FOA #6: Grace
November 23, 2024
Watch FOA Festival #6 here.
Writers: Elijah Punzal, Renée Nicole Gray, Sarah Cole, H. Avery, Sharon Goldner, Monique Hebert, TaMara E’Lan G., Georgeanna Smith Wade, Jack Oliver Kotanen, Helen Cheng Mao, Arthur M. Jolly, Leslie Corn, John Zimmerman, Bram Hartman, Carolynne Wilcox, Maria Romero, Gary Earl Ross, Dustin Malaga, Wendy MacLeod, Vanessa Bloom, Jelisa Jay Robinson, Michael Garcia, Cris Eli Blak, Rivers R. Blue, Michele Clarke
Actors: Mahima Saigal, Marie Eléna O’Brien, Leslie C. Nemet, Bug Johnson, Alexandra De Suze, Maria Isabella Rojas, Sandra Parris, Ally Ibach, Manu Trujillo, Karen Tsen Lee, Matthew Menendez, Marina Barry, Emanuel Rodriguez, Chris Rothbauer, Diana Cherkas, Joyce Lao, Denise Lock, Mark Andrew Garner, Tameka Bennett, Jessica W. Chen, Monica Rounds, David Blyd, Ja’Michael De’Shawn, Blanca Del Loco, Joy Lynn Jacobs
Festival Team:
Artistic Director: Mike Lesser
Festival coordinator: Ollie Fielding
Stage Manager: Christine Lemme
Directors: Erin Moughon, Michelle De Rosa, Abbey Joan Burgess, Veronica Dang and Trey Jordan
Videos by: David Rigano
Original music by: Jack Butler
FOA #5: Renewal
November 18, 2023
Writers: Al Monaco, D. Lee Miller, David Simpatico, Eric Mansfield, H. Avery, Jayne Deely, Jean Seager, Jess Phillips Lorenz, Katherine Vargas, Lucy Wang, MC Crosby, Meghan Duffy, Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko, Nick Maynard, Orlando F. Rodriguez, Ozzy Wagner, Peggy Robles-Alvarado, Robert Weibezahl, Sam Rosenblatt, Scott C. Sickles, Senica Slaton, SMJ, Tina Lassiter, Yasmine Beverly Rana, Yu-Li Alice Shen
Actors: Islam Balba, Veronica Dang, Lluvia Almanza, Dominique Nisperos, Jacqueline Sydney, Daniel Anthony Hidalgo, Tameka Bennett, Jennifer Bradley, David Michael Kirby, Denise Lock, Rafa Perez, Gabriela Ochoa Pérez, Diana Cherkas, Erin Moughon, Ally Kloster, Ja’Michael De’Shawn, Coco Smith, Achilles Mulkey, Joy Lynn Jacobs, Bug, Samy Figaredo, Jordon Auslander, Mahima Saigal, Paeton Chavis, Linda La FM
Festival team:
Artistic Director: Mike Lesser
Festival coordinator: Ollie Fielding
Stage Manager: Christine Lemme
Directors: Marina Barry, Abbey Burgess, Evan Edwards, Michelle de la Rosa, Brandon Weber
Videos by: Bianca Obi
To watch FOA #5, go HERE.
FOA #4: Kindness
November 19, 2022
Writers: Brad Rothbart, Cassidy Byron, Charles Jackson, Catherine Morrison, D.T. Burns, Emmy Potter, Erin Moughon, Hamilton Kreeger, Jeffrey James Keyes, Laura Hirschberg, Linett Luna Tovar, Lucy Wang, Mabelle Reynoso, Manuel Igrejas, Mark Mulkerin, Mickey "Bug" Johnson, Mildred Inez Lewis, Natasha Cobb, Nataylia Roni, Orlando Rodriguez, Seshat Walker, Shubhra Prakash, Starina Johnson, Steve Harper, Yasmine Beverly Rana
Actors: Ronald Hinton, Catherine Overfelt, Maks Turner, Julie Pham, Christine Redhead,Ollie Corchado, Coco Smith, Mahima Saigal, Denny, Klarissa Robles, Paeton Chavis, Claire Shiell, Diana Cherkas, Alexandra Castro, Chris Rothbauer, Jayson Kerr, Achilles Mulkey, Melissa Roth, Dillon Yruegas, Christopher Imbrosciano, Rebecca Rivera, Hadas Pacholder, Maria Isabella Rojas, Larissa Adamczyk, Johnny Brown
Festival Coordinator: Ollie Fielding
Stage Manager: Christine Lemme
Technical Director: Andi Lee Carter
Lighting: Benjamin Weill
Directors: Tyrone L. Robinson, Darpan Joshi, Al Monaco, Abbey Burgess, Tanya Perez
Videos: Darpan Joshi, Andi Lee Carter
To watch FOA #4, go HERE.
