A Bright Room Called Day (2024)
Produced by Blank Theatre Company.
Written by: Tony Kushner
Director: Danny Kapinos
Assistant Director: Sophie Murk
Scenic Design: Marcus Klein
Lighting Design: Ellie Humphrys
Costume Design: Cindy Moon
Projection Design: Alex Gendal
Props Design: Reiley Duffy
Violence Design: Tony Pellegrino
Intimacy Design: Greta Zandstra
Stage Manager: Kyle Aschbrenner
Technical Director: Line Bower
“Set against the backdrop of 1930s Germany, this gripping drama follows a group of artists and activists as they navigate the rise of fascism and the erosion of democracy. As their personal lives intertwine with the political upheaval of the time, they must confront the unfortunate parallels to our contemporary world. Kushner's always-poignant exploration of power, resistance, and the human spirit resonates more than ever in today's turbulent times, offering both a haunting reflection on history and a powerful call to action.”
Photo by Distant Era Photography
La Ronde (2024)
Produced by The Meat Machine.
Written by: Arthur Schnitzler
Director: Ramona Rotten
Assistant Director: Sarah Petla Assaad
Directing Shadow: Maria Arreola
Stage Manager: Megan Tran
Intimacy Director: Kayla Menz
Dramaturg: Seph Mozes
“A provocative and satirical examination of sexual dynamics and social hierarchies, this play presents 10 interconnected encounters. As the characters move from one rendevouz to the next, their interactions expose the vulnerability, hypocrisy, and loneliness that underlie their seemingly confident pursuits of pleasure.
With its witty dialogue and sharp insights, ‘La Ronde’ challenges audiences to reflect on the complexities of relationships and the social mores that influence them, ultimately revealing the universal and timeless nature of human intimacy and connection. The cyclical structure of the play reinforces the notion that while specific desires may change, the human experience of love and lust remains an inextricable part of life.”
Photo by The Meat Machine
SHOCK!: The Spine-Tingling Tale of Miss Spidra (2021)
Produced by the Know Theatre of Cincinnati for their 2021/2022 season.
Written by: Joseph Zettelmaier
Director & Lighting Designer: Andrew Hungerford
Scenic & Props Designer & Scenic Charge: Kayla WIlliams
Costume Designer: Noelle Wedig-Johnston
Sound & Projections Designer: Douglas Borntrager
Cinematographer/Camera Operator: Ryan Lewis
Stage Manager: Ben Dudley
Technical Director: Henry Bateman & Jim Stark
“In the late 1950’s, young actor Joyce is given the opportunity to take her love of horror movies to the next level, as a Horror Host of a late night television B Movie Extravaganza: Miss Spidra’s Night Parlor.
And some 50 years later, an older Joyce reflects on the challenges, the fun, and the schlock, when a documentary considers her legacy.
This world premiere from Joseph Zettelmaier (All Childish Things, Pulp, The Man-Beast) is a comedic drama about schlocky horror and what happens when you start living a dream you didn’t know you had.”
Photo by Dan Winters
Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (2019)
Produced by the Know Theatre of Cincinnati for their 2019/2020 season.
Written by: Matt Cox
Director & Lighting Designer: Andrew Hungerford
Scenic Designer: Baron E. Pugh
Costume Designer: Noelle Wedig-Johnston
Sound Designer: Douglas Borntrager
Props Designer & Scenic Charge: Kayla Williams
Stage Manager: Meghan Winter
Magical Melees: Jonn Baca
Technical Director: Henry Bateman
“Heroes. Made. Not Born. Except sometimes they are born. On a gloomy night in a far away magical land called: England.
Follow a trio of friends, three Puffs, as they study magic at a school of female magic and male magic at the very same time as a certain famous boy wizard and his friends.
Magic, sports, and a battle against evil collide in a hilarious new play for anyone who’s ever felt like they weren’t the hero of their own story.”
Photo by Dan Winters
Proof (2019)
Produced by The Carnegie for their 2019/2020 theatre season.
