WINNING IS WINNING

20 performers share the stage in this kaleidoscopic dance-theater piece by OBIE-winning company Hoi Polloi that features humor, dance, and song to depict a community in crisis. 

Work-in-progress showings:

• May 10, 2025 at 9 pm as a part of RE/VENUE NYC at Mark Morris Dance Center

• May 28 - 31, 2025 at 8 pm at The Brick Theater, alongside Colin Heininger

Full production to be announced soon. . .

CAST

Ben Beckley, Maria Victoria Franco, Emily Glaser, NDH, Claire H., Kristen Hoffman, Johnny Le, Belle Le, Jessica Lưu Pelletier, Camara McLaughlin, Carli Nelson, Thammie Laine Quách, David Rodriguez, Nicky Rodriguez, Joe Rosta, Violet Savage, Louis So, Robert Spiker, Sophie Thurschwell, Jan Tuchman, Lexie Waddy, Tia Walker, Amy Laird Webb, Kamille Welch, Luke Wisniewski

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Hoi Polloi is an OBIE-winning New York-based collaborative theater company formed in 2007 by director Alec Duffy.  The company uses the transformative power of theater to upend conventions and bring about a more imaginative society. Original work includes White on White, Quiet, Comfort, Republic, All Hands, Three Pianos, The less we talk, and Dysphoria. Hoi Polloi also has produced existing work by adventurous writers that include Celine Song, Suzan-Lori Parks, Toshiki Okada, John Cassavetes, Samuel Beckett, and others. www.hoipolloiworld.com.

Alec Duffy (Director) is a playwright and director, and the founder of both Hoi Polloi and the Brooklyn performance venue JACK. He has created many original works with Hoi Polloi, including Dysphoria, The Less We Talk, and All Hands. In 2010, he shared an OBIE Award for Three Pianos, a paean to Schubert's Winterreise song cycle, co-written and performed with Dave Malloy and Rick Burkhardt in a production directed by Rachel Chavkin that toured to New York Theatre Workshop and American Repertory Theater after its premiere at Incubator Arts Project. In addition to his work with Hoi Polloi, he directed acclaimed productions of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral at The Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, and the English-language premiere of Yukio Shiba’s Our Planet at Japan Society. His production of Moto Osada’s opera Four Nights of Dream premiered at Japan Society in 2017 and toured to the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Duffy studied at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq and is a Drama League Directing Fellow.

Steven Leffue (Music) is a West Coast-based sound designer, saxophonist, and computer musician.  A long-time collaborator with Hoi Polloi, his work is a synthesis of musical intuition, experimentation, and auditory immersion.  Creating for all manner of live performance, recent productions have been seen at the Under the Radar Festival, Vienna Festwoche, and the International Computer Music Conference in Seoul.

Hoi Polloi is grateful for support for this production from Lora Chio, Jan Tuchman, and Joe Rosta.