Inertia Productions is a not-for-profit theatre company based in NY City.

Inertia Productions, Inc. exists as a collaborative theatre company joined together for the purpose of creating, producing, and performing physically compelling, original and mythical theatre productions, which challenge and inspire our community to evolve toward a more empathetic understanding of the human condition.
In the process of living out our mission we will always strive to:
    •    Be a financially responsible organization fairly supporting the artists we employ,             and an example to new and emerging arts organizations in the New York City.
    •    Reach out to develop a deeply connected relationship with the community of                 New York by giving services, funds, and emotional support to those in need                 and in doing so introduce or reawaken their awareness of the necessity of art in             everyday life and the healing it provides to the human soul.
    •    Redefine the world of physical theatre by infusing a highly physical performance             style with a deep emotional truth of human experience through an evolutionary             exploration of the art of storytelling and the craft of acting.
    •    Create theatrical events, which take artistic risk and shed a reflective light on the             nature of human experience in our current world, while maintaining a deeply                 rooted foundation in the exploration of the human condition throughout time.                 In this way we seek to discover and sound an original artistic voice for our                     community

A letter from the Artistic Director:

Hello! My name is Danielle Liccardo-Massood, Artistic Director of Inertia Productions, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) theatre company based in New York City.  Founded in 1997 by myself and a small group of fellow artists, we sought to produce meaningful works which challenged and stretched the imagination of the audience and creative artists alike…to tell stories of mythical quality that would ‘shake and stir’ the audience’s imaginations and spirits, causing them to leave the theatre with a more evolved and empathetic perspective about the human condition.

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 Co-Artistic Director, Doug Durlacher, Inertia Productions 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 production in several years. In June of 2009, Inertia will produce Sam Shepherd’s visceral and physically engaging modern myth,  “Fool For Love” on theatre row in New York City, directed by Richard Rand. And this, of course, is why we are reaching out to you today for help, and to invite you to an exciting evening to raise funds for two very important causes…the arts and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy. 

As we strive to reach out to our community and become an exemplary leader of volunteerism and philanthropy, Inertia will be donating a generous portion of the proceeds from our upcoming fund raiser, “Shaken and Stirred”, to the Dr. Stephen MLD Foundation. This is just one of the many causes Inertia will support and raise awareness for through our own fund raising efforts.  Inertia’s intentions in doing this are to not only give financial and emotional support to a community of families and patients affected by this rare disease, but also to introduce, reawaken and bring individuals back to the necessity of art in everyday life and the healing that art provides to the human soul.

Sincerely,

Danielle Liccardo-Massood, Artistic Director