Watermelon Eating Contest

Watermelon Eating Contest
Director:
Stevie Walker-Webb with Joanna Lugo & Lili Stiefel
Written by:
Stevie Walker-Webb
Adapted from:
"The Watermelon Eating Contest" by Dr. Danny Hoey
Set Design:
Yizhu Pan
Costume Design:
Retfalvi Eszter
Lighting Design:
Kelly “K” A. Rudolph
Sound Designer:
Justin Propper
Choreographer:
Erin Pettigrew
Venue:
The Walker Theater
Produced By:
NYU Tisch Grad Acting/Design
Photographer:
Ella Bromblin, Yizhu Pan
ABOUT PRODUCTION
• How do we engage the violent history of the past in a way that doesn’t doom us to it?
• How do we teach this generation how to avoid the mistakes of yesterday?
• What does it mean to be an activist in today’s society?
• What causes are worth fighting for? How do we organize to make a lasting impact and create real change?
The Watermelon Eating Contest comically and critically poses the questions, but none of us have answers and maybe there are no right or wrong answers. It’s about our history, about who we are, and how we connect ourselves.