Full Productions
I have produced four full productions for the Chicago Fringe Festival (Turn That Thing Around and Narratives of Achromatopsia) and RhinoFest (Joan of Arc, and Underworld Anthem) as a way to direct stories that spoke to me. As a producer, I managed all aspects of the production's budget, communications with the venue, managing rehearsal and tech calendars, casting, hiring designers, managing communication among the team, marketing the show, running tech, and paying personnel when the show closed, in addition to directing the play.
Violet Surprise Theatre
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Violet Surprise Theatre is my new DIY queer feminist theatre company with the mission to produce new works that vibrantly and valiantly validate the identities and experiences of queer women, with fierce allyship to the non-binary community. Since its inception in 2019, Violet Surprise has produced two festivals of fully-staged short plays. During the pandemic, Violet Surprised produces a monthly Zoom variety show of solo work and new plays by queer artists. In 2021, Violet Surprise will begin its first full production and first devised show, The Icon Project.
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The Star-Crossed Lovers' Fest
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Inspired by Accidental Shakespeare Company's postponed production of Romeo and Juliet, this virtual festival featured six new short plays and three solo performances, all related to the concept of being separated from the one you love - whether it's from the COVID-19 pandemic or warring families in Verona, or anything else.
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Climate Change Theatre Action
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Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) is a bi-annual global theatre movement created by NoPassport Theatre Alliance and The Arctic Cycle, in which companies and individuals based around the world produce evenings of plays about climate change (form a shared collection that playwrights from all over the world contributed to) to coincide with the Paris Climate Agreement.
I produced a Chicago iteration of CCTA three times: - In 2015, I self-produced one evening of nine play readings at the Den Theatre in Chicago - In 2017, I co-produced a three-day festival of nine fully-staged short plays, music, film, and multi-media installations with the new Chicago-based, globally-reaching company Global Hive Laboratories - In 2019, I co-produced a three-day festival of seven fully-staged short plays with Switchboard Ensemble at The Martin in Chicago. This festival also included on-site Voter Registration led by the League of Women Voters. |
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SheFest & WeFest
When I was a company member at Pride Films & Plays, I produced SheFest (formerly LezFest, a performance art festival featuring queer women) and two iterations of WeFest (celebrating queer women, non-binary people, and trans+ folks - so, everyone except cis men). SheFest and WeFest featured music, comedy, storytelling, poetry, burlesque, drag, and other performance art. These semi-annual festivals were always sold out, and two of the three featured ASL interpretation to make the work more accessible.
History Lezons
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Festival of ten short fully-staged plays exploring lesbian history, at Pride Films & Plays. Plays included:
Scripts include: "Biscuits & Bacon" by Sharece M. Sellem, directed by Brianna Buckley "Le Fruit Dèfendu" by Asia Nichols, directed by Denise Yvette-Serna "Girl, You Know Its True Colors" by Allison L. Fradkin, directed by Kendra Verhage "In Transit" by Robin Rice, directed by Michelle Altman "Madrigal in Black and White" by Pat Montley, directed by Taylor Craft "S’more" by Shelley Hobbs, directed by Nemo Serges "Standard Practices" by Shellen Lubin, directed by Alyssa Vera Ramos "Virginia & Orlando & Vita" by Natalie Meisner, directed by Iris Sowlat "Who Are You?" by Lena Wilson, directed by Elizabeth Swanson |
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For the Love Of (or, the Roller Derby Play)
By Gina Femia
Directed by Rachel Edwards-Harvith
Pride Films & Plays
I served as Production Manager for For the Love Of, a production in Pride Films & Plays' 2016-2017 mainstage season.
Directed by Rachel Edwards-Harvith
Pride Films & Plays
I served as Production Manager for For the Love Of, a production in Pride Films & Plays' 2016-2017 mainstage season.
After Orlando
After Orlando was an international theatre movement created by NoPassport Theatre Allaince & Press and Missing Bolts Productions in observance of Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida in 2016.
I produced the Chicago installment, which included readings of short plays, directed by Iris Sowlat, Denise Yvette Serna, JD Caudill, and Aaron Arbiter, with sound design by Jim Alrutz.
Playwrights included: Cecilia Copeland, Migdalia Cruz, Zac Kline, Neil LaBute, Jessica Litwak, Anders Lustgarten, Jennifer Maisel, Rohina Malik, Tyler McCray, Winter Miller, Viet Nguyen, Ryan Oliveira, Katie Pearl, Darryl Pickett, Lisa Schlesinger, and Ken Urban.
The performance was sold-out and generated over $500 from pay-what-you-can tickets, split among LGBT charities.
I produced the Chicago installment, which included readings of short plays, directed by Iris Sowlat, Denise Yvette Serna, JD Caudill, and Aaron Arbiter, with sound design by Jim Alrutz.
Playwrights included: Cecilia Copeland, Migdalia Cruz, Zac Kline, Neil LaBute, Jessica Litwak, Anders Lustgarten, Jennifer Maisel, Rohina Malik, Tyler McCray, Winter Miller, Viet Nguyen, Ryan Oliveira, Katie Pearl, Darryl Pickett, Lisa Schlesinger, and Ken Urban.
The performance was sold-out and generated over $500 from pay-what-you-can tickets, split among LGBT charities.
