Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Lee Adams, Book by Michael Stewart
The Argyle Theater, July 2024
Directed by Jen Wineman
Scenery by Steven Velasquez
Costumes by Amanda Scanze
Wigs by Samantha Naso
Sound by Sarah Goodman
Photos by Richard Termine
Dollywood, March 2024
Produced by Dollywood Entertainment
Directed & Choreographed by John Dietrich
Lighting and Video Design Provided by David Weiner Design
Lead Lighting David A. Sexton
Lead Video Steven Royal
Costume Designer David Woodard
Written by Tony Kushner
Western Connecticut State University, November 2023
Directed by Tim Howard
Scenery by Clifton Chadick
Costumes by Brenda Phelps
Sound by Arielle Bennett
Photos by Tony DeZinno
Written by Paul Oakley Stovall and Marilyn Campbell-Lowe of The New Classics Collective
Quintessence Theatre Group, May 2023
Directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Scenery by Brian Sidney Bembridge
Projections by Brittany Bland
Costumes by Anna Sorrentino
Sound by Tom Carman
Photos by Linda Johnson
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Western Connecticut State University, February 2023
Directed by Justin Cowan
Scenery by Clifton Chadick
Costumes by Joni Lerner
Sound by Arielle Bennett
Photos by Abbi Debes, Tony DeZinno and David Sexton
MSC Seascape, December 2022
Produced by RWS Entertainment Group
With MSC Cruises
Directed & Choreographed by Chip Abbot
Video by Christopher Ash
Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte
Composed by The Wooster Group, 2021
Text by Bertolt Brecht
Original Music by Hanns Eisler
New Music by Amir ElSaffar
Sound Design and Musical Arrangement by Eric Sluyter
Video Design by Irfan Brkovic
Photography by Maria Baranova
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Jack Feldman, Book by Harvey Fierstein
Playhouse Stage Company, August 2019
Directed by Tim Nelson
Scenery by Tim Bornt
Costumes by Hollie Miller
Sound by Tommy Rosati
Photos by Molly Rose
Written by Jordan Jaffe
The Wild Project, January 2019
Directed by Dan Amboyer
Scenery by Gabriel Firestone
Costumes by Loren Shaw
Sound by Matt Fischer
Photos by Monique Carboni
music by Frederick Loewe
book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Quintessence Theater Group, November 2017
Directed by Alexander Burns
Choreographed by Kaki Burns
Scenery by Doug Greene
Costumes by Christina Bullard
Photos by Shawn May
"It’s exciting. The production feels intimate and very fresh. Doug Greene’s quick moveable setups alter locations on the fly, and subtleties of David A. Sexton’s lighting affect changing atmospheres. With her beautiful, updated, elegant, sometimes casual, even crazy costumes, Christina Bullard works the looks." - Phindie
"It moves along in Alex Burns’ kinetic staging, outfitted in Christina Bullard’s often elegant costumes that shimmer in the lighting by David Sexton." - WHYY
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman, Book by Harvey Fierstein
Cortland Repertory Theater, July 2017
Directed by Bert Bernardi
Choreographed by Matthew Couvillon
Scenery by Darin V. Himmerich
Costumes by Jimmy Johansmeyer
Sound by Seth Asa
Photos by Eric Behnke
by John Ford
Quintessence Theater Group, April 2017
Directed by Alexander Burns
Choreographed by Janet Pilla Marini
Fights by Ian Rose
Scenery by Alexander Burns
Costumes by Jane Casanave
Sound by Steven Cahill
Photos by Shawn May
"T.S. Eliot felt the play was diminished that all these “unfortunate personages… have an equal claim on our attention.” Burns overcomes this complaint, and the plot’s density, with a strong (mostly non-Equity) ensemble, his customary close attention to understanding and clarity of the play’s verse, a canny use of dumb show in the highly expository first scene, and a strong design team. He designed the simple but effective thrust playing space and screen across the back. Jane Casanave’s Renaissance costumes vividly individualize the characters. More important are lighting and music: David Sexton’s lighting plays across the screen and the floor, shifting moods and sometimes pulling a character in and out of our focus in almost cinematic fashion; Steven Cahill adds to the cinematic quality with original music reminiscent of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s work in the 1930s." - D.C. Metro Arts
"Any ear adjusted to Shakespeare will find Ford's dialogue familiar. Burns uses David Sexton's specific lighting to clarify asides to the audience, which sits on three sides of the same platform used in Love's Labor's Lost (minus its cheery grass). Sexton again uses a palette’s worth of color for striking dramatic effects. Emotions are big, and starkly portrayed in word and action; when Orgilus complains, "Love, thou art full of mystery!" his anguish is palpable." - Broad Street Review
"All applause and honor to Quintessence. They are dedicated to doing the classics with attention to what’s written, and bravo to that. Director Alexander Burns stresses bare-stage clarity (I liked the introductory dances at the beginning), clear characterization, and clever lighting by David Sexton, to direct us to turning points, realizations, crossroads." - Philadelphia Inquirer
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban, Book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante
Cortland Repertory Theater, July 2016
Directed by Nathaniel Shaw
Choreographed by Matthew Couvillon
Scenery by Dana White, Jr.
Costumes by Mark Reynolds
Sound by Seth Asa
Photos by Eric Behnke
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Ocean State Theater Company, May 2015
Directed by Kathryn Markey
Scenery by Clifton Chadick
Costumes by Brian Horton
Photos by Mark Turek
"David A. Sexton's lighting truly appears as waning moonlight filtering down through the treetops. Lighting effects on the moon itself are wonderfully used to enhance character, such as the blood red hue employed during the Wolf's threatening lyrics in "Hello, Little Girl." - Broadway World Rhode Island
Music by Joe Raposo, Book and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Ocean State Theater Company, December 2015
Directed by Amiee Turner
Scenery by Katryn Hecht
Costumes by Emily Taradash
Photos by Mark Turek
