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DIRECTING WISH LIST

To Whom It May Concern – This is merely a sampling of authors, works, and genres that spark something in me…more to come, as always. One of the many reasons why I love directing is the discovery of the new, and the re-discovery of the forgotten. I treat classics like new plays, and new work with the depth and text analysis of classic plays.

  Some favorite authors whose works I want to explore more: Lucas Hnath, David Ives, Bess Wohl, Stephen Karam, Rajiv Joseph, Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, Laura Eason, Nina Raine, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Ayad Akhtar, Carey Crim, Phaedra Michelle Scott, J.T Rogers, George Brandt, Dominic Finocchiaro, Lauren Gunderson, George Bernard Shaw, Tennessee Williams, Hannah Cowley, Aphra Behn, Harold Pinter, William Shakespeare, Lynn Nottage, Bertolt Brecht, Annie Baker, Anton Chekhov...

 

SMALLER CASTS

YOGA PLAY
Dipika Guha

AN ILIAD
Lisa Peterson & Denis O'Hare

ROOTED
Deborah Zoe Laufer

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN

Eugene O'Neill

THE SOUND INSIDE

Adam Rapp

THE THANKSGIVING PLAY

Larissa Fasthorse

GROUNDED

George Brandt

NATIVE GARDENS

Karen Zacarías

THE EFFECT

Lucy Prebble

OR,

Liz Duffy Adams

A NUMBER

Caryl Churchill

ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER

Rajiv Joseph


THE TURN OF THE SCREW

Jeffrey Hatcher adaptation of Henry James

An excellent two-hander, gripping and a tour-de-force for a man and woman.

TALLY’S FOLLY

Lanford Wilson

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Edward Albee


OLD TIMES / BETRAYAL / THE HOMECOMING

Harold Pinter

I’ve directed a university production of Old Times and can’t wait to do more Pinter.

THE PRICE

Arthur Miller

THE INVISIBLE HAND

Ayad Akhtar


MIDSIZE CASTS

EMMA
Kate Hamill adaptation of Jane Austen

ANTIGONE
Sophocles

LUNA GALE
Rebecca Gilman

 

PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS

Duncan Macmillan

EVERYBODY

Branden Jac0bs-Jenkins

A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY

Tony Kushner

MEN ON BOATS

Jacklyn Backhaus

TROUBLE IN MIND

Alice Childress

MACHINAL

Sophie Treadwell

SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS

Bess Wohl

AN INSPECTOR CALLS

J.B. Priestley

THE HUMANS

Stephen Karam

TRIBES

Nina Laine

 

FAR AWAY / TOP GIRLS

Caryl Churchill


THE REAL THING

Tom Stoppard


THE LION IN WINTER

James Goldman


ROCKET TO THE MOON

Clifford Odets


THE CHEKHOV / CARVER PROJECT

My adaptation of two short stories by
Anton Chekhov and Raymond Carver

I’ve directed a workshop production of this at Old Globe / USD. Great ensemble piece for 6 or 7 actors.

 

PRIVATE LIVES / FALLEN ANGELS / HAY FEVER

Noël Coward

I’ve directed a tour of Private Lives and a production of Fallen Angels in Maine.  I can’t wait to refill the champagne flutes again.


TRUE WEST

Sam Shepard

STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE / SUMMER AND SMOKE

Tennessee Williams

LARGER CASTS

 

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
Thornton Wilder

THE WOLVES

Sarah DeLappe

 

THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM (1780)

Hannah Cowley


GETTING MARRIED / MISALLIANCE / YOU NEVER CAN TELL

George Bernard Shaw

I have directed a university production and a professional reading of my cut of Getting Married. It’s a funny, prescient ensemble piece that depicts characters at the turn of the last century wrestling with the questions of love, marriage and responsibility.


ARCADIA

Tom Stoppard


UNCLE VANYA

Anton Chekhov


AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Tracy Letts


THE LEARNED LADIES

Moliere

SIR PATIENT FANCY / THE ROVER

Aphra Behn

I have directed a couple of productions of Fancy at training programs around the country, including Juilliard. It’s a fun, bawdy, smart piece with five female leads. I would love to direct it at a professional theatre in the future.


RICHARD II

William Shakespeare

I have adapted an 8-10 person version of the text.  I have directed a production of my cut in Chicago, and would welcome the chance to revisit it.


MEASURE FOR MEASURE / HAMLET / MUCH ADO / KING LEAR​ / THE WINTER'S TALE

William Shakespeare

MY FAIR LADY

Lerner and Lowe

ASSASSINS / COMPANY

Stephen Sondheim

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