Readings
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Reading: Thebes Land by Sergio Blanco
Continuing my collaboration with LaMicro Theater, on November 19 I'll direct a staged reading as part of Escena Sur - Latin American Plays. Thebes Land by contemporary Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco explores the themes of patricide and homoerotic attraction within a metatheatrical frame. For details see LaMicro's website.Posted in: Director, ReadingsComments: No commentsTags: Juan Radrigan, LaMicro Theater, New York City, The Bridge Theater
Reading: Drunken Ghosts by Chilean playwright Juan Radrigan
On November 19 I'll direct a reading of a play by Juan Radrigan, Chilean playwright, novelist and poet. In Spanish with English supertitles, Fantasmas borrachos is a drunken dream that portrays the confusion felt by the common man confronted with Chilean politics. The Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th St, 12th floor (between Broadway and 8th Ave).Assistant Director: Atomic City by Anson Mount
On January 11 The Flea hosted a reading of Atomic City by Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels) directed by Leon Ingulsrud (SITI Company) and featuring the BATS. It’s a twisted take on Our Town with a really great creative team behind it and I was honored to assist one of my former teachers of Suzuki/Viewpoints and, well, one of my favorite actors.Reading - Parkour (o un manual para correr en linea recta) by Eduardo Pavez Goye
On November 20 at 8:30 pm I'll direct a staged reading of Parkour (o un manual para correr en línea recta) by Chilean playwright Eduardo Pavez Goye. The reading is produced by La Micro Theater and the first play I direct in Spanish. For more info, click here.Posted in: Director, Plays, ReadingsComments: No commentsTags: Graham Parkes, New York City, NYU Tisch, The Flea
Staged Reading: The Palace by Graham Parkes at NYU Tisch
On April 26 I directed a staged reading of Graham Parkes' The Palace, an incredibly accomplished young playwright graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Four Bats from the Flea Theater made this event memorable and gave life to the words on the page.Posted in: Director, Readings, ReviewsComments: No commentsTags: Adaptation, I giganti della montagna, Italian theatre, New York City, Pirandello, Pirandello Society of America, The Giants of the Mountain, Theaterlab, Theatreplots
Show Review: The Giants of the Mountain in PSA
PSA, the journal of the Pirandello Society of America has published an enthusiastic review by Samantha Costanzo Burrier of the reading of Pirandello's The Giants of the Mountain I directed in October. You can find it here. In addition, one of the drawings produced during the show has made this issue's cover!Posted in: Director, ReadingsComments: No commentsTags: Italian theatre, New York City, Pirandello, Pirandello Society of America
Staged Reading: Pirandello's The Giants of the Mountain
Join me, 10 actors, and 2 visual artists Tuesday October 15 at 7:00 pm at Theaterlab for a reading of Pirandello's The Giants of the Mountain, a “myth” between fable and reality that Pirandello continued to imagine, write, and rework from 1929 to 1934. This is a free event sponsored by the Pirandello Society of America and Theaterlab in collaboration with Theatreplots, my own production company. For details click here.Featured Shows
Tics, or Doing the Deed by René Berton
The Flea Theater, New York City. The Fall season of 2014 at The Flea was dedicated to the Cutthroat series, eleven Grand-Guignol plays organized in four pods. Each of them replicated.. Read more
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Theaterlab, New York City. The 110th anniversary of The Cherry Orchard prompted me to stage this phenomenal play with my company, on the exact dates of the anniversary of its premiere.. Read more
The Liar by Carlo Goldoni
Kline Theatre, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. The Theatre Arts Department at Gettysburg College asked me to direct a mainstage production during the 2008-09 season. Thus, I adapted.. Read more
