Selected Theatre Performances and Projects

The Grand Parade of the Twentieth Century (Double Edge Theatre, dir. Stacy Klein, 2012–2016)

Sound and video design for an original performance created by the Double Edge Ensemble, directed by Stacy Klein, with music composed by Alexander Bakshi. Tours at Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), Peak Performances (Montclair, NJ), Arts Emerson (Boston, MA), and the Golden Mask festival in Moscow, Russia, among others. Sound and video design nominated for two Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) awards.

Photo by Maria Baranova

A Disappearing Number (Central Square Theater, dir. Elaine Vaan Hogue, 2014)

Music direction and performance on hammered dulcimer for revival of play by Complicité. Score included arrangements of North and South Indian classical melodic and rhythmic forms, with Ryan Meyer on tabla.
Photo by A. R. Sinclair Photography

 

The Odyssey (Double Edge Theatre, dir. Stacy Klein, 2011–2012)

Dramaturgy and music direction for Double Edge Theatre's indoor/outdoor traveling spectacle in Ashfield, MA. Adapted texts from Homer, Virgil, Cavafy, Kazantzakis, and Walcott and arranged music from throughout the Mediterranean for live performance.
Photo by Dave Weiland

 

Iphigeneia (at Double Edge Theatre, dir. Brian Fairley, 2011)

A work-in-progress presentation of the choral odes from Euripides's Iphigenia at Aulis, interwoven with songs from the Black Sea region of Georgia. Created in collaboration with Milena Dabova and performed by advanced students at Double Edge Theatre.
Photo courtesy of Milena Dabova

 

The Unanswered Question: A Charles Ives Fantasy (at Double Edge Theatre, dir. Brian Fairley, 2008)

Original performance employing the songs of Charles Ives (with live piano accompaniment by the director) and a textual montage featuring cowboys, college men, and transcendentalists. Created in collaboration with emerging artists and ensemble members of Double Edge Theatre and presented at Double Edge and Charlestown Working Theater in Boston, MA. A continuation of this piece, Proud Music of the Storm, was presented as part of Double Edge Theatre's Conversations series in 2009.