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Founded by Playwright and Director Michael Gorman and a collective of independent artists, The Forty Hour Club is a production company based in Rockland, Maine dedicated to creating productions that ask the question “To what consequence?” The productions focus on the economic, environmental and systemic destruction facing working communities, and the paramount issue of sustainability.
Most critically, our work explores the idea of invisibility—that there is a whole class and culture of people among us that feels, for all intents and purposes, invisible. At its heart is the issue of cultural erasure and the abandonment of our working class. Our goal is to open a portal into the “Phantom World” of rural America by framing a window into this nation’s deep economic and cultural divide. The aim is to give body and voice to these often overlooked and forgotten individuals and communities. Of timely importance, The Forty Hour Club is currently working on an epic project “Chasing the New White Whale—Harpooning Addiction”—an Arts & Advocacy model that includes an on-going series of environmental installations and performances that deal with the issue of opiate addiction in the commercial fishing community of New England. Working directly with recovering addicts and those in re-entry, the project serves as an "Arts Intervention" and tool for restorative justice and healing. To this end, the project has the capacity to resonate on a much larger National and International level. In addition to the company's theatrical and advocacy work, the Forty Hour Club is currently developing a documentary film, a television series, and other related projects. WHO WE ARE:
MICHAEL GORMAN- Founder/Director/Producer DONNA DALY- Co-Director/Project Manager/Producer THE FORTY HOUR CLUB- A collective of independent artists, contractors, performers, advocates, and supporters. |
..Modern theatre does not write enough about blue-collar characters or drug addiction..” |
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