MFA Productions

Each year, the School of Drama produces MFA productions, offering our MFA students continuing opportunity to work with professional directors, designers, and stage managers.

Spring 2023

• What Lies Behind the Revelry, a site-specific devised theatrical experience conceptualized and performed by MFA CTP students, directed by Cara Haga
• New Play Workshop: Monica, Richie, & Angel: A One-Act Traumatic Comedy, written by Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez, directed by Raina Lawrenc
• New Play Workshop: To All the Ways We Say Goodbye, written by Zandra Paxton, directed by Xin “Zinc” Tong

Fall 2022

• Playing the Other, an intimate devised theatrical piece facilitated by Dael Orlandersmith and Jim Nicola

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 WilsonThe Last Aisle, by Rebecca Akosua Asantweah Ford, directed by Jane Skape
• 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 Cresp
• Writer's Projects: The Givens or the Futility of Forgiveness by Natyna Osborne, directed by Francisco Rivera Rodrigue
• 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