Production History — Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective

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MAKING & ENTERING: the 2023 Line Up Showcase

A collaboration with the Makers Ensemble.

View the online program here.

GIRLHOOD by Molly Vander Molen

GIRLHOOD was originally slated for a run at the tank in March of 2020... After 3 years we were finally able to bring this piece to life!

Let’s be clear, GIRLHOOD is NOT a coming-of-age story, and it’s not about spectacular girls. Instead, it’s a hot, messy, and wholesome chapter in the lives of five 15-year-old average janes who are struggling to navigate the allure of womanhood, their sexuality, their trauma, their family, and their place in the thick of it all. GIRLHOOD is sweet and savory and reminds us that it’s hard to be a 15-year-old girl.

PEA Fest 2022

Produced by Emily Bubeck, Josh Reiter, Emani Simpson, William Vonada & Ben Dworken

Intimacy coordination: Alxandra Haddad. Stage Manager & Sound Mixer: Melissa Ingle. Costume Design: Alex Church-Gonzales. Sound Design: Michael Ortiz. Lighting Design: William Vonada. Set & Props Design: Emily Bubeck

The Broken Brain Break Up Game by Lee Melillo

Directed by Alexandra Haddad, Assistant Directed by Estee Dutchman, Photos by Joseph O’Malley

Featuring Sophia Quiroga*^, Jacob Presson, Ethan Mock, Grant Sower, Kana Seiki, Sylvie Tamar, Rachel Greenfield & Eliza Pagelle^

Fyre Fest was so Fun!!! by Catherine Weingarten

Directed by Michelle Chan, Photos by Joseph O’Malley

Featuring Georgia K Cohen, Sylvie Tamar, Vince Ryne & Grant Williams

Taking the Plunge by Carmen Burbridge

Directed by Nathan Mullen, Photos by Robson Trudgill

Featuring: Lorelei Smith, Sav Smith & Ken Hall

Rooftop Readings 2022: A Sign That You Were Alive by Rebecca Kane

Directed by Emily Jeppesen, Produced by Sophia Quiroga

Featuring: Mia Angelique Fowler, Mateo Moreno, Alan Medrano & Lauren Wohlmacher

Rooftop Readings 2022:

11 Months of Nuclear Summer by Sophie McIntosh

Directed by Nina Goodheart, Produced by Sophia Quiroga

Featuring: Samanthia Nixon, Sami Ma, Frankie Placidi, Caroline Grogan & Naomi Goodheart

Rooftop Readings 2022:

Jinkies! by Josiah Thomas Turner

Directed by Margaret Lee

Casting by Annika Perez-Krikorian

Produced by Emily Bubeck, Ryan Duncan Ayala (El Centro Productions) & Keith Weiss

Featuring Non Kuramoto. Francis Pàce-Nuñez, Ekemini Ekpo, Paula J. Leon, Giovanni Naarendorp, Ali Andre Ali trajan clayton & Alyssa Virji

Rooftop Readings 2022:

rachel, nv by jose sebastian alberdi

Directed by Caley Chase, Produced by Josh Reiter

Featuring: Wynn Harmon, Michael Ortiz* Natasha Diamond-Walker, Josephine Rinehart-Jones and Sophia Quiroga*

(*denotes line up member)

Rooftop Readings 2022:

Balance by Audrey Lang

Directed by Sophia Egner, Produced by Josh Reiter

Featuring: Jessie Carina Lanza, Emily Lang, Julia Hajjar, Lisa Purrone, Elizabeth Sanders & Erin Lockett

HEIST AT THE MUSEUM: The Line Up Showcase

Hosted by City Reliquary, featuring the work of Michael Ortiz, Maggie Metnick, Emani Simpson, E.B. Hinnant, Xander Browne, Emily Bubeck, Andres Osorio, Alex Church Gonzales, Octavius Maurice* , Karen Murlanda* , Nikki Cannon* , Nick Turrturo* and Kayla Faccilongo*

Photos by Mary Dorn.

* denotes guest artist

Rooftop Readings 2021:

Habibi by Mehrnaz Tiv

Directed by Michelle Chan

Featuring Mouna Baba, Noah Caringella, Taylor Larson Now, Ashton Fortune, Keith Weiss, Mikey Fiocco & Xander Browne

Rooftop Readings 2021:

Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle by Alexander Perez

Directed by Andie Lerner

Featuring Michael Ortiz, Adam Coy, Richard Pannullo, Macarena Ramos, Emilie Colon & Natalia Urzua

Production Assistants: Alex Moon & Natalia Urzua

Rooftop Readings 2021:

Mary, Mother of Monsters by Tristen Moseley

Directed by Alex Church-Gonzales

Featuring Sophia Quiroga, Xander Browne, Preston William Fox & Brooks Laney

Rooftop Readings 2021:

I Met You on TV, Does that Mean Something? by Catherine Weingarten

Directed by Alex Tobey

Featuring Hope Carew, Mallory Muratore. Natalie Myrick, Nikki Cannon, Emani Simpson and Evan Maltby

Rooftop Readings 2021:

