Conceived and Devised by Simón Adinia Hanukai

The Project   The Fall is a multi-media theater performance that examines the world’s relationship to the moment of the fall of the Berlin Wall, as we approach its 25th anniversary on November 9th, 2014.

Origins of The Fall Inspired by Simón Adinia Hanukai’s childhood, growing up in Azerbaijan under communist rule, The

Fall was devised using international voices through real interviews and stories from those who relate to Communism, whether they lived through it or gazed at it from afar.

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Words From the Director: The Fall investigates the hope for a unified world that was so alive when the Berlin Wall came down. The Fall also juxtaposes that hope with the current wall-building frenzy of nation-states and private communities. Instead of solely looking at the effect that the event had on Germany, I am interested in the way the fall impacted the rest of the world, and particularly the communist countries of the time. As we approach the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall we are once again surrounded by social unrest. From the uprisings of Tunisia to Ukraine, from Thailand to Greece, from Egypt to Bosnia-Herzegovina, the discontent is amassing. For many, the promises of freedom and unity that resounded at the end of the Cold War did not come to fruition. For some, the world is more divided and walled apart than ever.

Voices from countries reflected in the development of The Fall thus far:

Azerbaijan Bosnia- Herzegovina Canada

Cuba France Germany Hungary

Korea Mexico Poland Romania

Russia Slovenia USA

The Story Through word, movement and video, the

piece weaves together three interdependent narratives: a young

Romanian man and his newborn daughter on a 25-year journey into the once

forbidden West after the bloody regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu is swept away with the

fall of the Iron Curtain; a pair of construction workers dispatched to slice

up the world with a multitude of new walls; and fantastical administrators, the masterminds behind this caustic quest of

brick and mortar.

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The story takes us on a journey from the once blaring promise of “freedom”,

sounded by the West in 1989, to the ever more divided world of today.

Simón Adinia Hanukai

Simón Adinia Hanukai is a theater-maker, director and educator. Originally from Baku, Azerbaijan, he relocated to New York City from Oakland, California, where he was a founding member of headRush Crew and the Co-Artistic Director of the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company. ""A recipient of the 2012-13 Emerging Artists Fellowship from New York Theatre Workshop, Simón received a Master’s of Arts in Teaching from the University of San Francisco and an MFA in Theater Directing from Columbia University.""Directing credits include: My Artichoke Heart (Theater for the New City); Can't Stop, Won't Stop (2010 Hip Hop Theater Fest); The 6 Project (Brooklyn Arts Exchange); Brave Ducks (Living Theatre – FringeNYC); and Birthday Triage (Horace Mann Theater). ""Simón assisted Anne Bogart on the remounting of Death and the Ploughman (Skidmore College), Tina Landau on A Civil War Christmas (New York Theatre Workshop), Robert Woodruff on Festen (Hungarian Theater of Cluj, Romania), and William Forsythe on A Viariation (Hellerau Center in Dresden, Germany). Simón also observed Robert Lepage on Siegfried and Götterdämmerung at the Metropolitan Opera. "

Writers of The Fall

Anita Kirpalani is a writer, journalist, and works in film and arts production. She is now the Project Manager of "Sarajevo heart of Europe" at the Mission du Centenaire, coordinating a multi-disciplinary festival in June in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to commemorate the centennial of World War I. She worked as a producer for award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion, as a journalist for the French magazine Youphil and Newsweek International, among others. Half-Indian, half-French, Anita recently moved back to Paris after 5 years in NYC. She holds an M.I.A from Columbia University and is a graduate from Sciences Po Paris.

Saviana Stanescu is a Romanian-born award-winning playwright. Productions include: Aliens With Extraordinary Skills (Women's Project, NYC; Sacramento, California; Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Mexico City; published by Samuel French), Waxing West (La MaMa Theatre, 2007 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Full-length Script), For a Barbarian Woman (Fordham/EST). Her plays have been developed at: Lark Play Development Center, NYTW, New York Stage & Film, Long Wharf, EST, New Group, PS122, HERE, etc. She holds an MA in Performance Studies (Fulbright) and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU, Tisch. Currently Saviana is a Professor of Playwriting & Theatre Studies at Ithaca College. www.saviana.com

Creative Team

1st Workshop Presentation Where: 14th Street Y, NYC When: November 1-9, 2013 Cast (L to R): Shanna Jones, Ana Maria Lucaciu, Bryant Hernandez, Peter Palasthy, Helen Yee & Sora Baek Team of Writers: Boo Killebrew, Anita Kirpalani, Christina Quintana, Magda Romanska & Saviana Stanescu Dramaturg: Jess Applebaum Goals: To explore the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall by allowing many voices to influence the process; and to combine sound, movement and video design to develop the multi-media performance experience.

Community Events: "Town Hall

Tues Feb 5th, 2013 – Berkeley, California Led by Simón Adinia Hanukai and Rosa Esperenza González

Community Events: "Expert Panel

Sat Nov 9th, 2013 – NYC – Moderated by Jess Applebaum Panelists (L to R): Muhamed Sacirbey (Former UN Ambassador for Bosnia and Herzegovina); David Applebaum (Retired Professor of Modern European History and Cultural-Legal Studies); Sanda Weigl (Singer/Activist who experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall); Cinty Ionescu (The Fall’s Romanian Video Designer); and Simón Adinia Hanukai (Project Director).

Community Events: "Teaching Young Artists

Through an education partnership funded by Theatre That Transcends, Simón has been teaching an 8-month residency at the Gotham Arts Academy, a public high school in Bedford-Stuyvesant. ""

Inspired by the local and global divide created by the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, the collaboration with the students narrows in on the personal and societal walls that young adults and individuals face in their own Bed-Stuy community. " "

The students, prompted by personal narratives of peers as well as their own experiences, use improvisation, composition and writing exercises to generate performance material. The residency will culminate with an original piece performed by the youth in May 2014.

Next Steps

2nd Workshop Presentation

•  Where: The Loft / East 3rd Prods., NYC

•  When: May 23 and 24, 2014

•  Goals: To incorporate the feedback from the original workshop and to complete the script by focusing on the storyline, the characters and the text.

OFFICIAL OPENING

•  Where: Flamboyán Theater, NYC

•  When: November 9-22, 2014

•  Goal: To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Current Partners

Co-Producing Sponsor: Mud/Bone Collective

W. Kerry Huang www.mudbone.org

Mud/Bone Provides: Administrative Support Rehearsal Space General Operating Support

Educational Sponsorship: Theatre That Transcends

Alejandra Duque Cifuentes www.theatrethattranscends.org

TTT Provides: Funding to cover Artist Fees Student Mentee / Assistant Artistic Support

Become a Part of The Fall

International Partner

To become an INTERNATIONAL PARTNER, we would be grateful to discuss the following contributions:

•  Financial Support ($1000-3000)

•  A venue in your country for the tour of The Fall

•  Marketing Support abroad

•  Travel and housing support

In exchange…

As a partner you will receive:

•  Credit on our website; social media outlets; email communications (reaching over "3,000 subscribers); and program (seen by over 900 audience members).

•  Mention on all print and e-flyers;

•  Mention on all posters and promo materials;

Contact Us

Contact Email:"To become a sponsor or co-producer, email "Natalie Gershtein at berlinwallproject@gmail.com

Follow Us:"FB: www.facebook.com/berlinwallproject"Twitter: twitter.com/wall_berlin""Watch:"5-minute Trailer from the 1st Workshop Performance:"http://youtu.be/9F85D3EmZgQ

2013 Promo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1US5L3hVxbY

Thank You!