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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
by William Shakespeare
adapted by Sara Holdren for the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program
Scenic Design by Tammy Honesty
Costume Design by Angelina Herin
Lighting Design by Benjamin Gantose
Sound Design by Jim Swonger
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Ensemble / Alex Brightwell, Conor Canning, Kasey Connolley, Comfort, Dolo, Gregory James, Abdul Seidu, Courtney Stennett, Elisabeth Yancey
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Photos by Kristin Netzband
Courtesy of Cleveland Play House
THE WINTER'S TALE
by William Shakespeare
adapted by Sara Holdren for a two-location, site specific production at Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford
Scenic Design by Stephanie Osin Cohen
Costume Design by Mika H. Eubanks
Lighting Design by Emma Deane
Technical Direction by Mike Best
Bear Puppet by Sara Holdren
Ensemble / Sean Gassaway, Lainey Helmers, Edmond Hood, Kotaro Horiuchi, Mishy Jacobson, Anna Lewis, Sofía Mayorga, Katharine Means, Hallie Perlman, Jill Phillips, Rebecca Salzhauer, Ash Visker, Justin Von Stein, Genevieve Wisdom
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Photos by Buck Lewis
MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
adapted by Sara Holdren for the A Little Shakespeare program at Two River Theater
Scenic Design by Christopher Thompson
Costume Design by Fabian Aguilar
Lighting Design by Caitlin Smith Rapoport
Sound Design by Michael Costagliola
Ensemble / Natasha Allen, Lucie Chantepie, Jack Davis, Abigail Devine, Jocelynn Dow,
Olivia Ferrigine, Sean Gassaway, Shea Grant, Samantha Jackman, Julia Lupi,
Lily Grace Riddle, Kaelan Roberts
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Photos by Scott L. Friedman
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
A metatheatrical adaptation of a very silly play about twins, created for the A Little Shakespeare program at Two River Theater
Scenic Design by ​Jean Kim
Costume Design by Alexae Visel
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Sound Design by Sinan Refik Zafar
Ensemble / Christianah Akinsanmi, Michael Aron, Anarah Black, Remi Brewer, David Bush, Jack Cusick, Jack Davis, Olivia Ferrigine, Sean Gassaway, Maeve Gearty, AJ Johnson, Ashley Moshett, Dixie O'Connell, Mei-Ling Steward
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Photos by Scott L. Friedman
MIDSUMMER
A new and re-envisioned version of the original adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream that I first staged at the Yale Summer Cabaret in 2015. Also the first production by Tiltyard.
Scenic Design by ​Chris Thompson
Costume Design by Fabian Aguilar
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Sound Design by Sinan Refik Zafar
Projection Design by Rasean Davonte Johnson
Ensemble / Brennan Caldwell, Hannah Jane Ginsberg, Annelise Lawson, Kelly Letourneau, Nick Ong, Niall Powderly, Aaron Profumo, Josephine Stewart
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Photos by Dianna Bush
Orlando
by Virginia Woolf
adapted by Sarah Ruhl
Scenic & Projection Design by Joey Moro
Costume Design by Fabian Aguilar &
Haydee Zelideth
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Sound Design by Kate Marvin
Ensemble / Melanie Field, Leland Fowler, Chalia La Tour, Niall Powderly, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Josephine Stewart, Shaunette Renée Wilson
Photos by Andrea Berman
MIDSUMMER
Freely adapted from A Midsummer Night's Dream and the plays of William Shakespeare
by Sara Holdren and Rachel Carpman
Scenic Design by ​Claire DeLiso &
Christopher Thompson
Costume Design by Fabian Aguilar
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Sound Design by Sinan Refik Zafar
Projection Design by Rasean Davonte Johnson
Ensemble / Melanie Field, Leland Fowler, Niall Powderly, Christopher Ross-Ewart, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Josephine Stewart, Andrej Visky, Shaunette Renée Wilson
Photos by Andrea Berman
Deer and the Lovers
by Emily Zemba
A comedy about what we want when we think we want love... and also about a dead deer. And New Hampshire.
