LAUGHS IN SPANISH
Directed by MARIELA lopez-ponce
SPEAKEASY STAGE - Roberts Theatre in The Calderwood Pavilion
Photos by Nile Scott Studios
Festival@First 12: LOVE IS LOVE
THEATRE@FIRST’S 10 MIN PLAY FEST
Festival@First is Theatre@First’s annual festival of one-act/short plays. Theatre@First is a Somerville Community Theater.
Festival@First 12, includes ten original short plays by local playwrights. Each piece takes a different look at what love means, where it starts, how it develops, and what it looks like.
Closing Doors by Jamie Lin directed by Kelly McCue / assistant directed by Jess Viator
- Provided intimacy exercises and attended rehearsal to help with scenes that included cuddling on the couch. This scene was between two friends who had one night of passion a few years before.
The Engagement by Hortense Gerardo directed by Jason Rhode
- Provided intimacy choreography for a kiss between two characters that precedes their proposal.
Love & Deviltry by Brian C. Rust directed by Santiago Rivas
- Provided intimacy choreography for a portion of the script in which two characters are stuck together magically.
The Prince's Shadow by Jillian Blevins directed by Peter Duerst
- Provided intimacy choreography for a series of intimate and intense kisses between Prince Hal and Ned Poins while they are fighting to decide if they will stay together despite Prince Hal’s royal duties.
The Santa Thing by Greg Lam directed by Helen Edgar
- Provided intimacy choreography for a kiss between girlfriends going home for Christmas.
Speak Now by Amanda Perotti Owens & Steven R. Owens directed by Emily Osterloh
- Provided intimacy coaches to director Emily Osterloh regarding moments of casual intimacy between two characters including hand holding, side hugs, and a kiss on the top of the head.
Photos by Peter Duerst.
MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD
Theatre @ First - Nathan Tuffs / Powderhouse Park
Marian, Or the True Tale of Robin Hood is a joyful, diverse, heartfelt and hilarious play. It explores themes of gender-expression, and the experiences of those of marginalized genders, and how to find out who you are and who you love; all wonderfully juxtaposed within the familiar story of Robin Hood. This slapstick Monty-Python-esque farce is rife with sword fights, arm-wrestling matches, characters in disguise, and endless surprises.
With the help of Intimacy and Fight Choreographer Cari Keebaugh who did all of our amazing fight choreo, and any scenes that mixed intimacy and fight choreo together, I choreographed all other moments of intimacy between characters in this show including multiple kisses, and the choreography of a lovers death-in-arms.
Photos by Johanna Bobrow
HEAD OVER HEELS
CO-DIRECTED WITH GIULIANA CONTE
CWRU FOOTLIGHTERS - THWING BALLROOM - CANCELED FOR COVID-19
The CWRU Footlighter's Spring 2020 musical Head Over Heels was canceled a few weeks before it was set to open. Since it was so close to opening, we had lots of work done including designs, and 99% of the show was staged. But, since we were lucky enough to have a few recordings of our rehearsals we made a video to share with you guys.
This show was my first foray into organized Intimacy Choreography. This show centers 3 couples Philoclea and Cleophila/Musidorus, Pamela and Mopsa, and The King and Queen. This show included choreographed kissed, and one comical silouhette sex scene.
