In a Post-Roe America where theocracy reigns, a renowned butcher meets the political predator responsible for the killing of her daughter and exacts bloody revenge, setting the stage for a revolution.
A short film produced by Madhouse Films and written/directed by Iris Dukatt. Long Pork is currently submitting to the 2025 festival circuit.
A workshop production of a new play written and performed by Ming Peiffer and directed by Iris Dukatt.
Produced by the Quick & Dirty Theatre Company at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook Brooklyn.
A short film created by Director Jenn Shaw and produced by Tribeca Studios and the Queen Collective. Iris had the pleasure to Associate Produce GAPS.
GAPS shows the highs and lows of a Black adolescent navigating loving herself, which is no easy challenge in a world of beauty standards stacked against her. Sydney views her unique smile as a barrier to beauty and seeks out a dangerous method to change her grin. Only through turning to the Black women in her life, does she begin to shift her perspective to accept her gap as a gorgeous trait that’s been passed down through family generations. Through self-acceptance, Sydney begins to love her gap, for it makes her smile real.
Creative Team:
Executive Produced by Queen Latifah
Written and Directed by Jenn Shaw
Produced by Monique Hazeur and Tyler Young
Co-Produced by Julieta Gilbert
Cinematography by Michelle Clementine
Associate Producer: Iris Dukatt
Music Video for Julia Gargano’s song Strangers.
Creative Team:
Producer: Mark McGann
Director: Iris Dukatt
DP: Elizabeth Vrkljan
Stedi: Kira Handel
1st AC: Allie Iacono
2nd AC/Swing Grip (MVP!!!): George Du
Gaffer: Cory Dahn
1st AD: Kara Bartek
PD: Alyssa DiMartino
Stylist: Brandon Tan
HMUA: Natalia Thomas
Art PA: Lou Peifer
Editor: Jess Makower
Colorist: Alexia Salingeros
Special thanks to Panavision!
Debut music video for Singer/Songwriter Indira Evans.
Co-Producers: Indira Evans, Jessica Iris Dukatt, Elizabeth Vrkljan, & Jess Makower
Director: Iris Dukatt
Director of Photography: Elizabeth Vrkljan
Movement Direction: Ema Zivkovic
Editor/Drummer: Jess Makower
1st AC: Allie Iacono
Special Thanks: Arri Rental & www.wearefilmlab.com
Music video collaboration for rapper and BLM activist King K da Plug.
Directed by Iris Dukatt
Edited by Jess Makower
Camera Operator Jesse T. (IG: @blackstarlinemedia)
Music Video for Queer Pop Musician COROOK.
Honorable Mention for Best Music Video at the New Wave Short Film Festival in Munich.
Semi-Finalist at Seoul International Short Film Festival and Official Selection for the New York Tri-State International Festival.
Directed & Produced by Iris Dukatt
Produced by Elizabeth Vrkljian & Jess Makower
CREATIVE TEAM/CREW:
Choreo: Ema Zivkovic
DP: Elizabeth Vrkljian
Editor: Jess Makower
AD: Amelia Boscov
Stedi: Kira Handel
Art: Benny Pitt
Gaff: Trevor Weng
Location Supervisor: Indira Evans
KG: Josh Sturm
1st AC: Allie Iacono
2nd AC: Anastasia Vrkljian
GS & ES: Jackson Y & Ethan Hsia
Legal Madness
A theatrical collaboration between The NYU Law School and Tisch School of the Arts. We produced a cabaret giving an insider’s look at a in house general counsel's day-to-day experience in the start-up realm. Legal Madness collected the stories of lawyers about the unexpected trials and tribulations lawyers face in the field.
A community-based piece written by faculty at the NYU law school Sarah Feingold and Michael Weinberg and directed by Tisch Alumni Iris Dukatt.
Cafe Wha? on November 18th, 2019
Featuring the Performances of:
ChiWen Chang
Eamon Yates
Sonia Case
Charlie Hurtt
Reilly Hilbert
Andrew Hardigg
You’re Still Not Happy
The first official music video for singer-songwriter Olivia Barton.
