Broken Dolls (working title)
The work currently being developed is dramatic fiction based on factual accounts about women as victims of human trafficking. There are believed to be millions of women who are victims of trafficking worldwide - in a multi-billion dollar industry. The intention of this work is to raise awareness for women who suffer systemic abuse - as a result of human trafficking.
Broken Dolls (working title) will be created by Melisa Tien, a member of New Dramatists and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting in collaboration with June Prager, Artistic Director of Mirage Theatre. Melisa is a very talented playwright, lyricist, screenwriter and trained chef. Melisa holds a BA from UCLA and an MFA from Columbia University. She recently wrote Yellow Card Red Card, which received a workshop production at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in December of 2016 and was shown as part of ICE FACTORY 2017 at The New Ohio Theatre (NYC) in August of 2017.
Mirage Theatre Company is partnering with The Underground, a student organization from Vassar College aimed at combating human trafficking.
Honorary committee members include prominent Oscar-nominated film actor David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck; The Bourne Ultimatum; Matewan) among other distinguished members listed below.
Honorary Committee
Broken Dolls (working title) will be created by Melisa Tien, a member of New Dramatists and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting in collaboration with June Prager, Artistic Director of Mirage Theatre. Melisa is a very talented playwright, lyricist, screenwriter and trained chef. Melisa holds a BA from UCLA and an MFA from Columbia University. She recently wrote Yellow Card Red Card, which received a workshop production at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in December of 2016 and was shown as part of ICE FACTORY 2017 at The New Ohio Theatre (NYC) in August of 2017.
Mirage Theatre Company is partnering with The Underground, a student organization from Vassar College aimed at combating human trafficking.
Honorary committee members include prominent Oscar-nominated film actor David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck; The Bourne Ultimatum; Matewan) among other distinguished members listed below.
Honorary Committee
- Sherrie Caltagirone (Executive Director, Global Emancipation Network)
- Jeff Kosmacher (Public Affairs Officer, Vassar College)
- Peipei Qiu (Chair, Department of Chinese and Japanese Studies, Vassar College)
- Grace Roebuck (The Underground, Vassar College)
- David Strathairn (Actor and Activist)