Pass Over

2016

Cherry Lane Theater, New York, NY

Directed by Tea Alagić
Written by Antoinette Nwandu
Mentor: Katori Hall
Featuring: Jamie Lincoln Smith, Eden Marryshow, Joe Tapper

Scenic and Costume Design: Becky Bodurtha
Lighting Design: DM Wood
Sound Design: Jane Shaw

Photos by Janio Marrero

Tea Alagić’s Role
Tea Alagić directed the first fully staged professional New York production of Pass Over within the Mentor Project framework. Her direction was central in translating Nwandu’s script into its first complete theatrical form, shaping its physical language, pacing, and rhythmic structure.

This staging helped establish the play’s early theatrical identity and performance vocabulary before it moved on to larger institutional productions and wider recognition.

Tea Alagić Studio
AUTHOR

Tea Alagić

TEA ALAGIĆ is an internationally acclaimed Bosnian director, writer, producer, actor, and educator. Celebrated for her highly visual, physically dynamic approach, Tea draws on circus and trapeze training, the traditions of Jacques Lecoq, and immersive theatrical techniques to transform text into embodied ritual with bold theatricality. Critics have called her work “vivid, vital, and a lot of fun”, with The New York Times noting her ability to create “a vivid, very recognizable world”, and The New Yorker praising her direction in the North American premier of Elfriede Jelinek’s Jackie, highlighting her skill in finding “infinite variety in Jelinek’s long text… make this smashing of an old icon worth a visit.”