Ivy, 1859

An Irons in the Fire Project

By Calley N. Anderson
Directed by Dominique Rider

Thursday, June 4, 2026 @ 3:30pm
Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
304 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036

Attendance is free but seating is extremely limited and by reservation only.

Performed By

Jordan Bellow
Derek Chariton
Broderick Clavery
Jennean Farmer
Nile Harris
Tyrone Henderson
Cloteal L. Horne
Mariyea
Kate McLeod

Stage Manager: Brynn Lilah Sklar
Production Assistant: Ana Carol

Synopsis

Dr. Nolan has been gone for one year and K'uychi Allpa, a Kichwa community in the Amazon rainforest, is struggling to stay afloat. Rudy, a U.S. veteran, turns to Ayahuasca as his last resort and Shae, an ex-evangelical-turned-devout psychonaut, is filling the void Dr. Nolan left as well as healing the one inside of her. The Ayahuasca Play is a trilingual (English, Spanish, & Kichwa) theatrical piece that explores the complexities around burgeoning Ayahuasca tourism in the Amazon rainforest in which themes of spiritual hunger in the 21st century, globalization, and the porous lines between exploitation and spiritual elevation collide.

Playwright

CALLEY N. ANDERSON [she/her] is a Brooklyn-based playwright from Memphis, TN. Her work has been staged at several colleges and 10-minute play festivals around the country, including commissions by the Davidson College Theatre Department and the University of Memphis Department of Theatre and Dance. Anderson is currently a 2025 - 2028 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow and National Black Theatre I AM SOUL Resident Playwright. Her work has been supported by Page 73, MacDowell, SPACE on Ryder Farm/RE Endeavors, Downtown Urban Arts Festival, ATG PlayLab, Liberation Theatre Company, Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians, and the Dramatists Guild Foundation. She has been a 2x finalist for Fault Line Theatre’s Irons in the Fire, a finalist for the DGF Catalyst Fellowship, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and New York Stage & Film Founders’ Award, and a semifinalist for the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship, O’Neil National Playwrights Conference, and Princess Grace Fellowship. MFA: New School for Drama | BA: Davidson College. calleynanderson.com | @calley_ands 

Director

DOMINIQUE RIDER is a Brooklyn-based director and curator. Dominique has developed and staged work with Audible, The New Group, New York Theatre Workshop, Roundabout, The Atlantic, Princeton, Rattlestick, BRIC Arts, Two River, Portland Center Stage, and more. Past fellowships and residencies include TheaterWorks Hartford, New York Stage and Film, BRIC Arts, Roundabout, and National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Currently, Dominique is a resident director at The National Black Theatre and a producer with CLASSIX.

Poster Sketch by Sean Devare