Below are listed the past five years of projects from the Drama Division’s third- and fourth-year actors and our playwright fellows, along with the diverse array of writers, directors, and designers who have all contributed to our curriculum. Additionally, acting students in their first and second years worked on classroom projects ranging from Shakespeare to Chekhov to contemporary plays. In the third year, they also collaborated as writers, directors, or actors in student-initiated projects and performed in a cabaret-style evening of songs.
2022–23
Group 52
Fourth-Year Productions:
The Power of the Dog
By Howard Barker
Directed by Evan Yionoulis
Scenic Design: Jungah Han
Costume Design: Katherine Roth
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Federick Kennedy
Projection Design: Johnny Moreno
Fight Choreography: Mark Olsen
How to Catch Creation
By Christina Anderson
Directed by Raz Golden
Scenic Design: Frank J. Oliva
Costume Design: Fabian F. Aguilar
Lighting Design: Kat C. Zhou
Sound Design: Stan Mathabane
Intimacy Direction: Cha Ramos
The Who & The What
By Ayad Akhtar
Directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar
Scenic Design: Deb O
Costume Design: Johanna Pan
Lighting Design: Jackie Fox
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Fabian Obispo
Fourth-Year Short Films:
Hide and Seek
By Matthew Capodicasa
Directed by Tamar Glezerman
Old Times
By Enid Graham
Directed by Monica Raymund
On the Rocks
By Cusi Cram
Directed by Derrick Sanders
Group 53
Third-Year Productions:
As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Lisa Rothe
Scenic Design: Tanya Orellana
Costume Design: Rodrigo Muñoz
Lighting Design: Cat Tate Starmer
Original Music and Sound Design: Broken Chord
Choreography: Darryl Quinton
Fight Choreography: Mark Olsen
Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Stephen Brown-Fried
Scenic Design: Tanya Orellana
Costume Design: Dina El-Aziz
Lighting Design: Cat Tate Starmer
Sound Design: Broken Chord
The Oresteia
By Ellen McLaughlin
Directed by Ellen Lauren
Scenic Design: Sarah Karl
Costume Design: James Schuette
Lighting Design: Jackie Fox
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Christian Frederickson
Choreography: Valeria Solomonoff
Wintertime
By Charles L. Mee
Directed by Jimonn Cole
Scenic Design: Sarah Karl
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Jackie Fox
Sound Design: Christian Frederickson
Playwright Fellows
The Norman Festival of New Plays:
The Agency
By Lia Romeo
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Dunk City
By Stephen Brown
Directed by R.J. Tolan
Sunday in TV Land
By Daniella De Jesús
Directed by Rad Pereira
The Tombs (or, Gotham and the Flora)
By Nicholas Kaidoo
Directed by Jasminn Johnson
2021-2022
Group 51
Fourth-Year Productions:
God’s Ear
By Jenny Schwartz
Directed by Jackson Gay
Scenic Design: Ant Ma
Costume Design: Fabian Aguilar
Lighting Design: Paul Whitaker
Sound Design: Broken Chord
Stick Fly
By Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Derrick Sanders
Scenic Design: Sarah Karl
Costume Design: Sophia Choi
Lighting Design: Yuki Nakase Link
Sound Design: chad browne-springer
Fight Direction: Mark Olsen
Indecent
By Paula Vogel
Directed by Maggie Burrows
Scenic Design: Kristen Robinson
Costume Design: Alicia J. Austin
Lighting Design: Mextly Couzin
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Projection Design: Katerina Vitaly
Choreography: William Carlos Angulo
Music Direction: Lisa Gutkin
Fight and Intimacy Direction: Alicia Rodis
Fourth-Year Short Films:
The Extenders
By Eboni Booth
Directed by Derrick Sanders
The Library
By Adam Szymkowicz
Directed by Michelle Bossy
Variations
By Tony Meneses
Directed by Mike Doyle
Group 52
Third-Year Productions:
Bulrusher
By Eisa Davis
Directed by taneisha duggan
Scenic Design: An-lin Dauber
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Amith Chandrashaker
Sound Design: David Van Tieghem
Choreography and Intimacy Coaching: Darryl Quinton
Fight Choreography: Mark Olsen
Passage
By Christopher Chen
Directed by Dawn Akemi Saito
Scenic Design: An-lin Dauber
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Amith Chandrashaker
Sound Design: David Van Tieghem
Troilus and Cressida
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Shaun Patrick Tubbs
Scenic Design: Reid Thompson
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Original Music and Sound Design: Quentin Chiappetta
Fight Direction: Mark Olsen
Playwright Fellows
Houghton Festival Readings:
The Disruptors
By Charlie Oh
Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody
Quality Cellular
By Alex Riad
Directed by Kareem Fahmy
