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26/01/2023

Hope you’ll listen in!

15/12/2022

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't listened to STEP 9 yet on your preferred podcast platform, then first, GO DO THAT! (www.tinyurl.com/Step-9-NNR) :) And THEN listen to this fascinating TALKBACK with the cast and creative team of this gripping audio drama! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SxRgUlDI6g

New Normal Rep presents a talkback with the cast and creative team of our new podcast audio drama STEP 9.Host John SchaefflerDirector Eleanor HandleyPlaywrig...

08/12/2022

Come for TheRealMelJoy, stay for widely praised audio play

06/12/2022

We’re releasing our Behind-the-Scenes Mini-Doc today! Check it out and see all the faces behind our new audio drama STEP 9.  You can listen to all eight episodes today wherever you get your podcasts! Search “New Normal Rep Step 9 Episode One”

29/11/2022

Happy Giving Tuesday! On this day in which we celebrate generosity and community, we hope you will consider donating to New Normal Rep, to help us continue our mission of democratizing the arts by bringing exciting new and underperformed theatrical works from a diverse group of theater artists to as many people around the world as possible for the lowest possible cost.

Thank you for your support and we wish you every happiness this holiday season

Supporting New Normal Rep is tax-deductible!

27/11/2022

Thrilled to have been asked to come on Chris Thomas' "Grade A Nation" podcast, where AD Jack Canfora talks about our new audio play Step 9, being productive while you're depressed, writing about people different than you are, my less than full-throated enthusiasm for Prog Rock, and prop comic Carrot Top.

Jack Canfora chats with Grade A Nation about his various pursuits over the years. Although Jack has accomplished quite a bit, his heart is in writing plays and the live theatre. On the show, Jack and Chris Thomas talk about: -Jack's passion for the written word and the musical nature of English -whi...

25/11/2022

We all know about “Cyber-Monday,” but how many know about “Cyber-Hang-With-The Team-Behind-Step-9-Friday?”

This Friday at 8:00pm Eastern Standard Time, the creative team of our audio drama STEP 9 will answer all your burning questions about the project live on Zoom and then post the replay here on Facebook!

POST YOUR QUESTIONS here in the comments, email them to [email protected] or tweet them to us and we’ll get then answered!

13/11/2022

STEP 9 gets 5 STARS:
“And that is true with this theatrical drama, performed by an incredible group of actors. I’d say the two words I’d pick for this play (other than terrific and worthwhile) are resonant and healing. It speaks to our woundedness and with amazing dialogue walks us towards wholeness. A must listen.“ Five stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes directly to the heart.” – Maya Angelou I just finished listening to Step 9, a theatrical p…

09/11/2022

All 8 episodes of our fantastic new audio drama STEP 9 are LIVE on all major podcast platforms! Please tune in today to hear episode one and we promise you'll want to keep listening! Just search "New Normal Rep Step 9 Episode One" wherever you get your podcasts OR use this direct link: https://tinyurl.com/Step-9-NNR

If you like what you hear please consider a tax-deductible donation to help NNR continue to create this kind of free and widely-accessible quality theatre programming www.newnormalrep.org/donate

STEP 9
An Audio Drama by Jack Canfora
directed by Eleanor Handley

starring Carol Todd, Jill Eikenberry, Ella Dershowitz, Melissa Joyner, Jack Canfora, Jeffrey Bean, Laura Gourdine and Michael Satow

narration by Nicola Saffren
editing and sound design by Carol Todd
sound supervision by Michael Satow
recorded at Lounge Studios in New York City

DROPPING NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Search 'New Normal Rep Step 9 Episode One' wherever you get your podcasts.

Step 9 tells the story of Emily, a woman wrestling with the implications of prosecuting the man who r***d her in college 30 years ago. Is she willing to relive the horror of that night in the pursuit of justice? Pressured by both her strong-willed, pragmatic mother and her daughter, a passionate 21 year-old social justice warrior, Emily struggles to balance her need for due process with her emotional well-being.

Told with raw emotional honesty and surprising moments of humor, Step 9 confronts our collective sense of justice, the political tensions of three generations of feminists and the precarious balance between social obligation and self-care.

07/11/2022

STEP 9 ON THE 9th!
New Normal Rep is THRILLED to announce that all 8 episodes of our new audio drama STEP 9 by Jack Canfora will drop this Wednesday November 9th! Just search 'New Normal Rep Step 9' wherever you get your podcasts! Stay tuned this week for links and details!

05/10/2022

STEP 9 TEASER!
New Normal Rep is thrilled to share this behind-the-scenes sneak peek of our upcoming serialized audio play STEP 9 by Jack Canfora. We're just a few thousand dollars short of our goal to complete production. Your contribution will empower us to share this project with the world free of charge. Please consider a DONATION today: www.newnormalrep.org/donate

STEP 9 tells the story of Emily, a woman wrestling with the implications of prosecuting the man who r***d her in college 30 years ago. Is she willing to relive the horror of that night in the pursuit of justice? Pressured by both her strong-willed, pragmatic mother and her daughter, a passionate 21-year-old social justice warrior, Emily grapples to balance her need for due process with her emotional well-being.
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Told with raw emotional honesty and surprising moments of humor, STEP 9 confronts our collective sense of justice, the political tensions of three generations of feminists, and the precarious balance between social obligation and self-care.

Directed by Eleanor Handley

Starring Carol Todd, Jill Eikenberry, Ella Dershowitz, Jeffrey Bean, Melissa Joyner, Jack Canfora and Laura Gourdine