Below are production stills from select productions with brief descriptions below. Please click on a thumbnail to view additional photographs and information.
You on the Moors Now, North Carolina State University, April 2025.
PC: Matt Ramey
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Jaclyn Backhaus’ anachronistic interweaving of the stories of Jane Eyre, Jo March, Elizabeth Bennet, and Cathy Earnshaw. The women set conventionalism ablaze when they turn down marriage proposals from their equally famous gentlemen callers.
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. North Carolina State University, October, 2024.
PC: Matt Ramey
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Anne Washburn's imaginative dark comedy is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.
Jekyll and Hyde, The Musical. North Carolina State University, Spring 2024.
PC: Matt Ramey
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The musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic Thriller novel, attempting to separate the good and evil in all of us.
[title of show], North Carolina State University, TheatreFest 2023
PC: Ron Foreman
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A musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical.
She Kills Monsters, North Carolina State University, 2023.
PC: Ron Foreman
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Qui Nguyen’s beautiful coming-of-age story about coping with loss through a high fantasy Role Playing Game.
Urinetown The Musical, North Carolina State University, 2023.
PC: Ron Foreman
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Urinetown The Musical- Kotis and Hollman’s satire on politics, sociology, economics and musicals themselves! UT’s first production back in Stewart Theatre since 2019.
Assassins, NCSU TheatreFest, 2022
PC: Ron Foreman
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Assassins- Stephen Sondheim’s electrifying interweaving of narratives from America’s most notorious villains, set to the music of their eras. (Nominated for Best Direction and Best Ensemble by BroadwayWorld.com)
A Case of Salt, North Carolina State University, 2022
PC: Ron Foreman
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A Case of Salt- a World Premiere by Creative Artist Award Winner Gaven Bell at NCSU in Spring 2021. A play-within-a-play highlights the expectations and fears a group of high schoolers face about disabilities.
Hi, Brain, Rice University, 2019
PC: Nic Jackson
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Hi, Brain- a World premiere work by an undergraduate playwright, using contact improvisation to develop movement for this unique piece about dissociation and mental health.
Memphis Silhouettes, University of Memphis, 2018
PC: John Simmers
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Memphis Silhouettes- World Premiere- a collaborative, community-based devised piece about the history and culture of life in Memphis, Tennessee, using music from local band, Dead Soldiers.
Sinners on a Southbound Bus, Center of Southern Folklore, 2017 & 2018
PC: Nicholas F. Jackson
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Sinners on a Southbound Bus- Two productions of this piece as Regional Premieres about right versus wrong, vigilante justice and police violence.
The Servant of Two Masters, University of Memphis, 2018
PC: Mary Donaldson
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The Servant of Two Masters- Regional Premiere-brought into 1904, our version of this piece based on Commedia archetypes included scenery that functioned as its own character to play with the lead character, Truffaldino. Multiple Awards Won- 2018 Ostranders!
The Sparrow, University of Memphis, 2016
PC: Cody Rutledge
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The Sparrow- Regional premiere about the pressures of a small community dealing with big loss, and a young girl with supernatural powers; a great deal of contact improv was utilized to create outstanding images and movement.
Hunter Gatherers, University of Memphis, 2016
PC: Danica Jackson
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Hunter Gatherers- Regional Premiere- a celebratory dinner between two couples turns savage, with animal sacrifice to kick off the evening.
Productions with Stagedoor Manor Studios
Multiple Productions from 2016-2019; below are selected images from only a few of these. Click the link above to view images from additional productions.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, 2018
(Stagedoor Manor)
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, 2019
(Stagedoor Manor)
Moon Over Buffalo, 2017
(Stagedoor Manor)