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UNTIL DARK GOES TO PUERTO RICO!
Teatro Publico presents a reading of Until Dark in Spanish, translated by Gabriela Saker!
a PEEK INTO THE MAKING OF “AT THE BARRICADES”
What Will The Neighbor Says obtained a Residency at NYU’s King Juan Carlos Centre to develop the play to a full-length show! Join us on Friday April 5th from 3PM to 5PM to see excerpts from the play and hear more about the making of this historical piece!
BACK AT COMPANY XIV
I joined the backstage crew of Company XIV once again as their Substitute Assistant Stage Manager/Run Crew Manager.
Tickets available here
BACK TO SCHOOL
I am honored to have been selected to be part of the Mercury Store Directing Technique Spring’s cohort!
UNTIL DARK PREMIERES IN NYC
With a three week run, Until Dark will premiere on February 15th at Out of the Box Theatrics, produced by Et Alia Theater!
Tickets available here. Contact me if you’d like to receive a discount code.
Make yourself at home
The first three scenes of Until Dark are getting presented at Et Alia Theater’s Gala at Out of the Box Theatrics. All proceeds are going to the production of it this February!
at the barricades
I am directing What Will The Neighbor’s Say’s exploration! I am looking forward to direct this semi-devised, semi-scripted piece based on the Spanish Civil War’s American volunteers. We’ll be doing a presentation of the piece at Brooklyn Haus on December 16th.
Check out this fantastic company!
“UNTIL DARK” is getting produced!
After winning the inaugural Et Alia Theater Lab, my new play, Until Dark, won the West Village Rehearsal Co-Op, and is currently in rehearsals. We will be fully producing the play and presenting it in early 2024.
SCENE-STUDY WORKSHOPS
I started offering contemporary scene-study workshops! Interested in learning about dates and rates? Contact me at fedeborlenghi@gmail.com
Photograph by Alexia Haick
Ellen winter at c’mon everybody
I am Line-Producing Ellen Winter’s return to the stage at C’Mon Everybody, featuring Tsebiyah and DJ A. Sarr on September 15th.
Tickets available here
WOODWARD GUEST RESIDENT
For the fall of 2023, I am recipient oof the Woodward Guest Residency, where I will be focusing on a novel based on stories of NYC undocumented immigrant restaurant workers.
Photograph by Alexia Haick
back at Company XIV
I am once again back at Company XIV for the reprise of “7 Sins”, running April 2023 through October as their Deck Manager.
SET DESIGNER FOR RIVEN’S NYC PREMIERE
I am set designing “Riven”, a play in development about the intersections between motherhood and waste accumulation based on interviews with Brazilian waste pickers. Created and directed by Marina Zurita, presented at Bric Lab, Brooklyn.
“Until dark” WINS the et alia theater lab
My brand new play was officially selected to be further developed with Et Alia Theater throughout the Fall of 2023.
“the care n keepin’ of u”
I have been directing this heartwarming, hilarious play written and performed by Catherine Bloom & Sofia Dobrushin. The piece is a culmination of ARS NOVA’S CAMP Residency.
Info and tickets available here
i’m a finalist for Et Alia Theater’s Lab
My new play, “Until Dark”, is a finalist for the first edition of Et Alia’s Theater Lab.
Set/Props Designer for Big Green Theater
Here’s the set of “Riverville Goes Down” a play written by P.S. 106 students for Big Green Theater, The Bushwick Starr’s educational program. I built the set with my Co-Designer Andrès López-Alicea, and our Assistant Clara Wiest. We exclusively used recycled materials!
Hound Dog’s Team
In rehearsals for Hound Dog at Ars Nova. With director Machel Ross, playwright Melis Aker and the Lozours.
Back at Company XIV
I am joining Company XIV’s Stage Managment Team once more for this season’s Nutcracker Rouge!
CHRISTIE opens at the Waterfront Museum
I had the pleasure of Producing and Casting Directing this site-specific production of a new adaptation of a Eugene O’Neill’s play. Opening on October 15th and running for two weekends at the Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn.
Tickets and info available here!
“Hound Dog” at ARS NOVA
I am joining Machel Ross’s side once more as her Associate Director for the world premiere of Melis Aker’s Hound Dog! Music & Lyrics by Melis Acker & The Lazours, produced by Ars Nova & Playco.
Pay what you can tickets available here!
