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Cast

Madeline Wilcox
Performer
Laura Witsken
Performer
Jordan Patt
Performer
Jenna Purcell
Performer

Creative Team

Jon Perry Davis

Live Sound Design

Wesley Marcarelli

Compositions

Eric Cotti

Dramaturgy

Shana Crawford

Lighting Design

Brita Vantol

Costume Design

Meet the Company

Madeline Wilcox

Performer
Madeline Wilcox (Writer, Choreographer, Director) is an artist who works in the forms of dance, choreography, performance, and social work. Over a five-year collaboration with Sarah Michelson, she performed in and contributed to the development of numerous works, including May 2018/, February 2018/, October 2017/, September 2017/, R2R Attempt 2, For James Tyson, TOURNAMENTO, My Name is Beautiful Diamond, and 4. She also performed in Third Rail Projects Then She Fell in the role of Alice over a four-year period. Additional collaborations include dancing for choreographers Ori Flomin, Catherine Galasso, and Jillian Pena, among others. Her own choreography has been presented by The Knockdown Center (Sunday Series), The Footlight (MerdetheShow), and Center for Performance Research (PSOH: MAY). Madeline holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Arizona State University and an MSW from Hunter College. Madeline currently works at two Brooklyn High Schools and provides individual psychotherapy to adults as an LCSW.

Laura Witsken

Performer
Laura Witsken (Dancer) is a New York based dancer and improviser. Recently, she has worked for choreographers Ella Dawn W-S, Adrienne Westwood, Gillian Walsh, and Nicole Mannarino. Laura also works in collaboration with visual artist Izzy Leung. They are premiering their performance/installation works SWAN SONG in July 2025 at The Woods (Ridgewood, NY) and Slow Violence in September 2025 at 6BC Botanical Garden (NY, NY). Laura holds a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. laurawitsken.com

Jordan Patt

Performer
Jordan Patt (Dancer) is a Brooklyn based dancer, performance artist and experimental musician. Jordan graduated with a BA in Dance from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2018 where she was awarded the Porter Award for Creativity in Dance. After graduating, she moved to Brooklyn where she has been creating live performance work, film and music videos. She is currently a dancer in The Equus Projects company, collaborating with horses in live performance, as well as dancing in Funsch Dance. Jordan and her life partner, JP Davis, have a performance art project, Paint Horse, where they explore the possibilities of experimental music and dance as one.

Jenna Purcell

Performer
Jenna Purcell (Dancer) is a performing artist based in Brooklyn. She was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and holds a B.A. in Modern Literature from UC Santa Cruz, where she had the pleasure of working with Tandy Beal, Mark Franko, Sommer Ulrickson, Danny Scheie, Paul Whitworth, and Ted Warburton. She has performed with Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Donofrio Dance Company, ChrisMastersDance, Andrew Schneider, Anne Zuerner, Lundahl & Seitl, The David Perlow Studio, and The Neo-Politcal Cowgirls, among others. She currently collaborates with Third Rail Projects, past productions include Then She Fell (Alice, Nurse MaryAnn, Red Queen, Rehearsal Director), and True Love Forever.

Jon Perry Davis

Live Sound Design

Wesley Marcarelli

Compositions

Eric Cotti

Dramaturgy

Shana Crawford

Lighting Design

Brita Vantol

Costume Design
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