D I R E C T I N G
A video sample of directing work pre 2014, including both professional and academic venues
"She isn't shy about giving critical feedback, but she does so in a way that doesn't shut me down, but inspires me." - Anne Marie Nest, performer and Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Recent Directing Work:
Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan Riverside Theatre, Cincinnati Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, 2017
*WINNER, CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL, AUDIENCE PICK BEST OF FRINGE*
*FULL RUN, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL*
LADY MACBETH AND HER PAL, MEGAN uses Shakespeare’s tragedy to examine one woman’s fraught relationship with standup comedy. Part personal narrative and part textual analysis, comedian and monologist Megan Gogerty (HOUSEBROKEN, HILLARY CLINTON GOT ME PREGNANT) asks the question: What if, instead of being just a corn-fed, Midwestern standup comic with a penchant for Star Trek, Megan was actually Lady Macbeth? Hasn’t every woman, at one point or another, wanted to commit regicide? Funny, subversive and engaging with cultures both pop and high, LADY MACBETH AND HER PAL, MEGAN parses the difference between empowerment fantasies and actual empowerment. www.ladymacbethshow.com
" Director Saffron Henke made a lot of smart choices about where Gogerty moves on stage. One of the dangers of a one woman show is allowing it to become too static or, taking it to the other extreme, allowing the actor to move without purpose just to create movement because you’re afraid it’s too static. That doesn’t happen here. The moves are clearly defined. Stage left is used when depicting Lady Macbeth (along with a disturbing red light for emphasis). Whenever Gogerty is remembering a time that she was on stage as a stand up comedian, she steps on top the acting cube. These are smart moves that help the audience to follow the action." - Iowa Theatre Blog
Reviews here:
https://iowatheatre.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/a-review-of-lady-macbeth-and-her-pal-megan/
http://littlevillagemag.com/megan-gogerty-breaks-type-to-become-more-herself/
*FULL RUN, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL*
LADY MACBETH AND HER PAL, MEGAN uses Shakespeare’s tragedy to examine one woman’s fraught relationship with standup comedy. Part personal narrative and part textual analysis, comedian and monologist Megan Gogerty (HOUSEBROKEN, HILLARY CLINTON GOT ME PREGNANT) asks the question: What if, instead of being just a corn-fed, Midwestern standup comic with a penchant for Star Trek, Megan was actually Lady Macbeth? Hasn’t every woman, at one point or another, wanted to commit regicide? Funny, subversive and engaging with cultures both pop and high, LADY MACBETH AND HER PAL, MEGAN parses the difference between empowerment fantasies and actual empowerment. www.ladymacbethshow.com
" Director Saffron Henke made a lot of smart choices about where Gogerty moves on stage. One of the dangers of a one woman show is allowing it to become too static or, taking it to the other extreme, allowing the actor to move without purpose just to create movement because you’re afraid it’s too static. That doesn’t happen here. The moves are clearly defined. Stage left is used when depicting Lady Macbeth (along with a disturbing red light for emphasis). Whenever Gogerty is remembering a time that she was on stage as a stand up comedian, she steps on top the acting cube. These are smart moves that help the audience to follow the action." - Iowa Theatre Blog
Reviews here:
https://iowatheatre.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/a-review-of-lady-macbeth-and-her-pal-megan/
http://littlevillagemag.com/megan-gogerty-breaks-type-to-become-more-herself/
Stupid Fucking Bird, Miami University 2016
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Love, death, beauty, despair and one unfortunate seagull collide in this unabashedly provocative riff on Chekhov’s classic. Con is a burgeoning playwright in love with his ingénue; his mother, an aging actress, is involved with a famous novelist; the novelist, in turn, is increasingly enchanted with Con’s girlfriend; and everyone else suffers on the sidelines. Chekhov’s characters still ruminate on love, revolution and the pursuit of happiness, but this time convention is severly compromised.
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This Is Our Youth, The Brink Theatre Co. 2016
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The BRINK is dedicated to reimagining plays of the recent past and new works by contemporary playwrights using environmental and creative staging. This is Our Youth chronicles 48 hours inside the lives of rich Jewish teens on the Upper Westside of New York City. “Funny, painful, and compassionate, the play is a living snapshot of the moment between adolescence and adulthood when many young people first go out into the world on their own, armed only with the ideas and techniques they developed as teenagers.” Brink Theatre Co. |