2024-2025 Season
Fall 2024
Animal Farm by Ian Wooldridge (Dir. Izzy Pedego)
Twilight of the Roommates by Orioin Anding (Dir. Orion Anding)
Musical Theatre Cabaret (Dir. Britney Johnson)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies
Winter 2025
TBA
2023-2024 Season
Fall 2023
Presumption (the Fate of Frankenstein) by Richard Brinsley Peake (Dir. Gabe Young)
Winter 2024
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn (Dir. Izzy Pedego)
Girl Blood by Gillian O'Leary (Dir. Gillian O'Leary)
Also Included: Secret Family, 24-Hour Theater
2022-2023 Season
Fall 2022
The Wolves by Sarah Delappe (Dir. Molly Robbins)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Jasmin Rodrigues & Serena Jones)
Also Included: 24-Hour Theater, Open Mic Night
Winter 2023
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen (Dir. Madi Lang-Ree)
The Seagull by Anton Chekov (Dir. Scottie Tsubota)
Bone Deep; or, the skeleton play by Sloane Morton (Dir. Sloane Morton)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Jasmin Rodrigues & Serena Jones)
Also Included: Secret Family, 24-Hour Theater, Open Mic Night
2021-2022 Season
Fall 2021
Macbeth: I Want It Frat Way by William Shakespeare (Dir. Laura Boutros & Carl Erez)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Mary Harter & Artis Anderson)
Also Included: SAD, 24-Hour Theater
Winter 2022
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens (Dir. Joel Moore)
Disputes and Demurrals by Justin Hammer (Dir. Ivy Vanderveer)
Also Included: Secret Family, Shebam!, 24-Hour Theater
2020-2021 Season
Fall 2020
In the Dark of the Barn: Sinister Stories from Santa Cruz by Joel Moore, Laura Britt, Justin Hammer, Keivan Safavi (Dir. Joel Moore)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Robert Martinez-Morales, Sashi Sharma, Mary Harter)
Also Included: Virtual Open Mic Night, Shebam
Winter 2021
The Yellow Zoom-paper (Dir. Carl Erez & Justin Hammer)
Embrace the Chaos (Dir. Jessie Bender)
The Right People (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Robert Martinez-Morales & Mary Harter)
Also Included: Virtual Open Mic Night
Spring 2021
Hadalygirl (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
Tea Patches by Helen Everbach (Dir. Jessie Bender)
2019-2020 Season
Fall 2019
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (Dir. Xochitl Rios-Ellis)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Olivia Bailey, Robert Martinez, Taylor Northcutt)
Also Included: Shebam, 24-Hour Theater, SAD, Stupid Show
Winter 2020
The Most Popoular Girls on Stage (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
The Form
The Fifth Dimension: Inspired by The Twilight Zone (Dir. Sequoia Schirmer & Gwyn Foley)
Also Included: Murder Pisstery Party, Open Mic Night
Chataqua New Works Festival 2020
No Connection (Dir. Sequoia Schirmer, Seraphim Fuhre, Serena Jones, Victoria Hedgeberry)
Frame of Mind (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
Disputes and Demurrals by Justin Hammer (Dir. August Pearson)
2018-2019 Season
Fall 2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Dir. Ky Jones)
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang (Dir. Micaela Sinclair)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Katy Mlodzik and Sydney Nation)
Also Included: Humor Force Five, Buttprov, Shebam, Secret Family, and Acquire A Cappella
Winter 2019
The Implication of Sex/De-Composition (Written and Dir. Daniel Fisher)
Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros (Adapted and Dir. Amanda Ceballos)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Sydney Nation)
Staged Reading Series (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu and Claire Cheung-Solow)
Just Home for Summer by Helen Everbach
(Title TBD) by Emmet Storms
The Playboy of the Golden West by Isabel Cruz
Also Included: The Ghostlight Project, 24 Hour Theatre, Femmeprov, Secret Family, and Shebam
Chautauqua New Works Festival 2019
Coup-ed Up (Written and Dir. Begüm Inal)
Flood (Conceived by Kat Brault and Kumi Maxson and Dir. Kat Brault)
The Playboy of the Golden West (Written and Dir. Isabel Cruz)
Dear Pluto by Dray Bowens-Rubin and Zach Barryte (Dir. Conor McGowan)
