Untameable

6F, 2M, 90mins

There are things more important than love / Name them / Diamonds

Pitting diamond heist against museum intrigue, Untameable follows the story of two young women, one trying to steal a jewel and the other trying to keep it safe. The work is an immersive romp between a criminal den and a modern museum; the audience navigates their own experience and much like the characters themselves, must decide between love and diamonds, honesty or victory.  Untameable is an investigation into what we will do to achieve our magnum opus and what gets lost in the winning.

Awards and Accolades

New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominee

 Wordsmith Theatre Finalist 

Botanicum Seedlings Semi-Finalist

 DIONYSIA NEW PLAY COMPETITION Finalist

Production HISTORY

 Co-Produced by Highly Impractical Theatre & The Unsoft War 

Untameable ran from November 4th-22nd, 2015, at St. Paul's Hall. It was Co-Produced by Highly Impractical Theatre and The Unsoft War.

It was directed by Elana McKelahan.

Untameable was nominated for a NYIT Award in Outstanding Movement and Choreography and was named a Performance Pick From Bedford and Bowery. 

CAST

Nel       Vicki Rodriguez

Samtam       Denise Yolén

Jym       John Racioppo

Mina       Irene Rivera

Astrid       J Moliére

Cabel       Annie-Sage Whitehurst

Belen       Nancy Ellen Reinstein

Majo       Stacy Salvette

Lady Queen       Ian F. Stewart

Boy Prince       Nikita Chaudhry

STAFF

Stage Manager      Elizabeth Radabaugh

Lights      Megan Estes & Megan Lang

Sound & Original Score      AM Zick

Props Design       Andrew Murdock

Set Design      Jonathan Cottle

Costume Design      Matsy Stinson

Make-Up Design      Stefani Paige

Tango Consultant      Lukas Raphael

Poster Design       Harrison Densmore

Production Assistants     Anita Raswant, Sofia Ortega Córdoba, Jake Pino

Electrics Crew      Saul Valiunas

Press Representation       Kippy Winston Media

Marketing Assistant      Julia Heitner

Dramaturg      John Racioppo

Development History

 The Unsoft War Reading Series

Marrow's Edge Writer Group Salon Series

Sanguine Theater Company's Project Playwright

Marrow's Edge at 32 Laight

Espacio Arevalo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Unsoft War Reading Series

Untameable was read on June 25th, in a closed reading sponsored by The Unsoft War. It was directed by Elana McKelahan. 

CAST

Nel Rebecca Hirota

Samtam   Rachel Lin

Jym John Racioppo

Mina   Sonia Mena

Astrid Elena Kritter

Cabel Kalyne Coleman

Belen Miranda Poett

Majo   Karen Eilbacher

Lady Queen   Jordan Ho

Boy Prince    Carissa Matsushima

Marrow's Edge Writers Group Salon Series

Untameable was featured as one in a series of open readings to celebrate the culmination of the first year of the Marrow's Edge Writers Group. The reading was on October 5, 2014. It was directed by Amanda Junco with support from Marrow's Edge. 

CAST

Nel   Meg Massalone

Samtam   Rachel Lin

Jym   Robert Mack

Mina   Irene Rivera

Astrid   Karen Eilbacher

Cabel   Erin Neufer

Belen   Inés Garcia

Majo   Miranda Poett

Lady Queen   Zac Coffey

Boy Prince    Mallory Goodman 

Special Thanks to Benjamin Evans for Photos. 

Project Playwright, Sanguine Theater Company, New York, NY

Untameable was selected as a finalist in Sanguine Theater Company's 2014 Project Playwright. 

An excerpt of Untameable received a staged reading at Wow Cafe Theatre, NYC on January 12, 2014. It was directed by Elana McKelahan and produced by Sanguine Theatre Company.  

CAST

Nel/Cass   Andi Morrow

Astrid   Anna Fearheiley

SamTam   Mari Yamamoto

Jym   James Leighton

Cabel   Tai Verley

Stage Directions   Doug Benedicto

32 Laight, Marrow's Edge, New York, NY

Untameable received its first domestic reading on December 16, 2013 at 32 Laight, hosted by Marrow's Edge with support from Ria T. DiLullo, Molly Marinik, and Wiliam Barnet IV. It was followed by a round-table discussion of the play and was instrumental in the development of the work.  

CAST

Nel/Cass   Andi Morrow

Astrid   Miranda Poett

SamTam   Rachel M. Lin

Jym   Artem Kreimer

Cabel   Elizabeth Bays

Stage Directions   Doug Benedicto

Espacio Arevalo, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Untameable received its first reading with a fully international cast on November 11, 2011 at Espacio Arevalo, as part of the culminating project for Daria Miyeko Marinelli's Arnold Fellowship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  

CAST

Nel/Cass   Mary Rose

Astrid   Anthea Okereke

SamTam   Katherine B. Nammacher

Jym   Sebastian Alvarez

Cabel   Marion Belguiral  

Stage Directions   Jenny Teasdale