GALLERY
Poe's Children
The Tank NYC | October 2021
Days of the Dead Festival,
FRIGID NYC | October 2024
Poe's Children is a haunting meditation on grief and legacy told through the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. This work in progress features original music by Thomas Burns Scully and Mariela Flor Olivo.
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The show begins at a funeral. Edgar Allen Poe is dead, leaving behind his imaginary children. At this memorial, each Child has a moment to grieve on their own terms, reflecting on their life’s journey using a poem of their father’s as a catalyst to memory. Utilizing both the text and their own words, the performers interpret and reflect on the work both sonically and physically. Relationships to each other, their father, and themselves are reexamined through song, dance, and more as they forge ever onward toward an elusive catharsis.
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Crystal-Marie Alberson, Jessica Banegas, Becca Canziani, Mariela Flor Olivo, Riley McMillan, Mike Newman, Camilla Padilla, Bryce Paine, Charlotte Vaughn Raines, Iris Rhian, Taylor Thomson, and Kayla Zanakis
ROMEO & JULIET
Boomerang Theater Company | June-July 2024
Assistant Director: Sarah Connolly
Production Stage Manager: Olivia Martin
Assistant Stage Manager: Carly Baker
Costume Designer: Stefanie Genda
Associate Costume Designer: Kim Griffin
Props Designer: Deb Gaouette
Fight Choreography: Vanessa Wendt
Music Director/Composer: Thomas Burns Scully
Dance Choreographer: Shanise O'Connor
Intimacy Choreographer: Becca Canziani
Production Manager/Associate Producer: Rachael Langton
Associate Producer: Amy Lau Croyle
CAST
Isabella Chang, Maurice Chinnery, Nicholas-Tyler Corbin, Mace Cowart, Ariel Diaz-Beato, Jessica Giannone, Roger Lipson, Isabel Middleton-Watts, Jonathan Minton, Patrick Allen Moore, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Kathleen Regan and Haliya Roberts
The Dog Show
The Players Theater | January 2023
Playwright: Ivan Faute
Stage Manager: Callie Stribling
Lighting Design: Autum Casey
Sound Design/Original Music: Sam Kaseta
CAST
Cathy Carlton, Conor Murphy, Barry Rowell, and Raimy O Washington
Petunia's Playhouse Live!
New Ohio Theater | January 2022
REVIEWS
Book and original concept: Laura Kay Clark
Music and Lyrics: Billy Reece
Stage Manager: Courtney Seyl
Assistant Stage Manager: Francesca Pedersen
Puppet Design: Eric Wright, Puppet Kitchen
Set and Additional Puppet Design: Myra G Reavis
Produced by Party Claw Productions LLC
Lead Producer: Ashley Kristeen Vega
"Petunia's Big Day combines winning performances; an engaging variety in its songs; and valuable messaging into one enjoyably lively package."
- John R. Ziegler and Leah Richards, Thinking Theater NYC
CAST
Laura Kay Clark, Julia Fien, Christopher Isolano, John Pickup, Amanda Spencer and Rene Titus
Are You Alice: A New Wonderland Tale
Alchemical Theater | March 2018
The Tank NYC | March -April 2019
Edinburgh Fringe Festival | August 2019
Based on the Alice stories by Lewis Carrol, this imaginative retelling, with original music by Thomas Burns Scully, delighted audiences of all ages across New York and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
CONTRIBUTING CAST
Marth Brown, Mia Cain, Shelley Franklin, Nola Hayes, Kayla Prestel, Charlotte Vaughn Raines, and Samantha Turlington.
REVIEWS
"This play reaffirms kindness to oneself and others as a central answer to the many problems in life. Lewis Carroll would be proud."
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- Jacob Goldbas, Hi! Drama
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"'Are You Alice: A New Wonderland Tale’ is an astounding show. It looks at how Alice questions her sense of womanhood, identity, and self-acceptance when she enters Wonderland...I was crying walking down the street after this show. Everything about it is excellent."
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- James Sullivan, Lews Reviews
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
IRT Theater | May 2016
Stage Manager: Kelly Hartnett
Set and Props Design: Jamie Bellous
Lighting Design: Sarah Johnson
Costume Design: Roejendra Adams
Sound Design: Nigel Hersch
Produced by The Night Shift Theater Company
Lead producer: Derrick Olson
CAST
Amber Bogdewiecz, Margie Catov, Sam Leichter, Isobel McBride, Brian Nemiroff, and Brittany Proia
REVIEWS
"Director Christina Ashby’s work here is excellent. The time and place are unified like tea with milk and two sugars…From the setting, to the delivery of the humor, to the mise en scene, to the occasionally devastating performances, the play feels well looked after and committed to. It keeps you planted firmly in seat, assured that reality, no matter how surreal, is happening in front of you."
OnStage Blog
Life is a Dream: A New Vintage
Nu.Black Box Theater | November - December 2015
Adaptation by Annie R Such
Set Design: Lia Woertendyke
Costume and Prop Design: Annie R Such
Lighting Design: Kyle Kravette
Original Music by: Thomas Burns Scully
Produced by Eager Risk Theater
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CAST
REVIEWS
“Exploring the lines of reality and dream, Eager Risk Theater's adaptation Life is a Dream is a haunting take on the classic that awakens the drama for a new audience…(director) Ashby did an incredible job imagining the world (playwright) Such and Calderon de la Barca crafted.”
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Theater in the Now
Hugo Fowler, Andrew Hamling, Mike Newman, Sophia Pervilhac, Charlotte Vaughn Raines, Giacomo Rocchini, Hannah Roccisano, Gene Santarelli, Jeannine Scarpino, and Michael Striano,
Photo by Scott Wynn
Photo by Scott Wynn
Photo by Scott Wynn
Photo by Scott Wynn
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season - 2015
Fool for Love by Sam Shepard
Set Design: Shawn Lewis
Costume Design: Jennifer Parr
Lighting Design: Paul Hudson
Sound Design: Sean Hagerty
Props Design: Brittany Loesch
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Cast: Brent Hampson, Heather Shisler
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Paint the Line by Taylor Williams
Set Design: Shawn Lewis
Costume Design: DW Withrow
Lighting Design: Paul Hudson
Sound Design: Sean Hagerty
​Props Design: Brittany Loesch
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Cast: Megan McQueen, Cooper Lawrence
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A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner
Set Design: Shawn Lewis
Costume Design: DW Withrow
Lighting Design: Paul Hudson
Sound Design: Sean Hagerty
​Props Design: Brittany Loesch
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Cast: Jeanine Scarpino, Ed Bensen, Meg Mark, Jack McCahill, Magan Carrigan
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Vanities by Jack Heifner
Set Design: Shawn Lewis
Costume Design: Jennifer Parr
Lighting Design: Paul Hudson
Sound Design: Sean Hagerty
​Props Design: Brittany Loesch
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Cast: Javana Mundy, Tina Realmuto, Leslie Lopez
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