Featuring the Performance of Allison Boenig
Creative Team
Director - Iris Dukatt
Director of Photography - Sara Laufer
Editors - Jess Makower & Christen Dekkie
Creative Consultant: ChiWen Chang
Pretty Girls Don’t Light Their Own Cigarettes
Written & Performed by The Great Fairy Venus Celestina
Directed by Iris Dukatt
Produced by The Bossy Collective and part of Dixon Place’s 2019 HOT! Festival
July 12th, 2019
Dixon Place
161 Chrystie St. New York
The Play:
An episodic performance piece documenting the evolution of a drag queen into a goddess. By honoring self-expression Venus discovers their most pure and divine form of existence. Pretty Girls is part drag romp/part meditation on queer existence/part call to action for trans rights.
Cast: The Great Fairy Venus Celestina & Eamon Yates
Creative Team:
Producers - Rachel Keteyian & Olivia Goble
Choreography - Rosalie Neal
Stage Management/Dramaturgy - Grace Traynor
Set Design - Ryan Wilbat
Projection Design - Cita Atwell
Sound Design - Nina Andjelic
Costume Design - Neil Stevenson
Light Design - Cati Kalinowski
The Wives of Henry the Eighth
By Ellie Handel
Directed by Iris Dukatt
Produced by The Bossy Collective
May 10th - 12th 2019
Royal Family Stage
145 W 46th St. New York
The Play:
A new musical renegotiating the collective memory of the wives of Henry the Eighth. A seance in a deserted classroom at midnight; six schoolgirls summon the spirits of Catherine Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleeves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr. Through music the spirits have returned to exorcise their memory away from victimhood and claim agency over their stories. Modern context collides with old belief systems of patriarchy in Tudor England. As the story unfolds modern audiences realize how much (or how little) has changed since women were valued at no more than property of their husbands.
Cast: Jessie Macbeth, Lindsey Zelli, Alison Anaya, Christen Dekie, Aurora Watts-Esquibel, Tess Marshall,
Understudies: Michelle Emanuela, Nicole Gentile, Bethany Eggleston
Creative Team:
Producers - Rachel Keteyian & Olivia Goble
Music Direction - RJ Christian
Choreography - Katherine Winter
Stage Management - Rachel Gerrity
Set Design - Benny Pitt
Sound Design - Nicholas Webster
Costume Design - Chanel Morehead
Light Design / Dramaturgy - Charlotte Seelig
Production Assistant - Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
Juliet and Romeo
Adapted from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Directed and Adapted by Alyssa May Gold
Produced by Pocket Universe
January 16th - February 2nd 2019
Access Theatre
380 Broadway, New York
The Play:
In this modern adaptation we watch as a teenage girl reckons with reading Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for the first time. Our young reader desperately searches for the great love story she was promised. Pocket Universe turns its attention to the power of perspective in this production; and how, as time and humanity evolve, the classics are received today.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aa01ecaXoRs
Cast: Maddie Perez Browning, Alyssa May Gold, Ashil Lee, Lauren Pisano, Trace Pope, Schuyler Van Amson
Creative Team:
Associate Director / Choreography - Iris Dukatt
Associate Director - Amanda Cook
Fight Director - Will Gallacher
Stage Management - Taylor Elise Keller
Set Design - Benny Pitt
Costume Design - Ashleigh Poteat
Light Design - Christina F. Tang
IF YOU GIVE A KID A SUCKER
By Annalise Cain
Directed by Iris Dukatt
August 2-5, 9-12, 2018
The Hive NYC
20 Cook St, Brooklyn
The Play:
If You Give A Kid A Sucker is a 21st century Greek tragedy: a closed clock that once set keeps the characters set on their fate, no matter how they might thrash and resist. The play follows Nadia, a virtuous pedophile, as she takes the audience through her life up to this point. Nadia is not alone in her addictive tendencies: the play is populated with people struggling with feeling innately broken because of some addiction or another. Everyone can feel alone and unworthy of love, but we as a society have decided who deserves it.
Cast: Mia Wurgaft, Courtney Sumlin, ChiWen Chang, Robert Peterson, Keyana Hemphill, & Michael Fiocco
Creative Team:
Dramaturgy / Stage Management - Arden Traynor
Set Design - Benny Pitt / Associate Set - Lucas Castro
Sound Design - Declan Zhang
Costume Design - Neil Stevenson
Light Design - Cati Kalinowski
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
By David Mamet
Directed by Iris Dukatt
April 12th - 14th, 2018
NYU
440 Lafayette St. NY
The Play:
Feminizing the boy’s club us ladies are expected to serve. Time’s Up. We all know the tropes of straight white men “method acting” onstage. In this radical re-casting of Mamet’s ode to masculinity, we explore women and non-binary attempting existence/co-opting male spaces to survive in the Capitalist American Patriarchy.
