Theater Directing
Constellations by Nick Payne
Director: Marteena Mendelssohn
Assistant Director: Sterling Knight
Stage Manager(s): Rensina Salerno and Sophia Ellis.
Cast: Aminelle Gill, Emma Kelly, Gabriella Mendes, Kristina Shostle, Mehana Placeres, Neoma Sanchez, Nico Jo, Philippe Geoffrion, Sadie Braun, Sara Bashiti, Sarah Affonso, Yasmeen Roundtree.
Summary: The play follows Marianne, a physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper, through their romantic relationship. Marianne often waxes poetic about cosmology, quantum mechanics, string theory and the belief that there are multiple universes that pull people’s lives in various directions. This is reflected in the play’s structure as brief scenes are repeated, often with different outcomes.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield.
Director: Marteena Mendelssohn
Stage Manager: Anthony El Ghazal
Cast: Aminelle Gill, Tatum Staub, Rachel Avila.
Summary: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is not so much a play as it is a vaudeville show in which three charismatic, wildly ambitious actors attempt to present all thirty-seven of Shakespeare’s plays in a single performance. They have a rudimentary concept of the stories and have imperfectly memorized a smattering of famous lines. Backstage there’s a meager assortment of costumes and props. Thus armed, the three brazenly launch into their task with an earnest focus and breakneck enthusiasm.
Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel
Director: Marteena Mendelssohn
Assistant Director: Malala Samirha Waseme
Stage Manager(s): Rensina Salerno and Sophia Ellis.
Cast: Sterling Knight, Sarah Affonso, Dylan Kornhauser, Gabriella Mendes, Isaac Bates.
Summary: Dry Land tells the story of Amy and Ester, two high schoolers on the same swim team. Amy is pregnant, and she’s struggling. With Ester’s help, she hopes to find a way to end her pregnancy without anyone finding out.
The Turn of the Screw by Ken Whitmore
Director: Marteena Mendelssohn
Assistant Director: Rowan Cecchini
Stage Manager(s): Rensina Salerno and Sophia Ellis
Cast: Tara Amirsardari, Sam Amirsardari, Rowan Cecchini, Alex Meyer, Fiona Nary, Emma Sacayan.
Summary: It is 1855 and Miss Grey, a young governess, arrives at Bly to take charge of Flora and Miles, two orphaned children. Shortly after, she begins to see strange figures – a man and a young woman. The lines between her reality and the truth become blurred.
