THE TEAM / Under the Radar Festival
RECONSTRUCTING
Created by The TEAM (Artistic Director Rachel Chavkin; Producing Director Emma Orme)
Directed by Rachel Chavkin & Zhailon Levingston
Presented by The TEAM and The Tow Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
As part of Under the Radar Festival® / utrfest.org
Dates: Jan 9-11, 2026
Runtime: approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission.
Late seating policy: limited late seating is available
Tickets range from $20-$55
Onstage is a two-story house. From one angle, it’s mucked out after a flood. From another, it’s a new development wrapped in Tyvek. And from another, it’s “Tara” from Gone with the Wind being transformed into an Airbnb. The piano can’t be tuned. Someone is quilting in the corner. Come in.
Co-written by 21 Black-, POC-, and white-identifying artists ranging in age from 29 to 99, RECONSTRUCTING is a new work by internationally-renowned theater collective the TEAM that wrestles with how, in the aftermath of slavery, we might move through history together. Propelled by a quilt-like score, this “complex and combustible project” (Sarah Holdren, Vulture) slips between fact and fiction and performance and ritual to tell a story of historical figures and fictional characters seeking and fleeing intimacy—and us as makers doing the same
Directed by Rachel Chavkin & Zhailon Levingston
Presented by The TEAM and The Tow Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
As part of Under the Radar Festival® / utrfest.org
Dates: Jan 9-11, 2026
Runtime: approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission.
Late seating policy: limited late seating is available
Tickets range from $20-$55
Onstage is a two-story house. From one angle, it’s mucked out after a flood. From another, it’s a new development wrapped in Tyvek. And from another, it’s “Tara” from Gone with the Wind being transformed into an Airbnb. The piano can’t be tuned. Someone is quilting in the corner. Come in.
Co-written by 21 Black-, POC-, and white-identifying artists ranging in age from 29 to 99, RECONSTRUCTING is a new work by internationally-renowned theater collective the TEAM that wrestles with how, in the aftermath of slavery, we might move through history together. Propelled by a quilt-like score, this “complex and combustible project” (Sarah Holdren, Vulture) slips between fact and fiction and performance and ritual to tell a story of historical figures and fictional characters seeking and fleeing intimacy—and us as makers doing the same
Complete Credits
RECONSTRUCTING
A new play created by The TEAM
Co-Directed by Rachel Chavkin & Zhailon Levingston
Written by Brenda Abbandandolo, Denée Benton, Eric Berryman, Vinie Burrows, Rachel Chavkin, Eisa Davis, Josiah Davis, André De Shields, JJJJJerome Ellis, Katherine Freer, Jill Frutkin, Amber Gray, Jeremy O. Harris, Modesto Flako Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Jake Margolin, James Harrison Monaco, Nick Vaughan, and Jillian Walker
Composed by James Harrison Monaco, Maya Sharpe, and Jillian Walker with Eric Berryman
Choreographed by nicHi douglas
Featuring Eric Berryman*, Rachel Chavkin, Modesto Flako Jiménez, James Harrison Monaco, Maya Sharpe*, Jillian Walker*
Scenic Design by Lawrence E. Moten III
Adapted from Original Scenic Design by Nick Vaughan
Costume & Quilt Design by Marla (Brenda Abbandandolo, Marika Kent, and Kristen Sieh)
Lighting Design by Alan C. Edwards
Sound Design by Mikhail Fiksel
Video & Projection Design by Katherine Freer
Associate Direction by Josiah Davis
Associate Choreography by Nile Harris
Props Design by Patricia Marjorie
Production Management by Brian Freeland
TEAM Staff: Rachel Chavkin (Artistic Director), Emma Orme (Producing Director), Diana Khong (Development & Communications Producer), Libby King (Petri Director), ArtsPool (Financial Services).
