Jesus and Judas are in love...until God intervenes. Jesus is forced to abandon Judas and set off on a path to carry out God’s mission. Fame, followers, and a mischievous group of marketers all get in the way of Judas' attempts to remind Jesus of what really matters. I Love You, Jesus Christ! is a queer, radical re-imagining of how Jesus’ ascent into stardom leaves Judas searching for something to believe in.
Written by John Anthony Loffredo
Directed by James Wyrwicz
Produced by Sami Pyne & Connor Scully
Performed by Alex Bartner, Megan Ermilio, Keyana Hemphill, E.B. Hinnant, Melody Ladd, and Troy Tripicchio
Set by Benny Pitt
Clothes by Emmy Weissman
Lights by Natasha Rotondaro
Presented at The Tank in August 2022
Photos by Noah Eberhart
In 2005, Ana Verde’s mom told her about her period via a PowerPoint presentation, and now, she’ll regale you with that same gift. Part biology lesson, part ode to growing up in the 2000s, Your Changing Body is a short non-fiction film about exorcising shame and (still) trying to come to terms with the fact that one’s body is always changing.
Presented by Ars Nova as part of ANT Fest 2021
Written by Ana Verde
Directed by Ana Verde & James Wyrwicz
Edited by Abigail Brosh
All aboard the Dreamboat! First and final destination: teenage dysfunction! Toot toot! (Does this weekend keep repeating itself?)
Presented as a part of Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival on July 30 + 31st, 2019
Written by Sara Kommer
Directed by James Wyrwicz
Produced by Dylan Tashjian
Stage Managed by Lewis Fender
Set Design by Karma Masselli
Costume Design by Jill Rezen and Amelia Kassing
Lighting and Prop Design by Ava Elizabeth Novak
Sound Design by Nick Webster
Choreography by Mariyea Jackson
Music Direction and Transcription by Philip Kenner and Declan C Zhang
Performed by Brenna Donahue, Kieran Graulich, Nile Assata Harris, Aidan Hart, Trevor Jonathan Lown, and Talia Paulette Oliveras
With Rajiv Awasthi, Mariyea Jackson, Philip Kenner, Beau LaBranch, Issac Roberto Lopez, Dennis Mashevsky, Cashel O’Malley, Jake Regensburg, Cashton Tate Rehklau, and Declan C Zhang as the Chorus
Props Assistant: Laurel Ledesma
Poster Design: Eleanor Maples
Social Media: Loy Sydney Weissman
Jesus and Judas are in love and everything is wonderful; until God intervenes. This divine intervention forces Jesus to abandon Judas and set off on a path to carry out God’s mission. ‘I Love You, Jesus Christ!” is a queer allegorical retelling of the crucifixion where Jesus ascends as a martyr leaving Judas searching for something to believe in.
Written by John Anthony Loffredo
Directed by James Wyrwicz
Featuring: E.B. Hinnant, Kemper Kisner, Melody Ladd, John Anthony Loffredo, Talia Paulette Oliveras, and Adam Rodriguez’
Produced at Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival 2018
Photos by Sara Laufer
a dance performance
conceived by Nicholas Sanchez
text by Nicholas Sanchez
directed by James Wyrwicz
Performed by: Kieran Graulich
William Lorenz, Dennis Mashevsky, Harrison Moore, Holly Painter, Rachel Ruecker, Nanouli Shevardnadze, and Nicholas Sanchez
Stage Managed by Anastasiya Yevchenko
Dramaturgy by Dennis Mashevsky
Helen loves Bertram.
Bertram doesn't love Helen.
The King is dying, and Helen has a plan.
A comedy about getting what you want.
“What makes this production memorable is the sheer imagination that goes into it. The scrub-faced cast … look like they are having a terrific time on stage—and their spirit is contagious.” - Deirdre Donovan, CurtainUp
by William Shakespeare
Directed by James Wyrwicz
Performed by Colin Barham, Keara Benton, Hayley Cartee, Megan Ermilio, Keyana Hemphill, and Kadence Neill
A family fights over money. The American Dream becomes a nightmare of Americana.
written by Lillian Hellman
directed by James Wyrwicz
set and sound by Ryan Courtney
lighting by Abigail Wang
costumes by Cassidy Dawn Graves
photography by Christopher Gagliardi
Synchronized swimmers dance underwater, ruminate, and make out. They stew in their own self-consciousness, ambition, identity, broken hearts. Over the course of the play they go from talking about swimming to talking about everything else, exploring bad theater conventions and aesthetic forms in this super meta deconstruction of traditional and downtown theater.
By Alexander Paris
Directed by James Wyrwicz
Performed by Hal Cosentino, Hannah Kallenbach, Keyana Hemphill, Mark Mauriello, Alexander Paris, and Courtney Williams
Photos by Sebastian Chacon
Mr. Long chronicles the end of senior year at a Texas all-girl high school. Within the context of an advisory, the play explores female friendships, privilege, single-sex education and teacher-student relationships.
By Manning Jordan
Directed by James Wyrwicz
Performed by Christopher Buchanan, Emma Clare O’Connor, Charlotte Grady, Manning Jordan, Kristen Krak, Rebecca Lampiasi, and Marjay Smith
Presented by Bento and the Boxes Productions from New York, NY
A summer night. A woman and her servant. It’s all kind of like a Taylor Swift music video until it isn’t.
Written by August Strindberg
directed by James Wyrwicz
sound and lighting by Ryan Courtney
set by Lucas Olscamp
costumes by Ana M. Verde
photography by Charles Taggart Dennis
