Play by Karel Čhapek
Directed by Dara Malina
Dramaturg for production at Bard College.
"Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R) imagines a future where robots have a place in every facet of human life—domestic, labor, agriculture, transportation, war, and more. Eventually, the robots take over and destroy every human on Earth."
RUR Research & Timeline for Play
Above is research done and presented for the play, and a timeline of the plot for this productions version of the piece. Below is the presentation done for the production and the playbill segment written for the play.
Play by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Rebecca Wright
Dramaturg for production at Bard College.
"Puntila, a rich farmer, has a split personality: when drunk, he is generous and kind; when sober, mean and selfish. Sober, Puntila wants his daughter Eva to marry a Foreign Office diplomat; drunk, he leads her to his chauffeur and drinking companion, Matti. Although Eva prefers Matti, she fails to attract him, and a party is arranged to celebrate her engagement to the diplomat. During the party Puntila gets drunk and insults the diplomat, who leaves. Puntila now wants Matti to marry Eva. Matti puts her to the test to see if she is good enough to be a proletarian's wife, but she fails to meet his requirements, and Matti leaves to join his working-class comrades."
Headlines for Puntila and Matti
Above are headlines for a prop newspaper that Bee wrote for the play. Below is the presentation done for the production and the playbill segment written for the play.
Play by Diane Wagner
Directed by Diane Wagner
Dramaturg for original production at Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts.
"A group of former friends finds the same note in their lockers telling them to go to an abandoned house in the middle of the night. They show up and find themselves in the very room where their friend Dani died years ago. As they confront long-buried secrets, uninvited guests—both spectral and real—force them to face the messy, often painful realities of growing up."
Play by Annie Baker
Directed by Jonathan Rosenberg
Lighting design observer under the mentorship of Thomas Dunn.
"The action takes place entirely in a sterile corporate conference room in which a group of young-to-middle-aged people assembles to help create some kind of story under the supervision of a mysterious, guru-like figure named Sandy. As days pass, the group focuses increasingly on the nature of storytelling itself, and also on the nature of time. Eventually the group’s collective case of writer’s block transforms into a crisis of faith. The atmosphere becomes increasingly oppressive. Like exhausted Scheherazade's, the team members—especially one named Adam strive to keep the story ideas spinning to save their skins (or at least their hefty paychecks)."
Musical by Lin Manuel Miranda and Quiara Huedes
Directed by Brandon Hanks
Stagehand for the show.
"The story is set in the community of Washington Heights in the Barrio. Over the course of three days, involving characters from the Hispanic community, they navigate love, community, and what it means to be in a place that is home."