Selected Theatre Works
The Water Station by Ōta Shōgo (October 2024)
I created an original adaptation of this Japanese wordless play performed in a sculpture court in collaboration with video artist Robin Lasser. Featuring an original score, contemporary dance shipwreck sequence, video projections, GoPro recordings and trash collected by community members. Supported by a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant.
Nina Winkel Sculpture Court
Plattsburgh State Art Museum
in collaboration with Climate’s Shipwreck Ballad by Robin Lasser and Transmutation Traces by Marguerite Perret
Photos by Cinara Marquis
Video by Robin Lasser
this is how we walk on the moon - original outer space performance (April 2024)
Photos by Olivia Davis
I conceived and directed this is how we walk on the moon, which derived its title from a song by the late cellist and electronic artist Arthur Russell. Created to herald the Great American Total Eclipse, the piece explored our love of outer space, astronauts, and space travel. The performance featured a geodesic climbing dome and 3D projections including footage from Melies’ A Trip to the Moon from 1902.
Myers Black Box Theatre
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Pecha Kucha Night Burlington
Kasennisaks: I’m Looking for a Name (A Mohawk Woman’s Story of Survival) (April 2023)
Funded by a New York State Council on the Arts Grant, I co-created and directed this one woman performance about a Mohawk woman growing up in northern New York and as a descendant of residential school survivors and intergenerational trauma.
Krinovitz Recital Hall
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Clinton County Historical Association
Our Town by Thornton Wilder with new translations by Nilo Cruz (November 2021)
I directed this new and modern version of Our Town that celebrates the fictional town of Grover’s Corners as the multilingual and multicultural community of today. The Webb family acted in Spanish with English translations projected on the proscenium walls. The Stage Manager role, divided into three characters, starred one performer from Azerbaijan. The show also featured a gospel choir, Bomba music, and a wedding cake for audience members.
Hartman Theatre
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Photos by Trevor Eichler
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks (February 2016)
I directed this play in an abandoned storefront. The show featured a bucket drummer from Antigua who underscored the production. The idea for the show was to animate unused space and bring more diverse works into the community. Today, the space is now home to a multicultural hair salon.
The Storefront
Plattsburgh, NY
