New Plays Festival: ‘The Ana Project’
by Dacyl Acevedo
Showtimes
Friday, May 16 @ 3:30 PM
Friday, May 16 @ 8 PM
Saturday, May 17 @ 3:30 PM
Ana, arrived in NYC alone, as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic in 1960, to attend college and develop her talent as a math prodigy. She worked nights at a textile factory in Manhattan and fell in love with a charming stranger. She helped the rest of her family emigrate from the Dominican Republic to escape a violent dictatorship and they struggled with the transition to their new life in the US, when Ana’s life and dreams fell apart. Years later, Ana tries to help her daughter avoid the same mistakes as the generations of women clash in irreconcilable differences and are drawn together again by the love that binds them.
About the Playwright
Dacyl Acevedo is a New York based playwright and actor; Dominican American, first generation child of working class immigrants, raised in Hialeah, FL. She worked as an actor for over 20 years in New York, in regional theaters, TV and Film. Her friend, Tamilla Woodard helped her develop her one person show, Will Work For… that she toured at festivals across the country. Her short play, From One Token to Another, was first featured in Planet Connections Zoom Fest “Lip Service”. Her full-length play, A Saint’s Legacy was developed in the River Writer’s Unit. She traveled to the Costa Chica region of Guerrero, Mexico to research her play, Lia Del Mar which recently had a workshop production. She was also a member of Dramatic Question Theatre’s 2024 Playtime program. Currently, she’s also working on a delirium play called Temping Forever and an adaptation of Ben Jonson’s restoration comedy, Bartholomew Fair, advised and inspired by Morgan Jenness. She’s a graduate of SUNY Purchase College.
About the New Plays Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts presents a festival of new plays written by the 2025 Columbia MFA Playwriting Cohort. The esteemed faculty who nurtured these students, including Tony©, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners, such as Lynn Nottage, Rogelio Martinez, Blair Singer, Noelle Vinas, Charles L. Mee, Michael Korie, David Auburn, and David Henry Hwang invite everyone to experience these innovative new playwrights.
Organized by Leslie Ayvazian, Theatre.
