Spring Forum Lighting Designer: Noemi Millman
Week 1: June 5-8:
Assistant Director: Jackie Tuerk
The Fortification of Miss Grace Wren
An elementary school teacher can't cope with the present. She wants to
escape into the past. Thanks to a historical figure who stands astride
the 17th and 21st Centuries, she finds the strength and desire to continue
her life.
Mr. Potter Prevails
A sculptor tries to deny his instinct in order to please critics.
with: Gemma Riggs, Steve Brennan & Caitlin Loesch-Jones
Week 2: June 12-15: Bringing Out the Dead
Assistant Director: Elizabeth Healy
Bridge and Tunnel
Sarah, a suburban housewife, befriends her gay neighbor Mike when he loses his longtime companion in a motorcycle accident. The two form a strange bond when Mike learns that Sarah's first husband was also killed in a car accident. They spend their nights mourning their lost loves in
their own unique way until Mike realizes Sarah's grief exceeds his own.
with: George Brouillette, Summer Ryan Doyle, Alex Harder, Ricardo Walker
Enbalming
Do repressed memories represent a truth we need to face, or the lie we sometimes prefer to tell ourselves? A young mortician struggles to accept her past with the help of the body she is working on.
with: Sean Doran, Laura Jean Francis, Devin Moriarity, Rob Zimmer
Week 3: June 19-22
Assistant Director: Amy Wager
Random Axe
by Allene Nichols
Two former sorority girls, a world famous photographer, and an exterminator get together for a "Mary Kay" style party. When the women learn that two of the guests share a shattered past, confusion, mayhem, and murder follow.
with Marion Barnoski, Jenny Deller, Jenna Silcox, Laura Williams
Special Delivery
by Nancy Gall-Clayton
In the future, at a Lab where babies are manufactured, Harold shows up to claim his baby boy only to find that there has been some miscommunication about the delivery date. In the midst of this chaos, Roger a sperm donor and Harriet an egg donor might fall in-love, if they can get rid of Twyla - the head secretary of the lab, who doesn't want them anywhere near each other.
with: Jen Bates, Daniel O'Brien, Julie Schubert, Rosario Vaina
Tracy Perez (Assistant Director/Stage Manager)
Jennifer Spinello (Assistant Stage Manager)
Week 4: June 26-29:
Exploring Romeo and Juliet
Two directors take chances with Shakespeare's classic
Assistant Director: Regina Robbins
Romeo and Juliet or How Not to Do Shakespeare
In five short scenes, we'll attempt to spoof every bad Shakespeare play you've ever seen. Expect lots of laughs and a new perspective on the old Bard. Come find out what went wrong.
with: Cara Ann Moretto, Shaun Taylor-Corbitt, Tami Gatta & Liz Eckert
Romeo and Juliet Weighs the Balance Between Love and Hate
In these modern times of violence, which will prevail?
ROBIN RICE LICHTIG
Recent productions at Bailiwick Repertory (Chicago), Alleyway Theatre (Buffalo), and The Cleveland Public Theatre. Other selected producers: Expanded Arts, Toronto Fringe, Miranda, HERE, Fourth Unity (Bank Street), Pulse, Manhattan Theatre Source. Winner and finalist awards include: Samuel French, Moondance International Film Festival, Maxim Mazumdar, Perishable, Kernodle, Drury University, TADA! Member: PEN Central, International Center for Women Playwrights, New Georges (affiliate), Polaris North, Manhattan Playwrights, Dramatists Guild. Publisher: Bakers Plays. Representation: Impulse Playwrights Agency. (info on scripts available for production: www.dramamama.net) BACK TO TOP
EMILY BOLAND
Experience- Director (Spring Forum 2003), Director (Spring Forum 2002- "Exit or Transfer Here"), Director (Winter Forum 2000- "Prelude to Gracenotes"), Assistant Director/Stage Manager (Imagination).
Emily Boland graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Latin American Studies. As an undergrad, she worked with Columbia's King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe. KCST credits include "Much Ado About Nothing" (Ursula), "Hamlet" (Gravedigger and Ensemble director), "Troilus and Cressida" (Producer) and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Director). BACK TO TOP
JULIA COLE
Experience- Director (Spring Forum 2003), Assistant Director (Winter Forum 2002).
