Staged Reading | Across s Crowded Room with the New York Public Library
Director
- Book – A.J. Freeman
- Music – Sean Ivy
- Lyrics – Kit Goldstein Grant
- Music Director – Jonathon Lynch
- Featuring – Maggie Berra, Olivia Bross, Melody Munitz, Rebecca Larkin, and Patricia M Lawrence
Staged Reading | Overtures New Musical Festival at The Gallery Players
Associate Producer & Assistant Director
- Book, Music, Lyrics – Kit Goldstein Grant
- Producer – The Gallery Players & Judith Manocherian
- Director – Joey Murray
- Music Director – Joseph Ivan
- Stage Manager – Jo Calhoun
- Photos – @Arumatikphotography
- Featuring – Ellen White, Bailey Seeker, Christopher Michaels, Juan Calix, David Perlman, Emily Esposito
Festival presented by Matchbox Theatre Company & Unattended Baggage | Brooklyn Art Haus
Associate Producer & Graphic Designer
- Producers – Niara Sol & Maeve Cunningham
- Production Stage Manager – Matt Viktor
- Resident Lighting Designer – Connor Sales
- Photos – Connor Zaft
- Feat. Malarkey by Niall Estevan Martinez Ridgely
- Feat. Can You Dance to Vampire Weekend? by Jimmy Berry
- Feat. Public Servitude by Amr Kotb
- Feat. Donnie & Greg by Sean Pollock
- Feat. Diary of a Suicide by Dmitri Barcomi
A new one-act play centering a blossoming gay high school romance in the height of the AIDS crisis in the late 80s. Lovingly inspired by and transformed from the cult classic “D*nnie D*rko”.
Represented in Lighthouse Series at SoHo Playhouse
Creative Producer & Dramaturg
- Writer & Director – Sean Pollock
- Photos – Dan Wright
- Movement & Intimacy Coach – Caiti Lattimer
- Music Director – Colston Rienhoff
- Scenic & Props Designer – Hannah Tarr
- Lighting Designer -Thomas J. Donohoe II
- Sound Designer – Noah Green
- Costume Designer – Kirsten Saminich
- Assistant Costume & Props Designer – Alexandra Endres
- Stage Manager – Carly Gilmore
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“Brighter Than the Sun” is an autobiographical musical honoring the writer’s grandmother. It serves as a vessel for healing, mourning, growth, and reflection on those individuals in our lives who lived modestly and beautifully, but whose stories may fade with time. This expanded production after the New York Theater Festival production included new material such as Myrtice’s “Story of A Girl” and Howard’s heart-wrenching “For Sis”.
Independently produced at 312 W 36th St (The Chain Theatre)
Producer, Assistant Director, General Manager
- Composer & Writer – Collin Hendley
- Executive Producers – Collin Hendley, Caroline Legget
- Producers – Alexa Powell, Hannah Grace Laughlin
- Director – Caroline Leggett
- Choreographer – Emma Ruth Matthews
- Scenic Designer – Hannah Tarr
- Lighting Designer – Sam Weiser
- Stage Manager – Tori Moss
- Assistant Stage Manager – Marcus Cruz-Santiago–
- Photos – Hannah Grace Laughlin
“Brighter Than the Sun” is an autobiographical musical honoring the playwright’s grandmother. It serves as a vessel for healing, mourning, growth, and reflection on those individuals in our lives who lived modestly and beautifully, but whose stories may fade with time.
*Amber Mawande-Spytek as Sis Young
NOMINATED FOR 5 NEW YORK THEATER FESTIVAL AWARDS:
BEST PRODUCTION | BEST SCORE | BEST DIRECTOR | BEST CHOREOGRAPHY | BEST SINGER*
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New York Theater Festival | Teatro Latea
Producer, Assistant Director, Photos
- Composer & Writer – Collin Hendley
- Executive Producers – Collin Hendley, Caroline Legget
- Producers – Alexa Powell, Hannah Grace Laughlin
- Director – Caroline Leggett
- Choreographer – Emma Ruth Matthews
- Lighting Designer – Izzie Cava
- Stage Manager – Tori Moss
Callahan Theatre at Nazareth University
Assistant Director, Dramaturg
- Music – John Kander
- Lyrics – Fred Ebb, John Kander, Rupert Holmes
- Book – Rupert Holmes
- Director/Choreographer – Kurt Domoney
- Music Director – Sarah Pool Wilhelm
- Scenic Designer – Vince Salpietro
- Costume Designer – Yuanting Zhao
- Lighting Designer – José Santiago
- Sound Designer – Bob Puff
- Assistant Choreographer – Connor Barton
- Assistant Music Director – Max Ruscio
- Fight/Intimacy Choreographer – Trey Compton
- Stage Manager – Grace DiMatteo
- Assistant Stage Managers – Stephanie Frost, Nora Savage
- Photos – Ron Heerkins Jr.
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Black Box at Nazareth University
Director
- Music & Lyrics – Meredith Stepien & Mark Swiderski
- Book – Nick Lang, Matt Lang, & Brian Holden
- Arrangements – Clark Baxtresser & Pierce Siebers
- Music Director – Max Ruscio
- Assistant Director – Connor Barton
- Costume Designers – Ilianna Cohen & Andrew Wicklum
- Lighting Designer – Orion Huff
- Choreographer – Austin Sykes
- Asst. Choreographer – Devin Leonard
- Production Stage Manager – Grace DiMatteo
- Assistant Stage Manager – Meg Lawton
- Head Electrician – Sam Burkivich
- Technical Director – Caldwell Lowell
- Faculty Advisor – Christine O’Grady Roberts
- Assistant Stage Manager – Nora Savage
