SUMMER PLAY LAB: CENTURIES
BY KATE DOUGLAS, MATTHEW DEAN MARSH, AND RAINA SOKOLOV-GONZALEz
Sunday, July 7th at 4:00pm
LIVE at Ancram Center for the Arts
presented as part of Ancram Center’s Summer Play Lab
In this world premiere, collaborators Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez explore how to persist in a plastic world. Oscillating between collective and personal voices, Centuries is an immersive concert event that celebrates humanity and the willingness to face the unknown in a changing world. Through a score infused with folk, chamber, and soul, Centuries shines light on the contradictions of our modern lives.
Join us for a conversation with the creators of Centuries as they share songs from their new musical storytelling experience that follows a family over two generations and explores how landscapes and people change with time.
About the Artists
Kate Douglas is a writer, composer, and performer. Recent work: The Apiary (NY Times Critic’s Pick, Second Stage), Hag with Grace McLean (Vivace Award), The Lucky Few starring opposite her co-writer Todd Almond (Ancram Opera House), and The Ninth Hour starring opposite her co-writer Shayfer James (The Met Cloisters). She has been awarded residencies at SPACE on Ryder Farm, NY Stage & Film, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and Millay Arts, among others. Recipient of a Fairgame Arts Grant (2023), LMCC Creative Engagement grant (2018), Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant (2023), and a two-time Puffin Foundation Grant (2018, 2022). Alum of the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program, Colt Coeur, The Civilians R&D Group, and The Orchard Project Greenhouse. BFA: New York University. Certificate in Sustainable Garden Design, NYBG. www.katedouglasprojects.com
MATTHEW DEAN MARSH is a composer, performer, and writer based in New York City. He has worked on multiple productions at Ancram Center for the Arts, including Perennials and You Don’t Know the Lonely One.
Marsh’s collaboration with David Cale, We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, made its debut at The Goodman and Public Theaters, Marsh composed the score for David Cale’s Sandra (Vineyard Theater). He also worked as an associate musical director on Broadway’s Beetlejuice while it was in development.
Marsh has traveled the world as a vocalist, composer, and musician. His film score for NYU President Linda Mill’s short documentary Better to Live premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez is a singer, composer, and educator. She has performed her original work nationally and internationally. Over the past few years Raina’s solo project has sold out venues throughout New York City such as Nublu, Public Records, and SOBs. She has toured both the East and West coasts of the US and in Europe. She was an artist in residence at Millay Center for the Arts, Summer 2023, and was a part of the Summer Lab at Ancram Center for the Arts, Summer 2021. As a vocalist, Raina has worked with artists such as William Parker, D.D. Jackson, Warp Trio, and many others. As an educator, Raina teaches private lessons and leads group workshops in both singing and songwriting. Raina has a BA from Bard College, 2016.
Additional funding to support the creation of Centuries provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.