The Virtuous Fall of the Girls
From Our Lady of Sorrows

Press

BlogCritics "...this solid cast shepherded skillfully by director Blayze Teicher makes them come alive so thoroughly that we root for them without reserve."

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Theater That Matters "I was left, for the first time in a long time, with a joyous sense that the revolution is upon us in the form of young women."

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Thinking Theatre NYC: "The production also manages to make moments like one character’s first use of a tampon—an initiation into a different kind of mystery than those of the Church—play as joyful celebration."

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The Challenge

Lead creative process, from development through production, for world premiere of an original Gina Femia play, commissioned by Spicy Witch Productions to play in rep with Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE.

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The Insight

Shakespearian themes persist in youth culture: lust, loss, and rebellion.

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The Directorial Concept

This production explored the tension between the repressed school environment and the characters' more vibrant inner-worlds, shifting between childhood and maturity. Our design featured florals, floating and falling amongst these young women as they questioned everything they'd been taught - the perfect blank canvas to start painting the full picture for themselves.