Acting Projects
Our MFA actors are involved in a variety of projects highlighting their acting and collaborative skills, from mainstage productions with professional production teams in the second and third years to original compositions created in courses and led by faculty.
Directing Projects
In their
third year, each of the MFA directors will helm a productionof a full-length play performed in a repertory
setting for the New Visions Festival. These productions highlight the talents of our graduating
directors and actors and provide an introduction to each director’s work and
aesthetic.
In their second year, each of the MFA directors works with their cohort of actors on Shakespeare Adaptations, which begin in the classroom and are produced by our production department.
Writer's Projects
Previously
each of our third-year playwrights wrote a full-length play to be
produced in the New Voices Festival, using MFA third-year actors and
helmed by an MFA third-year director. This project has transitioned
into the 29 Hour Workshop Reading Series to allow for further creative development of each play and playwright, as well as the opportunity to work with a professional cast, director, and AEA guidelines.
Spring 2022
Is God Is, by Aleshea Harris, directed by Kari Lebby
Dress in Code, by Li-ying Chien, directed by I-Chen Wang
Arlington, by Enda Walsh, directed by Jane Skapek
No Place, devised by MFA CTP students, directed by Irina Kruzhilina
Fall 2021
The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar
Isabel, by Ruth Tang, directed by I-Chen Wang
Blood On These Hands, by Luis Roberto-Herrera, directed by Colin Wilson
The Last Aisle, by Rebecca Akosua Asantweah Ford, directed by Jane Skapek
Worlds Melt, by Preston Crowder, directed by Kari Lebby
Summer 2021
29 Workshop Readings for the class of 2020
Spring 2021
Writer's Projects: People of the Dirt by Emily Daly, directed by Melissa Crespo
Writer's Projects: The Givens or the Futility of Forgiveness by Natyna Osborne, directed by Francisco Rivera Rodriguez
Writer's
Projects: One Acts — Happy Birthday Casey by Emily Daly,
directed by Nina Fry; Pump Ballet by Natyna Osborne, directed
by Nina Fry
Shakespeare Adaptations: Romeo and Juliet, directed by Colin Wilson
Shakespeare Adaptations: Measure for Measure, directed by Bakari Lebby
Shakespeare Adaptations: Hamlet, directed by Jane Skapek
New Visions: The Connection by Jack Gelber, directed by Nina Fry
New Visions: Divine Contradictions, devised and directed by Francisco Rivera Rodriguez
Spring 2020
New Visions: Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp, directed by Diane Machin
New Visions: Spell No. 7 by Ntozake Shange, directed by Nigel Barnes
New Visions: Richard III, an adaptation by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Pauls Macs
Fall 2019
MFA 3: Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist by Neil Bartlett, directed by Melissa Maxwell
MFA 2: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Melissa Crespo
Spring 2019
MFA 2: Balm in Gilead by Lanford Wilson, directed by Raelle Myrick Hodges
New Voices: HAL by Collin McConnelll, directed by Joey Rizzolo
New Voices: The Tall Ones by Miles Orduna, directed by Rebecca Etzine
New Voices: Plain Brown Box by Conlan Carter, directed by Sarah Young
New Voices: Pony Up by Mallory Weiss, directed by Andrés López-Alicea
Fall 2018
New Visions: Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès, translated by Martin Crimp, directed by Joey Rizzolo
New Visions: 99 Histories by Julia Cho, directed by Rebecca Etzine
New Visions: Sueno by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, directed by Sarah Young
Spring 2018
MFA 2: Middletown by Will Eno, directed by Ethan Heard
New Voices: Proceed to Highlighted Route by Erica Mann, directed by India Marie Paul
New Voices: Ah Sweeter Lyme by Karina Billini, directed by Andrés López-Alicea
New Voices: No Baby by Blake Bishton, directed by Peter Kuo
New Voices: Carnal by Nikhil Mahapatra, directed by Nicky Maggio
Fall 2017
New Visions: Mutt by Christopher Chen, directed by Peter Kuo
New Visions: Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, directed by Andrés López-Alicea
New Visions: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel, directed by India Marie Paul
New Visions: Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, directed by Nicky Maggio
Spring 2017
MFA 2: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Alexandru Mihail
New Voices: Graveyard Shift by Korde Arrington Tuttle, directed by Daniella Caggiano
New Voices: The Intern of Two Startups by Alexander Kveton, directed by Alice Cash
New Voices: Reluctant to Burn by Korde Arrington Tuttle,directed by Kate Eminger
New Voices: Salute by Alexander Kveton, directed by Lana Russell
Fall 2016
New Visions: Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill, directed by Daniella Caggiano
New Visions: Vigils by Noah Haidle, directed by Lana Russell
New Visions: Cape Disappointment by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, directed by Kate Eminger