SWAY by SMJ

Directed by Britt Krisel

Featuring Anna Zabel, Nina Roy, Maddie Easely and Natalia Urzua

PEA FEST 2021

The pieces:

Adolsy by Taylor Dodd Geu, Directed by Tristan J Shuler

Featuring: Bwalya Chisanga, Tristan J Shuler, Michelle Siddiqui. Zac Morris, Allegra Verlezza, Nikomeh Anderson, Carly Bayer, Sophia Quiroga and Michael P Cyll

Off-White or the Arab House Party Play by Alyssa Haddad, Directed by Chamari White-Mink

Featuring: Dea Julien, Nikki Cannon, Natalie Myrick, Tiernan Mullane, Gamal ElSawah and Keith Weiss

Loverspy by Anna O’Connell, Directed by Emani Simpson and Gabriel G Torres

Featuring: Anna Zabel, Gaby Sprenkle, Michael Ortiz, Sam Franco, E.B. Hinnant and Ted Wold

Design Team:

Keaton John Comiskey - Sound Designer

Yang Yu - Lighting & Production Designer

Taylor Edelle Stuart - Video Designer & Technical Director

Rooftop Readings 2020:

Black Women Are the Moon by Phanésia Pharel

Directed by Alexandra Haddad

Edited by Kevin Russell Poole

Featuring Journey Brown-Saintel, Raven Ray, Sequoiah Blaire Hippolyte, Miosori Polanco and Phanésia Pharel.

Full online program is available here.

Rooftop Readings: 2020

Take Me Home written and directed by Xander Browne

Edited by Kevin Russell Poole

Featuring Asha Futterman, JT Wood, Sam Franco, Keara Benton, Josh Reiter, Brooks Laney, Zora Iman Crews, Nathan Mullen and Tristan Rose Gillia.

Full online program is available here.

Rooftop Readings 2020:

Erastes by Andres Osorio

Directed and Edited by Kevin Russell Poole

Featuring: Xander Browne, Mikey Fiocco, Nile Harris, E.B. Hinnant, Issac Roberto Lopez and Allegra Verlezza

Full online program is available here.

Rooftop Readings 2020:

Break by Ruthie Rado

Directed by Ryan Dobrin

Edited by Kevin Russell Poole, Featuring music by Connor Barr & Natalie Patton

Featuring: Aleigha K. Spinks, Allegra Verlezza, Sophia Quiroga, Declan Cheng Zhang & Nathan Mullens

Full online program is available here.

Rooftop Readings 2020:

this world is for the frat bros by Chloe Xtina

Directed by Alex Church-Gonzales, choreographed by Asha Destini Printup

Edited by Kevin Russell Poole, Featuring music by Natalie Patton and Connor Barr

Featuring: Maggie Metnick, Gia Blakey, Tom Pastor, Stephanie Orta-Vázquez, Kaley McConnaughey, Jerry Ng, Chloe Gluchanicz & Kayla Marie Rodriguez

Full online program is available here.

PEA Fest 2019

Photos Courtesy of Sam Richardson and Dane Alexander Guiffre

The Pieces:

12 Year Old Boys, My Mom, and Other Things that Make Me Nervous by Maggie Metnick, Directed by Andrew Mullins

Featuring: Maggie Metnick

Fishbowl by Nicholas Vasilios-Pappas, Directed by Molly Van Der Molen

Featuring: Julia Crowley, Lauren DiMario, Sam Barkley, Jackson Goldberg and Hassan Nazari Robati

Small Town Icons by SMJ, Directed by Alex Church-Gonzales

Featuring: Danielle Phillips, Nina Roy, Tristan Rose Gillia and Maggie Marie Rodgers

Songs of the Voodoo Queen by Annabelle Lee Revak, Directed by Aaron Cooper

Featuring: Jaeda Blair, Kamryn Harris, Aaron Wilson, Marcelo Guzman, Alex Loucks and Paris Dickensen

Sweet Shop by Tori Lassman, Directed by Emily Bubeck

Featuring: Gabriella Sprenkle, Connie Hall, Allegra Verlezza, Keara Benton, E.B. Hinnant, Xander Browne and Isaac Miller

The End of Incorporated Filth by Chloe Hayat, Directed by Galia Backal

Featuring: Taylor Edelle Stuart, Allegra Verlezza, Keyana Hemphill and Michael C. Ortiz

Abandon All Hope: Bees Who Enter Here by Sarah Marksteiner, Directed by Kevin Russell Poole

Featuring: Sophia Quiroga, Dara Pohl Feldman, Talia Oliveras, Ashton Fortune, Rachel Confrancisco, Jonathon Ryan, E.B. Hinnant, Taylor Edelle Stuart and Emily Bubeck

As You Like It

Sight Specific Production in Prospect Park, October 2019

Directed by Jaye Hunt, Music by E.B. Hinnant, Dramaturged by Rae Bryan

Featuring: Nile Harris, Logan Thomason, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Isaac Lopez, Mikey Fiocco, Keara Benton, Keyana Hemphill, Declan Zhang, Abram Blau, Jolee Cohen, Emily Leventhal, Kristi Swiger and Paul McCallion