Carla Only Likes Things Because They're Gay by Joyce Lin (Dir. Claire Cheung-Solow)
Just Home for Summer by Helen Everbach (Dir. Xochitl Rios and Helen Everbach)
*Video Recordings for Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 here!*
Fall 2024
Animal Farm by Ian Wooldridge (Dir. Izzy Pedego)
Twilight of the Roommates by Orioin Anding (Dir. Orion Anding)
Musical Theatre Cabaret (Dir. Britney Johnson)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies
Winter 2025
TBA
2023-2024 Season
Fall 2023
Presumption (the Fate of Frankenstein) by Richard Brinsley Peake (Dir. Gabe Young)
Winter 2024
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn (Dir. Izzy Pedego)
Girl Blood by Gillian O'Leary (Dir. Gillian O'Leary)
Also Included: Secret Family, 24-Hour Theater
2022-2023 Season
Fall 2022
The Wolves by Sarah Delappe (Dir. Molly Robbins)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Jasmin Rodrigues & Serena Jones)
Also Included: 24-Hour Theater, Open Mic Night
Winter 2023
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen (Dir. Madi Lang-Ree)
The Seagull by Anton Chekov (Dir. Scottie Tsubota)
Bone Deep; or, the skeleton play by Sloane Morton (Dir. Sloane Morton)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Jasmin Rodrigues & Serena Jones)
Also Included: Secret Family, 24-Hour Theater, Open Mic Night
2021-2022 Season
Fall 2021
Macbeth: I Want It Frat Way by William Shakespeare (Dir. Laura Boutros & Carl Erez)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Mary Harter & Artis Anderson)
Also Included: SAD, 24-Hour Theater
Winter 2022
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens (Dir. Joel Moore)
Disputes and Demurrals by Justin Hammer (Dir. Ivy Vanderveer)
Also Included: Secret Family, Shebam!, 24-Hour Theater
2020-2021 Season
Fall 2020
In the Dark of the Barn: Sinister Stories from Santa Cruz by Joel Moore, Laura Britt, Justin Hammer, Keivan Safavi (Dir. Joel Moore)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Robert Martinez-Morales, Sashi Sharma, Mary Harter)
Also Included: Virtual Open Mic Night, Shebam
Winter 2021
The Yellow Zoom-paper (Dir. Carl Erez & Justin Hammer)
Embrace the Chaos (Dir. Jessie Bender)
The Right People (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Robert Martinez-Morales & Mary Harter)
Also Included: Virtual Open Mic Night
Spring 2021
Hadalygirl (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
Tea Patches by Helen Everbach (Dir. Jessie Bender)
2019-2020 Season
Fall 2019
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (Dir. Xochitl Rios-Ellis)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Olivia Bailey, Robert Martinez, Taylor Northcutt)
Also Included: Shebam, 24-Hour Theater, SAD, Stupid Show
Winter 2020
The Most Popoular Girls on Stage (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
The Form
The Fifth Dimension: Inspired by The Twilight Zone (Dir. Sequoia Schirmer & Gwyn Foley)
Also Included: Murder Pisstery Party, Open Mic Night
Chataqua New Works Festival 2020
No Connection (Dir. Sequoia Schirmer, Seraphim Fuhre, Serena Jones, Victoria Hedgeberry)
Frame of Mind (Dir. Kudra Wagner)
Disputes and Demurrals by Justin Hammer (Dir. August Pearson)
2018-2019 Season
Fall 2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Dir. Ky Jones)
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang (Dir. Micaela Sinclair)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Katy Mlodzik and Sydney Nation)
Also Included: Humor Force Five, Buttprov, Shebam, Secret Family, and Acquire A Cappella
Winter 2019
The Implication of Sex/De-Composition (Written and Dir. Daniel Fisher)
Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros (Adapted and Dir. Amanda Ceballos)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Sydney Nation)
Staged Reading Series (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu and Claire Cheung-Solow)
Just Home for Summer by Helen Everbach
(Title TBD) by Emmet Storms
The Playboy of the Golden West by Isabel Cruz
Also Included: The Ghostlight Project, 24 Hour Theatre, Femmeprov, Secret Family, and Shebam
Chautauqua New Works Festival 2019
