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RIDE THE CYCLONE, 2025
Music, Book and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Queens College - Goldstein Theater
Directed by Galia Backal
Music Direction by Eric Juneau
Projections Design - Michi Zaya
Sound Design - Caroline Eng
Scenic Design - Raul Abrego
Costume Designer - Meghan Healey
Lighting Designer - Matthew Deinhart
Production Stage Manager - Samantha Goldman
Production photos by Neophytos Ioannou, Sara Restrepo
Music, Book and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Queens College - Goldstein Theater
Directed by Galia Backal
Music Direction by Eric Juneau
Projections Design - Michi Zaya
Sound Design - Caroline Eng
Scenic Design - Raul Abrego
Costume Designer - Meghan Healey
Lighting Designer - Matthew Deinhart
Production Stage Manager - Samantha Goldman
Production photos by Neophytos Ioannou, Sara Restrepo
KISS, 2025
Queens College - Goldstein Theater
Directed by Tara Ahmadinejad
Written by Guillermo Calderón
Video Design - Michi Zaya
Sound Design - Ben Vigus
Scenic Design - Afsoon Pajoufar
Lighting Design - Jeffrey Greenberg
Costume Design - Avery Reed
Production Stage Manager - Samantha Goldman
Production photos by Neophytos Ioannou
Queens College - Goldstein Theater
Directed by Tara Ahmadinejad
Written by Guillermo Calderón
Video Design - Michi Zaya
Sound Design - Ben Vigus
Scenic Design - Afsoon Pajoufar
Lighting Design - Jeffrey Greenberg
Costume Design - Avery Reed
Production Stage Manager - Samantha Goldman
Production photos by Neophytos Ioannou
Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?), 2024 (World Premiere)
Boston Center for the Arts
Chuang Stage, Seoulful Productions
Written and Performed by Zoë Kim
Directed by Chris Yejin
Choreographer - Christopher Shin
Production Stage Manager - Becca Cottrell
Assistant Stage Manager - Mei MacQuarrie
Lighting Designer - Ari Kim
Projection Designer - Michi Zaya
Sound Designer - Katie Kuan-Yu Chen
Scenic & Costume Designer - Szu-Feng Chen
Creative Producer - Sarah Shin
Photos by Maggie Hall
Boston Center for the Arts
Chuang Stage, Seoulful Productions
Written and Performed by Zoë Kim
Directed by Chris Yejin
Choreographer - Christopher Shin
Production Stage Manager - Becca Cottrell
Assistant Stage Manager - Mei MacQuarrie
Lighting Designer - Ari Kim
Projection Designer - Michi Zaya
Sound Designer - Katie Kuan-Yu Chen
Scenic & Costume Designer - Szu-Feng Chen
Creative Producer - Sarah Shin
Photos by Maggie Hall
THE RUMINANTS, 2024 (World Premiere)
The New School
School of Drama
Written by Dipti Bramhandkar
Ana Margineanu (Director), Lindsey Zinbarg (Production Stage Manager), Violet Woundy (Assistant Stage Manager), Jacqueline Scaletta (Lighting Designer), Elliot Yokum (Sound Designer), Cat Raynor (Scenic Designer), Asa Benally (Costume Designer), Hannah Bird (Associate Costume Designer), Michi Zaya (Projection Designer), Judi Lewis Ockler (Fight/Intimacy Choreographer), Samy Ravs (Video Board Operator), Rebecca Warner (Audio Board Operator), Patrick Anthony Surillo (Production Manager)
Photos by Steven Pisano.
The New School
School of Drama
Written by Dipti Bramhandkar
Ana Margineanu (Director), Lindsey Zinbarg (Production Stage Manager), Violet Woundy (Assistant Stage Manager), Jacqueline Scaletta (Lighting Designer), Elliot Yokum (Sound Designer), Cat Raynor (Scenic Designer), Asa Benally (Costume Designer), Hannah Bird (Associate Costume Designer), Michi Zaya (Projection Designer), Judi Lewis Ockler (Fight/Intimacy Choreographer), Samy Ravs (Video Board Operator), Rebecca Warner (Audio Board Operator), Patrick Anthony Surillo (Production Manager)
Photos by Steven Pisano.
