A couple years ago, I directed a reading of this heartrending play by Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy. The writing leaped off the page with such immediacy — the talented cast and I knew we were working on something special.
Happy to report that Shaun has been revising this work in a Sheen Center residency, and we’ll workshop a new draft this spring.
(Public presentation, TBA!)
Directing a staged reading of a play I adore:
SAVINGS!
by Gina Femia
Crabman’s Grocery is closing and everything must go!
But head cashier Mo isn’t leaving without a fight, and the neighborhood has her back, kind of…
Monday March 4th at 7:00pm
in The Room at ART/NY
520 8th Avenue, 3rd floor
NYC
directed by Michele Travis
with
Asta Hansen*
Cary Hite*
Starr Kirkland
Marie-Elena O’Brien*
Patricia Randell*
Josh Adam Ramos
Sara Thigpen*
*member AEA
Excited to work with The Navigators!
I’m directing Brikelak
by Lindsay Carpenter
featuring Sara Minisquero and Rachel Weekley
in the Lift-Off New Play Series!
I’m directing a staged reading of a new play by Judith Leora —
it will be the last NY Madness event of the season and a lot of fun!
July 29th, 8:00pm
Happy to return to Project Y Theatre Company’s annual summer celebration — lots of great new plays by women playwrights! I’m directing part of The Hrosthwitha Project (beautiful writing by Nandita Shenoy and Arlene Hutton): June 17th and 23rd!
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Had a terrific time with Gina Femia and our wonderful cast doing a staged reading of SAVINGS, Gina’s new play about the closing of a neighborhood supermarket. Many thanks to Ramapo College and New Georges for giving us the opportunity to work on this play!
(cast: Patricia Randell, Marie Elena O’Brien, Ren dSanti, Elise Santora, Matthew Trumbull, Matthew Barbot, Sara Minisquero)
Had a terrific time with Less Than Rent Theatre at a reading of T(WO) TRAIN: to be in transiti(on) on October 16 — it was a great opportunity to hear Tanya’s rewrite and work with an amazing cast! Many thanks to LTR and Axis Theatre!
Directing MOON FALLS TO EARTH, a brand new short play by Gina Femia, featuring the amazing duo of Stacey Raymond and Leah Raymond! Two performances on September 29th, on a bill with 6 other short plays at The Tank.
It’s the first Madness of season 8, with a terrific lineup of company member playwrights and a theme that is very much on everyone’s mind: White Supremacy.
I’m directing a play by Lindsay Joy, featuring Sevrin Anne Mason and Jerry Matz.
Enjoying working with Tanya Everett on her terrific new play —
this is going to be an evening well worth attending!
The Amoralists Wright Night #5
