Directing and Puppetry
Directing:
2003: Three: Short Stories by Gabriel Garcia Márquez: “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings;” “Light is Like Water;” “The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow.” Boston University Summer Theatre Institute
2002: Assistant Director for Broadway, by Dunning and Abbott. Directed by Laurence Senelick; choreographed by Judith Chafee. Balch Arena Theatre, Tufts University
1997: The Creation of the World, or, Why the Woman Always Has the Last Say. Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, MD
1996: Love, Dragons, and Real Estate. Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, MD
1995: Mother Earth Comes to Accokeek. Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, MD
1994: The Overcoat, adapted from the Gogol story. Bates College. Lewiston, ME
1993: The Proposal, by Anton Chekhov. Directing project with Russian actors. Stanislavsky Theatre, Moscow Russia
1992: ‘night Mother, by Marsha Norman. Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Cabaret and Full-Length Productions (by year of first performance):
2009: “Icarus No More"
2005: Translations: An Evening of East-European Tales (in collaboration with Bulgarian folk choir Yasna Voices)
2004: “Un-Chicken Soup”
2002: Rocks, Flames, and Other Misfortunes; “Baba Yaga's Metropolis”
2001: “The Red Cape”; “Ox and Bird”
2000: “Kalimanku”; “Planting Peppers”
1999: The Nose, adapted from the Gogol short story
Parades: (partial listing)
1995–present: First Night, Boston MA Boston's New Year’s Grand Procession. Parade Captain, Puppet Designer and Choreographer.
1998: Israel’s 50th Jubilee Boston Common, Boston, MA
Israel’s 50th Independence Day Parade. Parade Director.
1998: Potomac River Cleanup/ Canterbury School, Washington, D. C.
Created an environmental parade with the Alice Ferguson Foundation, high school students, and park services from five states.
1997: Earth Day, Boston, MA
Mother Earth Parade for annual Earth Day event on the Boston Esplanade. Parade Director.
1996-1997: Art Beat Festival, Somerville, MA
“All Dragon” and “History of Art” parades. Parade Director.
adapted from Gogol
translated & adapted from Gogol
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Performance: (very partial listing; links to reviews)
“Miss A,” The Shawl, by David Mamet. Boston Center for the Arts, 2000:
