Four Victorian women grapple with the mysterious death of their husbands… as well as their growing appetites.
Written by Melissa Maney
Produced as part of Soho Playhouse’s Lighthouse Series. Hungry Women won the first round and will be continuing into the second and final round in July of 2025.
Starring Bre Tomey, Ming Peiffer, ChiWen Chang & Zoe Dean
Production Design by Marissa Todd and Costume Design by Siena Zoë Allen
Production Photos by Sam Wisenberg
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.
Legal Madness
A cabaret for lawyers entrenched in start-up launching. Legal Madness collected the stories of lawyers about the unexpected trials and tribulations they face in the field.
A community-based piece written by faculty at the NYU law school Sarah Feingold and Michael Weinberg and directed by Iris Dukatt.
Cafe Wha? on November 18th, 2019
Featuring the Performances of:
ChiWen Chang
Eamon Yates
Sonia Case
Charlie Hurtt
Reilly Hilbert
Andrew Hardigg
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 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.
A new musical renegotiating the collective memory of the wives of Henry the Eighth. Through music the spirits have returned to exorcise their memory away from victimhood and claim agency over their stories.
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
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. The play follows Nadia, a virtuous female pedophile, through her own personal hell when she discovers her beard girlfriend cheated on her and is now pregnant with an irresistible baby girl. Nadia must face her darkest demons she’s been running from her entire life to save her most loving relationship.
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:
In this radical re-casting of Mamet’s ode to masculinity, we explore femmes 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.
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 seminal 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.
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
