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| Directing Credits (Selected) | ||
(Selected from over seventy-five productions - New York City, unless otherwise noted) |
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| Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare | The CRY HAVOC Company | walkerspace |
| "I am always impressed with [Lavoie's] eye for piecing talented ensembles together and his knack | ||
| for creating brilliant landscapes of relationships." - N.Y. Theater.com | ||
| Sunday on the Rocks by Teresa Rebeck | CB Productions | Abingdon Theatre |
| "Kitt Lavoie's direction kept the pacing sharp and terse thus creating an amazing dynamic between | ||
| his ensemble of talented actresses. Lavoie has amazing insight into female relationships." - Theatrescene.net | ||
| Macbeth by William Shakespeare | The CRY HAVOC Company | Present Company Theatorium |
| "The large, essentially black-box space was well-used; the action was well-paced, and the story clearly told. | ||
| Much was accomplished with few trappings.... The familiar items were all in place, but often given a new spin | ||
| that delivered a punch... Superb." - Off-Off-Broadway Review | ||
| Sleep Over by Maria Micheles* | Theater for the New City | Theater for the New City |
| "Raw to the point of being unnerving at times-- I loved it." - nerve.com |
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| realer than that by Kitt Lavoie | CRY HAVOC/Samual French, Inc. | Playwrights Horizons Mainstage |
| The Cooking King by Sharon E. Cooper | Barrel Theater/Samuel French, Inc. | Playwrights Horizons Mainstage |
| Ingrid Milligan Is... by Maggie Smith | Ensemble Studio Theatre | Ensemble Studio Theatre |
| Stopping Traffic by Mary Pat Gleason | Benefit for Fountain House NYC | Signature Theatre |
| [pwnd] by Kitt Lavoie* | Rising Sun Performance Company | Theater Under St. Marks |
| Good Enough by Kitt Lavoie | CRY HAVOC/Samuel French, Inc. | Jay Sharp Theatre |
| The Gin Dialogues by Kit Williamson* | Fordham University Playwright Thesis | Fordham University |
| realer than that by Kitt Lavoie | Manhattan Repertory Theatre | Manhattan Repertory Theatre |
| Creative Writing by J. Holtham* | Luna Stage (Montclair, NJ) | Luna Second Stage |
| October 31 by Maria Micheles* | Brooklyn Playwrights Theater | Siberia Space |
| I'll be Jonah if you be the Whale by Jeremy Wine* | Epic Repertory Theater | Bank Street Theater |
| Party Girl by Kitt Lavoie | Algonquin Theater | Algonquin Theater Mainstage |
| Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by J.P. Shanley | Sanctuary Theater Company | Emerging Artists Theater |
| Yukon Brass by Jennifer Reichert* | The Riant Theatre | Producers Club/PC II |
| Kat for Short by Kitt Lavoie* | The CRY HAVOC Company | Center Stage |
| Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare | Mimes & Mummers Theater (guest director) | Fordham University |
| A Woman Had Her by Ben Rosenthal* | Ensemble Studio Theatre | Ensemble Studio Theatre |
| The Median Line by Kitt Lavoie | Ring of Fire Productions | Producers Club/PC II |
| Romeo & Juliet: Part II by Sandra Hosking | Spokane Civic Theatre | American Theater of Actors |
| Seven Keys by Kitt Lavoie & Graeme Gillis* | Ring of Fire Productions | CSV Center |
| As You Like It by William Shakespeare | Jove Productions | Producers Club/Crowne Theater |
| Italian American Reconciliation by J.P. Shanley | Sanctuary Theater Company | Producers Club/PC II |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream by W. Shakespeare | Project PLAY | Prospect Theater |
| Tegwar by Damon DiMarco* | The Players Club | The Players Theater |
| Oleanna by David Mamet | Wollman Theater Company | Wollman Theater |
| Marcus is Walking by Joan Ackermann | Rising Sun Productions | The Actors Playground |
| Bad Girls by M.Z. Ribalow* | The CRY HAVOC Company | Pelican Theater |
| Obit by Ben Rosenthal* | Expanded Arts Company | Expanded Arts Theater |
| Then... by Cynthia Franks* | The CRY HAVOC Company | Access Theater |
| Revenge of the Space Pandas by David Mamet | Goodnight John Productions | The Downstairs Theater |
| Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | The Experimental Theater | Keating Little Theater |
| Bent by Martin Sherman | ASDS Repertory | Bleecker Street Theater |
| The Birth of Punk by Ben Rosenthal* | ASDS Repertory | Bleecker Street Theater |
