Boston University MFA Productions

PHOTOGRAPH 51

A Directing Thesis

By Anna Ziegler

Directed by Avital Shira

Set Design: Adam Hawkins

Lighting Design: Matt Robson

Costume Design: Emma George

Sound Design: Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky

Stage Management: London Wise

Featuring Gina Fonseca, Henry Morehouse, Sebastien Garbe, VonDerrick Taylor, Thomas McLaughlin, and Fady Demain

Photos by Benjamin Rose

PROCESS

Initial Inspiration Board

Costume Design: From early research to embodied production

Set Design Renderings

EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED

By Sarah Mantell

Directed by Avital Shira

Julia Ty Goldberg as Jessica and Nick Edis as Lorenzo in EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Micah Ziegler.

Zach Zamsky as Shylock and Julia Ty Goldberg as Jessica in EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Micah Ziegler.

Curtis Chase as Gobbo, Zach Zamsky as Shylock, and Julia Ty Goldberg as Jessica in EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Micah Ziegler.

Set Design: Eun Jeong Paik

Lighting & Sound Design: Sara Vargas

Costume Design: Zane Kealey

Stage Management: Madeleine Bedenko

Featuring Zachary Zamsky, Julia Ty Goldberg, Curtis Chase, and Nick Edis

MY FAIR LADY

A Musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion

Directed by Avital Shira

Music Direction by Mindy Cimini

Khadija Bangoura as Eliza Doolittle and Taylor Brahms as Mrs. Pearce in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Khadija Bangoura as Eliza Doolittle and Frances Hellums and Emma Finnerty as maids in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Emma Finnerty, Frances Hellums, Zach Kelley, Jackie Romankow (Mrs. Higgins), Max Corney, (Freddy Einsford-Hill), Jordyn Stoessel (Mrs. Einsford-Hill), Emily Trantanella, Michael Valladares, Taylor Brahms (Mrs. Pearce), and Jacob Kreiss in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Zach Kelley, Khadija Bangoura as Eliza Doolittle, Max Corney as Freddy Einsford-Hill, and Peter Walsh as Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Max Corney as Freddy Einsford-Hill in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Max Corney as Freddy Einsford-Hill and Emma Finnerty as the maid in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Neil Kelly as Colonel Pickering and Khadija Bangoura as Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Khadija Bangoura as Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Khadija Bangoura as Eliza Doolittle and Max Corney as Freddy Einsford-Hill in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Neil Kelly as Colonel Pickering, Charlie Tisch, and Michael Valladares in MY FAIR LADY, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

Choreography: Juliana Jordan

Set Design: Elizabeth Pattyn

Lighting Design: Amanda Fallon

Costume Design: Sophia Baramidze

Sound Design: Jonathan Beals

Stage Management: Samantha Knox

Featuring Khadija Bangoura, Peter Walsh, Neil Kelly, Liam Krivkov, Taylor Brahms, Max Corney, Jackie Romankow, Emily Trantanella, Michael Valladares, Nick Edis, Jacob Lawrence Kreiss, Zach Kelley, Frances Hellums, Derek Crosby, Charlie Tisch, and Jordyn Stoessel

CYMBELINE

By Williams Shakespeare

Directed by Avital Shira

Emily Hentschel as Imogen and Tyler McMahon as Posthumus in CYMBELINE, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Zane Kealey.

Emily Hentschel as Imogen in CYMBELINE, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Mariel Weinand.

Annie Brennan Coursey as Belarius, Emily Hentschel as Imogen, and Dylan Wack as Guiderius in CYMBELINE, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Mariel Weinand.

Alfred Bardwell-Evans as King Cymbeline, Tyler McMahon as Posthumus, Annie Brennan Coursey as Belarius, and Madeleine Maret as Pisanio in CYMBELINE, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Zane Kealey.

Tyler McMahon as Posthumus and Emily Hentschel as Imogen in CYMBELINE, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Mariel Weinand.

Set Design: Christa Tausney

Lighting Design: Erin Caltiere

Costume Design: Chloe Chafetz

Stage Management: Nathan Malin

Featuring Emily Hentschel, Madeleine Maret, Alfred Bardwell-Evans, Annie Brennan Coursey and Dylan Wack

INTIMATE APPAREL

By Lynn Nottage

Directed by Avital Shira

Miles Jordan as George Armstrong and Tatiana Webster as Mamie in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Dani Palmer as Esther Mills and Mary Healy as Mrs. Van Buren in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Mary Healy as Mrs. Van Buren and Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Miles Jordan as George and Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Dani Palmer as Esther Mills and Josh Gluck as Mr. Marks in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Miles Jordan as George and Dani Palmer as Esther in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Josh Gluck as Mr. Marks and Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Miles Jordan as George Armstrong and Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Dani Palmer as Esther Mills and Miles Jordan as George Armstrong in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Tatiana Webster as Mamie and Dani Palmer as Esther in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Jasmine Brooks as Mrs. Dickson and Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Dani Palmer as Esther Mills and Josh Gluck as Mr. Marks in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Dani Palmer as Esther Mills in INTIMATE APPAREL, directed by Avital Shira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Set by Sean Perreira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Set design by Sean Perreira. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky.

Set Design: Sean Perreira

Lighting Design: Carmen Catherine Alfaro

Costume Design: Chloe Moore

Sound Design: Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky

Stage Management: Carmen Catherine Alfaro

Featuring Dani Palmer, Tatiana Webster, Miles Jordan, Josh Gluck, Mary Healy, and Jasmine Brooks.