Listed below are 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.
2024–25
Group 54
Fourth-Year Productions:
Edward Albee’s
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Directed by Michael Rudko (Group 16)
Scenic Design: Jason Ardizzone-West
Costume Design: Paul Spadone
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Fight Direction: Mark Olsen
Mosquitoes
By Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by Lisa Peterson
Scenic Design: Tanya Orellana
Costume Design: Dina El-Aziz
Lighting Design: Cat Tate Starmer
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Liam Bellman-Sharpe
Projection Design: Stefania Bulbarella
Fight and Intimacy Direction: Alicia Rodis
The Seven
Book and Lyrics by Will Power
Music by Will Power, Will Hammond, and Justin Ellington
Directed by Raz Golden
Choreography: Karisma Jay
Music Direction: Maiesha McQueen
Rap Music Direction and Additional Lyrics: Postell Pringle
Scenic Design: Omid Akbari
Costume Design: Saawan Tiwari
Lighting Design: Ebony M. Burton
Sound Design: Stan Mathabane
Fight Direction: Mark Olsen
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Miranda Haymon
Scenic Design: Frank J. Olivia
Costume Design: Johanna Pan
Lighting Design: Jackie Fox
Sound Design and Music Production: Lee Kinney
Fourth-Year Short Films:
Ravel
By Chelsea Marcantel (Playwrights ’16)
Directed by Harris Doran (Group 29)
Wanderland
By Aurin Squire (Playwrights ’15)
Directed by Derrick Sanders
Bang, Bang
By Sofia Alvarez (Playwrights ’11)
Directed by Fidel Ruiz-Healy
Group 55
Third-Year Productions:
The Life and Death of King John
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Evan Yionoulis
Scenic and Lighting Design: Yichen Zhou
Costume Design: Katherine Roth
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Bryn Scharenberg
Fight Direction: Mark Olsen
Playwright Fellows
The Norman Festival of New Plays:
Brooklyn Boys Can’t Float
By Karina Billini (Playwrights ’25)
Directed by Nicky Maggio
The Charioteer
By Dan Giles (Playwrights ’25)
Directed by Matt Dickson
LOUDUN, 1632
By Alex Lin (Playwrights ’25)
Directed by Iris McCloughan
Room 407
(closed workshop)
By Lily Akerman (Playwrights ’25)
Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
2023-24
Group 53
Fourth-Year Productions:
Water by the Spoonful
By Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar
Scenic Design: Deb O
Costume Design: Johanna Pan
Lighting Design: Jackie Fox
Sound Design: Sinan Refik Zafar
Fight Choreography: Mark Olsen
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Janet Zarish (Group 5) and Michael Rudko (Group 16)
Scenic Design: Blake Palmer
Costume Design: Olivera Gajic
Lighting Design: Reza Behjat
Sound Design: Sinan Refik Zafar
And Then We Were No More
(workshop)
By Tim Blake Nelson (Group 19)
Directed by Mark Wing-Davey
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Will Curry and Henry Nelson
Scenic Coordinator: David Meyer
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by James and Tania Stern, with W.H. Auden
Music by Fabian Obispo
Directed by Orlando Pabotoy (Group 27)
Orchestration and Music Direction: Ian Miller
Scenic Design: Junghyun Georgia Lee
Costume Design: Herin Kaputkin
Lighting and Projection Design: Dan Scully
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Intimacy Direction: Ann James
Choreography: Darryl Quinton
Fourth-Year Short Films:
Thresholds
By Nathan Alan Davis (Playwrights ‘16)
Directed by Derrick Sanders
Unscripted Grads
By Emily Feldman (Playwrights ‘21)
Directed by Michelle Bossy
Dreamcrossed
By Noah Haidle (Playwrights ‘03)
Directed by Zoey Martinson
Group 54
Third-Year Productions:
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Drew Wildman Foster (Group 39)
Scenic Design: Baron E. Pugh
Costume Design: Tracy Christensen
Lighting Design: Cat Tate Starmer
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Michael Costagliola
