Top 5 Survival Moves
Shannon Flaherty
Top 5 Survival Moves
Presented March 8 - 17, 2024
Friday & Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 17 at 2:30 pm
Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp St.)
All ticket sales from the show went to the Lisova Polyana Rehabilitation Center.
Top 5 Survival Moves is Goat in the Road Productions’ original play built in collaboration with Ukrainian/New Orleanian Katya Chizhayeva. The show offers a glimpse of Chizayeva’s ongoing work with Ukrainian soldiers coming back from the front lines, and examines 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 were excited to offer a series of community engagement activities that will be happening around the performances. All were 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.