Fall 2022 Projects

Fun theatre projects lined up for Fall 2022!

The Play That Goes Wrong

2:22 A Ghost Story

we, the invisibles

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I am fight directing the hysterical The Play That Goes Wrong for The Theatre Group @ Santa Barbara City College in which everything, well…goes wrong!. I will then step in to choreograph some violence business for 2:22 - A Ghost Story, an award-winning supernatural thriller being produced by Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre. Later this fall, I will be directing undergrads in we, the invisibles for the USC School of Dramatic Arts.

The Finish Line...

Fall is here and Christmas is around the corner and I am fortunate to continue to do the things I love.  In addition to teaching at USC and globe-trotting in my other life working for Spartan Race I have kept busy with projects closer to home.

I am currently in rehearsal for Oliver Mayer's adaptation of Lorca's Yerma.  Set in an elite university against a dry landscape Yerma in the Desert focuses on the custodial and public safety staff who clean up the mess and tell no tales in a Trumpian dystopia where personal grudges lead to deportation and worse. Even in this dry place, Yerma craves the wet closeness of love.  I have been co-directing with the magnificent Marlene Forte for Urban Theatre Movement and we look forward to sharing this story with you.

Recently, I choreographed a cool air lightsaber fight for IAMA Theatre's production of Sinner's Laundry. The sound effects created by the sound designer are excellent and the two actresses kick some Jedi butt! 

Sacred Fools production of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play continues to do well at the box office and with the critics. Anne Washburn's story of how society rebuilds itself following an apocalyptic failure of the power grid through our primal need for storytelling is humorously dark.  I created a fun sword fight for the grand finale showdown between the titular character and Bart Simpson.

Late Summer/Fall Projects

I'm back home after a fun and busy summer of travel, racing and Shakespeare!

I directed The Tempest at Off Square Theatre/Thin Air Shakespeare in Jackson Hole, WY and had the pleasure of working with old and new friends.  In addition to the local actors, I was able to cast seven Los Angeles-based actors to join me in the Tetons. It is an amazing place and I am looking forward to returning next summer to direct Macbeth!

After spending a few weeks in Peru and Chile I returned home and am getting ready for the MFA class in Fight & Violence that I teach at USC.  I am also shooting a cool web series based on a 1940's comic book called The Woman In Red. I play a bad guy and get roughed up by the heroine. If you want to see the actual comic book pages click here.

I am also creating fights and violence for the Sacred Fools Theater Company production of Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play. I am super excited to be working on this play with the excellent Fools. Get your tickets now!

Before the lights go out on Mr. Burns I'll be squeezing in a trip to Tennessee to choreograph fights at Tennessee Shakespeare Company for their touring productions of Romeo & Juliet and Julius Caesar. 

And, finally, I am co-directing Oliver Mayer's new play Yerma in the Desert (based on Lorca's play) for Urban Theatre Movement.  The play opens in November at the Greenway Court Theatre.

"Les Blancs" Fight Direction

I am working at Rogue Machine Theatre as Fight Director on their production of Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs directed by Gregg Daniel.  Gregg and I go waaaaay back and I have fight directed many of his shows over the years. I am excited to once again work with my friend and colleague!