Directing Thesis: Botticelli in the Fire
Student Event
Directing Thesis: Botticelli in the Fire
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Botticelli in the Fire, a thesis production directed by current student Dmitri Barcomi.
FREE
Lenfest Center for the Arts - The Flexible Performance Space
March 23, 2023 | 8:00 pm
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Featured Cast

Noah Pizyk
Sandro Botticelli
AJ Dresdale
Clarice Orsini / Madre Maria
Logan Clingan
Lorenzo de Medici
Mari Mariaty
Leonardo da Vinci
R. Jahan
Poggio di Chullu
Adin Lenahan
Girolamo Savonarola
Nancy Nogood
Venus

Creative Team

Dmitri Barcomi
Director
Mengyi Liu
Scenic Designer
Karen Boyer
Costume Designer
Willem Hinternhoff
Lighting Designer
Liam Bellman-Sharpe
Sound Designer
Andrew Freeburg
Video Designer
Seth Majnoon
Props Designer
Dexter Driscoll
Court Composer
Calvin Atkinson and Jorge Guevara
Choreographers

Location

Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W 129th St
New York, NY

About The Performance

Columbia University School of the Arts presents Jordan Tannahill’s Botticelli in the Fire, a directing thesis production by current student Dmitri Barcomi.

“They’re going to kill you. They’re going to worship you, don’t get me wrong. But they are going to kill you.”

Playboy painter Sandro Botticelli has it all: talent, fame, good looks. He also has the ear—and the wife—of Lorenzo de Medici, as well as Florence’s hottest young apprentice, Leonardo.

While working on his breakthrough commission, The Birth of Venus, Botticelli’s devotion to pleasure and beauty is put to the ultimate test. As plague sweeps through the city, the charismatic friar Girolamo Savonarola starts to stoke the fires of dissent against the liberal elite. Botticelli finds the life he knows breaking apart, forcing him to choose between love and survival.

Please be advised that this production contains violence, nudity, themes of homophobia, and sexual content.

For more information about this performance, please visit the event website.

Image: Lenfest Center for the Arts