Coup-ed Up (Written and Dir. Begüm Inal)
Flood (Conceived by Kat Brault and Kumi Maxson and Dir. Kat Brault)
The Playboy of the Golden West (Written and Dir. Isabel Cruz)
Dear Pluto by Dray Bowens-Rubin and Zach Barryte (Dir. Conor McGowan)
Carla Only Likes Things Because They're Gay by Joyce Lin (Dir. Claire Cheung-Solow)
Just Home for Summer by Helen Everbach (Dir. Xochitl Rios and Helen Everbach)
*Video Recordings for Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 here!*
2017-2018 Season
Fall 2017
The Memo by Vaclav Havel (Dir. Tanner Oertel)
Honey (Dir. Makenna Pearlman Bantillo and Carly Taylor)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu, Josiah Bartel, and Zade Dardari)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2018
SOAPS (Dir. Daniel Hanna)
Throwback Theater (Dir. Abel Art)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Katy Mlodik)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience, Femmeprov
Chautauqua Festival
Appropriating Shakespeare by De Boiz Theatre Company (Dir. Rey Cordova)
The Lake by Amanda Leiserowitz (Dir. Alyssa Ponce)
Baked Bananza (Written and Dir. Gwyn Foley)
Another Haunted House Story (Written and Dir. Sequioa Schirmer)
Voir Dire (Written and Dir. Rey Cordova and Marissa Moorehead)
Mariposas (Written and Dir. Max Karpecki and Melissa Gomez)
Ubu Raw (Written and Dir. Ryan Schwalm)
Fall 2017
The Memo by Vaclav Havel (Dir. Tanner Oertel)
Honey (Dir. Makenna Pearlman Bantillo and Carly Taylor)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu, Josiah Bartel, and Zade Dardari)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2018
SOAPS (Dir. Daniel Hanna)
Throwback Theater (Dir. Abel Art)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Katy Mlodik)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience, Femmeprov
Chautauqua Festival
Appropriating Shakespeare by De Boiz Theatre Company (Dir. Rey Cordova)
The Lake by Amanda Leiserowitz (Dir. Alyssa Ponce)
Baked Bananza (Written and Dir. Gwyn Foley)
Another Haunted House Story (Written and Dir. Sequioa Schirmer)
Voir Dire (Written and Dir. Rey Cordova and Marissa Moorehead)
Mariposas (Written and Dir. Max Karpecki and Melissa Gomez)
Ubu Raw (Written and Dir. Ryan Schwalm)
2016-2017 Season
Fall 2016
Autobahn by Neil LaBute (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Dance Collisions: Spectra (Dir. Chloe Rosen, Makenna Bantillo, & Alyssa Soderberg)
"God Damn Ring" Staged Reading (Written by Magenta Howard)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2017
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith (Dir. Ciera Eis)
(Dis)Organizationalize! (Written and Dir. Daniel Fisher and Tanner Oertel)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Chautauqua Festival
A Story for the Girls by Bayley Otto-Gross (Dir. Margot Hoffman)
Everything Closes at Midnight by Edith Castorena (Dir. Serene Sherman)
Men at Work by Dillon Goss-Carpenter (Dir. Emmet Storms)
What We Do (Written and Dir. Emmet Storms)
Good Poetry by Todd Isaacson (Dir. Hector Contreras-Ramazzini)
Blushing Violet by Natalie Farrell (Dir. Magda Travis)
Rubies of Mokarar by Rocko Bauman (Dir. Nick Whitlow)
Masked by Anastasia Yukouba (Dir. Mariana Briskin)
Self & Other (Choreographed by Sabrina Mahoney)
A Particular Kind of Heaven by Justin Martinez (Dir. Sam Sullivan)
Fall 2016
Autobahn by Neil LaBute (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Dance Collisions: Spectra (Dir. Chloe Rosen, Makenna Bantillo, & Alyssa Soderberg)
"God Damn Ring" Staged Reading (Written by Magenta Howard)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2017
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith (Dir. Ciera Eis)
(Dis)Organizationalize! (Written and Dir. Daniel Fisher and Tanner Oertel)
Musical Theater Scenes (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Chautauqua Festival
A Story for the Girls by Bayley Otto-Gross (Dir. Margot Hoffman)
Everything Closes at Midnight by Edith Castorena (Dir. Serene Sherman)
Men at Work by Dillon Goss-Carpenter (Dir. Emmet Storms)
What We Do (Written and Dir. Emmet Storms)
Good Poetry by Todd Isaacson (Dir. Hector Contreras-Ramazzini)
