Help Fund Firewater - A Nickel Flour Production

A prophecy that foretells the end of the world? Don’t they all?

 

Firewater, a new play by Samantha Marchant, is a re-imagining of the Prometheus myth told from the point of view of fire and her sister. We meet a family living in another time and another place, in a world abandoned by the Gods. The Gods took with them their knowledge of fire, halting the progress of civilization. But this family holds a secret. A spark of divine fire burns within the younger sister. A prophecy foretells the wrath to come if fire ever returned to all of mankind. The family does what it can to hide her, fire, but do they act to protect her or themselves?

 

A mix of family drama and myth, Firewater is a full-length play exploring the ideas of faith, fate, family and finding the power within. After several readings, a production of Firewater will be presented in March of 2022 at Rochester’s own MuCCC.

 

We need your help to return fire to humanity!

 

 

What the funds will be used for:

 

Firewater has received several developmental readings and workshops, including readings at Skeleton Rep(resents) (2021), the College at Charleston (2021), and Queen City Playwrights (2020), as well as a workshop at The Inkwell Theater (2021). After a year of intense workshopping, Firewater is ready for the next step in its development: a staged production! 

 

We need your help to see Firewater truly come to life. A minimum of $2,000 will make it possible. Here's what we need:

 

 

While the $2,000 we aim to raise will cover the bare essentials of creating a staged theater production, a larger budget means we can do far more! Here is what we could accomplish with better funding:

 

 

Other ways to help:

 

If you can’t donate, there are many other ways you can help and get involved with Nickel Flour

 

Where to find us:

 

Nickel Flour can be found on all the social places on the internet! Visit us at Facebook , Twitter , or Instagram to stay up to date on all announcements and see what we’re up to!

 

Firewater is scheduled to go up March 2022 at MuCCC, Rochester, New York.

Who We Are:
 
 
  
 
Nickel Flour, the brain child of playwright Samantha Marchant and artist Drea Bim, was created to provide a home for the weird and wonderful artists that make up the DIY art scenes of Western New York. Joining them is Kendal Hooper, a budding young producer new to the Rochester arts world.
 
 
Nickel Flour’s first production was 1st Impressions, three shorts told in branching story-telling structure at the Rochester Fringe Festival.
 
  
Now, help us bring our next full length show onto the stage :)
 
In addition to staging Firewater, this production will be a continuation of Nickel Flour’s work to build our home in Rochester. Theater is communal, and the past two years have been isolating. Audience is the final ingredient needed to bring theater to life, and we invite you to be a part of our show and our community.
 

 

 

 

Samantha Marchant is a playwright and director based in Rochester, NY. She graduated from Spalding University’s MFA Program in Creative Writing with a concentration in Playwriting. Her work has been produced on both US coasts and has had readings all across the country and in Canada. Her plays have been produced or developed with Inkwell Lab, Workshop Theater, The Pulp Stage, The Skeleton Rep(resents), Theater Three, TMDT, Post Industrial Productions, Skull and Dagger, Alleyway Theatre, and Route 66, among others. Her writing has been published in The Louisville Review, Sick Lit Magazine and Women Writing Letters Season 3 and 4. She is a Todd McNerney Playwriting Contest Finalist, a B Street Theatre New Comedies Festival Semi-Finalist and a proud member of the Dramatist Guild, Queen City Playwrights and BAWG Playwrights. She longs for what's weird and a good laugh.

 

 

 

 

Drea Bim is a Rochester native who has appeared in a number of local theatre productions. Notable roles include Cate (Blasted), and Alexis (Liquidation), as well as multiple roles in the most recent Rochester Fringe show by Nickel Flour, 1st Impressions. At her art studio, she creates jewelry and other pieces from preserved plant materials to inspire wonder and curiosity, as well as providing digital finishing of work for other artists. Outside of theatre, Drea is pursuing a degree in physics, developing her aerial arts performance, and continues to rescue animals with missing limbs.

 

Kendal Hooper is a producer who arrived in Rochester one year ago. With a background in theater, politics, and religious studies, Kendal loves storytelling that explores the intersection of the strange and unexpected. Most recently she served as an Associate Producer for the Rochester Fringe Festival. When she is not creating art, she is exploring the world with her partner and border collie.