An incisive and bold examination of the American Dream, HOUSE / DIVIDED juxtaposes scenes from the current mortgage crisis with passages drawn from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, revealing how deeply the foreclosure crisis has affected and undermined our collective sense of American character and identity. In a set constructed from the bones of an actual foreclosed home, The Builders Association interweaves the Joads’ struggles on their way West with the perpetrators and participants in our own fast-moving, mediated and leveraged banking and housing systems. A highly immersive theatre experience, HOUSE / DIVIDED presents a shifting sense of place while tracing a line through American experience – a modern theatrical allegory of finding and losing refuge from Oklahoma all the way to our media-saturated, precariously financed global society.

“moving, inventive production… artfully interlaced” —New York Times

 

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Founded in 1994, The Builders Association is a New York-based, OBIE award-winning performance and media company that creates original productions based on stories drawn from contemporary life. The company uses the richness of new and old tools to extend the boundaries of theatre. Based on innovative collaborations, they blend stage performance, text, video, sound and architecture to tell stories about human experience in the 21st century.

Cast

Performers	Moe Angelos
	Jess Barbagallo
	Sean Donovan
	Matthew Karges
	LaToya Lewis
	David Pence

Creative

Directed by	Marianne Weems
Written by	James Givvs & Moe Angelos
Sound Design & Original Music Composition by	Dan Dobson
Video Designer	Austin Switser
Lighting	Jennifer Tipton & Laura Mroczkowski
Scenic Concept & Design	John Cleater & Neal Wilkinson
Production Manager	Neal Wilkinson
Technical Director	Brian Morgan
Associate Video Designer	Paulina Jurzec
Video Associate	Jesse Garrison
Sound Associate	Matt O'Hare
Assistant Director	Sarah Krohn
Emma Sherr-Ziarko	Production Assistant
Assistant Director (Wexner)	Francesca Spedalieri
Managing Director	Erica Laird