Props/Costume Designer for “Stella, Come Home”
I have been working as a props/costumes designer for Et Alia Theater’s latest production. They revisited A Street Car Named Desire and presented it as a dance piece in collaboration with Saraika’s Movement Collective. The piece was presented at The Brick in July and at HERE in August.
Joining the team of “Christie” as Producer & Casting Director
Director Nicky Maggio and Executive Producer & Playwright Covi Loveridge Brannan on our first on-site production meeting at the Waterfront Museum, where we will be site-specifically presenting a new adaptation of “Anne Christie” by Eugene O’ Neill.
Stage Manager for BORDR
Finally getting to work with my beloved Dirty Laundry Theater on their newest iteration of BORDRD, their virtual gem, presented with a brand new cast.
REMINISCENCE’s world premiere
I curated, creative produced/line produced, wrote, costume designed and directed the first iteration of “Reminiscence”, a community-based performance. The theatrical production will premiere at the Italytime Cultural Center on June 10th and 11th.
ASM at Company XIV
I joined the Stage Managment Team of Company XIV as sub Assistant Stage Manager for their upcoming new burlesque production: 7 Sins, opening on April 3rd.
Tickets available here
Italytime Commission
I was commissioned by Italytime Cultural Center to put up a theatrical production. I pitched to write and direct a community-based choreopoem on the multicultural and multilingual experience. I gathered 6 international women and we started meeting weekly to generate content and find inspiration for the final show! We started rehearsals in March. Stay tuned for more info, dates and a list of collaborators involved.
Rehearsing at El Puente
In rehearsals for A SONG OF SONGS with director Machel Ross, playwright and performer Agnes Borinsky and Ching Valdes-Aran. We open on March 10th!
Tickets available here
Back at The Bushwick Starr
I am enthusiastically joining once again The Bushwick Starr in their next production. I’ll be Associate Directing Machel Ross and work as Covid Compliance Officer in Agnes Borinsky’s “A Song of Songs”, c0-presented by Jeremy O. Harris, in partnership with El Puente and in association with Clubbed Thumb. The show will be running through March 10-27th Thursday through Sundays at El Puente’s Williamsburg Leadership Center.
Strangers from other places
I recently took part of a beautiful portrait series by David Charles, who photographs and interviews international women living in New York.
Associate Prop Designer at Soho Rep
I took on another Prop Design project alongside Patricia Marjorie for the premiere production of Wolf Play at Soho Repertory Theater. Have been hunting for props all over the city.
Tickets available here https://sohorep.org
Prop/Set Designer Assistant at Rattlestick
I joined Rattlestick’s upcoming virtual show’s crew as Prop/Set Design Assistant to Prop Master Patricia Marjorie. “Addressless” is n interactive, virtual, theatrical game where you encounter firsthand the complex challenges of housing insecurity.
Tickets available here
Back at the Bushwick Starr
I will be Assisting Directing Kris Thor in the direction of “Preparedness”, Hillary Miller’s new play, to be presented at HERE Art Center in November.
COVID-10 Compliance Officer
I recently got my certificate as a COVID Compliance Officer for Theatrical Productions.
My first screenplay commission
I was recently commissioned to develop a show bible for a bilingual tv series surrounding an epic Italian Venetian legend. My desk during a writing/research session.
SYNERGY premieres at Denver Fringe
When Cass is accused of sexual assault by a client, her younger sister Jackie, a promising defense criminal attorney, decides to take over the case without blinking. When Lisa, their third sister, shows up in town for solidarity, realizes there is more to the allegations than what she was told. Synergy is an original one-act drama that reflects on the intricacies of sisterhood while testing its ties and boundaries.
Tickets available here.
“Synergy”
After a momentary hiatus, I am now developing and finalizing an original play, Synergy, written and directed by me, which was selected to premiere in person at the 2021’s Denver Fringe Festival.
JUNE Zoom Fest
HERE WE GO returns with the second edition of their 24h Zoom Fest. The event was originally going to presented on June 7th but it was postposed to the 14th in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement. The company decided to also make a change and have a line up of all-black artists to amplify and prioritize their voices.
The event will be live streamed on June 14th at 9PM EST on the HERE WE GO Official Facebook page.
Guest Speaker
Federica was invited to participate as a guest speaker in a panel discussion on producing theater online on behalf of HERE WE GO. The event will be streaming on Zoom on Friday May 15th at 3PM.
