Broken Dolls
Broken Dolls tells the fictional stories of women- both international and domestic- who have been trafficked for sex work, domestic labor, hotel work, and agricultural work. Taking place in a waiting room at a social service facility, the play revolves around five female survivors of human trafficking who cross paths.
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 in its various forms. Mirage Theatre Company’s goal is to tell the stories of invisible women and heighten awareness about this form of gender-biased modern-day slavery.
Funding support for this project has been provided by Anchor of Hope, Awesome Foundation, The Yip Harburg Lyrics Foundation, Kaslow Family Charitable Trust, The New York Women’s Foundation, Puffin Foundation and The Underground at Vassar College.
In April, 2019, Mirage Theatre Company partnered with Vassar College Underground, a student organization from Vassar College aimed at combating human trafficking as part of a weekend residency from April 25 - April 27, 2019. The residency concluded with 2 staged readings of the script and a panel discussion about human trafficking.
On October 21, 2019, a staged reading of Broken Dolls was presented at Theater for the New City as part of its New Blood Reading Series. Directed by June Prager, the cast of the reading featured actors Stephanie Chloe, Yanzi Ding, Ashley Taylor Greaves, Vilma Hodo, and Samyuktha Viswanathan.
In March of 2021, a pre-recorded virtual presentation of the play was co-produced with Zeiders American Dream Theater as part of its "She's a Brick House" series for Women's History Month. The featured actors Stephanie Chloe, Yanzi Ding, Ashley Taylor Greaves, Vilma Hodo, and Samyuktha Viswanathan were invited back from the workshop and NYC staged readings from 2019.
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
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 in its various forms. Mirage Theatre Company’s goal is to tell the stories of invisible women and heighten awareness about this form of gender-biased modern-day slavery.
Funding support for this project has been provided by Anchor of Hope, Awesome Foundation, The Yip Harburg Lyrics Foundation, Kaslow Family Charitable Trust, The New York Women’s Foundation, Puffin Foundation and The Underground at Vassar College.
In April, 2019, Mirage Theatre Company partnered with Vassar College Underground, a student organization from Vassar College aimed at combating human trafficking as part of a weekend residency from April 25 - April 27, 2019. The residency concluded with 2 staged readings of the script and a panel discussion about human trafficking.
On October 21, 2019, a staged reading of Broken Dolls was presented at Theater for the New City as part of its New Blood Reading Series. Directed by June Prager, the cast of the reading featured actors Stephanie Chloe, Yanzi Ding, Ashley Taylor Greaves, Vilma Hodo, and Samyuktha Viswanathan.
In March of 2021, a pre-recorded virtual presentation of the play was co-produced with Zeiders American Dream Theater as part of its "She's a Brick House" series for Women's History Month. The featured actors Stephanie Chloe, Yanzi Ding, Ashley Taylor Greaves, Vilma Hodo, and Samyuktha Viswanathan were invited back from the workshop and NYC staged readings from 2019.
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)
- Jerome Elam (President and CEO, Trafficking in America Task Force)
- Jeff Kosmacher (Public Affairs Officer, Vassar College)
- Peipei Qiu (Chair, Department of Chinese and Japanese Studies, Vassar College)
- Grace Roebuck (The Underground, Vassar College)
- Louis Romano (Author)
- David Strathairn (Actor and Activist)
