Playwright: Bri Madden-Olivares

Colder by the Water surrounds a family in Harrisonburg, VA. preparing for Christmas and everything, including the love and the chaos, that comes with the holidays, wintertime, and family.

 

Cast: TBD

Playwright Bio: Bri Madden-Olivares is a storyteller from Spanish Harlem. She works to honor her craft by highlighting the rituals and blessings found in everyday life. Bri enjoys “street corner theater”, which she uses to describe the type of theater that happens whether someone is watching or not. She is passionate about theater accessibility, believing that it should be as easy and diverse as stumbling upon the type of drama you find on a “street corner”. Bri Madden-Olivares enjoys writing snapshots of life in Harlem through plays and poetry. The New York City neighborhood receives more than half of her love letters from Madden-Olivares.