HERE WE GO’S Fist Virtual Show
Federica is curating HERE WE GO’s very first event of their online virtual programming by launching a 24h Zoom Fest. The initiative is officially licensed by the
5 writers, 5 directors and 14 actors will remotely gather on Saturday May 2nd to create 5 original pieces specifically written to be performed on Zoom on Sunday May 3rd.
For more information on how to participate in the next edition of the festival or to RSVP for the livestream on Sunday May 3rd, contact herewego24h@gmail.com
Denver Fringe official selection
The brand new one woman show will be premiering at the inauguration of Denver Fringe this upcoming summer.
For more information, check denverfringe.org
Ensemble Member
Federica joins the team of Rising Sun Performance Company as director, writer and producer.
1min Play Festival
Federica’s 1min play “Fostering Joy” was selected to be be part of the “Coronavirus Plays”, a projected created by the One-Minute Play Festival.
“The Antipodes”
Federica is Machel Ross’ Assistant Director on the new production of “The Antipodes” by Annie Baker, based on the original direction by Lila Neugebauer and produced by Center Theatre Group.
Tickets and additional information available here
Collaboration with Et Alia
A new original play by Maria-Luiza Müller produced by Et Alia, premiering at the Tank.
Tickets available here.
“Syrma - What’s the cost of dreaming?”
“Syrma” is a new play in development by Greek Mythology and Dante’s Divine Comedy. The show was Co-Produced with Carolina De’Castiglioni and will premiere at Alchemical Studios on December 11th, 12th & 13th. Tickets for Syrma are now available here.
HERE WE GO Reading Series
After receiving over 300 submissions for their very first season, HERE WE GO decided to feature the 4 semi-finalists in their very first Reading Series at Areté Gallery, Greenpoint.
“Black Exhibition”
Federica is the Production Assistant on this new choreopoem
by Jeremy O. Harris , directed by Machel Ross, premiering at the Bushwick Starr. Opening on November 7th.
“Syrma” Fundraising Campaign
Federica joined forced with Carolina de’Castiglioni, Italian actor and playwright to produce a new experimental play in development. Click here to read more about the project and to make a donation to support the production.
THE BLACKOUT EXPERIENCE
Federica joined the cast of “THE BLACKOUT EXPERIENCE”, the iconically unsettling immersive show. Running through November 4th.
“Recipe for a Witch Hunt”
The collaboration with Covi Loveridge Brannan continues at Manhattan Repertory Theatre. The powerful One-Act was selected to be part of the 2019 Summer Shorts.
FAST PLAY FEST
Federica was selected to be one of the 7 directors that will be participating to the Barrow Group’s 24h Play Festival.
Tickets
the HERE WE GO Festival
HERE WE GO is a site-specific short play festival, whose mission is to provide early-career New York City based artists with an opportunity to develop and showcase their creativity and talents. The festival’s goal is to present authentic, multidisciplinary and original content, as well as build a networking platform for emerging artists.
BFA in Dramatic Arts Class of 2019
Federica graduated from the New School for Drama Undergraduate Program at the College of Performing Arts, were she obtained a BFA in Dramatic Arts with a focus in directing and playwriting.
“Wrong Crowd“
A workshop of a new musical. Federica’s thesis presentation at The New School for Drama.
“September. It’s Matthew Walker’s first day as bartender at The Silhouette. Full of hope sand expectations, he is ready for a fresh new start from a troubled past. Jimmy, his overworked boss, needs an escape from a troubled present. What seems to be a typical Bushwick bar reveals itself to be the darkly unpredictable host of seasonal friendships, drunken romances, family dramas and unexpressed expectations”
On March 31st and April 1st at 7pm.
“Recipe For A Witch Hunt”
Federica returns to Hudson Guild with a revisitation of this exquisitely powerful One-Act Play by Covi Loveridge Brannan
In Cold War-era American suburbia, Barbara bakers knocks on the door of heir neighbor’s house late at night. She is answered by Alice, a single, working mother from Hungary, who is new to the neighborhood.
THE HERE WE GO FESTIVAL -
SHORT PLAYS SUBMISSION
Federica is the co-curator and Producer of “The HERE WE GO Festival”, a site-specific theatre festival to be presented at the Our Lady of Pompeii Theatre on May 25th.
Submit your 10-20min play at herewegofestival@gmail.com by February 24th
“Ah, love!”
Federica is Executive Producing this evening of One-Act plays as well as debuting as playwright at the Italytime Cultural Center alongside brilliant playwright Paolo Tartamella and legendary Italian author Dacia Maraini
Tickets available here
CONTACT
fedeborlenghi@gmail.com