The Navel Gazers
Starr Street Productions

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New York City, NY
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$15

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DESCRIPTION OF PIECE

The Navel Gazers is a modern farce set in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Over the course of their lease, Anna and Olivia are forced to confront their expectations of one another, their hopes for themselves, and the unstable futures ahead of them. Exploring themes of identity, selfishness, and the ever-changing visage of "adulthood,” this project sheds an empathetic light on the turbulent— and endearingly familiar— relationships of our youth.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Starr Street Productions was founded in the spring of 2023 as an accessible platform to develop and launch independent works for the stage and the screen. The Navel Gazers, our first original production, is the result of a 2-year long collaboration among an especially unique cohort of collectives. Actors Mouna Baba, Charlie Hume, Kathryn Taylor, and Oscar Wahlbarg contain among them two couples, two roommates, and two childhood best friends. Writer Jack Harding and workshop director Michelle Chan are also long time friends in addition to repeated collaborators. These working dynamics created a story that not only digs into the minutiae of interpersonal politics, but expresses the shared fears plaguing this generation. The workshop premieres at The Makers’ Space on September 6th.