Water kills. Water heals. Water remembers.

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Following our recent sold-out immersive Highland Park Theatrical Tour, LUMINOUS STREETS, The Roots and Wings Project returns to the stage for two weeks only with the world premiere of REALM OF THE RIVER, written and directed by Jesse Bliss.

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The show lights up the beloved Rosenthal Theater at Inner-City Arts, an exquisite venue that has hosted previous Roots and Wings Project productions.

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Close friends enjoy a magic night out. Fun and freedom suddenly take a dark turn when an unforeseen and insurmountable circumstance invokes a mystic force, bringing everyone face to face with the true work of healing.

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An excerpt from REALM OF THE RIVER will also appear in Jesse Bliss’s forthcoming memoir, A Record of Light: A Memoir in Plays, Poems, and Prose, coming January 2027 from Riot of Roses Publishing House.

 

VENUE

Rosenthal Theater at Inner-City Arts
720 Kohler Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021

 

DATES + TIMES

September 18–20 and September 25–27, 2026
Friday and Saturday performances at 8:00 PM
Sunday performances at 2:00 PM

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On opening night, Friday, September 18, doors open at 7:00 PM for a special pre-show DJ set by The Artform Studio featuring Patchouli Nomad + Sherry Younge.

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STARRING

Morgan Danielle Day
Sawyer Shine
Sarah Ann Sulewski
Krystle Tugadi 
Corina Vela
Brandon Ramon Williams

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PRODUCTION TEAM 

Jesse Bliss – Executive Producer

Nastassia Cordeiro – Producer / Media Director

Gabriela López de Dennis – Producer / Development Director

Angelica Robinson – Producer

Chiana Niedbalec – Stage Manager

Kenzo Martinez – Box Office Manager

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CREATIVE / DESIGN TEAM

Abel Alvarado – Costume Designer

Boogie Frantick – Choreographer

Hessed Porras – Projection Art Designer

Chiana Niedbalec – Lighting Designer

Siobhán Dougall – Projectionist

Raisa Donato – Fight Coordinator

Joy DeMichelle – Intimacy Coordinator

Romanowski – Music

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Written and directed by Jesse Bliss, REALM OF THE RIVER was nine years in the making and completed in the spring of 2025. ​The play received a virtual reading in 2021 during the pandemic, followed by a live reading as part of The Roots and Wings Project’s WOMEN AT WORK new works reading series. It will make its world premiere in September 2026 at the Rosenthal Theater at Inner-City Arts.