http://www.lesseramerica.com/projects daily 1.0 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1385607338537-EYQXHTKKRUQOEWF69LHN/8383_578882015456196_1853215203_n-1.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1451425278176-NRA8J6FY3IOSVN3KM4LO/Wide+Attic+Reveal.jpg Productions - THE BACHELORS Written by Caroline V. McGraw Directed by Portia Krieger Featuring Blake DeLong*, Quincy Dunn-Baker*, and Babak Tafti* Nov 5th - 29th, 2015 Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 224 Waverly Place, NYC, 10014 Inside a house, a house in a series of houses on a fraternity row, a house in which DVDs serve as coasters and drool stains the sofa, live three roommates far past their college days. A thousand girlfriends come and gone, a thousand drinks downed, a thousand parties crashed–every night the same, until now. There’s a party tonight, but it is not the blaring music that makes sleep impossible. Tonight, these bachelors will understand what their choices have really gotten them. Assistant Direction Dani Turner PSM Laura Kim* Set Carolyn Mraz Lighting Masha Tsimring Costumes Sydney Maresca Sound Elisheba Ittoop Props Jessica Jalal Movement Choreography Robert Westley Technical Direction Sean Gorski General Management Amanda Nelson Publicity Stacey Sund Abeles Poster Art Marc Bovino Produced by Daniel Abeles, Nate Miller, Laura Ramadei, and Claire Siebers   Pictured: Blake DeLong, Babak Tafti, and Quincy Dunn-Baker. Photo Credit: Stacey Abeles.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1472147176950-C1EUQQEOKAS1VFHA4KO2/Candle+Moment+Sc+3+B.jpg Productions - HALF MOON BAY A new play by DAN MOYER Directed by JESS CHAYES Presented in association with Cherry Lane Theatre Featuring GABRIEL KING* and KEILLY McQUAIL* After a chance encounter in the bar of a bowling alley, two broken hopefuls share a boozy, electric evening. Half Moon Bay is a darkly comic, raw new play about the lovers we take to bed and the strangers we find there in the morning. May 12th - June 4th, 2016 Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Street stage management Allison Raynes* scenic design Reid Thompson lighting Mike Inwood sound Janie Bullard costumes Meriwether Snipes production management Sean Gorski general management Amanda Nelson publicity Ron Lasko, Spin Cycle assistant stage manager Billy Kiessling lighting associate Gillian Wolpert master electrician Laura Schoch Pictured: Keilly McQuail and Gabriel King Photo by Steven Pisano   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1425330852838-BRAVPFIKANWLQJGQO78W/Laura+Crop.png Productions - WYOMING By BRIAN WATKINS Directed by DANYA TAYMOR In the Tuttle family, the past is not to be discussed. But when their estranged and silent brother is spotted at a hometown diner twenty years after a confounding childhood crime, buried memories and unspoken bounties hatch one boozy, plotting Thanksgiving. In the depths of Wyoming's wilderness, the family herd must stick together or teeter towards the way of the buffalo. * * * Featuring Daniel Abeles, Carter Hudson, Layla Khoshnoudi, Roger Lirtsman, Nate Miller, Laura Ramadei and Sarah Sokolovic * * * with Original Music by Robin Pecknold and Neal Morgan stage management Kevin Clutz* set design Edward T. Morris lighting Masha Tsimring sound Asa Wember costumes Beth Goldenberg props Jessica Jalal assistant stage management Maddi Knox publicity Emily Owens associate producers and resident Lesser Americans: Claire Siebers and Brendan Spieth * * * Theater for the New City January 15 - 31, 2015 WYOMING was made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Pictured: Layla Khoshnoudi, Roger Lirstman, Carter Hudson, Daniel Abeles, Sarah Sokolovic and Nate Miller. Photo Credit: Hunter Canning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1404416378652-8C6V9WLW2D7TYHL6DV7V/CarnivalKids-86.jpg Productions - CARNIVAL KIDS A new play by Lucas Kavner Directed by Stephen Brackett TBG Theatre June 5th - 28th, 2014 Featuring Jake Choi, Danelle Eliav, Max Jenkins*, Randall Newsome*, and Laura Ramadei And Jeffrey Omura*, understudying the role of Mark for final weekend performances. When an aimless former rock star loses his job and finds himself broke with nowhere to go, he's forced to move in with his adopted son and roommate in their cramped New York City apartment. As the two of them try to forge new lives together, a get-rich-quick scheme further complicates their