Current & Upcoming
What I’m Up To (all as director unless otherwise specified):
JUNE 2024
A reading of ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES by Carolina Đỗ as part of Fresh Ground Pepper’s PlayGround PlayGroup Showings. Featuring Lennox Duong, Vas Eli, Francis Mateo, and Meadow Nguy. June 13th at 3:30pm at Mai House Studio.
A reading of THE TUSK HUNTERS by Dan Caffrey as part of The Civilians’ R&D Group’s FINDINGS Series, featuring Pete Bradbury, Savidu Geevaratne, and Michael Markham. June 17th at 7pm at the Leynse Studio at ART/NY.
MAY 2024
Two pieces in the New Georges JAMboree: Coagulated Works: Indigo Sugar Coffee by Amina Henry, featuring Zoë Geltman, Felix Teich, and Julia Sirna-Frest, and an untitled piece co-created with Lyndsey Bourne and Eli Nixon. May 13-14 at the Center for Performance Research.
The Drama League announces their 2024 Directors Project Fellows and Residents – I am thrilled to receive a Next Stage Special Residency to further develop THE BLUE PARTS with co-creator and playwright Liba Vaynberg.
THE CAUSE by Else Went at WP Theater’s 2024 Pipeline Festival (see below for more info!) runs for 4 performances May 2-4 .
APRIL 2024
THE WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, featuring second-year students and design by CJ Howard (scenic), Esther Arroyo (costumes), Natasha Marie Rotondaro (lighting), and Bryn Scharenberg (sound), and stage manager Vasiliki Ioannou.
Rehearsals begin for THE CAUSE by Else Went which will run May 2-4 as part of WP Theater’s 2024 Pipeline Festival, featuring Olivia Rose Barresi, Jovan Davis, Yansa Fatima, Delaney Feener, Felix Teich, and Esther Williamson, and design by Brittany Vasta (scenic), Natasha Marie Rotondaro (lighting), Benjamin Strange (costumes), Liz Weber and Else Went (co-sound design). PSM is Tyler Danhaus, ASM is Olivia Mancini, and Intimacy Coordinator is Lauren Kiele DeLeon.
MARCH 2024
Rehearsals begin for THE WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
FEBRUARY 2024
A staged reading of WHILE WE’RE HERE by Deneen Reynolds-Knott as part of The Bushwick Starr’s Reading Series on February 27, featuring Brittany K. Allen, Maybe Burke, Marianne Currie Goodell, Teresa Avia Lim, Joel Ripka, and Zuzanna Szadkowski.
Workshop of THE CAUSE by Else Went ahead of WP Theater’s Pipeline Festival.
OCTOBER 2023
RIVER WATCHERS finishes its successful, sold-out run in Newtown Creek to generous features and acclaim (read here and here).
Roundtable read of THE CAUSE by playwright Else Went and produced by Sami Pyne ahead of WP Theater’s Pipeline Festival.
SEPTEMBER 2023
The RIVER WATCHERS (formerly referred to as Canoe Play) cast and creative team is finalized and rehearsals begin! Performances will be October 19-22 and 26-29 in a 14-seat canoe in Newtown Creek. Audience members will be paddling along with the performers on board. Tickets sold out in less than 24 hours, but a waitlist is going.
RIVER WATCHERS is presented in association with The Motor Company and the North Brooklyn Community Boathouse. Co-created by Dina Vovsi, Dan Caffrey, and Jens Rasmussen, written by Dan Caffrey, directed by Dina Vovsi, and performed by Jens Rasmussen and Amanda Bruton. Jens Rasmussen is our canoe consultant, Emma Sonricker is our stage manager, Kelvin Pater is our scenic designer, Lauren Matrka is our graphic designer, and Emily Owens is our press rep.
Returning to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts as part of the directing faculty at Playwrights Horizons Theater School to teach four sections of Rehearsal Process: Directing the Actor and one section of Making Theater II.
JULY 2023
Joining the directing team for Sarah Gancher’s Eugene Onegin: a bluegrass musical at The Orchard Project’s 2023 Summer Arts Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Received a Puffin Foundation Annual Artist Grant for Canoe Play, which is in pre-production with The Motor Company and collaborators Dan Caffrey and Jens Rasmussen.
MAY-JUNE 2023
A 29-hour workshop and public staged reading of The Blue Parts at Working Theater with playwright and co-creator Liba Vaynberg, performers Kate Abbruzzese, Savidu Geevaratne, and Zuzanna Szadkowski, dramaturg Amrita Ramanan, and stage manager Emily Roth, with Siarra Donna reading stage directions.
A staged reading of Ursa Major by Xandra Nur Clark as part of The Civilians’ R&D Group Findings Series, featuring performers Becca Blackwell, Sagan Chen, Zoë Geltman, Merritt Janson, Pauli Pontrelli, and Stacey Raymond; and singers Iryna Kit, Natalie Oshukany, and Ulana Pryjmak; with Sarah Alice Shull reading stage directions.
A presentation of The Inspiration Project, a culminating piece in collaboration with JASA NORC Coney Island and Brookyn Arts Council’s SU-CASA Program, featuring program participants and professional actors Kimberly Chatterjee, Ethan Dubin, and Maia Karo.
