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DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

MEMBER of STAGE DIRECTORS and CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY (SDC)
in order of the most recent:

*indicates new work

The Greatest Hits Down Route 66* by Michael Aguirre

with music by Grace Yukich & Jennifer C. Dauphinais

off-Broadway @ 59E59 Theaters, Theater A

produced by New Light Theater Project + Calliope Stage

January 13 - February 18, 2024

War Words* by Michelle Kholos Brooks

off-Broadway @ ART/NY Theatres (NYC)

produced by NewYorkRep

November 10 - December 17, 2023

The Lights Are On* by Owen Panettieri

off-Broadway @ Theatre Row (NYC)

New Light Theater Project in association w/

The Miranda Family Fund, Lin-Manuel Miranda; Luis Miranda

October 7 - November 11, 2023

Friends with Amenities* by Ahsan Ali & Lisa Jill Anderson

off-Broadway @ 59E59 Theaters (NYC)

September 13 - 30, 2023

Pendragon Theatre

     [Nominated for a BroadwayWorld Award for 'Best Direction']

September 5 - 10, 2023

The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien

co-director Joy Donze

Pendragon Theatre

     [Nominated for a BroadwayWorld Award for 'Best Direction']

June 27 - July 16, 2023

East Village Oracles (And The West Village Malefic)* by Matt Sievers

development workshop @ NYU

facilitators Mêlisa Annis + Lucas Hnath

April 15 & 22, 2023

War Words* by Michelle Kholos Brooks

workshop presentation @ Open Jar Studios

NewYorkRep

April 14, 2023

Incarcerated* by Willow Lautenberg

industry reading presentation @ Theatre Row (NYC)

co-director Salisha Thomas

NewYorkRep

March, 27, 2023

Taking Measure* by Chris Hanna

Zeiders American Dream Theater, Virginia Beach, VA

March 2-18, 2023

H*tler's Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks

Bunbury-ShPIeL Identity Theatre Project (Louisville, KY)

February 1 - 12, 2023

Tracks* by Paula B. Stanic (staged reading)

in association w/ Ham & Pickle Productions

Theatre Row, NYC

January 27, 2023

Ride An Old Paint* by Michael Aguirre

Virtual Development Workshop

Calliope Stage, Sylva, NC

November 7 - 11, 2022

The Lights Are On* by Owen Panettier (staged reading)

New Light Theater Project in association w/

The Miranda Family Fund [Luis Miranda, Lin-Manuel Miranda]

Roundabout, NYC

September 16, 2022

     [Starring: Danielle Ferland & Jenny Bacon] 

My Decision* (staged reading)

recipient of the 2022 Adirondacks Center for the Arts Community Grant

Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY

August 22, 2022

Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker

Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY

     [Named 'Best in the Mountain' by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise

      *part of Pendragon's 2022 Summer Season]

     [Nominated for a BroadwayWorld Award for 'Best Direction']

June 21-26, 2022

H*tler's Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks

Calliope Stage, Sylva, NC

March 30 - April 3, 2022

Theatre Row (off-Broadway)

     [Named TimeOut NY Critic's Pick + Theatre Is Easy 'Best Bet']

April 14 - May 21, 2022

Ophelia Chooses* by Buddy White

Zeiders American Dream Theater, Virginia Beach, VA

February 17-20, 2022

The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests* by Michael Aguirre

Zeiders American Dream Theater, Virginia Beach, VA

January 13-30, 2022

Heathers the Musical with music, lyrics, and book by Laurence O'Keefe

& Kevin Murphy

Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 

December 2-5, 2021

This Wrestling Place* adapted by Emma Sandall & Sarah Norris

based on the novel 'Motherhood' by Sheila Heti

executive produced by Ben Folds

Nashville Development Workshop w/ Nashville Ballet

October 5-9, 2021 

H*tler's Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks

New Light Theater Project @ Pleasance Theatre (digital Edinburgh Fringe)

August 2021

Guild Hall of East Hampton

September 9-11, 2021

Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY

     [Named 'Best in the Mountain' by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise

      *part of Pendragon's 2021 Summer Season]

September 15-19, 2021

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe adapted by Joseph Robinette

based on the novel by C.S. Lewis

Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY

     [Named 'Best in the Mountain' by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise

      *part of Pendragon's 2021 Summer Season]

August 5-15, 2021

Ride An Old Paint* by Michael Aguirre

Development Workshop 

Calliope Stage, Sylva, NC

June 22-30, 2021

The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests* by Michael Aguirre

Digital Presentation via 59E59 Theater's 'Plays in Place' Series

co-production w/ New Light Theater Project

     [Featured in The New York Times]