| The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco | ASDS Repertory | Bleecker Street Theater |
| Welcome Back, Buddy Combs by Ben Rosenthal* | ASDS Repertory | Bleecker Street Theater |
| One for the Road by Harold Pinter | Actors Studio Drama | Wollman Theater |
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| Associate/Assistant Directing (Selected) | ||
| 110 in the Shade by Nash, Schmidt & Jones | The Roundabout Theater Co. (Broadway) | SSDC Fellow (Lonny Price, dir.) |
| (with Audra McDonald & John Cullum) | (Tony Nominated - Best Musical Revival) | |
| Camelot by A.J. Lerner and F. Loewe | Y Philharmonic/Lincoln Center Theater | Assoc. Director (Lonny Price, dir.) |
| (with Gabriel Byrne & Christopher Lloyd) | ||
| The Night Season by Rebecca Lenkiewicz | Bay Street Theater (American Premiere) | Asst. Director (Lonny Price, dir.) |
| Roomate by James Ryan* | HB Playwrights Foundation | Asst. Director (James Ryan, dir.) |
| (with Terry Kinney & Piper Perabo) | ||
| Jonah by Lisa Lane* | HERE Arts Center | Asst. Director (Kevin Moriarty, dir.) |
| Film | ||
| Rainbow Rabbit Reliant | LeosPlayground Productions | Writer/Director |
In the swirl of press coverage and the wake of an attempted assassination, the daughter of a newly elected president is dispatched to convince her long-estranged sister to join the family at the upcoming inauguration. And to leave her girlfriend at home. Available online at www.leosplayground.com. |
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| "Master Harold"... and the boys | Focus Films | Assoc. Director (Lonny Price, dir.) |
| Film adaptation of the Tony-winning Athol Fugard play about the friendship between a white boy and a black man in Apartheid South Africa. Filmed on location in Cape Town, South Africa. Starring Freddie Highmore and Ving Rhames. | ||
| Stephen Sondheim's Company | ScreenVision/NY Philharmonic | Associate Director/Script Supervisor/Documentary Footage |
Film of the live stage production at the New York Philharmonic. Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Patti Lupone, Christina Hendricks, Martha Plimpton, and Jon Cryer. |
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| Guest Artist | Allright Productions | Producer/Writer/Editor |
| A documentary film following two Broadway veterans as they go to work on a production of Peter Pan in a small town in Iowa. (in postproduction) | ||
| Our Time: a documentary about growing up | Orchard Films | Producer/Writer |
| A feature-length documentary tracking the journey of the original teenaged cast of the Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince musical Merrily We Roll Along, from their “big break” on Broadway through growing up, families, and careers in and out of show business – reuniting again at the 25th Anniversary concert. (in production) | ||
| Television | ||
| Stephen Sondheim's Company (starring Raul Esparza in John Doyle's Tony-winning production) |
PBS/Great Performances | Assoc. Director (Lonny Price, dir.)/Postproduction Coordinator(Program Emmy Nominated – Best Director and Best Editing) |
| Lerner & Loewe's Camelot | PBS/Live from Lincoln Center | Associate Director |
| (starring Gabriel Byrne & Christopher Lloyd) | ||
| Sondheim: The Birthday Concert | PBS/Great Performances | Associate Director/Script Supervisor/Documentary Footage (Program awarded Emmy – Best Director) |
| (starring Michael Cerveris, George Hearn, Patti Lupone, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, and Elaine Stritch) | ||
Directing Awards & Fellowships Route 66 International Film Festival 2011 – Audience Award, Best Debut Film for the film Rainbow Rabbit Reliant. Atlantic City Cinefest 2010 – Best Director, Audience Award for the film Rainbow Rabbit Reliant (also awarded Best Dramatic Short, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress). Manalapan Independent Film Festival 2010 – Best Ensemble Performance for the film Rainbow Rabbit Reliant. Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Observer Fellowship to work with director Lonny Price on the Roundabout Theater Company’s 2007 Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade (starring Audra McDonald & John Cullum). Davenport Foundation Fellowship to pursue graduate studies in directing at The Actors Studio Drama School.
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