APRIL 2023
The Antelope Party by Eric John Meyer at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts
My project Canoe Play, a site-specific, journey-based play created in collaboration with the North Brooklyn Community Boathouse, receives 2023 Brooklyn Arts Fund and Local Arts Support Grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council.
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2023
A closed workshop of The Blue Parts (formerly titled The Only Ones) at Working Theater with co-creator and playwright Liba Vaynberg and performers Savidu Geevaratne, Masha King, and Zuzanna Szadkowski.
Rehearsals begin for Eric John Meyer’s The Antelope Party at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
I’m excited to receive a 2023 Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA Award and develop a theatrical performance about inspiration with JASA NORC Senior Center in Coney Island.
JANUARY 2023
Excited to be joining the 2023 New Georges Jam, a collaboration-based “performance gym” for theatermakers in all disciplines.
Joining the directing faculty of Playwrights Horizons Theatre School at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts to teach four sections of Rehearsal Process: The Playwright-Director Collaboration for the 2023 Spring semester.
NOVEMBER 2022
With playwright and co-creator Liba Vaynberg, The Only Ones received a NYSCA Support for Artists Grant as part of our Working Theater 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative commission.
OCTOBER 2022
Thrilled to announce that I will be a member of the WP Theater’s 2022-2024 Lab, joining 14 women+ artists for a two-year residency.
SEPTEMBER 2022
FORT SUNNY by Angela Santillo runs September 10-25 at Sunnyside Community Garden as part of The Motor Company’s Communal Spaces Festival, featuring performers Irina Kaplan, Rory Kulz, and Jonathon Ryan.
A roundtable reading on September 22 of THE ONLY ONES with playwright and co-creator Liba Vaynberg as part of our Working Theater 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative commission.
AUGUST 2022
Collaborating with playwright Angela Santillo on her site-specific play FORT SUNNY as part of The Motor Company’s Communal Spaces Festival.
Directed a staged reading of playwright Dan Caffrey’s DUCKASS as part of Concord Theatricals’ Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival, featuring performers Brooks Laney, Alice Marcondes, and Sarah Alice Shull. Out of 30 plays, we were one of the 11 finalists.
JULY 2022
Directing a workshop of Brittany K. Allen’s BALL CHANGE at Cape Cod Theatre Project, July 10-17
Delighted to be part of the 2022-2023 Roundabout Directors Group, Cohort 4. Read more here, here, and here.
JUNE 2022
A reading of Liba Vaynberg’s THE MATRIARCHS as part of The Civilians’ R&D Group’s FINDINGS Series, June 27
A reading of Love is… [Kocham Cię], a collaboration with Pete McGuinness Senior Center and a 2022 Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA Awardee, June 24
MAY 2022
Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts
APRIL 2022
Rehearsals begin for Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. So excited to be directing this hilarious and deeply moving play with four powerhouse roles for women.
PONYTAIL wraps filming and post-production begins.
MARCH 2022
In pre-production for PONYTAIL, a comedic short film I wrote about two people who work in the Starbucks in a Target, which will film in early April.
My 2022 Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA Residency begins – it has been incredible to witness and learn about the stories of the thoughtful and generous Greenpoint community members at Pete McGuinness Senior Center. There will be a final performance in June.
FEBRUARY 2022
I’m thrilled to receive a 2022 Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA Residency. I’ll be developing a play about the complexity of love with Greenpoint community members at Pete McGuinness Senior Center.
JANUARY 2022
Delighted to be back in the (Zoom) room with playwright Liba Vaynberg, collaborating on our commission for Working Theater’s 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative by resuming our work with the Brighton Beach community in a story circle co-hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library on January 27. We will be interviewing members of the community throughout 2022.
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2021
EXITS launches on September 30 as both a self-guided soundwalk and a site-specific live experience in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Along with co-creators Rachel Gita Karp, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Emerie Snyder, it’s been a pleasure to collaborate with playwright Ran Xia and voice performers Ashley Nicole Baptiste, J. Stephen Brantley, Ollie Corchado, Vince Ryne, Lipica Shah, and Joel Stigliano on the Greenlight Bookstore component of the soundwalk, A View from the Shelves.
SHOW ME, a 12-minute site-responsive audio installation I created and directed for The Motor Company’s Celebration of New York, is available to experience September 10 – October 3, both as a scannable QR-code at Archestratus Books + Food in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, or on The Motor Company’s website. It’s an ode to food and cooking, and the joy and longing our taste buds and hearts have felt over the past year-and-a-half.
Rehearsals for David Adjmi’s Marie Antoinette begin on September 20th at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, with performances October 28-30. Production photos to come!
JUNE-JULY 2021
EXITS, an audio-theatrical collaboration with co-creators Rachel Gita Karp, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Emerie Snyder, is in pre-production, supported by a 2021 Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council, NYFA’s City Artist Corps, and New Georges. It will be available as both a self-guided soundwalk and a site-specific live experience in Fort Greene, Brooklyn from September 30-October 5.
APRIL – MAY 2021
PASSAGE by Christopher Chen at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts
FEBRUARY – MARCH 2021
THREE SISTERS at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts
JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2021
I’ve joined WP Theater’s THE NOURISH PROJECT team as Associate Director. Conceived and directed by Rebecca Martinez, the show has 8 live virtual performances from January 28 – February 7, 2021.
