INTO THE WOODS
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s first-ever musical–weaves together fractured fairy-tale favorites, such as Cinderlla, Little Red Ridinghood, and Rapunzel. This story spins a dark tale of magic and its many consequences.
ROLE: The Prince’s Steward
Dir. Jenn Thompson
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s production fo Much Ado is set during the 1950s in the Catskills. Scandal abounds in Shakespeare’s hilarious, biting comedy about lies, courtship, and the chaos created in pursuit of true love. The famous bantering lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, trade barbs while matching wits (and hearts) in this celebrated romantic romp.
ROLE: Conrade
Dir. May Adrales
CYMBELINE
Princess Imogen’s stepmother wants to kill her. Her father, King Cymbeline, isn’t coming to the rescue. Meanwhile, Imogen’s banished love, Posthumus, is convinced she’s cheating on him. What’s a lion-hearted heroine to do? Swap the skirts for pants and escape into the magical wilds of ancient Britain disguised as a boy! In this fantastical work from the zenith of Shakespeare’s talent, the improbable becomes probable as kind strangers, dastardly villains, ghosts, gods, and long-lost princes pave the high road to Happily Ever After.
ROLE: Briton Lord
Dir. Davis McCallum
Shakespeare's AS you like it
The Public Theater performed this whimsical production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" on the Delacorte stage. Forced from their homes, Orlando, Duke Senior, his daughter Rosalind and niece Celia, escape to the Forest of Arden, a fantastical place of transformation, where all are welcomed and embraced.
ROLE: Attendant/ De Bois Dancer
Dir. Laurie Woolery
TRAVELIN’ MAGI BAND
This production showcased during Hillsong's Sunday Night Live in December 2018. It featured the colorful Magi who brought gifts to the baby Jesus. However, it included a unique spin of Beatles-themed music such as "All You Need is Love," "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Blackbird."
ROLE: Magi
Dir. Nathan Finnochio
SPRING AWAKENING
Spring Awakening explores the journey through adolescence with poignancy and passion. It examines morality and sexual politics while unapologetically plumbing the depths of the hormonal teenage psyche in a way that feels both fresh and all too familiar. This landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of sex, rock & roll, and 1890s Germany.
ROLE: Adult Man
Dir. Maya Evans
Four Score and seven years ago
ArtsPower's national musical tour of Four Score Seven Years Ago.
The protagonist Lemuel escaped slavery in Georgia and life in Gettysburg is everything he had dreamed it would be. His ideas about the North and the South, as well as what it means to be a free man, are challenged, however, when he unexpectedly befriends Jacob, a young Confederate soldier.
ROLE: Lemuel
Dir. Andy Dawson