I have the distinct honor of directing a reading of Mariah MacCarthy's new play You Like It at Ensemble Studio Theatre's Youngblood Bloodworks 2014 series!

Ganymede is "new in town," and Orlando won't shut up about his ex-girl Rosalind. Secrets, gender, forbidden love: this bromance is about to get real. A queer riff on a classic.

Featuring the amazing
Jesse Geguzis, Adam La Faci, Turna Mete, and Sean Williams
with Elizabeth Seldin reading stage directions

Thursday, June 5 at 7pm
Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W 52nd Street, 6th Floor
(between 10th & 11th Aves)

FREE!

MacCarthy says: "You like hope? This is the most hopeful thing I've written in the past four years. You like love stories? I fucking love love stories. This is a love story. A genuine, go-get-'em-tiger love story, not a "why-is-everything-awful" love story like I usually write.... You like being charmed? Well that's good because I have literally the most charming cast in town, literally.... You like your theater topical? Cool, this shit is topical is fuck. You like men? This play is a sausagefest. You like women? This shit is written AND directed by women... Now come to my fucking reading."

I am directing new collaborator Alden Moore's Future Alignment with Laser Beams in Roots and Wings (RAW) Theatrical's 7th Annual Duct Tape and A Dream New Works Festival! 

Three siblings. Two parents. One Family. We are all learning to let go of the past while some of us are letting go of the future. Life is life, until it's not.

Future Alignment with Laser Beams
by Alden Moore
Directed by Leta Tremblay
Featuring Sydney Mei Ruf-Wong, Raychel A. Wagner, and Mason Walters
Sound Design and Original Composition by Kris Pierce
Sound Recording by Jim Petty 

DREAM PROGRAM - May 15 and 17 @ 8pm, May 18 @ 3pm
Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios
244 W 54th St, 12th Floor
Get tickets HERE!

"RAW Theatrical is dedicated to the conception and development of new, explorative, theatrical works."  

For the full festival program please visit Facebook!

I am deeply entrenched in the devising and development of The Belief Project.

Since May 2013, I have led three retreats to The Dragon's Egg Studio in Ledyard, CT with FullStop affiliated artists to develop the textual, musical, and physical world of The Belief Project through ensemble devising techniques. We just returned from our March retreat during which we further addressed the question of "how belief translates into action." Contributing artists include: Kevin Bunge, Savvy Clement, Louiza Collins, Christopher Diercksen, Brian Dunlop, Jesse Geguzis, Mariah MacCarthy, Sean McIntyre, Diana Oh, Emily Rupp, Elizabeth Seldin, and Hannah Vaughn.

Originally inspired by the Peter Pan stories, The Belief Project is an exploration of the nature of belief in the current world climate. We are particularly interested in exploring how belief systems affect the actions of people with extremely differing viewpoints as it relates to political and social issues in a divided United States. Source material, collected through personal interviews and research, will be physicalized by employing music, dance, poetry, and prose into a theatrical collage for the stage.

New York workshop production projected Fall 2014. 

This production is being developed as part of FullStop.LAB, the new devising arm of FullStop Collective. Below is an excerpt from a public showing at Triskelion Arts in September 2013. 

I'm directing 10 minutes of a brand new original queer play, SNAPSHOTS by Jesse Geguzis, at Organs of State's Community Garden!

Organs of State presents 
Community Garden
an evening of short, intimate works

Down in the garden, the community is playing. sharing the work we have created. A series evenings showcasing 10-15 minute works, from a line-up of emerging and established artists, a celebration of the incredible talent we have growing in our community.

SNAPSHOTS will feature the talents of 
Shinnerrie Danielle, Drae Campbell, Jenny Gomez, Jax Jackson, Diana Oh, and Stacey Raymond

Performances are Friday, October 18 - Sunday, October 20 at 8pm 
at Access Theater located at 380 Broadway, 4th Floor

Tickets are a $10 suggested donation. Make reservations here:
https://www.artful.ly/store/events/1855

I am directing a staged reading of The Purity Play by Christine Drew Benjamin in June! This new play has participated in facilitated workshops over the past year as part of FullStop Collective's second annual Play Development Series.

Will Ann walk the path of her sisters and commit herself to staying pure? Conformity, patriarchy and the virginity myth collide in a powerful story of the female sexual awakening.

One Night Only:
Monday, June 4th at 8:00 pm 
Shetler Studios, Penthouse 2
244 W 54th St # 12 New York, NY 10019

$5 suggested donation to the readings.
Space is Limited
Please RSVP at info@fullstopcollective.org to reserve a seat.

FullStop is also producing a staged reading of another work in progress:

RANDOM DECAY
Written by Sarah Bernstein
Directed by Brian Hashimoto
Sunday, June 3rd at 8:00 pm 
Shetler Studios, Penthouse 2
244 W 54th St # 12 New York, NY 10019