THREE SISTERS at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts will begin rehearsals in February 2021.
EXITS, a collaboration with Rachel Gita Karp, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Emerie Snyder, received a 2021 Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council is tentatively planned for Fall 2021.
Two monologues by playwrights Sarah Krohn and Veda Kumarjiguda as part of Primary Stages’ ESPA Detention #51, performed by Rachel Lynn Jackson and Rebecca Whitehurst and streamed on February 12 & 13, 2021.
SEPTEMBER 2020
THE DOLPHIN KNOWS WHAT YOU DID by Thomas Edwards, featuring Olivia Stoker and Zo Tipp | The Tank’s Rule of 7×7 | September 18 & 20
JULY 2020
Monthlong virtual residency at Dartmouth’s VoxFest, workshopping Deborah Yarchun’s DRIVE | culminating Zoom reading on July 30 at 7pm EST | featuring J. Stephen Brantley, Abigail Gampel, Carene Rose Mekertichyan, Lee Sellars, Nidra Sous La Terre, and Andrea Syglowski, with music composed by Hannah Fairchild
MAY 2020
Zoom performance of Lia Romeo’s LIFESTYLE CONTENT | featuring Xandra Nur Clark, Charly Dannis, Amanda Marikar, and Sarah Alice Schull | No Dominion Virtual Works Festival | May 30 at 4:30pm
APRIL 2020
Zoom reading of WE’RE ALL ATHLETES by Seth McNeill | featuring Carolyn Braver, Kristen Calgaro, Veronica Cooper, Aaron Fouhey, Maurice Jones, Christina Liang, Liz Morgan, Michael Propster, and Lori Vega | April 22nd at 7pm EST | Amios First Draughts
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2020
Lia Romeo’s THE AGENCY at Fairleigh Dickinson University | February 28 – March 2
FIRST BY FAITH: THE LIFE OF MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE, written and performed by Richarda Abrams, is remounted at the 14th Street Y | February 25 – March 15
Joined the amazing team of @theatrewithouttheater to co-curate and amplify virtual theatre content. Brooklyn Rail article here.
JANUARY 2020
Rehearsals for the world premiere of Lia Romeo’s new play THE AGENCY at Fairleigh Dickinson University
DECEMBER 2019
Roundtable reading of LIFE, ART, AND EVERYTHING by Sonya Sobieski at New Georges
SHADY ACRES: A Homegrown Epic by Nathan Maxwell runs from December 6-8 as part of Rutgers University’s MFA Playwrights Festival
Fieldwork resumes in Brighton Beach for Working Theater’s 5 Boroughs 1 City commission
Joining designer portfolio reviews as a panelist at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia
NOVEMBER 2019
Richarda Abrams and FIRST BY FAITH win the 2019 AUDELCO Award for Best Solo Performance
PlayTime at New Dramatists runs from November 7-22
Rehearsals are underway for SHADY ACRES: A Homegrown Epic by Nathan Maxwell at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts
OCTOBER 2019
SINCERITY FOREVER closes on October 13th
SHADY ACRES: A Homegrown Epic by Nathan Maxwell begins rehearsals at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts
Richarda Abrams and FIRST BY FAITH are nominated for an AUDELCO Award for Best Solo Performance
SEPTEMBER 2019
SINCERITY FOREVER opens on September 7th, and extends until October 13th! See articles in the NYTimes, TimeOut, TDF, and Broadway World.
I’M GONNA KEEP YOU ALIVE, co-written with Amanda Marikar as part of The Motor Company’s Communal Spaces, runs from September 14-29 at Northside Community Garden and features Dena Miller and David Jenkins
FIRST BY FAITH returns to United Solo on September 26th
Pre-Production begins for PlayTime at New Dramatists
AUGUST 2019
FIRST BY FAITH heads to Winston-Salem, North Carolina for 4 sold-out performances and glowing reviews at the National Black Theatre Festival, August 1-3
SINCERITY FOREVER begins previews August 24 and runs through October 7
Pre-production begins for I’M GONNA KEEP YOU ALIVE, co-written with Amanda Marikar as part of The Motor Company’s Communal Spaces, and Nathan Maxwell’s SHADY ACRES as part of the Rutgers MFA Playwrights’ Festival
JULY 2019
Rehearsals begin for SINCERITY FOREVER at The Flea, with the stellar design team of Frank Oliva, Barbara Erin Delo, Becky Heisler McCarthy, and Emma Wilk, stage manager Emma Sonricker, and actors Charly Dannis, Nate DeCook, Amber Jaunai, Neysa Lozano, Peter McNally, Malena Pennycook, Zac Porter, Jonathon Ryan, and Vince Ryne.
