“Finding the Light in the Darkness”
Directing Samples
The Laramie Project
The Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season
May 2024
Written by Moisés Kaufman & the Tectonic Theatre Project
PSM: Allison Raynes
ASM: Matthew Palmer
Set Design: Samantha Tutasi
Props Design: Samantha Shoffner
Costumes Design: Jolene Marie Richardson
Lighting Design: Amina Alexander
Sound Design: Jordan McCree
Cast:
Jesse Kinstler
Parker Jenkins
Alexa Rose Passante
Nicole Stewart
Donovan Fowler
Justin Schulsohn
25 years ago, Matthew Shepard was severely beaten and left to die in an empty field. The men who targeted him did so because he was gay. In the proceeding months, nationwide attention was cast on hate, culminating in a movement that would lead to landmark anti-hate crime legislation in America. In November of that year, the members of the Tectonic Theatre Project travelled to Laramie, Wyoming to interview the people of the town where the murder occurred. This play is a collection of those interviews, as well as other found texts, that examines the thoughts and beliefs of the community before, during, and after the crime against Matthew.
Scripture
The Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season
April 2024
Written by Grayson May
PSM: Eitan Markowitz
ASM: Sarah Adams
Set Design: Brian Pacelli
Props Design: Addison Heeran
Costumes Design: Andreea Mincic
Lighting Design: Amina Alexander
Sound Design: Sean Hagerty
Cast:
Anna Medley as Sarah
Parker Jenkins as Eunuch
To save her mother, Sarah prepares an elaborate ritual, pieced together with holy words and prophetic compulsions. But the ritual is as much sacrificial as it is sacred, and when her childhood friend Michael interferes, Sarah is forced to choose between life and death or holiness and humanity.
Why
Nuworks Summer Theatre Festival at the John DeSotelle Acting Studio
Written by Maranatha Leigh
PSM: Sam Grocock
Lighting Design: Ethan Feil
Cast:
Angela Manfredonia as Her
John Rearick as Him
Trapped between the past and the present, a woman is haunted by the memory of a man who turned from a trusted friend into the monster that assaulted her. With nowhere to turn, she must either navigate the confusing and painful memories of a happier - but ultimately more abusive - life, or face the crippling realization that she will never truly move on. Only when her greatest question has been answered can she hope to recover her independence and freedom, but the ghosts of the past will not make it easy for her.
Reflection of a Shadow
New York Theatre Festival
Teatro Latea, SummerFest 2023
Written by Rocky Nunzio
Lighting Design: Parker Jenkins
Sound Design: Kevin Alterman
Intimacy Direction: Brent Shultz
Cast:
Jesse Kinstler as Griffin
Anna Medley as Mallory
Natalie Marsan as Ally
Hunter Wilson as Matt
Parker Jenkins as Griffin U/S
Finley Vigliotti as Matt U/S
A young man deals with the consequences of a bad break up. The past and the present collide as we see what happened throughout the course of the relationship, as well as the effects on his friends during it and in the aftermath.
“Best Actor” Award Reciptient
You can view the production here.
The Edge of Tonight
Equity Library Theater of New York Short Play Festival
September 2023
Written and Filmed by Parker Jenkins
Lighting Design by Parker Jenkins
Edited by Parker Jenkins
Cast:
Lexi Passante as Allyson
Cameron Eastland as Bill
Jesse Kinstler as Jamison
In the middle of an apocalyptic, forgotten desert, Allyson and Bill take on the knowns--and unknowns--of futuristic survival. Adapted from the stage for film, The Edge of Tonight explores the subjectivity and horror of what lies in the unknown, and just how far the bonds of love, partnership, and perseverance can reach in the middle of a struggle for survival.
"Best Play” Award Reciptient
You can view the production here.
Whatever May Fall
The Actors Studio Drama School Performance Festival
December 2022
Written by Grayson May
Lighting Design: Parker Jenkins
Sound Design: Kevin Alterman
Cast:
Anna Medley as Lilah
Cameron Eastland as Caleb
Alexa Passante as Eve
With the impending death of their abusive father, a brother and sister must navigate their strained relationship and come to a greater understanding of their place in the world.
You can view the production here.
