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Approaching Ali

World Premiere

Music by D.J. Sparr

Libretto by Mark Campbell and Davis Miller

Based on the book The Tao of Muhammad Ali by Davis Miller

Conductor: Steve Jarvi

Summer 2013

The Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative

Set: Paul Taylor

Costumes: Marsha LeBoeuf

Lights: Martha Mountain

Stage Manager: Sean Corcoran

Photos by Scott Suchman

Read the New York Times Review here

We Sat in the Death House

A collaboration between MJ Kaufman and Nicole A. Watson

Using the audio and video footage from the shooting of John Crawford in an Ohio Walmart as a starting point, We Sat in the Death House is a collaborative experiment that examines the spectatorship of violence in the modern age.

What does it mean when we can witness acts of violence, preserve them, and share them? Is witnessing an act of collaboration, consent, or resistance?

This project was started in the New Georges Jam and received support from The Drama League where Nicole and MJ were 2015 artists-in-residence. 

The video is an excerpt from the New Georges Jamboree.

A later iteration of this project was featured in 2016 at the New Georges Space Jam.

Black Sheep

Written and performed by Darian Dauchan

World Premiere

Kitchen Theatre Company

Spring 2015

Set: Tyler M. Perry

Costumes: Darian Dauchan

Lights: Andrew Scharwath

Sound: Darian Dauchan

Video: Desharae Dauchan-Shakoor

Stage Manager:  Jennifer Schilansky

Photos by Dave Burbank

Other productions:

Downtown Urban Theater Festival, the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and The Exponential Festival

 

Born Bad

by debbie tucker green

NYU Tisch School of the Arts StageWorks

Spring 2014

Set: Frank Oliva

Costumes: Elizabeth McGlone

Lights: Michelle Tobias

Sound: Elisheba Ittoop

Stage Manager: Alexis Durso  

Photos by Ahron R. Foster

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We Play for the Gods

Conceived and created by the 2010-2012 WP Lab: 

Charity Ballard, Alexandra Collier, Elizabeth R. English, Jessi D. Hill, Andrea Kuchlewska, Dominique Morisseau, Kristen Palmer, Sarah Rasmussen, Mia Rovegno, Melisa Tien, Nicole A. Watson, Stephanie Ybarra, Stefanie Zadravec

World Premiere

Women's Project Theater

Summer 2012

Set: Jennifer Moeller

Costumes:  Moria Clinton

Lights: Scott Bolman

Sound: Stowe Nelson

Stage Manager: Zac Chandler

Photos by Chasi Annexy

Milk Like Sugar

By Kirsten Greenidge

NYU Tisch School of the Arts Stageworks

Spring 2013

Set: Amy Rubin

Costumes: Kara Harmon

Lights: Zach Sternberg

Sound: Hillary Keyes

Stage Manager: Brianne Stewart  

Photos by Ahron R. Foster

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Foreign Bodies

By Eboni Hogan

Women Center Stage Festival

Spring 2012

Set/Props: Raphael Mishler

Costumes: Sierra Ryan

Sound: Sean Hagerty

Lights and Projections: Brad Peterson

Photos by Leal Vona

This project was also featured in the 2013 Poetic License Festival

Read an interview with Eboni and Nicole

Ti-Jean and His Brothers

By Derek Walcott

NYU Tisch School of the Arts Stageworks

Spring 2009

Set: Jamie Larson

Costumes: Christa Boyd

Lights: Zach Matusow

Composer: Nancy Magarill

Sound: Sara Torres

Stage Manager: Brittany Gischner

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Approaching Ali

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We Sat in the Death House

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We Sat in the Death House

Black Sheep

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Born Bad

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We Play for the Gods

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Milk Like Sugar

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Foreign Bodies

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Ti-Jean and His Brothers

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