Scenic Design by ​Izmir Ickbal
Costume Design by Sidney Gallas
Lighting Design by Elizabeth Mak
Sound Design by Tyler Kieffer
Projection Design by Rasean Davonte Johnson
Ensemble / Juliana Canfield, Anna Crivelli, Edmund Donovan, Dylan Frederick, Sean Patrick Higgins
Photos by T. Charles Erickson
The Zero Scenario
by Ryan Campbell
An action-horror-comedy-tragedy apocalypse blockbuster for the stage. With giant killer ticks.
Scenic Design by ​Christopher Thompson
Costume Design by Fabian Aguilar &
Alexae Visel
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Sound Design by Sinan Refik Zafar
Projection Design by Rasean Davonte Johnson
Ensemble / Ryan Campbell, Sara Holdren, Thomas Pecinka, Aaron Luis Profumo, Ankur Sharma, Ariana Venturi, Emily Zemba
Photos by Joey Moro
The Master & Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
adapted by Edward Kemp
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Scenic Design by ​Christopher Thompson
Costume Design by Fabian Aguilar
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Sound Design by Sinan Refik Zafar
Projection Design by Rasean Davonte Johnson
Ensemble / Aaron Bartz, Ato Blankson-Wood, James Cusati-Moyer, Cornelius Davidson, Christopher Geary, Chasten Harmon, Maura Hooper, Tiffany Mack, Aaron Luis Profumo, Matthew Raich, Ariana Venturi, Zenzi Williams
Photos by T. Charles Erickson
A New Saint for a
New World
by Ryan Campbell
A philosophical comedy about the world that God messed up, and what happened to Joan of Arc after the stake.
Scenic Design by ​Jean Kim & Izmir Ickbal
Costume Design by Fabian Aguilar
Lighting Design by Oliver Wason &
Caitlin Smith Rapoport
Sound Design by Sinan Refik Zafar
Projection Design by Joey Moro
Ensemble / Aaron Bartz, James Cusati-Moyer, Jeremy Funke, Christopher Geary, Annie Hägg,
Maura Hooper, Elizabeth Mak, Ariana Venturi
Photos by Nick Thigpen
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
adapted by Sara Holdren
Scenic Design by ​Jungah Han
Costume Design by Hunter Kaczorowski
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Sound Design by Sam Ferguson
Ensemble / Ato Blankson-Wood, James Cusati-Moyer, Prema Cruz, Cornelius Davidson, Maura Hooper, Matthew McCollum, Thomas Pecinka, Aaron Luis Profumo, Matthew Raich, Zenzi Williams
Photos by Christopher Ash
Tiny Boyfriend
by Phillip Howze
A sideways meditation on love, routine, bosses, babies, houseplants, and how to make a life together.
Ensemble / Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, James Cusati-Moyer, Mitchell Winter
Photos by Christopher Ash
He Who Gets Slapped
by Leonid Andreyev
adapted by Sara Holdren
Scenic Design by Grady Smith
Costume Design by Tricia Emlet
Lighting Design by Heather Hutton
Sound Design by Peter Fish
Ensemble / Elizabeth Burkhalter, Austin Carpenter, Ali Cheff. Geoffrey Culbertson. Emma Duncan, Javier Figueroa-Ray, Nick Heiderstadt. John Holdren, Richard Jones, Yulia Klenova, Will Luckett, Stewart Moneymaker, Dan Sterlace, Josephine Stewart, Kate Tooley, Danny Wagner,
Photos by Martyn Kyle & Will Kerner
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
adapted by Sara Holdren
Scenic Design by Scott Keith
Costume Design by Tricia Emlet
Lighting Design by Scott Keith & Tracy Skipper
Sound Design by John Holdren
Puppet Design by Sara Holdren
Ensemble / Charlotte Bush, Tom Christensen, Emma Duncan, Ken Ferguson, Noah Grabeel, John Holdren, Julian Oquendo, Bill Smith, Josephine Stewart
Photos by Martyn Kyle & Scott Keith
Henry IV, Part 1 & 2
by William Shakespeare
adapted by Sara Holdren
Scenic Design by ​Scott Keith
Costume Design by Tricia Emlet
Lighting Design by Carin L. Edwards-Orr
Sound Design by Jamie Coupar
Ensemble / Nick Heiderstadt, Richard Jones, Scott Keith,Stewart Moneymaker, Angela Pirko, Corbin Puryear, Sam Reeder, Laura Rikard,
Dan Sterlace, Josephine Stewart, Kath Torbet, Andrew Towns
Photos by Jason Lappa