Blushing Violet by Natalie Farrell (Dir. Magda Travis)
Rubies of Mokarar by Rocko Bauman (Dir. Nick Whitlow)
Masked by Anastasia Yukouba (Dir. Mariana Briskin)
Self & Other (Choreographed by Sabrina Mahoney)
A Particular Kind of Heaven by Justin Martinez (Dir. Sam Sullivan)
2015-2016 Season
Fall 2015
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Dir. Kieran Beccia)
Water by the Spoonful by Quiera Allegra Hughes (Dir. Cieira Eis)
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (Dir. Josh Orlando and Nina McMurtie)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2016
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange (Dir. Ryan Pearson)
Woyzeck by George Buchner (Dir. Quest Zeidler)
Women in Theater: An Evening of Scenes (Dir. Dexter Henderson and Raney Diamond-Wilds)
24-Hour Theater (Organized by JJ Hersh)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Chautauqua Festival
Sandwich'd by Daniel Fisher (Dir. Magenta Howard)
Mackenzie by Emily Schneiderman (Dir. Magenta Howard)
An Odyssey by Patrick Denney (Dir. Nina McMurtie)
Dark Mystery by Rocko Bauman (Dir. Che Lanouette)
Harm's Way by Nicholas Junius (Dir. Nick Whitlow)
Stand In by Kaeliegh Morrison (Dir. Asher Guthertz)
Knife's Edge by Nicholas Junius
Fall 2015
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Dir. Kieran Beccia)
Water by the Spoonful by Quiera Allegra Hughes (Dir. Cieira Eis)
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (Dir. Josh Orlando and Nina McMurtie)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2016
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange (Dir. Ryan Pearson)
Woyzeck by George Buchner (Dir. Quest Zeidler)
Women in Theater: An Evening of Scenes (Dir. Dexter Henderson and Raney Diamond-Wilds)
24-Hour Theater (Organized by JJ Hersh)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Chautauqua Festival
Sandwich'd by Daniel Fisher (Dir. Magenta Howard)
Mackenzie by Emily Schneiderman (Dir. Magenta Howard)
An Odyssey by Patrick Denney (Dir. Nina McMurtie)
Dark Mystery by Rocko Bauman (Dir. Che Lanouette)
Harm's Way by Nicholas Junius (Dir. Nick Whitlow)
Stand In by Kaeliegh Morrison (Dir. Asher Guthertz)
Knife's Edge by Nicholas Junius
2014-2015 Season
Fall 2014
The Haunting of Hill House by F. Andrew Leslie, from the novel by Shirley Jackson (Dir. Quest Zeidler)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2015
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (Dir. David Murakami)
Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill (Dir. Tanner Oertel)
Jacob and Jordan's At the Whims of Whatever (Dir. Jacon Marvin Eneberg and Jordan Trepte)
"Madison Events" Staged Reading
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Chautauqua Festival
Matteo and Giovanni are Pastich-ing by Magenta Howard (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Lamb+Bug by Siobhan Callaghan (Dir. Anthony Aguilar)
MindGame by Nicholas Junius (Dir. Kieran Beccia)
Johnny Angel by Anthony Mele (Dir. Josh Orlando)
The Big Antarctic Ghost Hunt by Emily Schneiderman (Dir. Quest Zeidler)
Also Loves Naps by Sarai Gallegos (Dir. Nina McMurtie)
The History of the Earth by Sage Hoffee (Dir. Taylor Chase)
Fall 2014
The Haunting of Hill House by F. Andrew Leslie, from the novel by Shirley Jackson (Dir. Quest Zeidler)
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Winter 2015
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (Dir. David Murakami)
Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill (Dir. Tanner Oertel)
Jacob and Jordan's At the Whims of Whatever (Dir. Jacon Marvin Eneberg and Jordan Trepte)
"Madison Events" Staged Reading
Also Included: Someone Always Dies, Humor Force Five, Loose Lips, SheBAM!, The Michael Becker Experience
Chautauqua Festival
Matteo and Giovanni are Pastich-ing by Magenta Howard (Dir. Ben Chau-Chiu)
Lamb+Bug by Siobhan Callaghan (Dir. Anthony Aguilar)
MindGame by Nicholas Junius (Dir. Kieran Beccia)
Johnny Angel by Anthony Mele (Dir. Josh Orlando)
The Big Antarctic Ghost Hunt by Emily Schneiderman (Dir. Quest Zeidler)
Also Loves Naps by Sarai Gallegos (Dir. Nina McMurtie)
The History of the Earth by Sage Hoffee (Dir. Taylor Chase)