lives and loves. Assistant Director: Drew Foster Associate Producer: Claire Siebers Stage Management: Kevin Clutz* Set: Meredith Ries Lighting: Amith Chandrashaker Sound: Janie Bullard Costumes: Tristan Raines Technical Direction: Sean Gorski Props: Josiah Parsons Press: Emily Owens   Jake Choi as Mark. Photo by Danny Ghitis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1385612537071-7PF3M24HW0RYJMLAV342/IMG_0531.JPG Productions - American River Written by Micheline Auger Directed by Stephen Brackett July 12th - 22nd, 2012 Theater for the New City Featuring John Patrick Doherty, Laura Ramadei, Brendan Spieth and Robbie Collier Sublett set design Daniel Zimmerman - costumes Jessica Pabst - lights Marie Yokoyama - sound David Corsello - stage management Amy Groeschel - technical direction Kevin Rees - props Haley Traub - dramaturg Claire Siebers - production intern Steph Malove - production producers Daniel Abeles, Nate Miller, and Valerie Steinberg Robbie Collier Sublett and Laura Ramadei in American River. Photo Credit: Melissa Gomez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1385613447699-T5NHF4ZJQHSRUCF4BWRW/Too+Much+Too+Soon_342.jpg Productions - Too Much Too Soon September 29th - October 9th, 2011 Theater for the New City Have Your Cake by Nikole Beckwith, The Needle Through the Arm Trick by Dean Imperial, Lucky Star by Nick Jones, Custodians by Ken Urban, We Are Those People by Melissa Ross, Halfway by Emily Schwend Directed by Stephen Brackett and Portia Krieger Featuring Daniel Abeles, Liesel Allen Yeager, Craig Jorczak, Nate Miller, Anna O’Donoghue, and Laura Ramadei set design Deb O - costume design Campbell Ringel - lighting design Steven Maturno - sound design Daniel Kluger and Brandon Wolcott - stage manager Michele Ebel - technical director Sean Bauer - fight direction Casey Robinson Nate Miller in Too Much Too Soon. Photo Credit: Hunter Canning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1385615247883-YFND6GBZSL1I66BO67VR/lesseramericanfamily.jpg Productions - Squealer An original play by Jonathan Blitstein Directed by Daniel Talbott Featuring Daniel Abeles, Jamie Law, Nick Lawson, Sarah Lemp, Nate Miller and Laura Ramadei May 5 - 21, 2011 Squealer was Lesser America's official inaugural production. An ambitious pork farmer with a roving eye moves in with a widowed single mother and her teenaged daughter. When he can't get what he wants, things get bloody. A full-on taste of America's poverty-soaked obsession with consumerism and our unquenchable thirst for more, whether it's meat, or love, or both. set design - Eugenia Furneaux-Arends - costumes Tristan Scott Barton Raines - lighting by Brad Peterson - sound design Janie Bullard - fight direction David Anzuelo - stage management Michael Bradley Block   The founding Lesser Americans. Photo Credit: Jonathan Blitstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1443479368438-K5J5CW9RJDHDMCOC8Y8A/IMG_4522.jpg Productions - Just Right Just Now Chicken Butt by Clare Barron, All the Pretty Creatures in Heaven and Earth by Eric Dufault, Twink by Anna Kerrigan, Rat and Roach by Lauren Morelli, Basement Level by Marco Ramirez, and Study That House by Brian Watkins directed by Peter James Cook and Stella Powell-Jones featuring Jon Bass, Lauren Blumenfeld, Eric Clem, Alex Herrald, Laura Ramadei and Shayna Small October 10th - 27, 2013 Set in a forgotten basement, Just Right Just Now is a short play sampling of independent theater's most thrilling and dangerous young writers. set design Edward T. Morris - costume design Mira Veikley - lighting design Eric Southern and Barbara Samuels - props Sarah Dowling - stage management Jenny Ainsworth - technical direction Sean Gorski   Shayna Small in Lauren Morelli's Rat and Roach. Photo Credit: Stacey Abeles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1546471055660-LCZ40A2BFBQPILZ4U9K2/Do+you+know+about+my+brain.jpg Productions - AGNES By CATYA MCMULLEN Directed by JENNA WORSHAM Charlie's been missing, and his roommates have a lot of questions for him. Trapped by a storm on the night of his mysterious return, they each discover how easy it is to miss the mark when it comes to the people you love. With heart, humor and a touch of the bizarre, AGNES explores vulnerability, our limited understanding of the autism spectrum, and how we strive for human connection, even when it seems impossible. Featuring JOHN EDGAR BARKER HIRAM DELGADO MYKAL MONROE