About this Event
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Sentenced to this Vessel
A new play created by Anzi DeBenedetto and Nate Sassoon
Full original sound track.
Catrin Ody- Producer and Assistant Director
Theater at St. Jean
150 East 76th Street
New York, NY 10021
Two shows on October 30th, 2021
3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Each show runs between 100 and 110 minutes including the intermission.
Sentenced to this Vessel strives to explore the things we cannot help but do, feel, and say. When these behaviors are examined through the lens of performers, the lines between off and on-stage start to blur. To love, to risk, to put yourself out there— this is what it means to live. We have no choice but to invite you all: point and laugh at us, with us. Watch us watch you live and perform.
Anzi DeBenedetto graduated from NYU Tisch with a BFA in Drama. He was born in New York City, lived in Shanghai, and went to Phillips Exeter Academy. With theater training from the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School and film training from Stonestreet Studios, he has appeared in Will Eno’s “Thom Pain: Based on Nothing”, CBS’s “FBI”, and voiceover campaigns for Ubisoft and The Edge. He is very excited to share Sentenced to this Vessel, a project he wrote, directed, and is acting alongside with Nate Sassoon. He also speaks Chinese, is learning Italian, and does Yoga.
Nate Sassoon graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in Music. Nate was born in New York City and went to Phillips Exeter Academy. He is a classical pianist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer/music producer who creates and performs music in a wide variety of genres. In 2020, he released two albums, Umba and Cold Shadows and Warm Rays, which included songs influenced by dubstep, progressive metal, synthwave, plainchant, jazz, electro house, 18th century classical music, hip hop, noise, among other genres. His latest choral piece “The Windows” was premiered in March 2021 by the Exeter College Chapel Choir at Oxford. Nate also played Keys/Keytar in the Oxford based band Dot’s Funk Odyssey. He has done many concerts of spontaneous classical piano improvisation in the US and in Russia. He is very excited to share Sentenced to this Vessel, a project he composed, directed, and is acting alongside with Anzi DeBenedetto. Nate speaks Russian.
The two met in kindergarten and reunited in high school. This is their first artistic collaboration.
Catrin Ody, the Producer and Assistant Director, was born and raised in London before moving to New York to study Theatre, Producing and Film at NYU Tisch. She started producing for feature films in her junior year as an Associate Producer at BOTEP alongside her acting training. Now she directs, produces, and acts for film and theatre. She also co-hosts a comedy podcast called “Sleeping With Your Friends”. She considers herself an artist above all.
We don’t use ‘spoilers’ as a tool to promote a production, and some languages and themes may trigger challenging emotions for members of the audience. If there are certain themes that you find particularly upsetting and would like to speak to one of our production members before booking tickets, please email us at: [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Theater at St. Jean, 150 East 76th Street, New York, United States
USD 15.00