Libby Emmons

I Am Not an Allegory

I Am Not an Allegory (these are people i know)

Bowery Poetry Club, New York, 2012

a full length play by Libby Emmons, directed by Ali Ayala, choreography by Rachel Klein

starring: Havilah Brewster, Anna Lamadrid, Lindsay Torrey, Ali Ayala, Eve Udesky, Race Brown, Dan Cozzens, Matthew Murumba, and David Marcus

Interview with Libby Emmons and Ali Ayala in New York Theater Review

A clip from rehearsal, Havilah Brewster as Ames:

Connie in Detroit

Connie in Detroit

a one-act play by Libby Emmons, directed by Ali Ayala

Bowery Poetry Club and Abingdon Theater, New York, NY 2011

starring Eve Udseky, Sarah Sakaan, Ari Vigoda, and David Marcus

Ari Vigoda and David Marcus in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Ari Vigoda, Sarah Sakaan, Eve Udesky, and David Marcus in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

David Marcus and Eve Udesky in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Ari Vigoda and Sarah Sakaan in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Ari Vigoda and David Marcus in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Eve Udesky and Sarah Sakaan in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Ari Vigoda and Sarah Sakaan in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Ari Vigoda and Eve Udesky in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Eve Udesky and Sarah Sakaan in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Ari Vigoda and Eve Udesky in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

Ari Vigoda, Eve Udesky and Sarah Sakaan in Libby Emmons’ Connie in Detroit, directed by Ali Ayala

365 Days/365 Plays

blueboxworld’s contribution to Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays, in collaboration with the Public Theater, and the world.

Produced by Blue Box World and J.V.A. Flag Corp, this is Suzan-Lori Parks’ A Plane on the Runway at 6 a.m., directed by Jeremiah Clancy, choreographed by Vanessa Walters, presented at The Public Theater, as part of Suzan-Lori Parks 365 Days/365 Plays, 2006.

The rest of our week was presented at Under Saint Marks

Karen Sours, Chanelle Benz, and Eve Udesky in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Anne Fidler in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Cara Francis and Stacey McMath in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Ana Valle and Eve Udesky in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Jody Christopherson and Jacob Saxton in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Jermeiah Clancy, Elaine O’Brien and Anne Fidler in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Mary Sheridan and Katya Schapiro Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Karen Sours and Indika Senanayake in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Danielle Davenport, Genevieve de Gailande, and Jarel Davidow in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Tania Sen and Samantha Debicki in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Mary Sheridan, Katya Schapiro, and Ana Valle in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Samantha Debiki and Carmel Amit in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays

Operation Liberty Tap

blueboxworld’s response to the wire-tapping scandal under the George W. Bush administration. Work from writers Jon Kern, Libby Emmons, and Michael Domitrovitch. Jarel Davidow plays President Bush.

The Sustainable Future

The Sustainable Future

Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY 2007

a full length play by Libby Emmons, directed by Ali Ayala

starring Veronica Newton, Henry Caplan, Eve Udesky, David Marcus, Virginia Calloway, Damon Boggess, and Joshua Skidman

Sticky

blueboxworld’s immersive, short bar play series, Sticky presented more than 300 plays from 2000-2016. For all things Sticky, see stickyseries.live

a clip from Vadim Newquist’s Some Guy, starring Dan Cozzens, Vadim Newquist & Breeda Wool. First seen at Sticky @ Bowery Poetry Club, September 19, 2008. blue box world’s producers are Libby Emmons, David Marcus and Ali Ayala.

American Hosanna, by Michael Niederman, directed by Ali Ayala shown (l-r) David Marcus and Penny Bittone Photo: Libby Emmons

Barflies Express, by J. Michael Grey, directed by Ali Ayala shown (l-r) Dan Cozzens and Matthew Murumba (author J. Michael Grey is the producer of Sticky in the Sticks, in Normal, IL) Photo: K.L. Thomas

Ivy, by Robert Hutter, directed by Ali Ayala shown Karen Sours Photo: Libby Emmons

Last Call, by Michael Niederman, directed by Tlaloc Rivas shown (l-r) Mary Sheridan, Ari Vigoda Photo credit: Libby Emmons

No One Gives Goats to the Homeless, by Libby Emmons, directed by Jenny Greeman shown (l-r) Zoe Metcalfe-Klaw and Marisa Viola Photo credit: Libby Emmons

Pusillanimous, written and directed by Brad Saville shown (l-r) Jimmy Pravasilis, David Marcus, Tyler Foltz Photo credit: K.L. Thomas

Impenetrable & LongDistance

Wharton Tract in Libby Emmons’ Leo & The Streetwalker, directed by Libby Emmons

Martha Michaela Brown’s LongDistance, directed by Tlaloc Rivas

Trisha Ward, David Walinsky, Kisa Charles, and David Marcus in Libby Emmons’ Impenetrable, directed by David Marcus

Impenetrable & LongDistance

two one-act plays

Smoke, Philadelphia, PA, 2002

Impenetrable

by Libby Emmons, directed by David Marcus

starring Trisha Ward, Kisa Charles, Daniel Walinsky, and David Marcus

LongDistance

by Martha Michaela Brown, directed by Tlaloc Rivas

Decomposition in Blue and White

Wharton Tract and Sheila mar in Libby Emmons’ Decomposition in Blue and White, directed by David Marcus

Judith Leopold and Jennifer Harris in Libby Emmons’ Decomposition in Blue and White, directed by David Marcus

Judith Leopold, Jennifer Harris, and Jeffrey Marsh in Libby Emmons’ Decomposition in Blue and White, directed by David Marcus

Decomposition in Blue and White

by Libby Emmons, directed by David Marcus

TheatreDouble, Philadelphia, 2001

Starring Sheila mar, Wharton Tract, Jeffrey March, Judith Leopold, and Jennifer Harris

Set design: Thomas Bruce

Two best friends explore the marshland near their house, hoping to transcend their abusive, drug addicted families, and make friends with the fingers that caress them in the water.