NewFest Short Works 2022
Short plays written, directed, and performed by Emerson College Performing Arts students.
March 30-APril 2, 2023
Greene Theater
Program A will perform March 31 at 8 PM and April 2 at 6 PM
Program B will perform April 1 at 8 PM and April 2 at 8 PM
Program C will perform March 30 at 8 PM
All performances open to the public.
Run Time: TBA
Content Advisory: TBA
Sensory Advisory: TBA
NewFest Short Works
Tickets
After reserving your tickets, please note that you will collect your ticket(s) beginning 25 minutes prior to curtain in the Box Office/Lobby of the Tufte Building.
NewFest Short Works Program A
March 31 at 8 PM and April 2 at 6 PM
’til death do us part
written by JAKE TOLENTINO
directed by JESSICA APATOW
Cast
Marianne — ANAÏS CRESPIN
Eliza — HANNAH BOSSANGE
Father Robert — MATEO BAILEY
THE FUNERAL
written by MARY BAILEY
directed by EVY BURCH
Cast
Anna — GENEVIEVE HOWLEY
Meg — ELYZA GUZMAN
Joel — IAN HAMILTON
Gale –– FRANCESCA FOTI
where the fireworks come from
written by MICHAEL PISATURO
directed by JACK MILLER
Cast
Tony — JAVIER GARCIA
Gabe — CONALL SAHLER
Accent Coach: RYAN BAKER
NewFest Short Works Program B
april 1 at 8 pm and april 2 at 8 pm
real men cry at the end of home alone (1990 dir. chris columbus)
written by PRESLEE KROUT
directed by JESSE FULTON
Cast
Hank — MICHELLE GARCIA
Travis — ALYSSA FREY
KINGS
written by MARY EAGAN and DEVIN DAVIS LORTON
directed by ELENA FRECK
Cast
Vi — LISA DOUBEK-KRAFT
Clem — ALLISON EARL
Tan — MIKE RISO
Arlo –– RYAN ROSENTHAL
VAMPIRE THERAPY
written by BELLA TASHA
directed by MADISON GOLDBERG
Cast
Charles — ISAN GHARAJEH
Doctor — CONALL SAHLER
THE ARCHETYPES
written by IVY INDICTOR
directed by PRESLEE KROUT
Cast
Wife — ISABEL DEGRANDI
Joe — LUCA FERRARO
Doctor — LOEY JONES-PERPICH
NewFest Short Works Program C
march 30 at 8 PM
common threads
a Staged Reading
written by SABRINA SEXAUER
directed by ALISSON TAAFFE
Cast
Ellie — SIGRID VON TETZCHNER
Daniel — HARRISON EMERLING
Laura — HOPE MATTHEWS
Jo –– ANNABEL WALL
Meet the
Artistic and Production Staff
Stage Manager — ELENA RING
Assistant Stage Manager — HANNAH FREEMAN
2nd Assistant Stage Manager — ESTHER CHILSON
2nd Assistant Stage Manager –– JANIE HILLMAN
Production Supervisor — ALEX TAWID DI MAGGIO
Assistant Production Supervisor — ALEX LEWIS
Company Manager — ALEX TAWID DI MAGGIO
Assistant Company Manager –– EMELINE SHEPARD
Meet the
Emerson Stage Staff
Staff
Artistic Director — Annie G. Levy
General Manager — David Colfer
Assistant General Manager — Alix Bigley
Production Manager — Timothey Sullivan
Technical Director — Kristin Knutson
Head Carpenter — Connor Thompson
Scenic Painter — Joe Keener
Props Director — Ryan Bates
Assistant Properties Manager — Lauren Corcuera
Costume Shop Supervisor — Richelle Devereaux-Murray
Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor — Brian Choinski
Draper/Cutter — Laurie Bramhall
Resident Sound Designer — Elizabeth Cahill
Sound Technician — Steven Deptula
Advisors FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Stage and Production Management — Debra A. Acquavella
Scenic Design — Debra Booth
Scenic Painting — Joe Keener
Costume Design — Chelsea Kerl
Lighting Design — Scott Pinkney
Sound Design — Elizabeth Cahill
Fight & Intimacy — Ted Hewlett
Dramaturgy — Robert Duffley
Student Staff
Emerson Stage Office Assistants — Casper Apodaca, Shannon Horsey, Alex Tawid Di Maggio, Jake Tolentino
Production Management Assistants — Carleigh Allen and Anthony Feola
Videographers — Benjamin Bernard and Jacqueline Thom
Scenic Technicians — Jonah Barricklo, Sean Dougherty, Marco Giacona, Emerson Hart, Sam Kisthardt, Baz Kouba, Dylan Norris
Scenic Artists/Painters — Emily Curtis, Sofia Goldfarb, Serino Nakayama, Kimberly Ndegwa, Fernando Rueda, Garrett Traer
Paint Shop Assistant — Matthew Baynes and Leah Heath
Prop Shop Assistant — Delene Beauchamp, Evy Burch, Briana Figarella, Oliver Hawke, Mariel Richardson, Ava Scanlon, Mercedes Suarez
Stitchers — Tayla Dixon, David Estabrooks, Grace Fitzgerald, Emily Geldermann, Caitlin Johnson, Lorence Jones-Perpich, Dominic Letterii, Justina MacNeil, Molly Shaughnessy, Munroe Shearer, Trixie Ward
Laundry Assistants — Aleah Bloom and Angelina Parillo
Stock Attendants — Megan Decker, Jessica Immel, Lucile Lyon
Crafts — Madeline Yazel