About this Piece

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS presents

The Motherboard Suite

Original music by Saul Williams 
Directed by Bill T. Jones 

With choreography by:
Maria Bauman, Kayla Farrish, Marjani Forté-Saunders, d. Sabela grimes, Jasmine Hearn, Shamel Pitts and Jade Solomon Curtis

Performed by:
Saul Williams and Aku Orraca-Tetteh with Maria Bauman, Kayla Farrish, Marjani Forté-Saunders, d. Sabela grimes, Jasmine Hearn, Codelia King, Nayaa Opong and Jade Solomon Curtis

Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director
Lighting Design by Serena Wong
Costume Design by Kayla Farrish, Marjani Forte-Saunders, d. Sabela grimes, Jasmine Hearn, Shamel Pitts and Jade SolomonCurtis. 

Produced by New York Live Arts 

Programming & Production Staff:
Kyle Maude, Producing Director
Megan Dechaine, Production Stage Manager
Zach Prewitt, Sound Engineer 
Jada Jenai, Company Manager

The work was originally created on Lenape land and is now being presented on Gabrielino Tongva, Gabrielino Kizh, and Fernandeño Tataviam Nation land. We acknowledge and pay respect to the Lenape, Gabrielino Tongva, Gabrielino Kizh, and Fernandeño Tataviampeople people, elders, and ancestors past, present, and coming in the future. We acknowledge Indigenous people who may be present right now.

Funding

The Motherboard Suite premiered during New York Live Arts’ Live Ideas 2021 / Altered- Worlds: Black Utopia and The Age of Acceleration and has received three Bessies – Best Production and Best Performer for Grimes and Hearn. We thank Partners for New Performance for supporting Live Ideas: Alexes Hazen, Linda Hirschson, Julie Orlando, Andrea Rosen, John Robinson, Nina and Gabriel Stricker, Robyn Trani. Institutional support is provided by the Arnhold Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Dance/NYC, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Marta Heflin Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Alex Katz Foundation, Lambent Foundation, Alice Lawrence Foundation, Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation, Rosalind Luger Charitable Trust, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Muriel Pollia Foundation, National Performance Network, New England Foundation for the Arts, The Poss Family Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, The Semel Charitable Foundation, Scherman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Tides Foundation.

Staff Lists

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS

Artistic Leadership
Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director
Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director

Executive Leadership
Kim Cullen, Executive Director/CEO
Alexandra Burke, Chief of Staff

Board of Directors
Alan D. Marks, Chair
Helen Haje, Vice Chair
Slobodan Randjelović, Vice Chair
Darnell L. Moore, Treasurer
Aimee Meredith Cox, Secretary
Kim Cullen, Executive Director & CEO, Ex-Officio
Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director, Ex-Officio
Bjorn Amelan
Sarah Arison
LaToya Ruby Frazier
Stephen Hendel
Charla Jones
Colleen Keegan
Richard H. Levy
Amy Newman
Randy Polumbo
Ellen M. Poss
Matthew Putman
Jane Bovingdon Semel
Ruby Shang
Catharine R. Stimpson

Board Emeritus
Derek Brown
Terence Dougherty
Eleanor Friedman

Staff

Programming, Producing, and Engagement
Kyle Maude, Producing Director
Hannah Emerson, Producer

Production
Chanel Pinnock, Director of Production
Leo Janks, Lighting Manager
James Bennett, Audio/Video Manager
Megan Dechaine, Production Stage Manager
Tricia Navigato, Production Manager

Creative Director
Bjorn G. Amelan

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
Barrington Hinds, Jada Jenai, Shane Larson, Danielle Marshall, Jacoby Pruitt, Hannah Seiden, Philip Strom, Mak Thornquest, Rosa Allegra Wolff and Huiwang Zhang

Community Engagement & Education
Bianca Bailey, Community Engagement and Education Manager

Communications
Tyler Ashley, Director of Communications
Augustus Cook, Digital Marketing Manager
Liliana Dirks-Goodman, Graphic Designer
Pentagram, Pro-Bono Branding

Development
Dave Archuletta, Chief Development Officer
Nina Phuong Ha, Development Manager
Julie Davis, Special Events & Donor Engagement Manager
Felix Reyes, Institutional Giving Manager

Front of House
Taylor Adams, Front of House Assistant
Julia Antinozzi, Ezra Mitchell, Jailyn Phillips-Wiley, Sabrina Herbosa-Reyes, Calley Luman, Cove Haselton, Campbell Ives, Paulina Meneses, Jessy Crist, Johnny Mathews, Ishmael Gonzales, Anna Ticknor, Cristina Moya-Palacios, Salma Kiuhan, Front of House Staff

Finance
Nupur Dey, Director of Finance
Manathus Dey, Finance Associate

Human Resources
ADP TotalSource

Operations
Gregory English, Operations Manager
Marcus Retegues, Facilities Coordinator
Adalid Nunez-Mendoza, Custodial Assistant

Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist
Miguel Gutierrez

Legal Services
Lowenstein Sandler, PC, Pro-Bono Counsel
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