DIRECTING
Off-Broadway: The Woodsman by James Ortiz (Obie Award Winning, New World Stages/59E59, available for streaming on BroadwayHD.) Bernie and Mikey's Trip to the Moon by Scott Aiello (World Premiere, 59E59);Voices in My Head (Ars Nova). Regional: Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare on the Sound, CT); Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (Heritage Theatre Festival, VA); The Woodsman by James Ortiz (Blue Barn, NE); Stravinsky's A Soldier's Tale (Chautauqua Theatre Company/MSFO, Chautauqua, NY); Chibok by Sabo Kpade, Nia, Discovered by Cris Eli Blak, Nurse Cadden by Kate Mickere (All it Takes is One Act, A is For Play Festival, NY, NY). Educational: Henry IV Part I, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Little Night Music, Trelawney of the Wells, Actor Presentations for Groups 43-present (Juilliard); She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen (Syracuse University); Into the Woods (Brown University); Moscow, Moscow… by Halley Feiffer (Columbia University, MFA Acting).
Training: Juilliard Drama (Michel St. Denis Award) and Brown University (Susan Ross Steinfeld Award for Theatre).
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare on the Sound, CT
Directed by Claire Karpen
Shakespeare on the Sound Producers: Aaron Simms and Nick Urda
Scenic: Brian Prather | Lights: Jamie Roderick
Costumes: Grier Coleman | Sound: Chad Raines
PSM: Lauren Jackson | ASM: Abigail Wilson | Props: Tommy Rose
Fights: Sean Fletcher | Intimacy: Amaal Saifudeen
Wardrobe: Arthur Wilson | TD: Maia Zaia-Robbins | Assistant Director: Juliette Markman
Featuring: Inó Badanjak, Kendall Cafaro, Ray Huth, Jahsiah Mussig, Jater Webb and Amelia Windom
Photos by Kaitlin La Du
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow
by Halley Feiffer
Columbia Lenfest Center for the Arts, 2021
Directed by Claire Karpen
Scenic: Teresa L. Williams | Lights: Eric Norbury
Costumes: Susanne Houstle | Sound: Kimberly O’Loughlin
PSM: Alison Savino | ASMs: Lila Mullins, Gianna Durante | Props: Zach Marlin
General Manager: Anthony Louis Massa | Company Manager: Zhiwei Ma
Intimacy Director: Jacqueline Holloway | Vocal Coach: Liz Hayes
Featuring: Julian Abelskamp, Michael Brannian, Sarah Chalfie, Kirstin Dodson, John-Henry Hirozawa, Michael Karadsheh, Josh Lak Kim, Emily Kleypas, Gülin Lanbroek, Julian Shaheen and Merlixse Ventura
Photos by Carol Rosegg
Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
Heritage Theater Festival, 2019
Directed by Claire Karpen
Scenic: David Gordon | Lights: Lauren Duffie
Costumes: Grier Coleman | Sound: Michael Rasbury
PSM: Emily McGregor | ASM: Lydia Modlin | Assistant: Jakob Cansler
Featuring: Katy Sullivan, Emma Pfitzer-Price, Kate Forbes, Jaqueline Jones, Lauren Elens, and Kate Monaghan
Photos by HuthPhoto
Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon
by Scott Aiello
Strangemen Theatre Company, 59E59
Directed by Claire Karpen
Scenic: James Ortiz | Lights: Cecilia Durbin | Costumes: Izzy Fields | Sound: Sam Kuznetz
PSM: Kristin M. Herrick | ASM: Helen Irene Muller | PA: Emma Ettinger
Featuring: Stephen d’Ambrose, Stephanie Gould, Forrest Malloy, Ismenia Mendes,
Jordan Lage, Benjamin Rosloff and Margo Singaliese.
Photos by Michael Kushner
The Woodsman
by James Ortiz
music by Edward W. Hardy
lyrics by Jen Loring
Available for streaming on Broadway HD
Strangemen Theatre Company, New World Stages, 59E59 in NYC
Blue Barn Theater, in Omaha, NE
Co-Directed by Claire Karpen and James Ortiz
Movement: Will Gallacher
Associate Director: Devin Dunne Cannon (NYC), Amanda Lederer (Blue Barn)
Scenic and Puppet Design: James Ortiz
Lights: Catherine Clark and Jamie Roderick (NYC), Jamie Roderick (Blue Barn)
Costumes: Molly Seidel (NYC), Jenny Poole (Blue Barn)
Cast (NYC): Ben Bass, Will Gallacher, Alex J. Gould, Amanda Lederer, Lauren Nordvig, James Ortiz, Eliza Simpson, Meghan St. Thomas, Sophia Zukoski, Devin Dunne Cannon and Aaron McDaniel,
violinists: Edward W. Hardy (59E59) and Naomi Florin (New World Stages).
Cast (Omaha): Michael P Burns, Barry Carman, Beau James Fisher, Caulene Hudson, Anna Jordan, Stephanie Jacobson, Moira Mangianelli, and Matthew Olsen. violinist: Sam Perkins
NYC Photos by Hunter Canning.