PAST PRODUCTIONS
Directed by: Max Mooney
Produced in collaboration with The Tank and Concrete Temple Theatre
Featuring: Sterling Gates, Connor Nielsen, Joyah Dominique & Marvelyn Ramirez
Scenic Design by Sam DeBell
Costume Design by Dayeon Jeong
Lighting Design by Pete Betcher
Developed with Connor Nielsen
Gregory (the bug) itches to tell a story of Travel. A Travel Story. Through the Big Forest and to the Molting River to shed his exoskeleton and then come Home (the coming Home matters). When the story runs out, Gregory has to swim through all the endings, all the ways a bug can go Home.
A Travel story
by max mooney
The sitayana
by lavina jadhwani
or “how to make an exit”
Directed by: Sarah Shin
The Marlotte
Starring: Kendra Jain
Production Design: Sean Perreira & Cordie Hirsch
Stage Management: Bea Perez-Arche
Sound Support: Erica Huang
This one woman retelling of the Sanskrit epic poem, The Ramayana, flips the traditional narrative to show the princess Sita’s point of view on this ancient tale. We follow the young princess through marriage, banishment, exile, and heartbreak, and experience this classic tale anew in an utterly human way. Part coming of age, part Hindu epic, The Sitayana is ultimately a break up play about a young woman who goes to incredible lengths to fulfill her duty.
Education
Directed by: Margarett Perry
59E59 Theatres (2018)
Featuring: Matthew Boston, Bruce Faulk, Wesley T. Jones, Elizabeth Meadows Rouse, and Jane West
Scenic and Lighting Design: David L. Arsenault
Sound Design: Kevin Heard
Costume Design: Amanda Aiken
Production Stage Manager: Mark A. Stys
Assistant Stage Manager: Ann Barkin
Photography: Carol Rosegg
A high school senior is suspended when he tries to burn an American flag for a school art fair project. Undeterred, he conspires with his classmate, a slam poet in trouble for an expletive-laden poem, to enter a controversial new piece, setting off a free speech firestorm in a small Ohio town. Education is a provocative new play about two young people who fight for their right to express themselves in a society hostile to and fearful of change. An explosive new play about free speech, the dangers of polarization, and using art as a means for change.
BY brian dykstra
Alexandria
Directed by: Jordana Williams
IRT Theatre (2018)
Featuring: James Foster Jr., Stephen Heskett, Shauna Miles, Jonathan Melo, Kristen Vaughan
Scenic & Lighting Design: Tyler M.Perry
Costumes: Amanda Jenks
Production Stage Manager: Melissa Farinelli
Graphic design: Christopher Fitzer
WINNER OF PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT 2018
Alexandria is a play about relationships that cross the deep divides of belief and conviction: what those relationships are worth, and what they cost.
In a small-town library in the deep South, two librarians maintain an unlikely close friendship, despite their many differences. But when a controversial wedding, a young queer runaway, and an ominous cyberattack come crashing through their front door, can that friendship survive?
BY Vince Gatton
Jessica
Directed by: Emily Jackson
IRT Theatre (2017)
Featuring: Anna Nemetz, Ali Scaramella, Will Sarratt, Michael Trimm, and Alli Trussell
Scenic & Lighting Design: Tyler M. Perry
Costume Design: Amanda Aiken
Sound Design: John McKenna
Photography: PJ Norton
Graphic Design: Christopher Fitzer
WINNER OF PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT 2017
In 2013, Jessica vanished. Now, her closest friends are reconstructing her with cutting-edge technology to try and track her down. They prime the android with memories from Jessica’s past, but it’s clear that their stories don’t add up. As Jessica’s friends fight for ownership over an artificial Jessica, the android listens, learns, and plays along. Suddenly, the line between robot and real life is very, very thin.
“Jessica is a memory worth adding to your own neural network.” -Culture Catch
BY Patrick vermillion
Primary
Directed by: Alex Keegan
IRT Theatre (2016)
Featuring: Kevin Argus, Jody Christopherson, Brian Miskell, Casey Nadzam
Costume Design: Anna Winter
Lighting Design: Stoli Stolnack
Scenic Design: Matthew Imhoff
Sound Design: Lawrence Schober
Props Design: Elizabeth Frino
Production Stage Manager: Michael Tosto
Fight Director: Anna Fearheiley
Choreography: Lucia Knell
WINNER OF PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT 2016
It’s 1999 in suburban Connecticut. 9-year-old Sophie is certain she’s the missing Sailor Scout. The allure of local politics has brainwashed her mother, Laura, into a misguided campaign for state rep. During a brutal primary election, Sophie but bring her back from the dark side and restore Laura to her true self.