Cast: Helene Estes, Bre Tomey, Megan Hayes, ChiWen Chang, Allison Boenig, Jack Colquitt, and Juliet Kapanje
Creative Team:
Set Design - Benny Pitt
Sound Design - Rosalie Neal / Associate Sound - Nina Andjelic
Costume Design - Jillian Rezen / Assistant Costumes: Amelia Kassig
Stage Management - Karen Stewart
Light Design: Venus Platt
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
By Eve Ensler
Directed by Iris Dukatt
December 29th and 30th, 2017
The Unit 14 Theatre Company
Karger Center - Highland Park, IL
The Play:
Eve Ensler’s ground-breaking play from the 90s nurtured by The Unit 14 community. The cast featured a diverse mix of experienced actors, first-time performers, and all members of the community. The piece also featured an original piece by Frankie Charles to include a trans voice; allowing inclusion beyond cis women.
Cast: Erica Neems, EJ Braithwaite, Nicole Dukatt, Claudia Thiedman, Amanda Cook, Monica Garcia, Elizabeth Dukatt, Mariah Garcia, and Frankie Charles
Creative Team:
Set Design: Elizabeth Dukatt
Sound Design: Isabella Cordova
Costume Design: Samantha DeBell
Stage Management: Martin Gold
Light Design: Zack Saunders
MILK MILK LEMONADE
By Joshua Conkel
Directed by Iris Dukatt
November 18th and 19th, 2017
NYU
721 Broadway, New York City
The Play:
A new play by Joshua Conkel; Emory is an effeminate 11-year old living in rural America on a chicken farm with his chain-smoking Nana. He’s best friends with a chicken about to be processed. Emory passes his time daydreaming of fame and practicing his baton twirling. His Nana wishes he’d be more like Elliot; the tough and athletic boy down the road. But Emory and Elliot have a relationship; one that Emory’s Nana would not approve if she found out. Milk Milk Lemonade is a sick comedy exploring gender, sexuality, mortality, and the human body.
Cast: Scott Huffman, Eamon Yates, Lizzy Gesensway, Beau LaBranch, and ChiWen Chang
Creative Team:
Choreography - Megan Hayes
Set Design - Lucas Castro / Assistant Set - Lucas DeGirolamo
Sound Design - Nick Sanchez
Costume Design - Jillian Rezen / Assistant Costumes - Amelia Kassig
Stage Management - Kelsey Stevenson
Light Design - Katherine Craig
DUTCHMAN
By Amiri Baraka
Directed by Iris Dukatt
April 14th and 15th, 2017
NYU
440 Lafayette Street, New York City
The Play:
Amiri Baraka’s powerful one-act from 1964. The play follows the story of Clay; a young black man on the subway who is met by Lula; a beautiful white woman. Their interaction shifts from flirtation to confrontation quickly and Clay realizes he may just be another pawn in her game. Dutchman is a searing look at being a black man in America and how white women have used their sexuality as a tool for hate.
Cast: Charlie Hurtt & Allison Boenig
Creative Team:
Dramaturgy - Nazareth Hagood
Set Design - Tate Rehklau
Sound Design - Lily Garcia
Costume Design - Laura Ben Asher
Stage Management - Jennifer Allen
Light Design - Katherine Craig
GROUNDED
By George Brant
Directed by Iris Dukatt
December 30th, 2016
The Unit 14 Theatre Company
The Shed, Highland Park IL
The Play:
A solo show following the story of an ace fighter pilot; her career takes a turn when dealt an unexpected pregnancy. She shifts gears to be a drone fighter pilot. By day she remotely fights terrorists and in the evening returns to her family. Grounded is an uncomfortable look at the compatibility of motherhood, combat, and our ever-changing world with the implementation of surveillance.
Cast: Amanda Cook
Creative Team:
Set/Projection Design - Elizabeth Dukatt / Assistant Projections - Sean Weber
Sound Design - Haley Feiler
Stage Management - Lily Janson
Light Design - Allen Wehner / Assistant Lights - Jack Koch
RED
By John Logan
Directed by Iris Dukatt
August 7th - 9th, 2015
The Unit 14 Theatre Company
The Shed, Highland Park IL
The Play:
Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, RED is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.
Cast: Amanda Cook & Martin Gold
Creative Team:
Set Design - Frankie Charles
Sound Design - Haley Feiler
Light Design - Allen Wehner
Costume Design - Ryan Wilbat
Stage Management - Savannah Grinnell
