Produced by Brave New World Arts Inc., the Brave New World Theatre & Arts Venture seeks to address the recent stunning spate of terrorist attacks and the ensuing war in Afghanistan. The three-day marathon was created to provide theatre artists with an opportunity to react to and reflect upon the events of September 11, global terrorism, and the ‘New War’.

Brave New World is dedicated to hearing the ‘voices’ of the artists; BNW is not seeking the perfectly crafted play. We encourage experimentation, alternative forms of story-telling, impressionistic work - whatever form is most true and vital to the artists’ reactions to the world after 9-11. We hope to expand the marathon to include the works of visual and multimedia artists as well as musicians.

General Information
info@bravenewworldarts.com

Artistic Director: J Dakota Powell, tel (US) 212.517.5096, mob (UK): 011.44.(0) 7944.865.045,
Email: jdpowell@bravenewworldarts.com

Producing Director: Elliot Fox, tel (US): 001.917.204.1087
Email: efox@bravenewworldarts.com

Producing Director: Erica Gould, tel (US): 212.431.9617
Email: egould@bravenewworldarts.com

COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES

J Dakota Powell
As Head of Entertainment for KPE UK, the European operation of an American new media firm, Powell was responsible for developing, producing and merchandising digital content across multiple platforms—Internet, wireless devices and enhanced television. Her work has been profiled in “The Future of Digital Entertainment”, Time Magazine Europe, and in Creative Business, Financial Times. Prior to KPE, Powell was Director of Business Strategy for Arc e:Consultancy (NYC) where she wrote business plans, Internet and investor strategies for a wide range of companies, including: Citigroup, Pegasus Investors, Harper Collins, Suzie/Tommy Hilfiger, Americana Financial Services, Spectrascan, Suze Orman, and Chic Simple. In the realm of theatre, Powell’s plays include: BLISS MOON, THE IMPOSTOR, SAVAGE LIGHT, BLACKWATER, HARRY BLACK. HARRY BLACK was produced in the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s New Work Series. BLACKWATER was selected for the National Playwrights Conference, O’Neill Theatre Center and the Lincoln Center Reading Series. THE IMPOSTOR was twice nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and a recipient of the Jane Chambers Playwrighting Award. Powell has been produced by the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the Philadephia Theater Company's New Works Series, Circle Repertory Theatre, the Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Duke University’s New Works Series; in addition, she has been commissioned by South Coast Repertory Theatre, Talking Wall Pictures, and PBS Great Performances. Her screenplay, “Triggers”, is the winner of the Writer Guild of America screenwriting fellowship.

Elliot Fox
Fox’s theatre experience includes 9 years as General Manager and Associate Director of the Signature Theatre Company (NYC), a not-for-profit theatre company internationally respected for its work with established playwrights. During the last 15 years, Fox has been involved in production, direction, performance and management for of numerous productions in a variety of venues and organizations. As Chief Operating Officer of Production Designer, a software company developing multimedia software for entertainment, industrial and corporate markets, Fox was responsible for strategic planning, business and budget development, operations, and forging key strategic relationships with industry leaders in complementary technology markets. Prior to Production Designer, Fox was General Manager of Arc: eConsultancy, where he developed and managed all real estate initiatives, including global partnerships for a pure Internet consulting operation.

Erica Gould
Recent stage credits include a mainstage reading of Lillian Ann Slugocki's ROUGH HOUSE at Playwrights Horizons and the world premiere of THE WITCHES' TRIPTYCH, winner of a 2000-2001 Off-Off Broadway Award for Best of the Season. Most recently, Gould was selected for a NYSCA-sponsored development grant to workshop her theatrical adaptation of Milorad Pavic's novel DICTIONARY OF THE KHAZARS in NYC. She has directed productions for Williamstown Theatre Festival, Yale University, NY Theatre Workshop, Circle Rep, Franklin Furnace, NY Stage & Film, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, and numerous works of radio-theatre for WBAI in NYC and National Public Radio. Her 6-part radio-theatre series, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LOST VOICES, was commissioned by NPR and began airing nationally in July 2001. Upcoming: web simulcast of Janine Carter's WHAT LIGHT FROM DARKNESS GROWS starring Harry Lennix (Titus, Matrix II) and Lisa Gay Hamilton (The Practice). Gould has been a recipient of the Drama League Directors Project Fellowship, the Senior Boris Sagal Directing Fellowship at Williamstown, an NFCB Silver Reel Award for Best Radio Drama, and numerous grants and residencies. Teaching: Yale University, NYU/Playwrights Horizons, Connecticut College, School of Visual Arts, Pace University. She is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.