FOA #3: Change
November 20, 2021
Writers: Alex Galick, Allan Baker, Allie Costa, August Forman, Camille Simone Thomas, David Lefkowitz, Denmo Ibrahim, Emily Breeze, Erin Moughon, Evan Edwards, Ivory Bennett, Jake Malavsky, Jose Manuel Pereyra, Josette Marina Murray, Loretta Bolger Wish, Louis DeVaughn Nelson, Michelle de Joya, Monique Hebert, Mrinalini Kamath, Orlando Rodriguez, Rand Higbee, Richard Lyons Conlon, Robin Berl, Roy Sekigahama, Scott Sickles
Actors: Amanda Shi, Andrew Schoomaker, Anjali Kharuna, Arthur Gregory Pugh, Brandon Weber, Bug, Denise Lock, Diana Cherkas, Ekemini Ekpo, Eugene Young, Islam Balbaa, Jai Mohan, Jonathan Wong Frye, Kirsten Hopkins, Lillan Andrea de Leon, Lluvia Almanza, M.A. Garner, Mac Raymond, Mischa Goodman, Nikhaar Kishnani, Paeton Chavis, Peter Pasco, Richard McBride, Richard Taylor, Taylor Hilt Mitchell
Directors: Al Monaco, Chamari White-Mink, Darpan Joshi, Marina Barry, Nicole Orabona
Stage Manager: Briana Harris
To watch FOA #3, go HERE.
FOA #2: Home
November 21, 2020
Writers: Mark Harvey Levine, Marj O'Neill-Butler, Robyn Dana Guest, Rita Anderson, Denise Lock, Gwydion Suilebhan, Dwayne Yancey, Jeff Smith, Pete Casanave, Kirsten Hopkins, Adriana Dominguez, Lluvia Almanza, John Minigan, Jordan Elizabeth Henry, Tom Cavanaugh, Franky Gonzalez, Kendra Augustin, Bara Swain, Jim Moss, Orlando Rodriguez, Donna Latham, Devin Porter, Maximillian Gill, Eric Jones, Nabra Nelson
Actors: Jacqui Shiel, Marina Barry, Josette Marina Murray, Shetal Shaw, Rhonda Dodd, Michael Markham, Matthew Menedez, Hakim Rashad, George Pappas, Mackie Raymond, Julia Botero, Lillian Andrea de Leon, Marco Aponte, Elena Hurst, Arthur Gregory Pugh, Marta Rymer, Kieron Anthony, Helene Galek, Diana Cherkas, Luis Alberto Quintero, Chris Smith, Akyiaa Wilson, Mahima Saigal, Starr Kirkland, Paeton Chavis
Directors: Denise Ivanoff, Evan Edwards, Fernando Vieira, Jonathan Spivey, Al Monaco
Stage Manager: Thomas Dieter
To watch the Festival, go here.
FOA #1: Experiment
November 18, 2019
Writers: Alison Shapiro, Caitlin Belforti, Charles Leipart, Debra Cole, Diana Burbano, Elizabeth Gordon, Emma S. Rund, Eric C. Jones, Erin Moughon, Janine DeMaria, Jasmine Spiess, Jennifer O'Grady, John Ryan Martine Jr., Judd Lear Silverman, K. Lyons, Karuna Das, Ken Orman, Ledia Xhoga, Margo Rife, Marina Barry, Max Mondi, Mrinalini Kamath, Natyna Bean, Ollie Fielding, Quinn D. Eli, Rachael Carnes, Sharifa Elkady, Stephanie Pierson, Tom Coash
Actors: Amanda Shi, Andrew Cooksey Jr., Chris Rothbauer, David Michael Kirby, Denise Lock, Diana Cherkas, Hakim Rashad, Helene Galek, Jordan Weinstock, Josette Murray, Julia Botero, Kay Lion, Kieron Anthony, Kirsten Hopkins, Kyle Minshew, Lluvia Almanza, Mahima Saigal, Maria Isabella Rojas, Mary Lauren, Matt C. Cross, Michelle Persoff, Natalie Neckyfarow, Nicole Orabona, Paeton Chavis, Patrice Bell, Peter Macklin, Rhonda Dodd, Roy Flores, Yasmin Bitar
For more pics from this event, go here.
To watch the 2020 virtual revival, go here.