March 29-April 11, 2021

This Wrestling Place* adapted by Emma Sandall & Sarah Norris

based on the novel 'Motherhood' by Sheila Heti

executive produced by Ben Folds

New Light Theater Project via Zoom

virtual workshop presentation

     [Featured in The Australian]

April 24 & 25, 2020

Bring It On the Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Jeff Whitty

& Amanda Green

Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 

Cancelled mid-rehearsal due to COVID-19

Scheduled for April 2-5, 2020

H*tler's Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks

*west coast premiere*

New Light Theater Project @ The Electric Lodge, LA

Closed Prematurely due to COVID-19

Scheduled to run March 12 thru March 30, 2020

Someone's Gotta Be the Dick/Hero by Adam Kraar

2 short plays in rep

Working Theater @ IBEW Auditorium, Flushing Queens

February 11-13, 2020

Saint Irene's* by Manoli Kouremetis

Zeiders American Dream Theater, Virginia Beach, VA

January 24 thru February 2, 2020

Everything Is Super Great* by Stephen Brown

New Light Theater Project @ 59E59 Theaters, NYC

     [Named TimeOut NY Critic's Pick + Theatre Is Easy 'Best Bet']

November 22 thru December 14, 2019

War Words* by Michelle Kholos Brooks

Produced by The Atlantic Council @ Pacific Resident Theatre, LA

Workshop Production

December 4 thru December 15, 2019

Lily* by Chris Daftsios

New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ

October 24 thru November 24, 2019

     [Named ‘Top 12 of 2019’ from NJ Arts]

Motherhood* based on the novel by Sheila Heti

Produced by Ben Folds & Emma Sandall

Development Workshop

Pearl Studios, NYC

September 16 - September 20, 2019

H*tler's Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks

New Light Theater Project @ Edinburgh Fringe Festival

SOLD OUT RUN!

August 2 thru August 25, 2019

     [Named ‘Best of Fringe’ from The Stage]

59E59 Theaters' East to Edinburgh Festival

SOLD OUT RUN!

July 23 thru 25, 2019

North Shore Performing Arts Center, Chicago, IL

July 5 thru 14, 2019

The Great Novel* by Amina Henry

New Light Theater Project @ The Flea Theater, NYC, NY

June 7 thru June 29, 2019

 

Circus Dreams* by Chris Daftsios (staged reading)

New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ

April 1, 2019

Mountain King* by Michael Aguirre

Workshop Production

American Dream Theater, Virginia Beach, VA

March 29 - 31, 2019

G.G.G.* by Andy Evan Cohen

Can You Touch/Feel Me? Festival of short plays

Nylon Fusion Theatre Company, NYC

March 21 & 22, 2019

Going South* by Katya Stanislavskaya

a new musical workshop

The Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY

March 4 & 5, 2019

Someone's Gotta Be the Dick/Hero* by Adam Kraar

2 short plays in rep

Working Theater @ IBEW Auditorium, Flushing Queens

January 26, 2019

H*tler's Tasters* by Michelle Kholos Brooks

New Light Theater Project @ IRT Theater, NYC, NY

October 6 thru October 27, 2018

In the Hole* by Chris Daftsios

Part of 'When the Circus Comes to Town' Festival

New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ

September 21, 2018

Lady Burgoyne* by Robert Moulthrop (staged reading)

New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ

August 27, 2018

Lily* By Chris Daftsios (staged reading)

New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ

July 9, 2018

Hitler's Tasters* by Michelle Kholos Brooks

Centenary Stage Company, Hackettstown, NJ

Winner of the 2017 Susan Glaspell Award

April 6 - 22, 2018

     [Named ‘Top 10 of 2018’ from NJ Arts]

Hal & Bee* by Max Baker

New Light Theater Project @ 59E59 Theaters, NYC

March 2018

     [Starring: Candy Buckley & Jeff Hayenga]

Deception* by Brian Christopher Williams (staged reading)

NLTP Spotlight Series, Pearl Studios, NYC

March 2018

     [Starring Douglas Sills]​

Invention* by Brandon Burk & Ed Simpson (workshop production)

NLTP Spotlight Series, The Player's Theatre, NYC

February 2018

Company by Stephen Sondheim & George Furth

Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC    

November 2017

Still Dance the Stars* by Jayme McGhan

Chicago Dramatists/New Light Theater Project, Chicago, IL    

August - September, 2017

Hitler's Tasters* by Michelle Kholos Brooks (staged reading)

Centenary Stage Company - Women Playwrights Series, Hackettstown, NJ

2017

St. Irene's* by Manoli Kouremetis (staged reading)

American Dream Theater, Virginia Beach, VA

2017

Imagining Madoff by Deb Margolin (staged reading)