New Visions: 800M by David Greig, directed by Alice Cash
Spring 2016
MFA 2: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
New Voices: Cracker by Reese Thompson, directed by Margaret Hee
New Voices: Chained Woman by Lorne Svarc, directed by Noa Egozi
New Voices: I Broke a Plate by Zach Weed, directed by Kristin Heckler
Fall 2015
New Visions: Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins, directed by Margaret Hee
New Visions: OR by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Kristin Heckler
New Visions: Tango Palace by Maria Irene Fornes, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
Spring 2015
MFA 2: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
New Voices: An Inferno by Sylvia Khoury, directed by Noa Egozi
New Voices: Little Man by Bekah Brunstetter, directed by Celine Rosenthal
New Voices: No Way Home by Allan Staples, directed by Lyto Triantafyllidou
New Voices: Temporal by Britton Buttrill, directed by Nikki Prizasnyski
New Voices: The Chalice by Emily Schmitt, directed by Pitr Strait
Fall 2014
New Visions: Mud by Maria Irene Fornes, directed by Noa Egozi
New Visions: Pool (No Water) by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Lito Triantafyllidou
New Visions: Stupid Kids by John C. Russell, directed by Nikki Prasnyski
New Visions: The Skriker by Caryl Churchill, directed by Pitr Strait
New Visions: Yellow Moon by David Greig, directed by Celine Rosenthal
Spring 2014
MFA 2: Love’s Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
New Voices: Standard Aptitude by Sam Byron, directed by Suzanne Karpinsky
New Voices: The House Itself Does Not Burn by Molly Haas-Hooven, directed by Stephanie C. Cunningham
New Voices: The Ladder by Matthew Herzfeld, directed by Paul Takacs
New Voices: The Old Forever New Things by Matthew Herzfeld, directed by Paul Takacs
Fall 2013
New Visions: Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp, directed by Kristin Skye Hoffmann
New Visions: In the Hand of Dreams by Y.T. Ozaki, directed by Suzanne Karpinsky
New Visions: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Stephanie C. Cunningham
New Visions: Blue Window by Craig Lucas, directed by Kai-Hsiang Tu
Spring 2013
MFA 2: Macbeth by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
MFA 2: As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Stephen Fried
New Voices: A Modern Feeling by Jason Kim, directed by Kai-Hsiang Tu
New Voices: Aperture by Phillip Gerson, directed by K.L. Cullom
New Voices: Exit Carolyn by Jennie Berman Eng, directed by Whitney Gail Aronson
New Voices: Some Dark Places of the Earth by Claire Kiechel, directed by Brad Raimondo
New Voices: The Spider and the Wasp by Alice Pencavel, directed by Christie Marie Clark
Fall 2012
New Visions: Five Flights by Adam Bock, directed by Kelly Cullom
New Visions: Clean by Edwin Sanchez, directed by Christie Clark
New Visions: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by Brad Raimondo
New Visions: Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, directed by Whitney Aronson
New Visions: Fen by Caryl Churchill, directed by Kai-Hsiang Tu
Spring 2012
MFA 2: Execution of Justice by Emily Mann, directed by Lou Jacob
MFA 2: King Henry VI by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
MFA 2: The Trojan Women by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Ronald Duncan, directed by Stephen Fried
New Voices: Neverland Industries by Daniel Carroll, directed by Jeremy Pape
New Voices: In Thy Bounty by Jessica Cohen, directed by Alexandra Caffall
New Voices: A Kid Like Jake by Daniel Pearle, directed by Liz Carlson
New Voices: Guidance by Rebecca Schlossberg, directed by Melissa Crespo
New Voices: AtalantaK.O. by D.L. Siegel, directed by Gamaliel Valle
Fall 2011
New Visions: 1001 by Jason Grote, directed by Melissa Crespe
New Visions: Boston Marriage by David Mamet, directed by Gamaliel Valle
New Visions: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel, directed by Alexandra Kuechler-Caffall
New Visions: Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, directed by Jeremy Pape
Spring 2011
MFA 2: Adding Machine by Elmer Rice, directed by Lou Jacob
MFA 2: The Chekhov Project by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Robert Hoyt, directed by Casey Biggs
MFA 2: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus
New Voices: Adulteration by Josh Beerman, directed by Paul Takacs
New Voices: Iris by Judith Goudsmit, directed by Liz Carlson
New Voices: Mourning Breadth by George Lopercia, directed by Mason Beggs
New Voices: Off the Realness by Nicholas Gandiello, directed by Lucia Peters
New Voices: This Is My Gun by Dan Bernitt, directed by Tim Butterfield
New Voices: You Don’t Know Jack by Dara Levendosky, directed by Katie McHugh
Fall 2010
New Visions: Don Juan Returns from the War by Ödön von Horváth, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by Tim Butterfield
New Visions: Medea by Euripides, translated by M. Collier, directed by Kathryn McHugh
New Visions: The Country by Martin Crimp, directed by Paul Takacs