LAURA RAMADEI CLAIRE SIEBERS Set ANGELICA BARRERO Lighting CHEYENNE SYKES Sound DANIEL MELNICK Costumes NICOLE SLAVEN AGNES was made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Special thanks to the Ira M. Resnick Foundation, Ronnie Planalp and Bernadine Santistevan. A SparkRise Event Pictured: John Edgar Barker, Claire Siebers Photo Credit: Hunter Canning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1509482607728-WDPEC3MNNC40RTWC5H5P/in+a+word_press+selection_9+1200+1600.jpg Productions presented by CHERRY LANE THEATRE Company in Residence LESSER AMERICA in a word A new play by Lauren Yee Directed by Tyne Rafaeli Cherry Lane Theatre - 38 Commerce Street June 16th - July 8th, 2017 Featuring Justin Mark, Jose Joaquin Perez*, and Laura Ramadei* Today is the two-year anniversary of Fiona’s son’s disappearance, and still, nothing makes sense to her. Not her blasé husband, the incompetent detective, or the neighborhood kidnapper who keeps introducing himself in the checkout line. As Fiona delves back into her memories of that fateful day, to uncover that crucial missing piece, grief and comedy collide, and ordinary turns of phrase take on dangerous new meanings. Set and Lighting Design - Oona Curley Sound Design - Stowe Nelson Costume Design - Andrea Hood Props - Brittany Coyne Production Stage Manager - Jenn Elyse Jacobs* Production Manager and Technical Director - Sean Gorski Scenic and Lighting Design - Dallas Estes Sound Associate - Justin Propper Props Associate - Becca Smith Producing Directors - Daniel Abeles and Nate Miller PR - Ron Lasko, Spin Cycle Poster Art - Trevor Baum Associate Producer - Kate Hopkins Production Photos by Hunter Canning in a word was made possible in part by a NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1385609485546-KO9TPJAF9YSWLT33CUDA/Trevor_prop_16.jpg Productions - Trevor Written by Nick Jones Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel Featuring Steven Boyer, Geneva Carr, Nathaniel Kent, Andy Nogasky, Shawn Randall, Amy Staats and Colleen Werthmann February 28 - March 17, 2013 Trevor is a new play about fame, success, and the lies we tell ourselves in order to keep people from taking away our erratic, 200-pound chimpanzee. set design Andrew Boyce - costume design Elizabeth Barrett Groth - lighting design Mike Inwood - sound design Chris Barlow - props Sarah Dowling - stage management Kelly Burns - fight direction Robert Westley - technical direction Sean Gorski - crew master Brendan Spieth - press Emily Owens produced by Lesser Americans Daniel Abeles, Nate Miller and Laura Ramadei   Steven Boyer as Trevor. Photo Credit: Hunter Canning. http://www.lesseramerica.com/history daily 0.75 2019-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1387399396900-OSAMZAQN2C8EEVD9VJV6/photo%2814%29.JPG About The Lesser American Ensemble Members are collaborators in various capacities, that have been officially invited into the company. They participate in and support Lesser American productions, as resident artists and friends of the company. Scroll right to meet them.       Pictured above: the expansive set of Trevor, built with the generous help of Lesser American friends and Ensemble Members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1392094114642-A90J0ZMZRH3JMD4VUGT8/DSC_4874.jpg About - Lesser America is pop theater. An ensemble of renegade artists dedicated to smart, quality entertainment that puts the audience first, fulfilling the promise of affordable, accessible theater for the 21st century. Lesser America was founded in 2010 by Daniel Abeles, Nate Miller, and Laura Ramadei, who continue to share creative and productive responsibilities. The company is designed to bridge the gap between safe, institutional theater and often inaccessible, experimental work. The Lesser Americans seek to produce new plays that tell uncommon stories but stories still relevant to a young, modern audience. The work is of high entertainment value, but comes at a low cost to the viewer.   Founding Members left to right: Daniel Abeles, Laura Ramadei, Nate Miller. Photo by Dylan Christina Moore. http://www.lesseramerica.com/support daily 0.75 2019-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5296a203e4b0ef97324994d6/1493922819152-0NMM2LA4BY3Q9DLJ3SS2/image-asset.png Support http://www.lesseramerica.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-08-23 http://www.lesseramerica.com/typography daily 0.75 2025-05-12