This is my Production Portfolio, a space for showcasing my work as a director, playwright, & theatre maker.
Working in process-oriented, collaborative spaces, I’ve been able to develop a versatile skill set. As a multi-hypenate artist, my medium is subject to change, but I’m invested in focusing my work on the inherent violence of girlhood, queerness, the irony of human emotion, and what it means to live in this tumultuous present.
Production Portfolio
My Dearest Apologies
Written & Directed by Grace Lenore Rogers
Downstairs are around a dozen teenage ballerinas, the most drunk they've ever been in their young lives, counting down the hours until everything changes. Tomorrow, they will graduate from one of the country's most prestigious pre-professional ballet programs. So tonight, they get fucking sloshed.
A play about trauma, friendship, and what it means to be an artist trapped inside of a teenager.
With its world premiere in the fall of my senior year at Emerson College, My Dearest Apologies served as my debut both as a director and playwright. Produced by Mercutio Troupe, the production received a nominations for Best Stage Play, and won Outstanding Writing for the Stage and Outstanding Print Advertisement at the 44th EVVY Awards.
My Dearest Apologies is now available to read on New Play Exchange.
Photos by Kylie Morgan
“This play is breathless, impossible to put down, and beautiful. It perfectly lands the balance of comedic moments that feel very real, relatable, and exactly how teenagers talk, and then it's very profound. Meaty roles for women in here and the characters are fleshed out, interesting, and lovable even at their most frustrating. Excellent for collegiate theatre and would lend itself nicely to staged readings.” - Anna Item
Asst. Direction/Intimacy Direction: Nicole Coleman
Choreography: Riley Sage MacMoyle
Stage Management: Leif Moore
Asst. Stage Management: Barbara Belén Litwak
Producing: Afton Myers
Scenic Design: Lulu Dalzell
Asst. Scenic Design: Gabby Laatz & Kiana McCully
Lighting Design: Matt Dandino
Asst. Lighting Design: Lizzie Lamb
Sound Design: Aadi Sinha
Costume Design: Aisha Akorede
Asst. Costume Design: Evelyn Walyus, Coco LaRochelle
Hair & Makeup Design: Taj Dharmadji
Asst. Hair & Makeup Design: Anne Shi
Props Design: Bee Laclair
Dramaturgy: Molly Howard
Cast: Ella Rae Barrett, Nicolas Carmenate, Josie Dring, Mallory Grothman, Justice Jones, Jessica Knowles, Cece Lampa, Kylee Majkowski, Rainer Ochs, Grace Osier, Nikki Yar
VIDEO BY MAHKYE HAYDEN
Chicago
by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Based on the play by Maureen Dallas Watkinsby
Directed by Connor Spring
VIDEO BY GRACE LENORE ROGERSIn April 2024, I had the opportunity to costume design Musical Theatre Society’s Chicago, directed by Connor Spring at Emerson College. As my first time as a designer, it was a humbling and incredibly rewarding experience, for which I was nominated for Outstanding Costume Design at the 44th EVVY Awards.
Photos by ZUBIN STILLINGS