The Team Makes a Play (2013)

SMASH...Only Downtown and Real! 'The TEAM Makes a Play captures a rare verite look at the TEAM's (Theatre of the Emerging American Moment) three-year collaborative journey creating their award-winning new production, Mission Drift, an epic saga exploring the true meaning of American Capitalism. Granted unlimited access to this critically acclaimed indie theatre company of NYU grads, from initial concept to world premiere, a journey fraught with unexpected drama and raucous comedy on and off the stage, ironically played out in the midst of the nation's financial crisis. Challenging the very nature of collaboration, commitment, and teamwork, these passionate young artists emerge triumphant from their conflict, bloodied yet unbowed. a challenging struggle ironically played out in the midst of the financial crisis.