The Actors Studio Drama School Performance Festival
December 2022
Written by Henrik Ibsen
Cast:
Natalie Estelle Marsan as Nora
Parker Jenkins as Dr. Rank
Nikolas Pagan as Krogstad
A Doll’s House
Nora Helmer, a childlike wife and mother accustomed to an existence built around her husband Torvald, comes to confront the truth of her marriage, in Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking 1879 play.
“Working together to break the mold”
Assistant Directing Samples
Love Quirks
Directed by Brian Childers
Assist. Directed by Lindsey Alterman
AMT Theatre
July 2022
Written by Seth Bisen-Hersh and Mark Childers
Music Directed by Austin Nuckols
PSM: Tylar Traum
Set Design: Josh Iacovelli
Lighting Design: Rocky Noel
Cast:
Lauren Testerman as Steph
Maggie McDowell as Lili
Erin Lamar as Ryan
Matthew Schatz as Chris
Love Quirks is an award-winning musical based on actual events as a group of roommates explore the bizarre tribulations of love, friendship, and all the blurry lines in-between.
Four broken hearts must face the past and look to the future, as they march into the strange and often hilarious world of love.
What they find is never what they expect, and they must face up to their own Love Quirks to move forward.
Love Quirks features a score of quirky, neurotic and poignant songs by composer/lyricist Seth Bisen-Hersh and a script by Mark Childers filled with laughter, pathos and sexual tension.
Winner of 4 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Directed by John Hickok
Assist. Directed by Lindsey Alterman
ATA Sargent Theatre
September 2024
Written by Seth Bisen-Hersh and R.C. Staab
Music Directed by Mitchell Brownell
PSM: Emma Weiner
Costume Design: Georgia Evans
Lighting Design: Parker Jenkins
Props Design: Lindsey Alterman
Cast:
Ethan Yaheen-Moy Chan as John/Yash
Johana Gracia Lara as Kismine/Mira
Megan Lomax as Mrs. Washington/Gypsum/French Official
Bobby Barksdale as Percy/Aviator/Man
Richard Rowan as Mr. Washington/American Official
Set to catchy melodies that hark back to the golden age of Broadway, the musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's comic novella is told through a framing device of a young couple seeking to immigrate to the United States today. The couple puzzles over Fitzgerald's deliberate satire involving impossibly wealthy Americans and Fitzgerald's cavalier treatment of race issues. As the story moves back and forth from present day to the 1920s, the story takes on added comic satire and an edgy, engrossing perspective.
Fun Home
Directed by Marya Mazor
Assist. Directed by Lindsey Alterman
Chance Theatre
January 2020
Written by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
Music Directed by Lex Leigh
Choreographer: Hazel Clarke
Scenic Design: Bradley Kaye
Sound Design: Ryan Brodkin
Lighting Design: Andrea Heilman
Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family's Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father's hidden desires.
Ovation Award Winner
The Ghost of John McCain
Directed by Marya Mazor
Assist. Directed by Lindsey Alterman
Quixote Productions
29-Hour Reading
January 2024
Written by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola
Music Directed by Alexander Tom
PSM: Ryan Gohsman
Cast:
Angie Schworer as Hillary Clinton
Hudson Loverro/Major Attaway as Donald Trump
Ann Harada as Karen
Ken Marks as John McCain
As McCain contemplates a wonderful afterlife, he instead finds that “heaven” is inside Trump’s brain, where a “Greek Chorus” of iconic figures, including Hillary Clinton, Roy Cohn, Eva Perón, Teddy Roosevelt, Robert Jordan, and Lindsey Graham, rebel against the President’s relentless demands for affirmation.
Lysistrata
Directed by Marya Mazor
Assist. Directed by Lindsey Alterman
Chapman University
October 2019
Written by Ellen Mclaughlin
Scenic Design: Lily Bartenstein
Costume Design: Jenny Foldenauer
Lighting Design: Andrea Heilman
Scenic Design: Jessa Orr
This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by the Aristophanes play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian who calls for the women of Greece to help end the Peloponnesian War. She proposes a radical plan: All Greek women must refuse to engage in lovemaking until the men see reason, lay down their arms, and come home to lie down with their wives in peace. The women agree to make the sacrifice and all hell breaks loose as men wander the country in an agony of unsatisfied lust. Will Lysistrata and her crew accomplish what the politicians could not?
