The Brick presents
Sex and the Abbey
Written By: Diana Ly
Directed By: Emily Lyon
August 22 through September 7, 2024. Tickets.
The Abbey is in trouble – and only Hrotsvit’s play can save them! The canonesses need to impress Emperor Otto (who is visiting tonight!) with a performance… by Hrotsvit, the first western woman who ever dared to write a play. Embroiled in lustful conflicts, the stress of daily prayers, and impassioned moral arguments, can these women save Gandersheim Abbey from male takeover? Find out in this hot goss from 10th Century Saxony!
“Wide-eyed and eager to please, Fernandez plays Adelheid with the perfect mixture of affability and insistence. She’s a straight-A student with a secret wild side.” - TheaterMania
REVIEWS
The New Yorker, “Sex and the Abbey” by Helen Shaw, August 2025.
TheaterMania, “Review: Sex and the Abbey Illuminates the Medieval Solution for Childless Cat Ladies” by Zachary Stewart, August 2025.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production Manager: Madelyn Wiley
Stage Manager: Laia Comas
Assistant Stage Manager: Sam Kersnick
Production Intern: Kingsley Du
Intimacy Director: Kimi Handa Brown
Costume Designer: Saawan Tiwari
Projections Designer: Cinthia Chen
Scenic Designer: Kim Zhou
Lighting Designer: Yang Yu
Sound Designer: Chiara Pizzirusso
Movement Director: Charlotte Bydwell
Dramaturg: Christine Scarfuto
Production Photographer: Cindy Trinh @cindytrinh.photo
Actors
Hrotsvit: Jen Anaya
Adelheid: Francesca Fernandez
Hadwig: Belle Le
Mathilda: Tia Cassmira
Special thanks:
Produced by The Omnivores @omnivoresnyc and The Sống Collective @thesongcollective in association with Wiley Water Productions @wileywaterproductions