THEATER DIRECTING
There are three categories to my directing for the stage: Traditional theater, Original and Devised work and my work with Arts conservatory students in professional training
TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE
ARCADIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
2002 THE TEMPEST William Shakespeare
NOVEL STAGES, 1619 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 1991-1995
THE BALTIMORE WALTZ Paula Vogel
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Anton Chekhov
1994 HAMLET William Shakespeare
ROMEO AND JULIET William Shakespeare
BRILLIANT TRACES Cindy Lou Johnson
WAITING FOR GODOT Samuel Beckett
UNDER MILKWOOD Dylan Thomas
INTERACT THEATER COMPANY
1989 COYOTE UGLY Lynn Siefert
SECOND AVENUE THEATER
1988 THE CHOSEN Chaim Potok
STAGE #1, Dallas TX
1984 CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS Sam Shepard
ORIGINAL & DEVISED PERFORMANCE
CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY, New York
2019 OUT OF THE DEPTHS Chaim Potok
ARK THEATER COMPANY, Los Angeles, CA
2000 MARKS IN THE WATER Clista Townsend
NOVEL STAGES, Plays and Players Theater Philadelphia, PA
1996 CAT’S CRADLE Kurt Vonnegut and Music by Kevin Francis
1995 KAFKA’S SMILE David Bassuk, adapted from Kafka
1994 VISIONS OF CODY David Bassuk, adapted from Jack Kerouac’s novel
1993 THE SOUND AND THE FURY Clista Townsend, adapted from William Faulkner
1992 MARKS IN THE WATER Clista Townsend
1991 THE BIG MAGOO John Erlanger, from stories of Damon Runyon
1991 KING ARTHUR Company Devised
1991 OUT OF THE DEPTHS Chaim Potok
MOVEMENT THEATER INT’L & TOMLINSON THEATER
1990 THE EARTH David Bassuk, adapted from Emile Zola
1989 STIRRINGS AND OTHER STORIES Company Devised
WHYY/Philadelphia
SISTER OR NO SISTER David Bassuk Original Teleplay
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
1987 A MAP HOME John Istel
JAEFFERY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Jaeffrey Center, NH
PALAIS ROYAL Richard Sennett
HOME FOR CONTEMPORARY THEATRE & ART, NY
1986 AMERICAN CAMERA Company Devised (from the stories of Edith Wharton, Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner, Mark Twain and O’Henry)
THEATER THREE, Dallas TX
1985 OBLOMOV I. Morelock (Adapted from Goncharov)
UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE WORK
PURCHASE REPERTORY THEATRE, Purchase, NY 2003-
EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON Mike Bartlett
THE MAIDS Jean Genet
TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS Odon Von Horvath
MASTER AND MARGARITA Jean-Claude Van Itallie, from Bulgakov
HEDDA GABLER Henrik Ibsen (trans. Andrew Upton)
PEER GYNT Henrik Ibsen (trans. Robert Bly)
THREE BIRDS ALIGHTING ON A FIELD Timberlake Wertenbaker
LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN Oscar Wilde
BOOK OF DAYS Lanford Wilson
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Anton Chekhov
SUDDENLY THE SKY TURNED BLOOD RED-Devised – Inspired by Edvard Munch
THE SEAGULL Anton Chekhov
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL William Shakespeare
LIGHT UP THE SKY Moss Hart
ARCADIA UNIVERSITY, Glenside PA 1989-2003
AS YOU LIKE IT William Shakespeare
OTHELLO William Shakespeare
JULIUS CAESAR William Shakespeare
ROOM SERVICE John Murray & Allen Boretz
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM William Shakespeare
BONJOUR, LA BONJOUR Michel Tremblay
WAITING FOR THE PARADE John Murrell
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Wendy Wasserstein
TOP GIRLS Caryl Churchill
ROAD Jim Cartwright
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIV., DALLAS TX. 1982- 1985
RED SWEATERS Company Devised
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Oliver Goldsmith
QUARTERMAINE’S TERMS Simon Gray
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA Eugene O’Neill
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Edward Albee
THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER Thornton Wilder
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Eugene O’Neill
ULYSSES James Joyce (Adaptation: D. Bassuk)
CREDITORS and THE STRONGER August Strindberg
CABIN 12 John Bishop
CLOUD 9 Caryl Churchill