Smoke
By Enid Graham
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Your Regularly Scheduled Programming
By Brittany Fisher
Directed by Melissa Mowry
2020-2021
Group 50
Fourth-Year Productions
(Presented on Zoom)
Blue Door
By Tanya Barfield
Directed by taneisha duggan
Scenic Slide and Image Coordination: Scott Tedmon-Jones
Costume Coordination: Sarita Fellows
Sound Design, Arrangement, and Composition: chad browne-springer
Video Editing: NE Video Entertainment
Audio Mastering Engineering: Daniel Carr
A Doll’s House, Part 2
By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Justin Emeka
Scenic and Sound Design: Justin Emeka
Costume Coordination: Sarita Fellows
The Effect
By Lucy Prebble
Directed by Jenny Lord
Video Design and Editing: Pete Belkin
Scenic and Props Consultation: Scott Tedmon-Jones
Costume Coordination: Grier Coleman
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
Scenic Slide and Image Coordination: Scott Tedmon-Jones
Costume Coordination: Grier Coleman
Sound Design: chad browne-springer
Video Editing: Attilio Rigotti and Orsolya Szánthó
Tango Palace
By María Irene Fornés
Directed by Orlando Pabotoy
Scenic Image and Slide Coordination: Scott Tedmon-Jones
Costume Coordination: Grier Coleman
Sound Coordination: Fabian Obispo
Video Editing: Ben Wang
Too Heavy for Your Pocket
By Jiréh Breon Holder
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Scenic Coordination: Scott Tedmon-Jones
Costume Coordination: Sarita Fellows
Sound Coordination: Fabian Obispo
Music Direction and Original Music Composition: Miles Lennox
Video Editing: Attilio Rigotti and Orsolya Szánthó
(Filmed in a COVID-Safe Bubble)
Cardboard Piano
By Hansol Jung
Directed by Jade King Carroll
Scenic Design: Brittany Vasta
Costume Design: Shane Ballard
Sound Design: Twi McCallum
Lighting Design: Abigail Hoke-Brady
Intimacy and Fight Choreography: Alicia Rodis
Choreography: Darryl Quinton
Life is a Dream
By Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Translated and adapted by Nilo Cruz
Directed by Shaun Patrick Tubbs
Production Design: Shaun Patrick Tubbs
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Original Music and Sound Design: Quentin Chiappetta
Lighting Design: Abigail Hoke-Brady
Fight Direction: Alicia Rodis
Choreography: Christine Caleo
Plano
By Will Arbery
Directed by Danya Taymor
Production Design: Isabella Byrd
Costume Design: Sarafina Bush
Sound Design: Lee Kinney
Choreography: Treyden Chiaravalloti
Fight Direction: Alicia Rodis
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
By Will Eno
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Costume Coordination: Audrey Nauman
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Video Editing: David Scherker
Group 51
Third-Year Productions:
(Recorded on Zoom / Recorded on Stage)
Three Sisters / Smashed to Smithereens
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Richard Feldman
(Recorded on Stage)
All’s Well That Ends Well
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Arin Arbus
Scenic Design: Brittany Vasta
Costume Coordination: Sarita Fellows
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Dustin Wills
Scenic Design: Brittany Vasta
Costume Coordination: Sarita Fellows
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
(Presented on Zoom)
The African Company Presents Richard III
By Carlyle Brown
Directed by Jeffrey Page
Costume Coordination: Sarita Fellows
Video Editing: Attilio Rigotti
Everything is Wonderful
By Chelsea Marcantel
Directed by Matt Dickson
Intimacy Direction: Alicia Rodis
Sound Coordination: Fabian Obispo
Costume Coordination: Grier Coleman
Video and OBS Editing: Katerina Vitaly
References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot
By José Rivera
Directed by Elena Araoz
Sound Design and Composition: Nathan Leigh
Costume Coordination: Christopher Vergara
Playwright Fellows
Playwrights Festival:
(Presented on Zoom)
cataract
By Dominic Finocchiaro
Directed by Margot Bordelon
The Experience
By Jahna Ferron-Smith
Directed by Kimille Howard
In Place
By Alex Riad
Directed by Padraic Lillis
The Oracle
By Emily Feldman
Directed by Will Davis
2019-2020
Group 49
Fourth-Year Productions:
Major Barbara
By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Janet Zarish
Scenic Design: Blake Palmer
Costume Design: Olivera Gajic
Lighting Design: Seth Reiser
Sound Design: Eric Shimelonis
Bright Half Life
By Tanya Barfield
Directed by Rebecca Guy
Scenic Design: Tim Mackabee
Costume Design: Anne Kennedy
Lighting Design: Betsy Adams
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Paradise Blue
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Brandon J. Dirden