JUNE 2019
My collaboration with Richarda Abrams on her solo show FIRST BY FAITH returns to the West End Theatre from June 28 – July 21
MAY 2019
A public reading of DRIVE by Deborah Yarchun as part of The Civilians’ R&D Group‘s 2018-19 FINDINGS Series, May 22 at The Lark – featuring Mark Coffin, Abigail Gampel,Gene Gillette, Sharina Martin, Monique St. Cyr and Andrea Syglowski, and music by Hannah Fairchild
Roundtable readings of THE ONLY ONES at Working Theater with actors Mark Coffin, Vanessa Kai, Andy Lucien, Cheech Manohar, Dee Pelletier, Imran Sheikh, and Yelena Shmulenson
APRIL 2019
Staging workshop of Mac Wellman’s SINCERITY FOREVER at The Flea with The Bats: Lacy Allen, Andrea Bellamore, Joseph Dalfonso, Charly Dannis, Nate DeCook, Peter McNally, Malena Pennycook, Jonathon Ryan, Vince Ryne, and Keith Weiss
MARCH 2019
Roundtable readings of MOONSHINE by Liz Appel at The Flea, with actors Gregory Connors, Charly Dannis, Peter McNally, and Jennifer Parkhill
JANUARY 2019
A generative workshop of TESTIMONY BOX by Liz Appel at The Flea, January 10 & 17, with the Bats: Xandra Clark, Charly Dannis, Peter McNally, Malena Pennycook, and Marcus Jones
A reading of THE ONLY ONES, co-created with playwright Liba Vaynberg and commissioned by Working Theater, at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Brighton Beach Branch on January 22nd, with Yelena Shmulenson and Eshan Bay.
DECEMBER 2018
The team for UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, OR, FOR HOME AMUSEMENT reassembles for a closed workshop, November 29 – December 8
Niccolo Aeed’s serials @ The Flea play WHY SHOULDN’T I EAT YOU RIGHT NOW?, featuring Ben Schrager, Peter McNally, Jon Cook, Michael Ortiz, and Jenny Jarnagin, December 6-8
NOVEMBER 2018
Iphigenia and Other Daughters runs at LIU Post, November 9-17
Richarda Abrams’s FIRST BY FAITH wins Best Educational Show at the United Solo Festival
And my third year coordinating PlayTime at New Dramatists, supporting the development of five new plays by resident playwrights and alumni, November 1-16
OCTOBER 2018
First workshop of THE ONLY ONES: A GAME VIDEO, after 9 months of investigative fieldwork in Brighton Beach. A commission from Working Theater’s 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative in collaboration with co-creator and playwright Liba Vaynberg. With performers Andrea Syglowski and Cheech Manohar.
Richarda Abrams’s FIRST BY FAITH: THE LIFE OF MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE sold out and extended in the United Solo Festival, and received an overwhelmingly positive review.
Rehearsals begin at LIU Post for Ellen McLaughlin’s IPHIGENIA AND OTHER DAUGHTERS, which will run November 9-17.
SEPTEMBER 2018
Excited to announce that I am a new member of The 2018-19 Civilians’ R&D Group – meetings start this month!
Rehearsals begin for Richarda Abrams’s First by Faith: The Life of Mary McLeod Bethune as part of the United Solo Festival. Our first performance is on Sunday, October 7th at Theater Row.
AUGUST 2018
Geraldine Inoa’s SCRAPS opens at The Flea to rave reviews!
JULY 2018
Excited to announce that I’m a new Resident Director at The Flea! First up, rehearsals begin July 9 for Geraldine Inoa’s SCRAPS, on which I’ll be assisting Niegel Smith. Previews begin August 15.
Scene study begins for the new Resident Director class at The Flea – we’re diving into Mac Wellman’s work for six weeks.
JUNE 2018
Directing Lia Romeo’s short play A REALLY AMAZING WEDDING in a site-specific afternoon of theatre at the Warren St. Marks Community Garden in Park Slope | featuring Amanda Marikar and Amanda Thickpenny | curated by Emerie Snyder | Saturday, June 2nd at 3pm
A work-in-progress sharing of Untitled Parlor Play, or, For Home Amusement | conceived and directed by Kyle Metzger and Dina Vovsi | devised and performed by Lindsey Austen, Amanda Bruton, Maya Carter, Marianne Currie Goodell, Monica Jones, and Colleen Welsh | Thursday, June 14th at 7:30pm | New Georges’ The Room
Field work and investigative research continues in Brighton Beach for a new commission from Working Theater’s 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative in collaboration with playwright Liba Vaynberg
MAY 2018
First by Faith: The Life of Mary McLeod Bethune, a solo show written and performed by Richarda Abrams | Theatre 167’s WetINK Festival | Saturday, May 5th at 8pm | West End Theatre
Field work and investigative research continues in Brighton Beach for a new commission from Working Theater’s 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative in collaboration with playwright Liba Vaynberg
Production meetings begin for Iphigenia and Other Daughters
Untitled Parlor Play, or, For Home Amusement goes back into rehearsal for a 3-week workshop on May 29th
APRIL 2018
Field work and investigative research continues in Brighton Beach for a new commission from Working Theater’s 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative in collaboration with playwright Liba Vaynberg
Auditions for Iphigenia and Other Daughters at LIU Post
Rehearsals begin for First by Faith: The Life of Mary McLeod Bethune, a solo show written and performed by Richarda Abrams | Theatre 167
MARCH 2018
UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, OR, FOR HOME AMUSEMENT will have a work-in-progress sharing at the culmination of our 2017-18 Access Theater residency on March 1 at 8pm | with actors Lindsey Austen, Amanda Bruton, Marianne Currie Goodell, Monica Jones, and Colleen Welsh, and my co-collaborator and co-director Kyle Metzger.
