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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

Ensemble / Alex Brightwell, Conor Canning, Kasey Connolley, Comfort, Dolo, Gregory James, Abdul Seidu, Courtney Stennett, Elisabeth Yancey

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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