Bat Boy: The Musical, by Brian Flemming and Keythe FarleyThe University of VermontDirected by Leila TeitelmanSound Design: Abra ClawsonLighting Design: Jonathan CrowellSet Design: Sara NelsonCostume Design: Sophia LidzPictured: Sarah Seaberg and Dylan Scopetski
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She Kills Monsters
She Kills Monsters, By Qui NguyenThe University of VermontDirected by Zeina SalameSound Design: Abra ClawsonLighting Design: John ForbesSet Design: Sara NelsonCostume Design: Martin ThalerPictured: Maggie Lucas, Elizabeth Oliver, and Quentin Collins
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian FrielSt. Michael’s CollegeDirected by Peter HarriganSound Design: Abra ClawsonLighting Design: John Paul DevlinSet Design: John Paul DevlinCostume Design: Peter HarriganPictured clockwise from center: Sadie Chamberlain, Madeline Shanley, Mckenzie Rowbotham, Ava Magoon, and Yamuna TurcoPhoto by Jerry Swope
Blue Window
Blue Window, by Craig LucasThe University of VermontDirected by Sarah CarletonSound Design: Abra ClawsonLighting Design: John ForbesSet Design: Sara NelsonCostume Design: Martin ThalerPictured: Maggie McCloskey, Claire Johnston, Kyra Gillespie, Eamon Lynch, and George Trafton
Silent Sky
Silent Sky, by Lauren GundersonSt. Michael’s CollegeDirected by John Paul DevlinSound Design: Abra ClawsonLighting Design: John Paul DevlinSet Design: John Paul DevlinCostume Design: Peter HarriganPictured: Aimee Turcotte (Annie), Mckenzie Rowbotham (Henrietta), and Ava Magoon (Williamina)Photo by Andy Duback Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt leaves her family in Wisconsin to begin work at the Harvard Observatory in theContinue reading “Silent Sky”
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People, by Henrik IbsenAdapted by Brad BirchThe University of VermontDirected by Sarah CarletonSound Design: Abra ClawsonLighting Design: John ForbesSet Design: Sara NelsonCostume Design: Martin ThalerPictured: Vish Vijayakumar (Tom) and Eamon Lynch (Peter) Originally presented in 1882 as an examination of political ambitions, moral integrity and personal/public perceptions of responsibility, this classicContinue reading “An Enemy of the People”
Young Playwrights Festival
The Young Playwrights Festival has been the flagship education program at Baltimore Center Stage for the past 40 years. Students in grades K–12 throughout Maryland submit plays to the Festival, and six winning plays are honored with a professional production of their play at Baltimore Center Stage. This production was originally scheduled for March 27th, 2020. DueContinue reading “Young Playwrights Festival”
Tartuffe
Tartuffe, by Molière Translation by Ranjit BoltThe University of VermontDirected by Sarah CarletonSound Design: Abra ClawsonLighting Design: John ForbesSet Design: Jeff ModregerCostume Design: Martin ThalerPictured: Keaton Harper (Cleante), Ray Gillies (Orgon), Emma Cashman (Dorine) In Moliere’s Tartuffe, conflict arises in Orgon’s household with the growing power of Tartuffe, a religious hypocrite who has gained Orgon’sContinue reading “Tartuffe”
Hand to God
Hand to God, by Robert AskinsUniversity of VermontDirected by Craig WellsSound Design: Zach Williamson (Abra Clawson Assistant Design)Lighting Design: John ForbesSet Design: Jeff ModregerCostume Design: Martin ThalerPictured: Caleb Chew (Jason)Photo by Dok Wright Hand to God follows the goings-on of one puppet club run by the local church in Cypress, Texas. Margery, recently a widow,Continue reading “Hand to God”
Podcasts
The Glowy Snowy Day Abra was the Audio Engineer for this joy-filled project with the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, working with sound designer and composer Joshua Brown. The Glowy Snowy Day is a retelling the children’s book of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats with puppets by Stone Lion Puppet Theatre. The audienceContinue reading “Podcasts”