Directing a reading of DOWN RANGE by Jona Tarlin | Wide Eyed Winks | featuring Alexandra Garza, Imran Sheikh, Mitch Tebo, and Danny Tejera | March 13 at 7:30pm | The Drama League
Field work and investigative research begins in Brighton Beach for a new commission from Working Theater’s 5 Boroughs 1 City Initiative in collaboration with playwright Liba Vaynberg
Thrilled to learn that I will be directing Ellen McLaughlin’s Iphigenia and Other Daughters at LIU Post this Fall – rehearsals will begin in October 2018!
FEBRUARY 2018
#TheNewOldHome | with actors Amanda Marikar and Maureen Shannon | CLB Berlin | January 30 – February 5
UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, OR, FOR HOME AMUSEMENT continues its residency at Access Theater
Previews begin February 22 at The Flamboyan Theater for The Loneliest Number by Lizzie Vieh, directed by Maria Dizzia (I’m assistant directing!)
JANUARY 2018
UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, OR, FOR HOME AMUSEMENT continues its residency at Access Theater with ANOTHER 5-day developmental workshop with actors Lindsey Austen, Amanda Bruton, Marianne Currie Goodell, Monica Jones, and Colleen Welsh, and my co-collaborator and co-director Kyle Metzger
Excited to join PopUP Theatrics as a contributing US director to #TheNewOldHome, a hybrid creation by acclaimed Romanian playwright Peca Stefan exploring political participation of the elderly in the context of an accelerated aging European population. A mix between puzzle, social game, exhibition, audio drama and interactive installation, #TheNewOldHome reveals the story of a 78-year-old Romanian woman who has recently moved from her village to a small town | with actors Amanda Marikar and Maureen Shannon | CLB Berlin | January 30 – February 5
Directing 7 pieces by Kari Bentley-Quinn, Monica Bauer, Susan Bernfield, Paula Pizzi-Black, Robin Rothstein, and Jona Tarlin for the One-Minute Play Festival | Featuring Will Dagger, Amanda Long, Amanda Marikar, Jack Plowe, and Amanda Thickpenny | January 23-24 at the New Ohio Theater
Rehearsals begin for The Loneliest Number by Lizzie Vieh, directed by Maria Dizzia. I’m joining the production as the assistant director, and am thrilled to be reunited with a bunch of artists I love – Frank Oliva, Steve Jones, Leigh Williams, and Justin Yorio – plus so many talented new collaborators! Previews begin February 22 at The Flamboyan Theater.
DECEMBER 2017
UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, OR, FOR HOME AMUSEMENT continues its residency at Access Theater with a 5-day developmental workshop with actors Lindsey Austen, Amanda Bruton, Marianne Currie Goodell, Monica Jones, and Colleen Welsh, and my co-collaborator and co-director Kyle Metzger
Directing excerpts of 4 plays by Nora Sorena Casey, Brenda Foley, Rachel Mann, and Bara Swain | Featuring Richarda Abrams, J. Stephen Brantley, Patrick Horn, Christina Liang, Veronique Ory, Stacey Raymond, Jordan Tierney, Curry Whitmire, and Kate Whitney | Athena Writes’ Year-End Staged Reading
Performing in the One-Minute Play Festival in plays by Ashlin Halfnight, Duncan Pflaster, and Jona Tarlin, directed by Kyle Metzger
NOVEMBER 2017
PlayTime 2017 at New Dramatists – coordinating a two-week, in-house retreat for 5 playwrights (Christina Anderson, Jennifer Haley, Mona Mansour, Ken Prestininzi, Melisa Tien) and their collaborators to develop new work. November 2-17.
