YOUTH DIRECTION

“Shana is a force of nature: I don't know how she does it. Time after time, she pulls groups together from different backgrounds and temperaments and, in just a few weeks, stages magnificent productions, often of difficult material. She molds, pushes, challenges, encourages, and inspires people of all ages, show after show, to grow and stretch and do stunning work, and to cohere into a mutually supportive community of peers.”

Directing

Shakespeare - numerous full productions - original cuts 80-90 minutes (advanced students), 30-80 minutes (beginning students)

King Lear

A Midsummer Night's Dream

MacBeth

Merchant of Venice

Merry Wives of Windsor

The Tempest

Twelfth Night

As You Like It

Much Ado About Nothing

Richard III

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Contemporary/Classic Drama

Antigones, Anna Ziegler

Love and Information, Caryl Churchill

This is our Youth, Kenneth Lonergan

Elephant’s Graveyard, George Brant

Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman

The Arabian Night, Mary Zimmerman

The Secret in the Wings, Mary Zimmerman

On the Razzle, Tom Stoppard

The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard

Arcadia, Tom Stoppard

Halcyon Days, Steven Dietz

Our Town, Thornton Wilder

Doubt, John Patrick Shanley

The Book of Days, Lanford Wilson

Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie

The Good Times are Killing Me, Lynda Barry

The Best Man, Gore Vidal

Fuddy Meers, David Lindsay-Abaire

Anon(ymous), Naomi Iuzuka

Woman in Mind, Alan Ayckbourn

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring

Enchanted April, Matthew Barber

Room Service, Boretz and Murray

The Front Page, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur

Hay Fever, Noel Coward

You Can't Take it With You, Kaufman and Hart

All in the Timing, David Ives

12 Angry Jurors, Reginald Rose

The Imaginary Invalid, Moliere.

Inherit the Wind, Lawrence and Lee

Waiting For Godot, Samuel Beckett

His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkein

Dracula, Steven Dietz

Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie

The Princess Bride, William Golding

The Miser, Moliere

The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl

The Phantom Tollbooth, Norman Juster.

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

The King and I, Rogers and Hammerstein

Orpheus! Brennan and Hartley

Fiddler on the Roof, Stein, Bock, Harnick

COMMISSIONS - developed and produced scripts for youth artists ages 14-19 by Pacific NW professional playwrights

The Sunless Scar, Maggie Lee

H.A.G.S. (Have a Great Summer), Keiko Green

Echo Maiden, Maggie Lee

Writer 1272, Vince Delaney *

Attack of the Killer Murder.....of Death! Wayne Rawley*

The Kid Who Could Fly, Wayne Rawley

Frankenstein, Rachel Atkins

Ba-al Zebub (Lord of the Flies), Rachel Atkins

Parlour Tricks, Kelleen Conway Blanchard

Salesgirls of Nowhere, Wayne Rawley

Boathouse, Frank Garland

Another Dead Caesar, Frank Garland

Maggie's Diner, Frank Garland

Young Baboons, Scot Augustson

*subsequent professional productions

Plus numerous commissions for ages 8-14

Representative Classes at Schools & Theaters – curriculum development and teaching

Exploring Shakespeare, K-12

Advanced Shakespeare, 6-12

Cultural Heroes

Civil Rights in Action

Storytelling Standing Up

Adapting Literature for the Stage

Making Theater: Original script development

Scene Study/Acting from a Script

Yiddish Culture Through Drama

Improvisation

Creative Dramatics

Script Analysis

Directing

Leadership Skills