NOW AVAILABLE FOR TOURING:
Will You Miss Me?
Curious about the content and making of Will You Miss Me? Read our conversation with Jonathan Flatley about Will You Miss Me?, mourning, and songs in Three Fold or check out this interview conducted by Zak Rosen for Slate’s Working podcast.
Premiered Fall 2022
A haunting song echoing across the holler draws a traveler into a funeral service for one of many white workers who moved from Appalachia to Detroit in the last century. But this is no normal funeral and this is no ordinary corpse. Layering traditional Appalachian songs with family lore, pre-Christian mythology, and more, Will You Miss Me? pushes audiences to examine the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and to grieve the selves that have been forgotten. It is a funeral for whiteness, a memorial for what came before its construction, and a way of imagining what might come after.
An original performance by The Hinterlands, created and originally performed by Liza Bielby, Livia Chesley, Jenna Kirk, and Richard Newman; 2023 performances by Liza Bielby, Jenna Kirk, Richard Newman, and Maddy Rager. Directed by Richard Newman and Liza Bielby. Scenic and object design by Livia Chesley, Jenna Kirk, and Liza Bielby with build assistance by Monty Etzcorn. Sound design by Richard Newman. Dramaturgy by Antonin Chambon and the ensemble. Production management by Scott Crandall.
With support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and a development residency from Double Edge Theatre.
Performed at: Double Edge Theatre Constellations Festival (Ashfield, MA), Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC), Tympanum (Warren, MI), Spread Art (Detroit, MI), and Play House (Detroit, MI) and as a performance-lecture at University of Michigan Flint and Teatro Libre (Bogotá).
For booking contact:
Delphinium Daggers
Rory Trainor, President
(508) 280-1941