Under The Radar team: Mark Russell (Under the Radar Festival Founding Director), Meropi Peponides & Kaneza Schaal (Festival Co-Directors), ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann & Sami Pyne (Festival Producers)
Staff for The Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Perfroming Arts: Marcus I. Richardson (Executive Director and General Manager), Eveline Chang (Director), Gerard Vaccarello(Associate Director of House and Patron Services), Lucanus Hotaling (Crew Chief), Andrew Kerr-Thompson (Lighting Supervisor), Thomas Selsey (Sound) John Vetter (Box Office Manager)
About The TEAM (Artistic Director: Rachel Chavkin; Producing Director: Emma Orme)
Founded in 2004, the TEAM is an internationally-renowned Brooklyn-based experimental theatre collective, spirited by some of the wildest and deepest artists working today. Once described by The Guardian as “theatrical excavators of American culture, American dreams, and the American psyche,” the TEAM collaboratively creates new works about the experience of living in the United States today to generate dialogue about our nation’s past, present, and future through production and touring. We believe how we make is as important as what we make, and our producing practices strive to embody our values of collective liberation.
To date, we have created and toured 12 works, including Mission Drift and RoosevElvis, and our work has been seen at venues such as National Theatre of London, The Public, PS122, The Bushwick Starr, ArtsEmerson, A.R.T., Walker Art Center, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, Almeida Theatre, the Salzburg Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, and more.
Web: www.theteamplays.org
Socials: @theteamplays, @rachelchavkin, @zhailon
RECONSTRUCTING
A new play created by The TEAM
Co-Directed by Rachel Chavkin & Zhailon Levingston
Written by Brenda Abbandandolo, Denée Benton, Eric Berryman, Vinie Burrows, Rachel Chavkin, Eisa Davis, Josiah Davis, André De Shields, JJJJJerome Ellis, Katherine Freer, Jill Frutkin, Amber Gray, Jeremy O. Harris, Modesto Flako Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Jake Margolin, James Harrison Monaco, Nick Vaughan, and Jillian Walker
Composed by James Harrison Monaco, Maya Sharpe, and Jillian Walker with Eric Berryman
Choreographed by nicHi douglas
Featuring Eric Berryman*, Rachel Chavkin, Modesto Flako Jiménez, James Harrison Monaco, Maya Sharpe*, Jillian Walker*
Scenic Design by Lawrence E. Moten III
Adapted from Original Scenic Design by Nick Vaughan
Costume & Quilt Design by Marla (Brenda Abbandandolo, Marika Kent, and Kristen Sieh)
Lighting Design by Alan C. Edwards
Sound Design by Mikhail Fiksel
Video & Projection Design by Katherine Freer
Associate Direction by Josiah Davis
Associate Choreography by Nile Harris
Props Design by Patricia Marjorie
Production Management by Brian Freeland
TEAM Staff: Rachel Chavkin (Artistic Director), Emma Orme (Producing Director), Diana Khong (Development & Communications Producer), Libby King (Petri Director), ArtsPool (Financial Services).
Under The Radar team: Mark Russell (Under the Radar Festival Founding Director), Meropi Peponides & Kaneza Schaal (Festival Co-Directors), ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann & Sami Pyne (Festival Producers)
Staff for The Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Perfroming Arts: Marcus I. Richardson (Executive Director and General Manager), Eveline Chang (Director), Gerard Vaccarello(Associate Director of House and Patron Services), Lucanus Hotaling (Crew Chief), Andrew Kerr-Thompson (Lighting Supervisor), Thomas Selsey (Sound) John Vetter (Box Office Manager)
About The TEAM (Artistic Director: Rachel Chavkin; Producing Director: Emma Orme)
Founded in 2004, the TEAM is an internationally-renowned Brooklyn-based experimental theatre collective, spirited by some of the wildest and deepest artists working today. Once described by The Guardian as “theatrical excavators of American culture, American dreams, and the American psyche,” the TEAM collaboratively creates new works about the experience of living in the United States today to generate dialogue about our nation’s past, present, and future through production and touring. We believe how we make is as important as what we make, and our producing practices strive to embody our values of collective liberation.
To date, we have created and toured 12 works, including Mission Drift and RoosevElvis, and our work has been seen at venues such as National Theatre of London, The Public, PS122, The Bushwick Starr, ArtsEmerson, A.R.T., Walker Art Center, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, Almeida Theatre, the Salzburg Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, and more.
Web: www.theteamplays.org
Socials: @theteamplays, @rachelchavkin, @zhailon