Theatre Direction
2021/2022
OUTLAWS BY CARA BETH HEATH Avalanche Theatre, World Premiere production.
WHERE THE AIR MEETS THE WATER BY ALEXANDER UTZ Avalanche Theatre, World Premiere production. An immersive walking play for one actor and one audience member.
Gabriela Diaz (Cara) and Cayla Jones (SM) in Where the Air Meets the Water. Photo: Owen Hickle-Edwards.
The cast of Where the Air Meets the Water.
Rae Hamilton-Vargo (AJ) in Where the Air Meets the Water. Photo: Owen Hickle-Edwards.
2019/2020
GENERATION RED BY ALEXANDER UTZ Otherworld Theatre, World Premiere production.
Praise for Generation Red: Bec Willett has crafted a tight ensemble of strong, sensitive listeners and the result was - to the mind of this particular reviewer - a charming sense of genuine, familial camaraderie. – Spence Warren, Picture This Post
NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM BY JENNIFER HALEY Bower Theatre Ensemble
PLEASE EXCUSE MY DEAR AUNT SALLY BY KEVIN ARMENTO Bower Theatre Ensemble
Kris Lantzy (barb) in Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom. Photo: Indie Grant Productions
Kris Lantzy (leslie) and Madeline Bernhard (kaitlyn) in Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom. Photo: Indie Grant Productions
Huy Nguyen (Tobias) and Kris Lantzy (barb) in Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom. Photo: Indie Grant Productions
Owen Hickle-Edwards (jared) and Madeline Bernhard (makaela) in Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom. Photo: Indie Grant Productions
2018
COLLAGE OF A DYSTOPIAN MIDWEST BY CHRIS VANDERARK Bower Theatre Ensemble, World Premiere production.
Praise for Collage of a Dystopian Midwest: Sensitive and whimsical and inventive and unlike anything being produced this season...This cast! This direction! This design! – Olivia Lilley, Artistic Director, Prop Thtr
FRANKENSTEIN BY ALEXANDER UTZ Bower Theatre Ensemble, World Premiere production.
Nathaniel Andrew in Collage of a Dystopian Midwest Photo: Indie Grant Productions
Alexander Utz, Eli Sulkowski in Collage of a Dystopian Midwest. Photo: Indie Grant Productions
Alexander Utz, Eli Sulkowski, Elliott Sowards in Collage of a Dystopian Midwest Photo: Indie Grant Productions
2017
MAVIS BY CHRIS VANDERARK, World Premiere production.
Praise for Mavis: In a space so small you could hear a pin drop, there’s no room for error in any of these actors’ performances. Thanks to Willett’s capable, nuanced direction and vanDer Ark’s ear for the ebb and flow of contemporary speech, there’s no need to worry, as Breau, Mahave, Bell, and Nola all turn in exceptionally fine-tuned performances. – Brent Ervin-Eickhoff, Picture This Post
SURE THING BY KRIS LANTZY NYC Sketch Fest
AVENGE OUR BLOOD BY DAVID FINNEY Three Cat Productions, World Premiere production. Received nomination for Best Direction from Broadway world
I COME FROM HOARDERS BY CARLY JO GEER Filet of Solo, MMPACT Summer Solo Jam, Chicago Women’s Funny Fest.
Kris Lantzy in Sure Thing.
Kris Lantzy in Sure Thing.
Catherine Didillian in Avenge Our Blood.
2016
FISH EYE BY LUCAS KAVNER Dandelion Theatre
2015
CREATURE BY HEIDI SCHRECK Dandelion Theatre
EL STORIES: NEW IN TOWN COMPILED BY BEC WILLETT Waltzing Mechanics
Bryan Breau, Elaine Bell, Nicole Nola in Mavis. Photos: Julian Thomas
Elaine Bell, Nicole Nola in Mavis.
Addison Heimann and Katherine Lamb in Creature. Photo: Tom McGraff
Alison Sweat, Jerico Bleu, Keith Surney, Leigh Yenrick, Andy Blaustein, Eliza Helm, David Kaplinsky, Sarah Gise, Akua Sarhane in El Stories: New in Town.