FASPE Benefit, NYC, NY

2017

The Nation of Ivan* by Michael Kassin (staged reading) - Associate Director

McCarter Theatre w/ Perry Street Theatricals, NYC, NY

2017

     [Director: Emily Mann; Starring: Simon McBurney]

Two of Us* by Ross Howard         

New Light Theater Project, NYC, NY        

2016

Gypsy by Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, &Arthur Laurents                 

Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC    

2016

In the Soundless Awe* by Jayme McGhan & Andy Pederson   

New Light Theater Project, NYC, NY        

2015

Robin Hood* by Sina Skates

Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Birmingham, AL    

2015

No One Loves Us Here* by Ross Howard - Associate Director 

New Light Theater Project at Urban Stages, NYC, NY        

2015

     [Director: Jerry Heymann]

REX* a new musical by Michael Aguirre & Kyle C. Norris

New Light Theater Project, NYC, NY        

2015

Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

Allenberry Playhouse, Allenberry, PA    

2014

Picture Ourselves in Latvia* by Ross Howard     

New Light Theater Project, NYC, NY        

2014

     [Featured in The New York Times]     

     [Named ‘Best of 2014’ from The L Magazine, NYC]

The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon

Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Birmingham, AL    

2014

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

BAMA Theatre Company, NYC, NY and Stage Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ       

2014

The Oedipus Project* by Michael Aguirre & Kyle C. Norris

New Light Theater Project, NYC, NY        

2013

     [Winner of the 2013 Theatre Now Sound Bites Festival – Best Music]

Frisky & the Panda Man* by Ross Howard

New Light Theater Project, NYC, NY

2013

     [Winner of the 2013 Samuel French OOB Festival]

Bushwick Chronicles, Ep 1* by The Bats  

The Flea Theater, NYC, NY        

2013

Richard III by William Shakespeare - Associate Director

Boomerang Theatre, NYC, NY        

2013

     [Director: Philip Emeott]

Where Are We Now* & "Inconsolable* by Matt Waters (workshop production)

Chelsea Rep / The Acting Studio, NYC, NY        

2013

The Thing on the Doorstep* by Micah Delhauer (workshop production)

Fresh Produce’d / The Glass Eye, NYC, NY        

2013

Sex, Drugs, and Newspapers* by Tim Duncheon (workshop production)

Fresh Produce’d / The Glass Eye, NYC, NY        

2013

The Convention of Leaving* by Michael Aguirre  

Snorks & Pins Productions, NYC, NY        

2013

Divorce First Class* by Geoffrey Craig

Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY    

2012

The Woodpecker* by Jacob Appel (staged reading)      

Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY    

2012

One Room Over* by Alexandra Petri

Rising Sun Performance Company, NYC, NY        

2012

Two Aliens Walk Into a Bar* by Connie Dinkler

Thespian Productions, NYC, NY        

2012

The Sex Situation* by Jack Phillips

The Players Theatre, NYC, NY        

2012

Jekyll & Hyde by Frank Wildhorn, Leslie Bricusse, &Steve Cuden            

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2011

     [Winner of the 2011 Twiggy Award for Best Musical and Best Director]

The Book of Norman* arranged by Kyle C. Norris

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2011

     [Winner of the 2011 Twiggy Award for Best Cabaret]

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare        

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2010

     [Toured with Bottom Dog Theatre Company in Limerick, Ireland]

Singin’ in the Rain by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Nacio Herb Brown, and Arthur Freed

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2010

     [Winner of the 2010 Twiggy Award for Best Musical and Best Director]

Seussical by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty            

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2010

Face…Courthouse Window* by Barry Bradford

Theatre Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL    

2010

Show Boat by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2009

High School Musical         

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY

2009

     [Winner of the 2009 Best Musical Award, Times Herald Record]

Viva Las Vegas Cabaret* arranged by Kyle C. Norris

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2009

Halftime at the Super Bowl by Jerry Crawford 

Unsupported Productions at the Rogue Fringe Festival, Fresno, CA        

2009

The Foreigner by Larry Shue

Theatre Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL    

2008

Shenandoah by Peter Udell, Philip Rose, & Gary Geld        

College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV    

2008

The Producers by Mel Brooks         

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2008

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Linda Woolverton, Alan Menken, & Tim Rice

Arundel Barn Theatre, Arundel, ME    

2008

Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare

No Boundaries Theatre Company, Las Vegas, NV    

2008

Hit and Run* by Laura Turner

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV    

2008

Freedom Deck* by Oscar Limon       

Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    

2008

Sin City: Golden Years* by Sean Clark

Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    

2008

     [Toured at the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide, Australia]

Arthur and Esther* by Ross Howard     

Phoenix Theatre Annex, San Francisco, CA    

2008  

 

