About
Pieces of Paper
-Aspirations of 9/11
On September 12, 2001, fourteen characters representing every walk of life show up at a makeshift emergency support center in Manhattan to help out in any way they can.
Inspired by 200 handwritten paper forms, notes, signs and lists created by 9/11 volunteers in the process of running the Chelsea Piers Support Center, POP is a meditation on the power and compassion of the human spirit. This visceral multimedia docudrama explores the private as well as the collective experience of grassroots volunteers during the week of the 9/11 attacks. The story is told through text, movement, video and an original soundscape by post-minimalist pianist and composer Anton Batagov, featuring cellist Matt Haimovitz. POP was conceived, written and directed by Michael Simon Hall, theater artist and 9/11 citizen volunteer, and is considered to be an evolving work.
POP was developed through a series of studies and NYC presentations including Radical Hospitality, a group exhibit at the New-York Historical Society in 2004, followed by presentations at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Joyce Soho, Here Arts Center, and the Irondale Center for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11.
The many actors, musicians, artists, 9/11 volunteers, first responders, organizations and supporters who have participated in the creation of POP to date: (scroll down for entire list)
Kevin Lee Allen
Mark Altman
Patrick Avella
Sandi Bachom
Mary Baldridge
Harold Baldridge
Anton Batagov
Eddie Barba
Billy Baggett
Michael Boritz
Steven Boritz
Susanna Bowling
Clodagh Bowyer
Anna Ewing Bull
Susanna Buckley
Angelina Cacciato
Dani Carr
Aaron Chartrand
Tino Christopher
Danny Cleary
Cheryl Duncan
Steve Ditmyer
Lars Drew
Monique Fanfan
Kathy Formisano
Dr. Kathy O’Reilly Fallon
Seth Gertsacov
David Guzzone
Matt Haimovitz
Kathy Hall
William Hall
Chris and Beth Hall
Marlene Hamerling
Bob Hart
Elizabeth Flynn-Jones
Felisa Kazen
Kristina Kumi Kimball
Felix Kunze
Kjersti Kveli
Michael Locascio
Lana Lovada
Jorjeana Marie
Sergio Martinez
Anna Martinson
Suzanne Mernyk
Lanny Meyers
Karen Mester
Maureen Mueller
Mary Murphy
Luis Padilla
Leonardo Pereznieto
Ethan Plemmons
Eddie Ramirez
Danny Rose
David Rosenack
Erica Schietinger
Laoisa Sexton
Vidya Singh
Arnold Slater
Craig Taylor
Maxime Verstraete
Denise Villamia
Kaiylah Watts
Dr. Wilma Watts
Pittman Ware
Amy Weinstein
Lisa Weissberg
Jay Winuk
Organizations
Booth Ferris Foundation
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Celebrity Centre New York
DANY Studios
Dubway Studios
Tuesday's Children
Fractured Atlas
Here Arts Center
Industrial Plastics
Irondale Ensemble Project
Joyce Soho
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
National September 11 Memorial and Museum
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New-York Historical Society
911 Volunteer and First Responder Community Voiceovers:
Rev. Tim Dobbins
Michael Simon Hall
Bob Hart
Barbara Marion Horn
Dr. Wilma Hunt-Watts
Dr. Kathy O'Reilly Fallon
Jennifer Spano
Denise Villamia
Rhonda Villamia
Kaiyla Watts
911 Volunteer and First Responder Community Video Participants:
Barbara Addesso
Avi Ashman
Lorraine Ashman
Nehemiah Bar Yehuda
Lisa Bellan-Boyer
Paul Bellan-Boyer
Steven Boritz
Bridget Cagney
Barbara Cohen
Dr. Ellen Coyne
Eileen Cristina
Dr. Gary Deutchman
Dr. Gary DiBenedetto
Donna Dlugo
Rev. Tim Dobbins
Carol Eurell
Lenore Fiore Mills
Eileen Green
Jean Grillo
Artie Gudeon
Bob Hart
Barbara Marion Horn
Dr. Wilma Hunt-Watts
Chester Johnson
Chris Kachukis
Bess Kachulis
Ayal Lindeman
Lorenzo Maldonado
Bob McCrone
Maurice McRae
Rev. David Miller
Tarpley Mott
Patrice Mott
Dr. Kathy O'Reilly Fallon
Rabbi Roger Ross
Dr. Glenn Scarpelli
Bruce Solomon
Les Speiser
Grace Spevak
Adruma Victoria
Denise Villamia
Rhonda Villamia
Kaiyla Watts
Special Thanks To:
Anton Batagov, Composer, Arranger and Pianist
Shawn Boyle, Projection Designer
Angelina Cacciato, Assistant Producer
Michael Covino, Photographer and Filmmaker
Rev. Timothy Dobbins, Project Consultant
Perry Don, Crew
Michaelangelo DeSerio, Irondale Technical Director
Billy Baggett, Sound Engineer
Michael Boritz, Crew
Cheryl Duncan, PR Advisor
Gall Friedman, Filmmaker and Photographer
Terry Greiss, Executive Director, Irondale Center
Felix Kunze, Photographer
Matt Haimovitz, Cellist, Guest Musical Artist
Stacey Haughton, Performer and Costume Consultant
Gustavo Mantuano, Transport Crew
Suzanne Mernyk, Irondale Program Designer
Leonardo Pereznieto, Artist and Project Consultant
Amy Harnell, Performer, Movement Assistant and Project Consultant
George Heslin, Artistic Director, Origins Theatre Company
Barbara Marion Horn, Volunteer Coordinator
Michael McGee, Irondale Associate Production Designer
Aleksey Kazakov, Graphics Designer
Emily Klibanoff, Technical Media Consultant
Kristin Marting, Artistic Director, HERE
John McCole, FDNY First Responder
Justin Partier, Lighting Designer
Preya Patel, Performer, Webmaster and Graphics Artist
Tamara Smith, Former Dir. First Responders Alliance, Tuesday’s Children
Joshua Tucker, Sound Engineer
Rhonda Villamia, Volunteer Coordinator
Pittman Ware, Studio Operations Manager, Joyce Soho
Amy Weinstein, Associate Curator and Senior Oral Historian,
National September 11 Memorial & Museum