Scenic Design: Michael Carnahan
Costume Design: Sarita Fellows
Lighting Design: Driscoll Otto
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Melissa Maxwell
Choreography: Darryl Quinton
Scenic Design: Andrew Boyce
Costume Design: Barbara Bell
Lighting Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
The Flick
By Annie Baker
Directed by Zi Alikhan
Scenic Design: Andrew Boyce
Costume Design: Johanna Pan
Lighting Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Black Snow
By Keith Reddin
Directed by Dustin Wills
Scenic Design: Andrew Boyce
Costume Design: Seth Bodie
Lighting Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Group 48
Third-Year Productions:
In The Blood
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Shaun Patrick Tubbs
Scenic Design: Reid Thompson
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Quentin Chiappetta
Fucking A
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Erin Ortman
Scenic Design: Reid Thompson
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Quentin Chiappetta
(Presented on Zoom)
Antony and Cleopatra
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Tim Hoare
Scenic Design: Fufan Zhang
Costume Design: Katherine Roth
Lighting Design: Erin Fleming
Sound Design: Quentin Chiappetta
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Peter Francis James
Scenic Design: Fufan Zhang
Costume Design: Sophia Choi
Lighting Design: Erin Fleming
Sound Design: Quentin Chiappetta
Playwright Fellows
September Playwrights Festival:
Hooded; or Being Black for Dummies
By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm
Directed by taneisha duggan
Choreography: Darryl Quinton
Transmissions in Advance of the Second Great Dying
By Jessica Huang
Directed by Ricardo Vázquez
What Happens Next
By Margot Connolly
Directed by Jessi D. Hill
December Playwrights Festival:
Next/Life
By Matthew Capodicasa
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
Primary Trust
By Eboni Booth
Directed by Knud Adams
2018-2019
Group 48
Fourth-Year Productions:
Nora
By Ingmar Bergman
Directed by Adrienne D. Williams
Choreography: Cori Kresge
Scenic Design: Jason Simms
Costume Design: Jessica Harrison
Lighting Design: Cha See
Sound Design: Brian Hurley
Detroit ’67
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by LisaGay Hamilton
Scenic Design: Jean Kim
Costume Design: Sophia Choi
Lighting Design: Stacey Derosier
Sound Design: Luqman Brown
Into the Woods
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
Directed by Sarna Lapine
Music Direction: Fred Lassen
Choreography: Whitney Brandt
Scenic Design: Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams
Costume Design: Valérie Thérèse Bart
Lighting Design: Alan Edwards
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Queens
By Martyna Majok
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
Scenic Design: Narelle Sissons
Costume Design: Andrea Hood
Lighting Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Red Speedo
By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Zi Alikhan
Choreography: Mayte Natalio
Scenic Design: Narelle Sissons
Costume Design: David Hyman
Lighting Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Mother Courage and Her Children
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Richard Hamburger
Scenic Design: Narelle Sissons
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Group 49
Third-Year Productions:
The Other Shore
By Gao Xingjian
Directed by Jesse J. Perez
Scenic Design: Deb O
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Broken Chord Collective
A Bright Room Called Day
By Tony Kushner
Directed by Janet Zarish
Scenic Design: Kimie Nishikawa
Costume Design: Sarita Fellows
Lighting Design: Jake DeGroot
Sound Design: Daniel Kluger
The Forbidden City
By Bill Gunn
Directed by Dennis Hilton-Reid
Set Design: Kimie Nishikawa
Costume Design: Sarita Fellows
Lighting Design: Jake DeGroot
Sound Design: Daniel Kluger
As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Ian Belknap
Choreography by Byron Easley
Scenic Design: Jason Simms
Costume Design: Sarita Fellows
Lighting Design: Paul Hudson
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jenny Koons
Scenic Design: Jason Simms
Costume Design: Nina Vartanian
Lighting Design: Paul Hudson
Playwright Fellows
September Playwrights Festival:
Evergreens
By Brian Watkins
Directed by Danya Taymor
Pranayama
By James Anthony Tyler
Directed by Estefanía Fadul
Rita También Rita
By Tony Meneses
Directed by Whitney White
December Playwrights Festival:
Nicole Clark is Having a Baby
Written and directed by Morgan Gould
The North Star
By Donja R. Love
Directed by Malika Oyetimein