Rehearsals begin for Athena Writes’ Year-End Staged Reading
OCTOBER 2017
UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, OR, FOR HOME AMUSEMENT continues its residency at Access Theater in preparation for a late November – early December workshop
Pre-Production begins for PlayTime at New Dramatists
Joining Athena Theatre’s writers’ group as a collaborating director for their end-of-year readings
Performing in WHY ARE YOU DRESSED LIKE IT’S HALLOWEEN? by Matthew Russell, directed by Eric Miller and also featuring Cary Gitter / The F*it Club’s “F*ing Up Halloween” at Ensemble Studio Theatre, October 31st at 7:30pm
SEPTEMBER 2017
UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, OR, FOR HOME AMUSEMENT begins its residency at Access Theater with collaborator Kyle Metzger
APOCALYPSE!!! by Emily Daly / serials @ The Flea, featuring Team Nooners
SMOKE FOLLOWS THE PRETTY GIRLS by Monet Hurst-Mendoza / serials @ The Flea, featuring Team Nooners
AUGUST 2017
Week-long residency with Holes in the Wall Collective in to research a new project about the community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
JULY 2017
A workshop production of THE BASTARD by Seth McNeill / featuring Rob Hille, Monica Jones, and Robby Ramos / Dixon Place / July 1
ZOO HOP by Alessandro King / 7×7 at The Tank / July 22
JUNE 2017
A reading of TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Charly Evon Simpson / Pipeline Theatre Company’s Bonfire Series, the culminating reading series of Pipeline’s PlayLab / featuring Tonia Anderson, Claire Jamison, Starr Kirkland, Amanda Marikar, Chet Siegel, and Akyiia Wilson / June 24
Assistant Director, EUGENE ONEGIN at Spoleto Festival USA, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng
And earlier in 2016-2017…
MAY 2017
Assistant Director, EUGENE ONEGIN at Spoleto Festival USA, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng
APRIL 2017
HARSH AND EXCITING by Lauren Lubow / featuring Fleece, Katherine Haan, Christina Liang, and Melissa Wolff / April 2 at The Kraine
HUERA by David Wiener / Color the Night: An Evening of One-Acts / featuring Atlantic Acting School’s Second-Year NYU Tisch Students / April 19-23 at Atlantic Theatre Company
MOUSY MORGAN EMERGES FROM THE WILDERNESS by Kristin Slaney / featuring Morgan Zipf-Meister / WITTIGO by Charlotte Lang-Bush / featuring Ivanna Cullinan / UNTITLED by Sarah Shaefer / featuring Jessy Yates / STUCK, A Superhero Monologue by Jonathan Alexandratos / featuring Lynnette R. Freeman / all part of PUSSYFEST V: #pussypersists with CAPS LOCK THEATRE / April 21 at the Access Theater
MARCH 2017
Puttin’ on the Face by Nandita Shenoy / New York Madness / March 26th at The Kraine, 8pm / featuring Kaliswa Brewster, Marnie Schulenberg, and Nandita Shenoy
JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2017
Workshop Coordinator, New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio
LADIES’ NIGHT / A new short musical with book by Justin Yorio, music by Elizabeth Ziman, and featuring Tricia Alexandro, Katie Rose Krueger, and Zach Eisenstat / Monday, February 6 at The Kraine
NOVEMBER 2016
Co-Program Director of PlayTime 2016 at New Dramatists, supporting five new plays in various stages of development by New Dramatists Resident Playwrights who are collaborating with directors and actors to further their processes. This place is truly special, as are these artists.
Understudy rehearsals are in full swing on THE CHERRY ORCHARD on Broadway and it has been a joy to return to the show weekly.
“L’intrico Del Lupo Mannaro” by Nic Grelli / featuring Yeauxlanda Kay and Juan Francisco Villa / New York Madness / November 20 at 8pm, The Kraine
OCTOBER 2016
THE CHERRY ORCHARD opens on Broadway! And I say goodbye to my brilliant, inspiring director. Shortly after, we begin understudy rehearsals with our talented ensemble.
“dop·pel·gäng·er” by Maggie Bofill / featuring Kelley O’Donnell, Maria Elena O’Brien, and John J. Concado / New York Madness / October 30 at 8pm, The Kraine
PERFORMING (yes, that’s right) in “Times Scare” by Alex Grubbs / directed by Roger Lirtsman / performing alongside Eric Micha Holmes / F*It Club / October 31 at Manhattan Theatre Club
SEPTEMBER 2016
“The One-Eyed Whore” by Lia Romeo / featuring Michael Markham and John J. Concado / New York Madness / September 25 at 8pm, The Kraine
THE CHERRY ORCHARD moves from the rehearsal studio to the theatre! We are currently in previews, with an official opening date of October 16.
AUGUST 2016
Rehearsals begin at Roundabout Theatre Company for THE CHERRY ORCHARD, my first Broadway assistant directing job! Previews start on September 15 at the American Airlines Theatre.
JULY 2016
VISITING HOURS by Josh Kaplan / July 28-31 at TheaterLab / Scenic design by Frank Oliva, lighting design by Jennifer Fok, sound design by Emma Wilk / PSM Ryan Keller, ASM Krystle Henninger / featuring Richarda Abrams, Adam Bemis, Amy Gaipa, Michael Grew, Dan Grimaldi, Karen Tsen Lee, Maureen Shannon, and Joel Stigliano / Click here for a sneak peek at production photos!
JUNE 2016
INDIAN SUMMER opens! And it’s the end of my season-long fellowship with Playwrights Horizons. Quite the journey.
I reunite with the understudies of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for The Pearl Theatre Company’s annual “Understudies Onstage” night: Ross Hamman, Tim Liu, Lindsay Tanner, Amanda Thickpenny, and a newcomer, Whit Leyenberger. It was such a treat to get to revisit Eric Tucker’s staging with this talented group and put my own twist on the transitions in out of our scenes and the ones from Stupid F*cking Bird and The Dingdong.
MAY 2016
Previews begin for INDIAN SUMMER at Playwrights Horizons.
Pre-production and casting begins for VISITING HOURS, a play by Josh Kaplan I’m directing at Theaterlab July 28-31.
APRIL 2016
Rehearsals begin for my last fellowship show at Playwrights Horizons, Gregory S. Moss’s INDIAN SUMMER, on which I’ll be assisting Carolyn Cantor.
Roundtable reading of Judith Leora’s The X and the Y.
Second work session for UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, a devised collaboration between director Kyle Metzger and myself along with a group of playwrights and performers
I accept the position of Assistant Director on Roundabout Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Stephen Karam’s adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway, directed by Simon Godwin and starring Diane Lane. Rehearsals begin in August!
