Tambo & Bones
By: Dave Harris
With my company, Refracted, I produced the first Chicago production of Dave Harris’ Tambo & Bones. The show premiered at The Den Theater in the fall of 2023. The production was very well received and saw sold out performances, rave reviews and won eight Joseph Jeff Awards including Best Production of the Year.
A Play About …
A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein
By: Matilde Dratwa
In 2023 I directed a workshop of Mathilde Dratwa’s bloody daring new work. Producer by Refracted Theatre Company, the workshop premiered at Theater Wit in May 2023. My goal for the production was to marry violence and vulnerability, as I believe, for many women, the two can be inextricably connected.
I Couldn’t Tell You Why
By: Harrison David Rivers
In May of 2021 I will be directing an episodic trilogy for The Swell called I Couldn’t Tell You Why, an original work by Harrison David Rivers. In addition to the free-to-stream audio iteration of the play, which will be released in June 2021, I will be directing a live movement-based adaptation of the piece, staged on a permitted street of New York City. Live performances are May 22nd - 23rd and May 29th - 30th at 5pm on 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan. Tickets on sale now!
The Swell
Refracted Theatre Company introduces The Swell, an audio-immersive theatrical experience for one. Each episode of The Swell features a newly commissioned short play written with an intended location at which the audience is meant to enjoy the performance.
The Swell is available on a number of podcast platforms including Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, among others.
The King’s Speech
By: David Seidler
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (IL, 2019) National Theatre (DC, 2020)
George ("Bertie") reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be King, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue.
Monica:
This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky
By: Dianne Nora
59E59 Theater (NY, 2019) Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK, 2019)
The play follows a woman named Monica through a series of relationships. During these scenes between friends, lovers, boyfriends, girlfriends, and therapists, we are asked to contemplate how men and women are treated differently when intimate encounters are played out under public scrutiny.
Fade
By: Tanya Saracho
Victory Gardens (IL, 2018)
In this witty behind-the-scenes drama, Mexican-born Lucia is hired to write for a ruthless Hollywood TV series. She soon discovers that the Mexican American custodian, Abel, has a windfall of plot ideas. As their friendship grows, his stories start to blur with hers leading to unexpected consequences.
Security!
By: Patrick Hamilton
Secret Theater (NY, 2018)
Three security guards work at a quiet corner of a small university. As they interact, talking love, sex, and race, a dark story starts to emerge, ultimately revealing an ugly incident and cover-up that could rock the university. Security! deftly explores the nature of truth and what lies just under the surface.
For The Loyal
By: Lee Blessing
Interrobang Theatre Project (IL, 2018)
Toby and Mia are graduate students with a bright future ahead of them: a baby on the way and a college coaching job for Toby. But when Toby stumbles across a secret that threatens to derail their future, he and Mia must decide between honesty and loyalty, and whether doing something wrong is the only way to do what’s right. Inspired by the Penn State sexual abuse scandal, FOR THE LOYAL is an emotional and thought-provoking night of theater.
A Bad Night
By: Nicole Pandolfo & Amy E. Witting
The Frontier (IL, 2018)
A Bad Night is a complex portrait of acquaintance rape as told by real interviews from men and women, survivors, detectives, attorneys, and others affected by what is a problem of inconceivable proportions.
Bachelorette
By: Leslye Headland
Walkerspace (NY, 2016)
Bachelorette follows three troubled women through a wild night of reminiscing and wreaking havoc before a mutual friend’s wedding. As part of Headland’s Seven Deadly Sins series, this play examines every sin in the book while exploring toxic relationships from the vantage point of the perpetrator, as well as the victim.
Between Men
By: Dennis Porter
Jewel Box Theatre (NY, 2016)
Secrets, disloyalty & distrust, Between Men begs the question, who are you loyal to? And what, or who, is worth fighting for when expectations are dashed and trust is forever lost?