Event Details
Tue, June 23, 2026
20:00 – 21:00
LIMONAIA
Villa La Pietra
Via Bolognese, 120
50139 Florence, Italy
ANNUNCIATION
The Angel comes to Mary with some troubling news.
A new look at an old story
The new play by Rajiv Joseph, featuring NYU Tisch Continuum Company actors Maggie Siff and Stephen Stocking, and special guest Lucy Ratliff.
Part 2: A continuation from last year’s riveting and moving exploration of Mary’s visitation from the Angel; a fresh, nuanced look at a very old story…
Featured Biographies
Rajiv Joseph
PLAYWRIGHT
Rajiv Joseph’s play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama. He has twice won the Obie Award for Best New American Play, first in 2016 with Guards at the Taj (also a 2016 Lortel Winner for Best Play) and in 2018 with Describe the Night. Other plays include Dakar 2000 King James, Letters of Suresh, Gruesome Playground Injuries and Animals Out of Paper. He has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago since 2018, and he served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal.
Maggie Siff
ACTRESS
Maggie Siff recently completed a West End run of Shadowlands with Hugh Bonneville. She is best known for her work on several long running television series including Showtime’s Billions (for which she received three Satellite Award nominations), FX’s Sons of Anarchy (two Critics’ Choice Award nominations,) and for playing ‘Rachel Menken’ on the first season of AMC’s Mad Men (SAG Award nomination.) Recent films include The Short History of the Long Road, A Woman/A Part, The Sweet Life, The Fifth Wave, One Percent More Humid, and Concussion. Additional theatre credits include Creditors at the Minetta Lane, Breaking the Story at Second Stage, Orpheus Descending, Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew at TFANA, Curse of the Starving Class at Signature Theatre, and A Lie of the Mind at the New Group.
Stephen Stocking
ACTOR
Stephen appeared in the latest Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, starring Wendell Pierce. He has previously appeared in two of Rajiv Joseph’s plays: the Obie-winning Describe the Night at Atlantic Theater Company and Alley Theatre and the world premiere of Archduke at the Mark Taper Forum and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Most recently he starred in the world premiere of Jonathan Spector’s Birthright at Miami New Drama. Other New York and regional theatre credits include The Thanksgiving Play and the world premiere of Mrs. Christie at Dorset Theatre Festival; A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare Theatre Co. in DC and Macau, China; Great Expectations at Portland Center Stage; Zoey’s Perfect Wedding at Hartford Theatreworks. Flood in the Valley with Gung Ho Productions in Liangshan, Chengdu, and Beijing, China; the Aspen Ideas Festival; Every Good Girl Deserves Fun at Walkerspace. TV credits: The Good Fight (CBS) and Z: The Beginning of Everything (Amazon). @stephenstocking
Lucy Ratliff
ACTRESS
Lucy Ratliff is the founder and Artistic Director of the Terrace Penguinos Theatre Company in Windsor Terrace Brooklyn. She is a writer, director, actor, singer, costume designer, set designer, world traveler, and cat lady. She is going into the 7th grade at the Brooklyn Waldorf school