MOTH&FLAME
Presented by The Center at West Park as part of their Artistic Residency in collaboration with spit&vigor

The great Baroque painters Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi confess their sins — and the agony and ecstasy of their lives and art — to a heavenly priest in purgatory.

Gentileschi recounts her notorious rape and torture in order to reclaim her legacy and fully illuminate her brilliant life and art. Caravaggio, confused after his own brutal and untimely death, is searching for forgiveness — or possibly something deeper.

Written by Sara Fellini
Winner – 2014 Planet Award for Outstanding New Play
Nominee – 2015 NYIT Award for Outstanding Full Length Play
“A playwright to be watched.” – Woman Around Town

Directed by Emma Rosa Went
Much Ado About Nothing – The Brick
Boxcar – The Tank

Presented by spit&vigor
“Darkly humorous”, “deliciously ghoulish”, “wrenching and visually eloquent” – NYTimes on past productions
“Sara Fellini and her company, spit&vigor, put on the most daring work I have seen in New York theater.” -Theater Pizzazz

Performed by:
Adam Belvo
Winner – 2014 Planet Connections Theater Festivity Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Nominee – 2016 NYIT Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Sara Fellini
Nominee – 2014 Planet Connections Festivity Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Costume Design:
Virginia Davis + Sara Fellini

Lighting Design:
Chelsie McPhilimy
Nominee – 2016 NYIT award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Strong language and adult themes.
Run time: 1 hour and 35 minutes