The Passing of Corky Brewster by Jerry Crawford

Unsupported Productions at the Rogue Fringe Festival, Fresno, CA        

2008

Camelot by Lerner & Loewe - Associate Director 

National Tour with McCoy/Rigby Productions, Los Angeles, CA  

2007        

     [Director: Glenn Casale – Starring Michael York]

Arthur & Esther* by Ross Howard        

Warm Gum Productions, Las Vegas, NV    

2007

Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2007

Sin City: Vaudeville Years* by Sean Clark

Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    

2007

     [Toured at the 2007 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide, Australia]

The Heiress by Ruth & Augustus Goetz         

Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    

2007

The Methuselah Tree* by Jayme McGhan

Cockroach Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    

2007

     {Toured at the 2007 Minneapolis Fringe Festival}

Irresistible Rise of Arthur Huey* by Ross Howard

Rogue Fringe Festival, Fresno, CA      

2007

     {Toured at the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival}

At the Edge* by Oscar Limon     

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV    

2007

The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman & Tectonic Theater Project

Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    

2006

Disney’s Beauty & the Beast by Linda Woolverton, Alan Menken, & Tim Rice 

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2006

Aladdin* (also adapted)   

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY

2006

Aesop’s Race* (also adapted)   

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY

2006

Little Red Riding Hood* (also adapted) 

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2006

Ragtown* by Jayme McGhan

Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    

2006

Juarez* by Oscar Limon

University of Nevada Las Vegas    

Las Vegas, NV    

2006

Criminal Conversation* by Stan Waring      

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV    

2005

Jack and the Beanstalk* (also adapted)      

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2005

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears* (also adapted)   

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2005

Snore* by Celia McBride

The Looking Glass Theatre, NYC, NY        

2005

Rumpelstiltskin* (also adapted)       

Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY    

2004

O’Fellow the Musical* by Alex Johnson

Guerilla Theatre, Tuscaloosa, AL    

2002

Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare 

Kentuck Players, Tuscaloosa, AL    

2001

Of Widows and Vegetables by Michael Scanlan 

Guerilla Theatre, Tuscaloosa, AL    

2000

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 

Kentuck Players, Tuscaloosa, AL  

2000

NOTABLE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE:

I Am My Own Wife (Broadway) by Doug Wright  

David Richenthal Productions, NYC, NY        

2004    

     [Director: Moises Kaufman – Tony Award Best Play]

Donny & Marie             

Team Tours - Flamingo Casino, Las Vegas, NV    

2008

     [Director: Barry Lather]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadway) by Tennessee Williams

Robert Cole Productions, NYC, NY        

2003    

     [Director: Sir Anthony Page – Starring Ashley Judd, Jason Patric, Ned Beatty]

I Am My Own Wife* by Doug Wright

Playwrights Horizons, NYC, NY        

2003

     [Director: Moises Kaufman]

My Life With Albertine* by Richard Nelson 

Playwrights Horizons, NYC, NY        

2003

     [Director: Richard Nelson – Starring Kelli O’Hara]

Floyd Collins by Tina Landau & Adam Guettel

Playwrights Horizons, NYC, NY      

2003

     [Director: Tina Landau – Benefit Concert featuring Original Cast]

Violet by Brian Crawley & Jeanine Tesori

Playwrights Horizons, NYC, NY        

2003

     [Director: Susan H. Schulman – Benefit Concert featuring Original Cast]

Falsettos by William Finn & James Lapine

Playwrights Horizons, NYC, NY      

 2003

     [Director: Lonny Price – Benefit Concert featuring Original Cast]

What Didn’t Happen* by Christopher Shinn

Playwrights Horizons, NYC, NY

2002

     [Director: Michael Wilson – Starring Chris Noth]

The World Over* by Keith Bunin

Playwrights Horizons, NYC, NY        

2002

     [Director: Tim Vasen – Starring Justin Kirk]

^ SIZZLE REEL

New Light Theater Project's

H*TLER'S TASTERS by Michelle Kholos Brooks 

The production has performed at Bunbury-ShPIeL Identity Theatre Project (Lousiville, KY, 2023), Theatre Row (off-Broadway extension, 2022); Pleasance Theatre (Edinburgh Fringe/digital, UK, 2021); Guild Hall (East Hampton, 2021); Pendragon Theatre (Saranac Lake, NY, 2021); Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JETFest/digital, MI, 2021); Electric Lodge (Los Angeles, 2020); Greenside Theatre (Edinburgh Fringe UK, 2019); 59E59 Theaters E2E Festival (NYC, 2019); North Shore Performing Arts (Chicago, 2019); IRT Theater (NYC, 2018)

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