DANCE NATION // APRIL 12 - MAY 10, 2026
Beck Lloyd, Zorana Sadiq, Annie Luján, Oliver Dennis, Jean Yoon, Katherine Cullen, Amy Keating. Photography by Elana Emer.
A COAL MINE THEATRE & OUTSIDE THE MARCH EXPERIENCE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROCK BOTTOM MOVEMENT
DANCE NATION
By Clare Barron
Directed by Diana Bentley
Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at Nationals in Tampa Bay. A play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all.
“If you were ever a 13-year-old girl, Clare Barron’s daring, raw Dance Nation will probably hit you hard [...] It’s a brave, visceral, excitingly off-kilter barbaric yawp of a play. And it gets at something excruciatingly tender: the burden of modesty on young American women.” – New York Magazine
APRIL 12 - MAY 10, 2026
PREVIEW PERFORMANCES
Sunday April 12th, Tuesday Apr 14th & Wednesday April 15, 2026 at 7:30pm
OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, April 16th at 7:30pm
FOR A FULL VIEW OF ALL PERFORMANCES AND AVAILABILITY, VISIT THE ONLINE BOX OFFICE
STARRING
Salvatore Antonio as Dance Teacher Pat
Katherine Cullen as Maeve
Oliver Dennis as Luke
Beck Lloyd as Amina
Annie Luján as Zuzu
Amy Keating as Ashlee
Amy Matysio as Vanessa/Moms
Zorana Sadiq as Connie
Jean Yoon as Sofia
Nicky Guadagni as Ashlee (Standby)
Written by: Clare Barron
Directed by: Diana Bentley
Movement Direction by: Alyssa Martin
Associate Direction by: Lucy Coren*
Set & Lighting Design: Nick Blais
Sound Design: Miquelon Rodriguez
Costume Design by: Kathleen Black
Head of Props: Elisia Evans
Design Assistant: Addie Moodie
Production Manager (CM): Bryan Kling
Production Manager (OtM): Tori Morrison
Stage Manager: Katie Fitz-Gerald
Assistant Stage Manager: Emily Cornelius
*Made possible by the RBC Associates Program