MARCH 2016
“The Desert” by Jae Kramisen / sound design by Charles Coes / featuring Amanda Marikar and Dinah Berkeley / FGP Sounds Good (a new experiment putting sound designers first) / Fresh Ground Pepper / The Theater at the 14th Street Y / Friday March 18 @ 7:30pm
FAMILIAR (assistant director) opens at Playwrights Horizons and is extended through April 10 – read reviews in The New York Times (Critics’ Pick) and The New Yorker
FEBRUARY 2016
“Walla Walla Washington – February 29, 1976” by Mat Smart / Shotz at The Kraine / featuring Carolyn Braver and Michael Grew / February 1 @ 7 and 8:30pm
Previews begin on February 12 for Danai Gurira’s FAMILIAR, on which I am assisting director Rebecca Taichman as part of my directing fellowship at Playwrights Horizons
First work session on February 28 for UNTITLED PARLOR PLAY, a devised collaboration between director Kyle Metzger and myself along with a group of playwrights and performers
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JANUARY 2016
Rehearsals begin for Danai Gurira’s FAMILIAR, on which I will be assisting director Rebecca Taichman as part of my directing fellowship at Playwrights Horizons / Casting just announced!
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2015
Assistant Director, HIR by Taylor Mac / directed by Niegel Smith / Playwrights Horizons / Extended to January 3rd! / New York Times Critics’ Pick / TimeOut Critics’ Pick / Featured in The New Yorker / Best of 2015 Theater in NY Times and Vulture
“One of the Guys” by Mariah MacCarthy / GENDERF**CKED MADNESS / New York Madness / Featuring Erin Cherry / November 23 at 8:30pm, The Brick in Williamsburg
“Sibsgiving” by Charly Evon Simpson / TinyRhino / Featuring Monica Jones, Starr Kirkland, Cameron Mason and Casey Worthington / November 24 at Littlefield in Gowanus
OCTOBER 2015
Assistant Director, HIR by Taylor Mac / directed by Niegel Smith / Playwrights Horizons / October 16 – December 6 / Previews begin for my first show as a 2015-16 Robert Moss Directing Fellow at Playwrights Horizons!
“Midwifery” by David L. Williams / Shotz at The Kraine / Featuring Franny Civitano and Leigh Williams / October 5 at 7 and 8:30pm
SEPTEMBER 2015
Assistant Director / A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (dir. Eric Tucker) at The Pearl (co-produced with Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival) / September 8 – October 31 / Read rave reviews in the New York Times and TimeOut! / Best Classical Production of 2015 in the Wall Street Journal
Assistant Director, HIR by Taylor Mac / directed by Niegel Smith / Playwrights Horizons / October 16 – December 6 / Rehearsals begin for my first show as a 2015-16 Robert Moss Directing Fellow at Playwrights Horizons!
“Catfight at the Oasis” by Sarah Bernstein / Communal Spaces / Green Oasis Community Garden in Alphabet City / Featuring Starr Kirkland, Amanda Marikar, Betsy Rosen, and Marissa Wolf / September 12-13, 19-20, and 26-27 at 2:30pm / See photos here!
SEPTEMBER 2015 – JUNE 2016
2015-2016 Directing Fellow at Playwrights Horizons, where I will be assisting Niegel Smith on Taylor Mac’s HIR, Rebecca Taichman on Danai Gurira’s FAMILIAR, and Carolyn Cantor on Gregory S. Moss’s INDIAN SUMMER.
JULY – AUGUST 2015
UNTITLED DEGRADATION PLAY by Micheline Auger / MadLab / New York Madness at IRT Theater / July 1, 2015 / Featuring Bradley Anderson, Toni Anderson, Colleen O’Connor, and Daniel Pearce.
VASILISA MOST LOVELY by Kevin Kautzman / In residence at Barn Arts Collective in Bass Harbor, Maine / July 26 – August 2nd / puppet design by Emily Harford / original music by Carl Ferm & Ben Moniz / featuring Holly Chou, Sarahbeth Connelly, Carl Ferm, Emily Hartford, Kathleen Lewis, Ben Moniz, and Brittany Parker
JUNE 2015
SDCF Observer/Assistant Director on THE WINTER’S TALE (dir. Davis McCallum) and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (dir. Eric Tucker) at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
MAY 2015
WRITOPIA LAB’S WORLDWIDE PLAYS FESTIVAL / celebrating the work of playwrights ages 6-18 / May 12-16 / play by Kayla, age 18 / featuring Edward Chin-Lyn, Starr Kirkland, and Mackenzie Knapp
SDCF Observer/Assistant Director on THE WINTER’S TALE (dir. Davis McCallum) and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (dir. Eric Tucker) at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
APRIL 2015
VASILISA MOST LOVELY by Kevin Kautzman / a workshop presentation with puppets and music / Dixon Place mainstage / April 27 / original music by Adam Lomeo / puppet design by Emily Hartford / Featuring Tonia Anderson, Holly Chou, Jody Christopherson, Rebeca Fong, Emily Hartford, Monica Jones, Gretchen Van Lente, and William Oliver Watkins
SDCF Observer/Assistant Director on THE WINTER’S TALE (dir. Davis McCallum) and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (dir. Eric Tucker) at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival / Rehearsals begin April 14th!
