NECK DOWN
by Nic Adams
directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps
It’s the morning before an ancient coin auction in NYC and early-career artist Ciel is stuck working yet another menial temp assignment. An old money collector arrives early to inspect the legal tender upon which he plans to bid. So begins a daydream about lottery winnings, caskets, sex fantasies, delulus of grandeur, and Big Oil Banks. The physical characters onstage duet with the voices in their heads, mounting a tragicomic class stand-off and a toast to the relentless spirit of artists living on the brink of precarity.
World Premiere @ We Are Here x Exponential Festival 2025
By Nic Adams | Directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps | Featuring Essence Lotus, Cristina Pitter, Riley Wood, Jack Piscitelli Dahill, Alton Alburo + Angela Chew | Produced by Nic Adams + Melissa Mickens | Stage Management Sarah Samonte | Assistant Stage Management Deniz Demirkurt | Scenic Design Ettie Pin | Prop Design Ettie Pin + Nic Adams Lead Carpentry Thomas Wagner | Lighting Design André Segar | Sound Design Eden Segbefia | Costume Design Karen Boyer | Photography Lee Rayment (photos 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 10) + Walter Wlodarczyk (photos 1, 2, 6, 9)