Selected Directing Credits:
Good Grief: A Best Friend Play
by Ngozi Anyanwu
Cast: Giesala Jacques, William Simancas, Javan Zapata, Davion Osbourne, Fatou Thiam, Christopher Leon, and Rina Sklar
Producers: Ghostlight Players Productions, Inc.
Set Design: Ken Tirado and Craig Kwasnicki
Technical Director: Katie Scibelli
Lighting Design: Nick Diaz
Sound Design: Mayah Lourdes Burke
Costume Design: J. Giachetti
Stage Management: Aster Goldfarb
Assistant Director: Charles Murria
Photography by Anna Glenn Sparks
4SZNS by Mayah Lourdes Burke
Cast: Giesala Jacques, Christopher Leon, and Kyla Besett
Producers: Frenzy Fest, El Barrio’s Artspace PS109
Set Design: Matthew J. Fick
Lighting Design: Karla Gutierrez
Sound Design: Mayah Lourdes Burke
Costume Design: Mayah Lourdes Burke
Stage Management: Karla Gutierrez
Associate Directors: Javan Zapata and Charles Murria Choreography: Kyla Besett
Videography by Dillon Clancy
Motherless… by Cherise Kimoy
Cast: Georgina Morillo, Giesala Jacques, Christianah Akinsanmi, and Saniya Selby
Producers: The Makers Ensemble (The Tank)
Sound Design: Mayah Lourdes Burke
Photography by Angel J. Rivas
Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy
Cast: Giesala Jacques, Javan Zapata, Kyla Besett, Christopher Leon, Vincent Radu and Aster Goldfarb
Producers: College of Staten Island (Virtual Production)
Set Design: Matthew J. Fick
Video Editing: Mayah Lourdes Burke
Costume Design: Jennifer Straniere
Stage Management: Karla Gutierrez
Liberty by Esmé Maria Ng
Cast: Christianah Akinsanmi and Kyla Besett
Producers: Women’s Playwrights Collective, Staten Island Shakespearean Co.
Photography by Esmé Maria Ng
