Top 5 Survival Moves
Shannon Flaherty
Top 5 Survival Moves
March 8 - 17
Friday & Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 17 at 2:30 pm
Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp St.)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Ticket Pricing
$10 from Jan. 31 - Feb. 17
$15 from Feb. 18 - Feb. 29
$20 from Mar. 1 - 17 (online)
$25 at the door (at the door)
All ticket sales from the show will benefit Ukrainian soldiers recovering from deployment.
Due to profanity and adult themes (graphic descriptions of violence), children under the age of 16 should be accompanied by an adult when attending Top 5 Survival Moves.
Please purchase a ticket for any young person attending unless they are sitting on the lap of a ticketed person.
In general, if the show is cost prohibitive, please contact shannon@goatintheroadproductions.org.
Top 5 Survival Moves is Goat in the Road Productions’ newest original play built in collaboration with Ukrainian/New Orleanian Katya Chizhayeva. The show will offer a glimpse of Chizayeva’s ongoing work with Ukrainian soldiers coming back from the front lines, and examine the complex identities that Chizhayeva holds; as a Ukrainian, a Jewish person, a New Orleanian, and a fierce opponent of Russian imperialism. Through these lenses, the show offers New Orleans audiences a unique glimpse of life during wartime, and draws parallels to political and social conflict in the United States.
GRP and the CAC are excited to announce a series of community engagement activities that will be happening around the performances. All are FREE:
Saturday, March 9, post-show talk with the creative team
Saturday, March 16, post-show talk with community members affected by the war
Saturday, March 16 from 12 pm - 1:30 pm, dance workshop based on creative practices from the show with Katya Chizhayeva
Lead Writer: Chris Kaminstein
Top 5 Survival Moves is based on text written and collected by Katya Chizhayeva, with additions by the ensemble
Creation and performance ensemble: Katya Chizhayeva, Steve Gilliland, Nicholas Javon, Leslie Boles Kraus, Richon May, and Maggie Tonra
Director: Chris Kaminstein
Production Manager: Shannon Flaherty
Stage Manager: Kit Sternberger
Sound Designer: Steve Gilliland
Set & Costume Designer: Ellen Bull
Lighting Designer: Mandi Wood
Projection Designer: James Lanius III
Dance consultant and title originator: Mykyta Kravchenko
Dramaturgical consultant: Tetiana Kytsenko
Graphic Designer: Nat Moonhill
Promotional Photos: Joshua Brasted
Presented in association with the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans.
Top 5 Survival Moves is made possible by support from the New Orleans Theatre Association, the Harper Family Foundation, New Orleans Tourism & Cultural Fund, the RosaMary Foundation, and a Community Partnership Grant from the Jazz & Heritage Foundation.