This project is a satirical live presentation by a fictitious economist, Amanda McCloud. 

Amanda's a renegade in her field, with a plan for fixing one of America's most pressing economic problems: income inequality. Her solution? A very modern form of… concubinage. The idea has garnered lots of controversy, with everyone from NOW to the Knights of Columbus to the 99% movement weighing in against it. But Amanda’s never had a chance to fully make her case. This presentation is her chance. Armed with data, charts, graphs, and dramatic life-changing stories, she is out to persuade the audience that the rich aren’t so different when they're forced to get close — real close — to the rest of us.

Amanda's debut will be at Dixon Place on the Lower East Side of NYC, at 7:30 PM on May 8. She doesn't have that many options. TED talks rejected The Ultimate Stimulus out of hand, despite the rigor, graphics, and cogent arguments she offers. 

Following the Dixon presentation we will further refine the piece (and its multimedia projections) for future performances. We'd love to eventually go on the road with this and transform America's thinking on this issue.

Your money will go to

*Paying our projections designer - he's creating a small world with the projections, some of which will include motion graphics.

*Rehearsal space

*Videographer for our first show

*Promotional material

*Stipend salaries for playwright, director & actress

Any money beyond our budget will go to further development-related costs, and possibly travel expenses.

Collaborators

Writer/Creator - Felipe Ossa's play Monetizing Emma received rave reviews from a large variety of theatrical and non-theater media outlets in its 2009 Planet Connections Festivity debut and subsequent NY Fringe Festival production. It has also been produced in Indiana and Chicago. His play-in progress Fulana received a 2009 re-grant via the Brooklyn Arts Council, and in 2008, he co-directed and designed Shattering Borders, a workshop for Latin performers, funded by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. His other work has been staged at Theater for the New City, Bowery Poetry Club, Williams Club, Dixon Place and other venues. 

Performer - Tanya O'Debra is Amanda McCloud. She’s a New York performance artist whose award-winning one-woman show Radio Star has been performed across the country to rave reviews and enthralled audiences. There’s more, a lot more, on her website.

Director — Sara Wolkowitz is a director of both film and theater. Among her many accomplishments is the full-length documentary Still on the Road, which premiered at Lincoln Center. She’d love it if you checked out her website.

Projections — Max Wolkowitz is an actor and animator. As an animator he has created projections for Hedwig and the Angry Inch and High School Musical: The Ice Tour. He has also worked on many product launches and in-house videos for companies such as VW, Toyota, Verizon, Dell, and HP. You can see some of his videos here.

Below is an image of the t-shirt graphic. It's simple but it packs a punch!