Fight Choreography: Mark Olsen
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Luke Harlan
Scenic Design: Baron E. Pugh
Costume Design: Kate Fry
Lighting Design: Cat Tate Starmer
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Michael Costagliola
Fight Choreography: Mark Olsen
Socrates
By Tim Blake Nelson (Group 19)
Directed by Jimonn Cole (Group 26)
Scenic Design: Deb O
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Fabian Obispo
Fight Choreography: Mark Olsen
Abingdon Square
By María Irene Fornés
Directed by Jenny Lord
Scenic Design: Deb O
Costume Design: Paul Spadone
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Sound Design: Fan Zhang
Musical Arrangement and Music Direction: Rob Berman
Playwright Fellows
The Norman Festival of New Plays:
↓D←R←O←W←N←E←R [Renword]
By Nia Akilah Robinson (Playwrights ’24)
Directed by Heather Lanza
Spin
By Jake Brasch (Playwrights ’24)
Directed by Dustin Wills
Untitled Dad Play
By Jordan Ramirez Puckett (Playwrights ’24)
Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
We Borrowed Brokenness
By Yilong Liu (Playwrights ’24)
Directed by Knud Adams
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: Frederick 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 (Playwrights ’20)
Directed by Tamar Glezerman
Old Times
By Enid Graham (Playwrights ’22)
Directed by Monica Raymund (Group 37)
On the Rocks
By Cusi Cram (Playwrights ’01)
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
Wintertime
By Charles L. Mee
Directed by Jimonn Cole (Group 26)
Scenic Design: Sarah Karl
Costume Design: Grier Coleman
Lighting Design: Jackie Fox
Sound Design: Christian Frederickson
Music Direction: David Gaines
Choreography: Valeria Solomonoff
Playwright Fellows
The Norman Festival of New Plays:
The Agency
By Lia Romeo (Playwrights ’23)
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Dunk City
By Stephen Brown (Playwrights ’23)
Directed by R.J. Tolan
Sunday in TV Land
By Daniella De Jesús (Playwrights ’23)
Directed by Rad Pereira
The Tombs (or, Gotham and the Flora)
By Nicholas Kaidoo (Playwrights ’23)
Directed by Jasminn Johnson (Group 45)
2021-22
Group 51
Fourth-Year Productions:
God’s Ear
By Jenny Schwartz (Playwrights ’04)
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 (Playwrights ’20)
Directed by Derrick Sanders
The Library
By Adam Szymkowicz (Playwrights ’07)
Directed by Michelle Bossy
Variations
By Tony Meneses (Playwrights ’19)
Directed by Mike Doyle (Group 27)
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 (Playwrights ’22)
Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody
Quality Cellular
By Alex Riad (Playwrights ’21)
Directed by Kareem Fahmy
Smoke
By Enid Graham (Playwrights ’22)
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Your Regularly Scheduled Programming
By Brittany Fisher (Playwrights ’22)
Directed by Melissa Mowry
2020-21
Group 50
Fourth-Year Productions
(Presented on Zoom)
Blue Door
By Tanya Barfield (Playwrights ’01)
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 Design, Sound Design, and Video Editing: 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 (Group 27)
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
Musical Arrangement and Music Direction: Maiesha McQueen
Intimacy and Fight Direction: 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
Fight Direction: Mark Olsen
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 (Playwrights ’16)
Directed by Matt Dickson
Sound Coordination: Fabian Obispo
Costume Coordination: Grier Coleman
Intimacy Direction: Alicia Rodis
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 (Playwrights ’21)
Directed by Margot Bordelon
The Experience
By Jahna Ferron-Smith (Playwrights ’21)
Directed by Kimille Howard
In Place
By Alex Riad (Playwrights ’21)
Directed by Padraic Lillis
The Oracle
By Emily Feldman (Playwrights ’21)
Directed by Will Davis