Winter/Spring Recap
Hi Everyone. It was a busy winter spring! Here's the brief recap of what I've been up to...
Zach Wobensmith, Isabella Minutolo, & Emily Battles, Photo Erin Solér
Living Radio
I kicked off the first week of 2025 by reuniting to direct with Living Radio. Living Radio is the monthly play series that throws together 10 minute radio shows based on the news headlines of the week. My piece, written by the estimable Duncan Pflaster was "only eight minutes to go". It can be heard in radio play format here.
Trey Radu-Blackburn, Nolan Atterbury, and Juan Calix, Photo by Duncan Pflaster
Two Gays Contemplate a Straight
Continuing my relationship with Duncan Pflaster, I was intimacy director for his new short comedy for the Chain's Winter One Act Play Festival. It was a great team, and the actors were brilliant!
Single Sword Certification
I finally took the plunge and took a 10 week course this spring from Lisa Kopitsky at Neutral Chaos and received my SAFD certification in Single Sword. It's been something I have been wanting to do for awhile, and I'm pleased that I finally made it happen.
Amanda LaPergola and Alyssa Simon in The Fallow Garden, Photo Kent Meister
Hellish Delights
This was a special one, as this show was shut down mid-run when Covid hit. Five years later, we were able to get it back on its feet with the same cast, same director, and some of the same design team! Big thanks to director Jesse Edward Rosbrow and playwright Scott C. Sickles for never giving up. I was proud to say that the fights/intimacy still looked fantastic!
Lizzie Chengxiu Jiang Roberts (Judith) and Christopher Yustin (Holofernes)
Judith and Holofernes
My creative partner Bryce Weinert and I have been hard at work on our next show, which is based on the famous eponymous painting by Artemisia Gentileschi. I directed two successful readings of her thrilling new play in the past 6 months. The second of which was co-produced with The Interstitial and held at ART/NY. Next steps for the piece will be doing an actual run. More on that soon.
Backstage at the Naughty Fairy Cabaret
Midnight Radio Show
The Dysfunctional Swingers (aka myself and Brendan McGlynn) have performed 2 new pieces with Midnight Radio Show in the past two months. We debuted a piece at an intimate open mic evening and then last week debuted a second as part of their Naughty Fairy Cabaret at Dixon Place.
The wonderful faculty of GLMCC
Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium
I was very excited to spend a week in Ohio taking Module 1 (of 3) learning about the Michael Chekhov acting technique. In completing this program over the next three years, I will be a certified teacher in the Chekhov technique. I was able to meet a lot of fantastically talented people and really enjoyed diving into this work. Looking forward to next year already.
NEXT UP
The Garden Bridge
Pleased to be providing fight direction for this brand new musical that is part of the SheNYC Arts Festival happening at the end of July. We started rehearsals this week, and the show and cast are all incredible. The show follows the journey of a family of Viennese Jewish refugees as they arrive in Shanghai in 1940. Written by Jill Ohayon and Andy Li, directed by Dev Bondarin. Two performances only, July 23 at 7:30 and July 26 at 8:30. Get your tickets here.

















