh.

Graceland was developed as part of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Residency Program on Governors Island. lmcc.net