FOA #6: Grace

November 23, 2024

View the program 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.