Our past credits include an OOBR Award-winning production of Keith Reddin’s “Life During Wartime” directed by Kevin Kittle (read the review) in 2001 along with several other critically acclaimed New York theatre productions. (read a review of "Watching and Waiting") In the years following several of the founding company members moved onto other creative endeavors and Inertia took a hiatus from being an independent producing company.  In the summer of 2006, a new company of actors began to meet under the Inertia name for the purpose of creating original, ensemble driven pieces of theatre. Knowing that I have always wanted to continue the growth and artistic success of this company, I decided that it was time to truly resurrect Inertia Productions.

Today, under my Artistic Direction, and with the help of my dear friend and Executive Director, Doug Durlacher, Inertia Productions, Inc.  is back on the path to being a producing organization in New York City. In seeking to reestablish ourselves as an effective member of the community we are working to resurrect our theatre company as a financially responsible organization that fully supports all artists it employs both creatively and financially. In order to do so we will be spending the following year working to raise funds and building our organization in preparation for Inertia’s first main stage production in several years. In the Fall of 2010, Inertia Productions will be producing two theatre pieces in rep. The first will be a multi-media re-imagining of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and the second will be an original work, which is presently being developed and created by Inertia's ensemble.  Our original work will be inspired by the themes and characters of Macbeth and the company's perspective on their relevance to the world today.  It will be a full multi-media and theatrical production, with many exciting surprises!

On Tuesday, August 11, 2009, we were invited to perform at Santos Party House in New York with live cellist, Melissa Dunphy and pianist, Zack Engel.  This event gave our audience a sneak peak at some of the work that we’ve been exploring as an ensemble after our week~long intensive in July.  This was a great opportunity for us to reach out to our community, meet new artists and to welcome our supporters into our vision.  Please stay tuned for future Santos gigs, where we will continue to share our exploration in both media and physical and theatrical performance.

Inertia will be holding an exciting fundraiser in November 2009!  Please stay tuned for details!  We hope that you will join us and experience the unique vision of our company and creative ensemble.

Sincerely,

Danielle Liccardo-Massood, Artistic Director