A skate play

Director: Noelle Ghoussaini

Director of Production: Nilou Safinya

Produced by Eyes Up Here

A Skate Play is inspired by Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a novella that tells the story of Jonathan, a young, visionary and adventurous seagull, impassioned by the art of flight. Jonathan is up against all odds - his community banishes him and he goes on a powerful journey to learn the meaning of freedom, flight and limitlessness. The story asks each of us to let go of our limited ideas about ourselves and communities so that we may grow personally, spiritually and as a society. In this multidisciplinary production that takes place in skate parks, skateboarders represent the flight of the birds performing in tandem with actors, integrating skate choreography with theatrical dialogue and storytelling. This iteration took place at Golconda Skatepark in Downtown Brooklyn.