Reconstructing
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.
Under the Radar 2026 and National Tour
Created by The TEAM
Directed by Rachel Chavkin & Zhailon Levingston
Resident Director Josiah Davis
Written by Brenda Abbandandolo, Denée Benton, Eric Berryman, Vinie Burrows, Rachel Chavkin, nicHi douglas, 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
Developed with Marika Kent and Matt Hubbs
Composed by James Harrison Monaco, Maya Sharpe, and Jillian Walker with Eric Berryman
Choreographed by nicHi douglas
Featuring Eric Berryman*, Ato Blankson-Wood*, Rachel Chavkin, Modesto Flako Jimenez, 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
