Other various
productions
Summer 2021, Stay True Theater Productions
Cupid and Psyche
an original work, adapted for a remote setting.
A dramatic, queer re-telling/reinterpretation of the classical myth Cupid and Psyche, this one-act play uses a non-linear, experimental structure to grapple with the modern queer themes of an ancient story.
Featuring:
STEPHANIE EVERETT as Psyche
ALISYA REZA as King
NAOMI AGNEW as Eldest
SOPHIA THERESE KINNE as Elder
MADELEINE WATERS playwright and composer
KELLEEN MORIARTY director and producer
AOIFE HOUGH stage manager and creative producer
GIOVI MORIARTY & HSI AN CHEN graphic designers
SAGA DARNELL as Venus
KATE BUDNEY as Cupid
GUSTAVO MERCADO MUÑIZ as Narrator
Spring 2019, Honors Thesis Production:
The Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams
An iconic Tennessee Williams masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie holds a hallowed place in the American dramatic canon. This production grapples with the fragility of memory and identity and re-examines a classic depiction of disability on the American stage. LINK
KELLEEN MORIARTY '19 director
JARED CAPE '21 scenic design
MYCHAELA ANDERSON '20 costume design
WILL MARESCO '19 lighting design
NAOMI AGNEW '20 sound design
MAYA FROST-BELANSKY '20 stage manager
Featuring:
NAOMI AGNEW '20 as Helena (Wife #1)
STEPHANIE EVERETT '19 as Maima (Wife #2)
ESTHER OLUOKUN '20 as Bessie (Wife #3)
STELLA ASA '22 as The Girl (Wife #4)
MICHAELA ANDERSON as Rita
Spring 2018, Senior Fellowship Production:
Citrus
By Celeste Jennings
An original choreopoem that follows the emotional journeys of tribulation, struggle, and resilience among Black Women from 1840 to present day. The 178 years of history are contextualized by the costume design, and the piece is an homage to Black women of the past, present, and future. LINK
JAMEEKA HOLLOWAY-BURRELL director
MILLENAH NASCIMIENTO '22 stage manager
BRENNA GOURGEOT '18 scenic design
CELESTE JENNINGS '18 costume design
ASHLEY DOTSON '18 lighting design
JACLYN PAGEAU '18 sound design
REGINA HILL '18 hair and makeup design
NASHE MUTENDA '20 as A Lady
NAOMI AGNEW '20 as Another Lady
MONIK WATERS '19 as Some Lady
AMARI FOREVER-YOUNG '21 as Some Other Lady
KAYSI HERRERA PUJULOS '20 as One More Lady
LEXI WARDEN '21 as This Lady
JOVANAY CARTER '19 as That Lady
SAM WEST '20 as Other Lady
CHINEDUM NWAIGAWE '19 as Last Lady
Fall 2018, Mainstage Production:
Eclipsed
By Danai Gurira
This gripping play unearths the wreckage of war and celebrates the women who navigate and survive the most hostile of circumstances. Their lives set on a nightmarish detour by civil war, the captive wives of a Liberian rebel officer form a hardscrabble sisterhood, drawing on their reserves of defiance, wit, and compassion to ask the question: when the fog of battle lifts, could a different destiny emerge? A chilling, humanizing, and surprisingly funny portrait of survival, transformation, and renewal. LINK
MIRANDA HAYMON director
MICHAEL GANIO scenic designer
LAURIE CHURBA costume designer
DAN KOTLOWITZ lighting designer
SINAN ZAFAR sound designer
CATHERINE DARRAGH '13 stage manager
Fall 2017, Student Production:
Media
By Euripides
in a version by Ben Power
Euripides' ancient tragedy explores the primordial relationships between revenge and betrayal, magic and mythology, and love and the body. LINK
KELLEEN MORIARTY '19 director
ANNIE FURMAN '19 set designer
CELESTE JENNINGS '18 costume designer
ROBERT CUEVA '17 lighting designer
KYLE TOTH sound designer
NAOMI AGNEW '20 stage manager
AMBER CAI '21 assistant stage manager
Spring 2017, an Honors Thesis Productions:
Away This Night
conceived by Julie Solomon
CAST INCLUDES: Naomi Agnew '20, Beverly Alomepe '17, Clara Batchelder '19, Nic Bergen '20, Giovanna Boyle '20, Jessica Campanile '20, Robert Cueva '17, Claire Feuille '18, Tom Latta '18, Sarah Pearl '20, Kerrigan Quenemoen '20, and Evan Wetzel '19.
Away This Night interweaves the stories of three Shakespearean women who cross-dress. Inspired by immersive and feminist theatre traditions, this project is a study of the intersections of gender identity, gender presentation, race, sexuality, and ability in physical space. The performance will move throughout three built environments on the Moore Stage, taking the audience on a journey through the worlds of As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merchant of Venice. LINK
Julie Solomon '17 co-director and Scenic Designer
Deena Selenow co-director
Victoria Rowe '17 lighting Designer
Celeste Jennings '18 costume Designer
Will Maresco '19 sound Designer
Danielle Piacentile '17 stage Manager
Featuring:
NAOMI AGNEW '20 as Mrs. Hale
TESS MCGUINNESS '18 as Mrs. Peters
KYLE CIVALE '20 as Mr.Hale
NISHANTH CHALASANI '20 as Sheriff Peters
PETER SKOW '18 as Attorney Henderson
Winter 2017, Student Production:
Trifles
By Susan Glasspell
Trifles is a short, one act play about the aftermath of a woman’s murder of her husband in rural, early 20th century America. The story follows five of the townspeople as they investigate the home/crime scene, and come to their own conclusions about the crime. LINK
KELLEEN MORIARTY '19 director
WILL MARESCO '19 sound designer
CLAIRE FEUILLE '19 stage manager
Fall 2016, Mainstage Production:
Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage’s deeply moving portrait of a skilled middle-aged African American seamstress in turn-of-the-century New York who creates dreamy undergarments that, she hopes, are her ticket to a fulfilled life. With rich characters, subtle period details and an O. Henry twist, Intimate Apparel “offers poignant commentary on an era when the cut and color of one’s dress – and of course, skin – determined whom one could and could not marry, sleep with, even talk to in public.” (Variety) LINK
TAZWELL THOMPSON director
MICHAEL GANIO scenic design
LAURIE CHURBA costume design
STEPHEN QUANDT lighting design
FABIAN OBISPO sound design and original music
SPENCER JORGENSEN '17 stage manager
NAOMI AGNEW '20 assistant stage manager
JORDYN FITCH '20 assistant stage manager