National Institute of Dramatic Art

DIRECTORS' PRODUCTIONS
7 NEW EXPOSURES 07

 

NIDA's 2007 graduating directors present two programs of short, powerful plays. Developed in collaboration with their NIDA colleagues from Acting design, Production and Production Crafts (Properties and Costume) courses, these productions are the culmination of the year-long NIDA Postgraduate Directing course.

Directors | James Beach, Michael Dahlstrom, Nic Dorward, Shannon Murphy, Georgina Sutton, Cristabel Sved, Jessica Tuckwell

PROGRAM A

Parade Playhouse

Little Hitler's Ode to an Austrian Bentwood

Maxine Mellor | director: Jessica Tuckwell

A bizarre eruption of Führers and furniture. Only one will be left standing: simple sturdy, lasting.

The Love Talker

Deborah Pryor | director: Shannon Murphy

Seduction of young blood in the deep South. In the land of hurricanes, he is hungry for destruction.

Scenes from Wet and Dry

Janis Balodis | director: Georgina Sutton

A sperm hunt. A fence. A cliff top. The Gap widens - is it time to dive in?

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PROGRAM B

Parade Space | Parade Studio

White Russian

Joseph Goodrich | director: James Beach

The party's over. Run for your life - what's left of it.

Leftovers

Alex Cullen | director: Michael Dahlstrom

An investigation into the mysterious cover up of a decrepit, cockroach infested 'boys' club'.

The Telling

Daniel Keene | director: Cristabel Sved

An insistent call draws us towards the very thing we spend our life avoiding.

Only Ten Minutes to Buffalo

Gunter Grass | director: Nic Dorward

The Electro-trash Youth are running away from Dead Europe on a train that isn't moving. Waiting for Godot meets MTV.

Please note: this production contains coarse language.

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