(ein)wanderer/(aus)wanderer (2023)
site-specific sound and video installation
as an artist-in-residence with kodekü (Kollision der Künste) in Weißwasser, DE
an artistic archeological exploration of the threads that connect my personal experience as an immigrant in Germany with memories of the past and dreams of the future for local residents in and from Weißwasser, DE. Cinematography by Steffen Cieplik (creoflux).
LADY IN WHITE: a ghost fairy tale (2022)
SommerFilmAkademie, Görlitz DE
LADY IN WHITE is based on the legend of Die Weiße Frau. In this German fairytale, an enchanting woman haunts rural areas, unable to leave, trying to entreat mortals to break her spell. In my version, a ghost seeks to free herself – but eventually redefines what freedom means. I developed this project in response to Görlitz and its many layers and secrets. Shot on site in Kühlhaus in an underground bunker, I worked to juxtapose beauty and decay. It’s a meditation on femininity and madness and the cages that society traps us in, as well as how unlearning and redefining can help us break the cycle.
EMBERS (2022)
“…and the clock struck that morning just the same way” + “…and the only decent thing in me is my love for you”
Kulturshöpfer’s IN / BETWEEN Residency at Green Hill Gallery
These installation films, inspired by Three Sisters, juxtapose unstable dreams of the past with an uncertain future, met by a fleeting sense of the concrete present moment of viewership. In the gallery, one had to lie on a carpet to gaze up at the dreamy past ( “…and the clock struck that morning just the same way”) on a ceiling panel projection. In it one saw female bodies and delicate teacups, with hands always reaching but never quite finding each other. Their clothing is made from plastic, casting their bodies in odd, unnatural, and revealing silhouettes in sharp contrast with romantic storybook surroundings. The future film (“…and the only decent thing in me is my love from you”) was projected onto the actual plastic costumes from the films, which function as temporary projection screens. Images danced across them, sliding in and out of focus. This film featured a runway structure of bodies and colorful clothing in perpetual motion, an everlasting performance despite the post-apocalyptic cavernous wasteland surrounding them. Together with plastic clothing they formed an installation on intimacy, bodies, connection, and how the time from the past and the future meet now in your viewership.
A LOVE PLAY (2020)
by Saskia Bakker
Prototypes Festival
A LOVE PLAY, a collection of moments strung together, is a story about willow trees, armpit smells, small birds and two lovers. It is a tender reflection on time, trust, and relationships, and asks if love can still exist in a world that is inherently painful? And do things grow in the midst of uncertainty, despite, and in spite, of the violent conditions of our world? Originally written as a theatrical play, this project was reconceptualized as a film and audio experience from within the fragmented whirlwind of quarantine during Fall 2020.
Middletown (2023)
by Will Eno
Catalyst Institute for Arts and Technology @ Theater Exhibition Metropolis
DANCE NATION (2021)
by Clare Barron
The Theatre School at DePaul University
POLAROID STORIES (2019)
by Naomi Iizuka
The Theatre School at DePaul DePaul University
BOXED IN (2020)
an immersive virtual choose-your-own-adventure
by Connor Emir Bradshaw
The Theatre School at DePaul
FRANKLIN (world premiere) (2017)
by Samantha Noble
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
“Stephanie LeBolt's direction finds no hesitation or snag with the play's constant switching from ship to ship, cast to cast, and time to time…” - Killian Melloy, EdgeMedia
LA LLORONA (world premiere) (2016)
by Cecelia Raker
Fresh Ink Theatre
MELANCHOLY PLAY: A CHAMBER MUSICAL (2016)
by Sarah Ruhl + Music by Todd Almond
Umbrella Center for the Arts
THAT TIME THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN (2015)
(world premiere)
by MJ Halberstadt
Fresh Ink Theatre
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (2020)
by William Inge
The Theatre School at DePaul University
MUD (2019)
by Maria Irene Fornes
The Theatre School at DePaul University
THE ORDINARY EPIC (2017)
by Brandon Crose
Crose to Home Media
2020 BBC Audio Drama Awards finalist: "Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama"
MARTHA’S (B)RAINSTORM (2018)
by John J King
Fresh Ink Theatre
with the Boston Public Library
SFANTA (world premiere) (2017)
by Diana Lobontiu
Wellesley College
