The Texas premiere of good friday by Kristiana Rae Colón

With situations that feel ripped from the headlines, good friday renegotiates the intersection of gun violence and sexual assault. The one-act play takes place inside an academic lecture hall as an active shooter storms the campus. Tweets fly and tensions rise as five women struggle to make sense of the situation. As more information unfolds, the question remains: What is the real cost of revolution?
After select performances, audiences are invited to attend VORTEX Connects, a 30-minute talkback discussion lead by mental health and sexual assault experts. Representatives from SAFE Alliance will provide information about local resources in the lobby during all performances.

CW: sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, gun violence, mass shooting violence, blood effects

Cast
good friday features Oktavea Williams as Ariel, Faith Anderson as Kinzie, Payton Russell as
Crete, Antora DeLong as Sophia, Emma Galbraith as Emme, Bianca Ibarra as Natalie, and
Eva McQuade as Asha, with Eliza Renner as an understudy.

Production Team
Written by Kristiana Rae Colón. Directed by Simone Alexander. Assistant Director and Stage
Management by Joi Green. Costume and Blood Design by Laura M. Gonzalez. Lighting Design
by Jacqueline Sindelar. Projection Design by Ashton Bennett Murphy. Sound Design and Fight
Choreography by Malyssa Quiles. Scenic Design by Megan Kemp. Dramaturgy by Yasmin
Zacaria Mikhaiel.

About New Manifest Theatre Company: New Manifest Theatre Company is dedicated to
reflecting our collective human experiences through inclusive storytelling in contemporary theatre.
www.newmanifest.org
About The VORTEX: We conjure and navigate the storm of imagination with urgent, unashamed
art that dares to dream the world in which we want to live. This magic emanates from our cultural
harbor, embraces diverse communities, breaks down barriers, and opens channels for vital
exchange.

good friday is funded and supported in part by New Manifest Theatre Company, The VORTEX,
Motion Media Arts Center, Fractured Atlas, a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, the
National Endowment for the Arts, and by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic
Development Department.