“Primary is an entertaining and timely escape from our current political circus.” – Theatre is Easy BEST BET
BY Gracie gardner
Come Back Up
Directed by: Jillian Robertson
The Gym at Judson Memorial Church (2015)
Featuring: Tai Verley, Nicole Kontolefa, Amber Bogdewiecz, JT Tarpav, and Amber Avant
Costume Design: Anna Grigo
Scenic & Lighting Design: Derek Miller
Sound Design: Lawrence Schober
Letta has no interest in looking back at the painful years behind her, but a surprise visit from her ex-partner Clara brings a lot more than the past when she implicates Letta’s son, Buddy, in a local crime. How can Letta protect her son from a racist legal system while still holding him accountable? Can Clara be redeemed? And, what does it mean to truly forgive? Come Back Up explores race, exoneration, and the flaws in our society.
BY sarah m. duncan
THE LIGHTHOUSE INVITES THE STORM
Directed by: Logan Reed
The Chain Theatre (2015)
WINNER OF PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT 2015
Two 16-year-olds meet at an artsy pre-college program, where they flirt, fight, but are ultimately unable to handle the love they stumble into. Sixteen years later, they are face-to-face again, and innocent nostalgia is turning into something far more difficult. Funny and heartbreaking, lighthouse is a play about the past never past.
“Lighthouse is a truly intimate experience with the souls of the characters laid bare only a few feet before you.” – Culture Catch
By josh Drimmer
Flamingo
Directed by: Jillian Robertson
IRT Theater (2014)
WINNER OF PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT 2014
Flamingo is a romantic comedy that may be a romantic tragedy. Beneath it all is a deeper story of sexual awakening, gender expectations, and what binds people together. Frank, funny, heartwarming and heartbreaking, Flamingo is every wonderful and terrible relationship you’ve ever had.
“Trow’s script is fresh, quick, and intentionally smart…Flamingo is not your average love story.” – Theatre in the Now
By Alex Trow
Wild
Directed by: Evan F. Caccioppoli
IRT Theater (2014)
“The script is a knockout […] We’ve been down the path of love before, but Wild puts it in a whole new perspective” – Theatre in the Now
By Crystal Skillman
Exit 27
Directed by: Mark Karafin
Medicine Show Theatre (2013)
WINNER OF PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT 2013
Since 2000, the citizens of one town have abandoned over 1400 boys in the Utah Desert. Exit 27 follows the journey of four of these “lost boys” to the edge of the desert. Exiled by their families from the only world they’ve known, the boys are forced to rebuild their lives as outsiders. Their only hope for survival? Each other. Exit 27 is an untold story based on actual events.
By aleks merillo
Pavillion
By Craig wright
Directed by: Jillian Robertson
The Drilling Company (2013)
Stop Kiss
by diana son
Directed by: Illana Stein
WOW Cafe (2012)
Bees & lions
Directed by: Jillian Robertson
WOW Cafe (2012)
WINNER OF PROJECT PLAYWRIGHT 2012
By sarah m. duncan
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT
BY Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by: Jillian Robertson
The Drilling Company (2011)
RECENT NEW PLAY WORKSHOPS
ENDER'S GAY by Salwa Meghjee (2024)
Directed by: Zahra Budhwani
Stage Manager: Carter White
Featuring: Anahita Monfared, Veda Baldota, & Peter Walsh
PEACHY: A SORTA CHEKHOVIAN TRAUMEDY by Jasmine Sharma (2023)
Co-Produced with Roman Sanchez and Charlie Chauca
Directed by: Sarah Shin
Featuring: Parvesh Cheena, Jess Darrow, Joel Perez, Miriam Laube, Katherine Bahena-Benitez, Osh Ashruf, Sharmarke Yusuf, Jasmine Sharma, & Sierra Lancaster
CANT IGNORE THE RAT by Emma Lea Hasselbach (2023)
Directed by: Ana Radulescu
Movement Director: Michael Liebhauser
Intimacy Coordinator: Taylor Harvey
Featuring: Eliza Kelley, Pedro Gonzalez, Nathan Malin, & Chidube Egbo
AT GOD’S BACK by Camille Simone Thomas (2023)
Directed by: Si Si Boudoin
Stage Manager: Sarah Hecht
Dramaturg: Amara Brady
Featuring: Jalen Rashad, Jordan Antonette Mosley, & Gabrielle Barlatier
CARETAKE OF HER by kanishk pandey (2023)
Directed by: Neeta Thandani and Max Mooney
Featuring: Arjun Biju, Mia Walsh Corbett, Michael Berbano, Ethan Jones, & Char Nakashima-Conway
AMPUTEES by Quentin Nguyen-Duy (2022)
Directed by: Sarah Shin
Dramaturg: Cara Hinh
Featuring: Tuânminh A Đỗ, Ian Michael Minh, Viet Vo, Jordan Mann, & Eunji Lim