Julia Cole is thrilled to be a part of the LGT Director's Forum. Julia has worked on productions in Indiana, Texas, England, and in NYC at HERE, The Culture Project, Chelsea Playhouse, Raw Space Theatre, The Women's Project, and Theatre for a New City. Much gratitude to JL for his inspiring work ethic/attitude, SB for his exuberant energy, GG for his fearlessness, and a wink to RBF. BACK TO TOP
TANIYA HOSSAIN (Playwright, Spring Forum 2003)
Taniya is happy to be part of the Looking Glass Forum. Her plays have been seen in New York at New Perspectives Theatre Company, the Brooklyn Lyceum and the Westbeth Theatre Center; City Theater in Pittsburgh (where her play Haunted received Honorable Mention recognition in the Pittsburgh New Works Festival); and at Chicago Dramatist Workshop, The Bailiwick Arts Center and the Famous Door Theatre in Chicago. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is a member of the Playwright's Workshop lead by Tony Howarth in New York. Special thanks to Becky and the cast for their hard work, and to Joe for all his love and support. BACK TO TOP
REBECCA A. KATZMAN
Experience- Director (Spring Forum 2003), Director (Spring Forum 2002: "Surfing Blue"), Assistant Director/Stage Manager (Forum Winter 2002: FOUR BY RANA).
Rebecca A. Katzman is pleased to return to The Looking Glass Theatre. Her previous directing credits include: The Good Doctor (Ridgewood, NJ), 140 from Love's Fire (Ann Arbor, MI), The Vagina Monologues (Ann Arbor, MI) and Love Letters (Ann Arbor, MI). She received her B.A. in Drama and English from the University of Michigan. BACK TO TOP
KENDALL O'NEILL
Experience- Director (Spring Forum 2003), Assistant Director (Winter Forum 2002) BACK TO TOP
CHARMIAN CREAGLE (Director: Spring Forum 2003 & Assistant: Playwright & Directors Lab)
Charmian is an accomplished avant garde director with her own company. She has recently relocated to New York City from Seattle. BACK TO TOP
GLORY SIMS BOWEN (Director: Spring Forum 2003)
Glory Sims Bowen has been the recipient of the Meritorious Achievement Award in Direction from the Kennedy Center A.C.T.F. She has directed for several Manhattan Theaters including; The American Globe Theater, Chashama Theater, The Bank Street Theater, HERE, RAW Theater and The Connelly Theater. Some of her favorite directorial credits, include Jack or the Submission (Ionesco Festival), Foursome (Ionesco Festival), Golem Stories (Spotlight On Festival), tryin t' touch the sun (Spotlight On Festival), The Glass Menagerie, Pippin, Joseph and his....Coat, Uncommon Women and Others, Shallow End, Sightings, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion , Kaleidoscope, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in The Moon Marigolds, The House of Bernarda Alba, and Ten Little Indians. Thanks to a fabulous cast, design team, crew, the rest of the forum directors, and Justine! BACK TO TOP
SHARI JOHNSON
Experience- Director (Spring Forum 2003), Director (Winter Forum 2002 - "Muncie and Mayhem"),
Director (Spring Forum 2002 - "The Girls of the Five and Ten"), Director (Winter Forum 2002 - "M"),
Assistant Director (Man with Bags).
Shari Johnson holds a B.A. in Theatre and English from Hope College in Michigan. Shari has also worked in stage management for the Pearl Theatre, Gallery Players, HERE, NC Shakespeare Fesitval, and Notes in Motion dance company. Many thanks. Col. 3:17 BACK TO TOP
KATE MARKS
Experience- Director (Spring Forum 2003), Director (Winter Forum 2002- "Lola and the Planets of Glorious Diversity"), Director (Spring Forum 2002- "Bumping Umbrellas"), Director (Winter Forum 2002 - "Decent"), Assistant Director (Man with Bags).
Most recently, Kate Marks directed Nothing of Origins produced by Studio 42 and One Year Leases at Urban Stages. Kate has directed Reproduction at The Riant Theatre; Faith at The Broadway Institute; Lola and the Planet of Glorious Diversity, Decent, and Bumping Umbrellas at The Looking Glass Forum where she also teaches a movement class. Bumping Umbrellas went on to be produced at Surf Reality, The Riant Theatre, and Don't Tell Mama. Other favorite directing credits include The Lesson, Aladdin, Peter Pan, I-95 South, and Alice in Wonderland. She has choreographed for Two Sides of A Coin Productions and Cabaret at The Baracke, in East Germany. Upcoming projects include The Odyssey at the Baracke in East Germany. She is a graduate of Brown University. BACK TO TOP