Written by: David Auburn
Director: Torie Wiggins
Assistant Director: Eva Gil
Stage Manager: Liz Carman
Assistant Stage Manager: Steven Ducker
Scenic Designer & Production Manager: Doug Stock
Lighting Designer: Christopher Lipstreu
Costume Designer: Helen A. Raymond Goers
Producer: Maggie Perrino
“Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a math professor at The University of Chicago. Following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her fathers, who hopes to find valuable work in the notebooks he left behind. In the ensuing struggles, a mysterious notebook surfaces to draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her fathers madness or genius will she inherit?
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play, Proof is a compelling drama with elements of mystery, romance, and old-fashioned storytelling.”
Photo by Mikki Schaffner
A Streetcar Named Desire (2018)
Produced by Falcon Theatre for their 2017/2018 season.
Written by: Tennessee Williams
Director: Nate Netzley
Stage Manager: Amy Enzweiler
Scenic Designer: Theron Wineinger
Lighting & Sound Designer: Ted J. Weil
Costume Designer & Construction: Stix Newman
Props Designer & Acquisition: Tracy M. Schoster & Tara Williams
Dialect Coach: Kate Glasheen-Dentino
Running Crew: Katie Rewe
“Blanche DuBois, a woman whose existence has been undermined by a lifetime of romantic illusions, arrives at her sister’s New Orleans apartment, seeking to stay for a while after the loss of their family’s ancestral home.
Ensuing friction between Blanche and Stanley Kowalski, her sister Stella’s husband, leads to a tragic, inevitable conclusion.”
Photo by Kristy Rucker
Typhoid Mary (2017)
Produced by Queen City Theater for their 2017/2018 theatre season.
Written by: Tom Horan
Director: Lyle Benjamin
Lighting Designer: Robert Carlton Stimmel
Projection & Sound Designer: Doug Borntrager
Scenic Designer: Ben Needham
Running Crew: Kayla Vogel
Costumes by: The Costume Gallery Newport
“In 1908, a cook named Mary Mallon can’t grasp how she could possibly have anything to do with the Typhoid Fever cases that seem to follow her from job to job.
A dramedy about the notorious disease carrier which treats history as something that overlaps the present rather than something that happened in the past.”
Photo by Lyle Benjamin
Silent Sky (2016)
Produced by the Know Theatre of Cincinnati for their 2015/2016 season.
Written by: Lauren Gunderson
Director: Tamara Winters
Scenic & Lighting Designer: Andrew Hungerford
Costume Designer: Noelle Wedig-Johnston
Sound Designer: Douglas Borntrager
Props Designer & Scenic Artist: Sarah Beth Hall
“The true story of 19th century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt plays out against a landscape of fierce sisterly love, early feminism, universe-revealing science, and a time when humans were called ‘computers.’
This beautiful play from Lauren Gunderson (author of Know’s Toil and Trouble and Cincinnati Playhouse’s The Revolutionists) reveals how a group of extraordinary women found a way to measure the universe, providing a glimpse of the light within us all.”
Photo by Dan Winters
Hearts Like Fists (2015)
Produced by the Know Theatre of Cincinnati for their 2014/2015 season.
Written by: Adam Szymkowicz
Director: Tamara Winters
Fight Director: Jonn Baca
Scenic & Lighting Designer: Andrew Hungerford
Costume Designer: Noelle Wedig-Johnston
Sound & Projection Designer: Douglas Borntrager
Props Designer & Scenic Artist: Sarah Beth Hall
“The mysterious Dr. X is on a mission to make happy couples of The City pay, murdering them while they sleep with his specially designed poison that goes straight to the heart.
Now it’s up to the Crimefighters to stop Dr. X before he kills love forever.
With emotions so big and stakes so high that it takes a comic book world to contain them, Hearts Like Fists is a an action adventure noir comedy unlike anything you’ve ever seen on stage.”
Photo by Dan Winters