MARCH 2015
THE 5TH ANNUAL WORKING THEATER DIRECTORS SALON / The Wild Project / Curated by Rebecca Martinez, Dina Vovsi, and Nicole A. Watson / March 9-22 / with plays by Dennis A. Allen II, J. Julian Christopher, Kevin R. Free, Martyna Majok, Don Nguyen, Jiehae Park, and Riti Sachdeva / Director-Driven Work by John Michael DiResta, Jerry Ruiz, and Emma Weinstein / More artists announced soon!
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2015
EVERYTHING’S WHISPERED (FOR NOW) / in development / with co-creators and performers Michael Grew, Amanda Marikar, Lillian Meredith, Lucinda Rogers, and Tracy Willet / excerpts performed at The Wild Project on March 20th, 2015
JANUARY 2015
NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING by Michael Niederman / WEREWOLF MADNESS at Ensemble Studio Theatre / New York Madness / featuring Toni Anderson, Jody Christopherson, and Anna Van Valin.
DECEMBER 2014
A reading of UNTITLED FIRST DRAFT by Michael Niederman / Dixon Place / featuring Jody Christopherson, Jocelyn Kuritsky, Eric Rice, Lipica Shah, and Stephen Stout.
NOVEMBER 2014
POWERHOUSE / Sinking Ship Productions (as Producer) / The New Ohio Theatre
We’re a New York Times Critics’ Pick!
OCTOBER 2014
A PLACE FOR OWLS by Fiona Jones / Estrogenius Festival / Featuring Victoria Cawley and Robin Kurtz
SEPTEMBER 2014
“In the Hat” by Seth Moore / 7×7 at The Tank / featuring Nico Ager, Ugo Anyanwu, Seth Moore, and Briana Pozner.
3 Plays by Joe Roland: “The Corporation,” “The Shanty,” “Uniontruth.com” / Working Theater / featuring Phil Callen, Jody Christopherson, Johnny Rivera, Lipica Shah, and Gabriel Sloyer.
AUGUST 2014
WASHOUGAL MY HEART by Clare Barron / Featuring Julia Izumi, Monica Jones, Matt MacNelly, Taylor Shurte, Ben Vigus / Communal Spaces / Classon Fulgate Block Association Garden / Read an interview with me on Visible Soul!
JULY 2014
2014 Lincoln Center Theater Directors’ Lab / July 7-26, 2014
MAY 2014
VASILISA MOST LOVELY by Kevin Kautzman / Closed workshop with actors Toni Anderson, Holly Chou, Jody Christopherson, Alex Correia, Rebeca Fong, Monica Jones, William Oliver Watkins, actor/puppeteer Emily Hartford, and dramaturg Dana Jesberger. With space support from Page 73.
ONE FINAL JUMP by Cecilia Copeland and A LAST WALTZ by Morris Akiba Katz / New York Madness at Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theater / with actors Summer Crockett Moore, Michael Oberholtzer, Stella Schnabel, William Oliver Watkins, and David Zayas.
CHERRY SMOKE by James McManus, directed by Tamilla Woodard (as assistant director) opens! / Working Theater
APRIL 2014
CHERRY SMOKE by James McManus, directed by Tamilla Woodard (as assistant director) in rehearsals / Working Theater
RUTH AND NAOMI by Sander Gusinow, directed by Kyle Metzger / THE WISHING TREE by Mustafa Kaymak, directed by Awoye Timpo as part of Columbia University’s MFA Playwrights Festival, NEW PLAYS NOW (as Producer) at Signature Theatre’s Ford Studio.
MARCH 2014
CHERRY SMOKE by James McManus, directed by Tamilla Woodard (as assistant director) begins rehearsals / Working Theater
RUTH AND NAOMI by Sander Gusinow, directed by Kyle Metzger / THE WISHING TREE by Mustafa Kaymak, directed by Awoye Timpo as part of Columbia University’s MFA Playwrights Festival, NEW PLAYS NOW (as Producer) at Signature Theatre’s Ford Studio.
FEBRUARY 2014
FLORA AND FEVER by Louis King and Erin Murray / The Muse
EVERYTHING’S WHISPERED (FOR NOW) / culmination of residency and invited reading at New Georges’ The Room / with co-creators and performers Michael Grew, Amanda Marikar, Michael Markham, Lillian Meredith, Lucinda Rogers, and Tracy Willet
JANUARY 2014
EVERYTHING’S WHISPERED (FOR NOW) / developmental residency at the League of Independent Theater in association with terraNOVA Collective / with co-creators and performers Michael Grew, Amanda Marikar, Lillian Meredith, Lucinda Rogers, and Tracy Willet
AFTER THE PARTY THERE’S THE AFTER-PARTY by August Schulenburg / New York Madness at Ensemble Studio Theatre / with actors Imran Sheikh and Jillian Walker
PRIVATE DISCLOSURES by J.B. Heaps, directed by Stephen Jobes (as Producer) / The Bridge Theater
THE NEW SCHOOL’S UNIVERSITY CENTER LAUNCH / as Line Producer with Darling & Co.
2009-2013 ARCHIVE TO COME!
