Jeff Janisheski
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Theatre is transformation


DIRECTING​
  • Bora (The Haunting)​, Philip Quast - in development in Sydney, Australia, 2023
  • In the Penal Colony, Philip Glass – with Long Beach Opera, Cal Rep, Studio Theatre, Long Beach, CA, 2019
  • Vale, Nicki Bloom (reading), Australian Theatre Company, Los Angeles, 2018
  • Antigone X, Paula Cizmar, Cal Rep, Studio Theatre, Long Beach, CA, 2018
  • The Olympians, Stephen Sewell (world premiere), Parade Theatre, NIDA, Sydney, 2016
  • Vale, Nicki Bloom (world premiere), Bangarra Studio Theatre, Sydney, 2015
  • The Portrait Project, annual devised project, Parade Studio, NIDA, Sydney, 2013-2015
  • Kandahar Gate, Stephen Sewell (world premiere), Parade Theatre, NIDA, Sydney, 2014
  • Kasimir and Karoline, Odön von Horvath, Parade Studio, NIDA, Sydney, 2013
  • Unplugged, Acting Showcase, Parade Space, NIDA, Sydney, 2012
  • Trojan Women, Jean-Paul Sartre, Parade Space, NIDA, Sydney, 2012
  • Transformations, Anne Sexton, National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT, 2011
  • The Hero with a Thousand Faces, ensemble creation, National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT, 2010
  • Square One, ensemble creation, National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT, 2010
  • Children of an Idle Brain, ensemble creation, National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT, 2009
  • Tales from Ovid, Ted Hughes, National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT, 2009
  • The End, ensemble creation, National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT, 2009
  • Want. Need. Feed., ensemble creation, National Theater Institute, Waterford, CT, 2008
  • Daphne, based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Japan Society, NY, 2007
  • The Life and Opinions of the Nanny Goat Jane, Erin Courtney, Classic Stage Company, NY, 2007
  • Dorothy Parker, Maureen van Trease (workshop), Midtown International Theatre Festival, NY, 2007
  • Kinuta: The Fulling Block, Zeami (workshop), New York Theatre Workshop Studio, NY, 2007
  • The Tempest, William Shakespeare (reading), Classic Stage Company, NY, 2007
  • America Hurrah, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Dixon Place, NY; Peculiar Works Project, NY, 2007
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare, Classic Stage Company, NY, 2007
  • Voices of the Dragon 3: Dragon v. Eagle, Ruth Margraff (workshop), Apollo Theater, NY, 2007
  • In Circles, Gertrude Stein/Al Carmines, Judson Church, NY, 2006
  • Salome, Charles L. Mee, KO Festival of Performance, Amherst, MA, 2006
  • Forensic and the Navigators, Sam Shepard, Judson Church, NY, 2006
  • Animals That Live in the Mirror, Laura Jones-Katz, Classic Stage Company, NY, 2006
  • A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard, Riverside Church Theatre, NY, 2005
  • Electria, Jeff Janisheski, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY, 2004
  • Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis, Charles L. Mee, Columbia University, NY, 2004
  • Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov, Columbia University, NY, 2003
  • 2 Josh, Jeff Janisheski, Cherry Lane Alternative Theatre, NY, 2003
  • The Man in the Elevator, Heiner Müller, Chashama Theater, NY, 2000
  • MEDEAMATERIAL, Heiner Müller, Thornes Theater, Northampton, MA, 1998

CHOREOGRAPHY/DANCE
  • Duet Exercising, choreography by Yanira Castro, Judson House, NY, 2000
  • Space Dance II, co-created with Tetsuro Fukuhara, GAle GAtes, Brooklyn, NY, 2000
  • Angel of the Apocalypse, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 1999
  • Space Dance I, Five College Alumni Dance Concert, South Hadley, MA, 1999
  • Ghost of Rain, Terpsichore Studio, Tokyo, Japan, 1999
  • MAU, co-created with Tetsuro Fukuhara, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan, 1998 & ‘99
  • Memory, East Street Dance Center, Hadley, MA, 1998
  • Dream Stone Dance, KO Festival of Performance, Amherst, MA, 1997
  • Untitled, choreography by Peter Jones  Faculty Dance Concert, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1997
  • If the Shoes Fit, choreography by Katherine Sanderson, Academy of Music, Northampton, MA, 1995
  • The Palace That Soars in the Sky, choreo. by Kazuo & Yoshito Ohno, Aka Renga, Yokohama, Japan, 1993

PLAYWRITING
  • Electria, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, 2004
  • 2 Josh, Cherry Lane Alternative Theatre, New York, 2003
  • Dream Stone Dance, KO Festival of Performance, Amherst, MA, 1997

Photos © NIDA
Photographers: Philip Erbacher (The Olympians); Maja Baska (Vale, Kandahar Gate, Kasimir & Karoline, Trojan Women)
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