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Please Don't Slow Me Down
2025 World Premiere
By Melina Cohen-Bramwell
Co-Produced by Melina Cohen-Bramwell, Emily Anderson, & Lana Richards
Presented at Little Boxes (San Francisco) & Space 1308 (Oakland). 2023 PlayGround Workshop.
2025 TBA CA$H Performs Award Winner. Please Don't Slow Me Down is a multi-disciplinary new play, featuring a different local live band before each performance.
PDSMD follows a bipolar millennial, and the physical embodiment of his cyclical moods, during one last manic hurrah at the site his former Jewish Day School.
Lights: Riley Richardson
Sound: Michael Kelly
Scenic: Jenna Lauren Carrol
Costumes: Elenor Irene Paul
Fight Choreography: Raisa Donato
Photos by Ash Baker Studio
"Contrary to the heaviness and wild chaos intrinsic to the subject matter, the whole shebang comes together quite well and with much more wholesomeness and heart than it may sound."
"all gas no breaks"
"The hour-long runtime, single-night premise, and simple sets ensured the audience could engage and empathize with Benji from the get, kept the story moving at a steady but unrushed pace, and did feel fresh"
-Sarah Bass, Midbrow
Video by Raisa Donato
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