wAve, 2024
Brooklyn College Residency - The Public Theater
Written by Sung Rno
Director: Sarah Shin, Associate Michi Zaya
Video Design: Cinthia Chen, Associate Michi Zaya
Music and Sound: Zaza Diana Oh, Kai Bohlman
Stage Manager: Zara Zeidman
Featuring KK Moggie, Clew, Ron Domingo, Jae Woo, Deborah S. Craig, Zaza Diana Oh, Zoë Kim
Brooklyn College Residency - The Public Theater
Written by Sung Rno
Director: Sarah Shin, Associate Michi Zaya
Video Design: Cinthia Chen, Associate Michi Zaya
Music and Sound: Zaza Diana Oh, Kai Bohlman
Stage Manager: Zara Zeidman
Featuring KK Moggie, Clew, Ron Domingo, Jae Woo, Deborah S. Craig, Zaza Diana Oh, Zoë Kim
GLASS N MIRRORS, 2024
The New School
School of Drama
Written by Jonathan Buckingham & Kenya Lewis
Director: Candis C. Jones
Scenic Designer: Teresa L. Williams
Costume Designer: Cate Alston
Projection Designer: Michi Zaya
Lighting Designer:Daisy Long
Sound Designer: DJ Potts
Hair & Makeup Designer: Anais J. McCaskie
Fight Choreographer: Jordan Laroya
Production Stage Manager: Kai Stanton
Associate Stage Manager: Chelsea Janke
The New School
School of Drama
Written by Jonathan Buckingham & Kenya Lewis
Director: Candis C. Jones
Scenic Designer: Teresa L. Williams
Costume Designer: Cate Alston
Projection Designer: Michi Zaya
Lighting Designer:Daisy Long
Sound Designer: DJ Potts
Hair & Makeup Designer: Anais J. McCaskie
Fight Choreographer: Jordan Laroya
Production Stage Manager: Kai Stanton
Associate Stage Manager: Chelsea Janke
The Importance of Being Ernest, 2024
Hunter College - Frederick Loewe Theater
Hunter College - Frederick Loewe Theater
Director - Esther Neff
Assistant Director/Dramaturg - Edlynn Emile
Costume Designer - Stephanie Renoj Lopez
Sound Designer and Music - Brian Hurley
Environment Designer - Deb O
Lighting Designer - Reid Sullivan
Props Designers - Ariel Lewis and Naomi Liu
Media Designer - Michi Zaya
Production Stage Manager- Noah Ortega
Production Manager - Tim Cusack
Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night, 2023
NYU Tisch New Studio on Broadway
Tiffany Rachelle Stewart - Director
Mae Schuberth - Stage Manager
Lauren Barber - Scenic & Props Designer
Aura Myers -Costume Designer
Charlotte Seelig - Lighting Designer
Michi Zaya - Projection Designer
Sean Hagerty - Sound Designer
Sean Manucha - Assistant Director
Raife Baker - Dialect Coach
Based on the novel by Mark Haddon,
Adapted by Simon Stephens
Photography by Bronwen Sharp
NYU Tisch New Studio on Broadway
Tiffany Rachelle Stewart - Director
Mae Schuberth - Stage Manager
Lauren Barber - Scenic & Props Designer
Aura Myers -Costume Designer
Charlotte Seelig - Lighting Designer
Michi Zaya - Projection Designer
Sean Hagerty - Sound Designer
Sean Manucha - Assistant Director
Raife Baker - Dialect Coach
Based on the novel by Mark Haddon,
Adapted by Simon Stephens
Photography by Bronwen Sharp
Zebra 2.0, 2023
New Ohio Theatre ICE FACTORY
Written By Saviana Stanescu
Directed By Jeremy Goren
With Contributions By Data Scientist Dr. Niki Athanasiadou
Featuring: Alina Mihailevschi & Tim Craig
Producers: Anomalous Co, Wistaria Project, The Romanian Cultural Institute In New York
Producing Team: Aaron Ellis, Diana Zhdanova, Jeremy Goren, Jordan Friend, Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva, Rachael Langton
Projection/Video Design: Michi Zaya
Monitor Video Design: John Jannone, Amy Liou
Scenic Design: Xinan Helen Ran
Production Stage Manager: Erika Bracy
Lighting Design: Duncan Davies
Music: Ras Badejo
Graphic Design: Billie Starship
New Ohio Theatre ICE FACTORY
Written By Saviana Stanescu
Directed By Jeremy Goren
With Contributions By Data Scientist Dr. Niki Athanasiadou
Featuring: Alina Mihailevschi & Tim Craig
Producers: Anomalous Co, Wistaria Project, The Romanian Cultural Institute In New York
Producing Team: Aaron Ellis, Diana Zhdanova, Jeremy Goren, Jordan Friend, Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva, Rachael Langton
Projection/Video Design: Michi Zaya
Monitor Video Design: John Jannone, Amy Liou
Scenic Design: Xinan Helen Ran
Production Stage Manager: Erika Bracy
Lighting Design: Duncan Davies
Music: Ras Badejo
Graphic Design: Billie Starship
PASSAGE, 2023
The New School
School of Drama
Director: Glynis Rigsby
Associate Director: Francisco Rivera Rodriguez
Scenographer: Emmett Grosland
Costume Designer: Madison Cagle
Lighting Designer: Evan Anderson
Sound Designer: Elliot Yokum
Projections Designer: Michi Zaya
Fight Director: Judi Lewis Ockler
Production Stage Manager: Kyra Bowie
Assistant Stage Manager: Callie Considine
Playwright: Christopher Chen
The New School
School of Drama
Director: Glynis Rigsby
Associate Director: Francisco Rivera Rodriguez
Scenographer: Emmett Grosland
Costume Designer: Madison Cagle
Lighting Designer: Evan Anderson
Sound Designer: Elliot Yokum
Projections Designer: Michi Zaya
Fight Director: Judi Lewis Ockler
Production Stage Manager: Kyra Bowie
Assistant Stage Manager: Callie Considine
Playwright: Christopher Chen
WHILE WE WAIT, 2023
School of Drama, The New School, Charly Evon Simpson (Playwright), Jordana De La Cruz (Director), Danielle De La Fuente (Scenic Designer), Somie Pak (Costume Designer), Colleen Doherty (Lighting Designer), Elliot Yokum (Sound Designer), Michi Zaya (Projections Designer), Anais J. McCaskie (Hair & Makeup Designer), Lauren DeLeon (Fight/Intimacy Choreographer), Sarah Samonte (Production Stage Manager), Francisco Rivera Rodriguez (Assistant Stage Manager)
Photography by Nathaniel Johnston Photography
School of Drama, The New School, Charly Evon Simpson (Playwright), Jordana De La Cruz (Director), Danielle De La Fuente (Scenic Designer), Somie Pak (Costume Designer), Colleen Doherty (Lighting Designer), Elliot Yokum (Sound Designer), Michi Zaya (Projections Designer), Anais J. McCaskie (Hair & Makeup Designer), Lauren DeLeon (Fight/Intimacy Choreographer), Sarah Samonte (Production Stage Manager), Francisco Rivera Rodriguez (Assistant Stage Manager)
Photography by Nathaniel Johnston Photography
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