CLASSIC PLAYS BY WOMEN
PAST PRODUCTIONS
EMPEROR OF THE MOON
A LITTLE BETRAYAL AMONG FRIENDS
THREE CORNERED MOON
A CHAT WITH MRS. CHICKY
SNICKERTY NICK AND THE GIANT
SWETNAM THE WOMAN-HATER
2018
TALES / TRIFLES (2018 draft)
TRIFLES by Susan Glaspell
TALES FROM A MIDWESTERN MURDER adapted by Tricia McDermott from the reporting of Susan Glaspell
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Elizabeth Bojzsa
2015-2017 - Airmid took a short hiatus and pivot our work back into New York City
2014
ILLUSION by Mercedes de Acosta
Directed by Jean Randich
Dramaturgy by Lorien Reese
TRIFLES by Susan Glaspell, with TALES FROM A MIDWESTERN MURDER
adapted by Tricia McDermott from the reporting of Susan Glaspell
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Nancee Moes; Elizabeth Bojzsa
Guest Scholar: Dr. Sherry Engle, Borough of Manhattan Community College
HER SOUL by Ameilia Pincherle Rosselli
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Don Rebar
Guest Scholar: Stanislao Pugliese, Hofstra University
BARNES RAISING: AN EVENING OF ONE-ACTS BY DJUNA BARNES
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Elizabeth Bojsza
Guest Speaker: George Wallace, Writer in Residence, Walt Whitman Birthplace
2013
THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH by Ayn Rand
Directed by Tricia McDermott
2011
A LITLE BETRAYAL AMONG FRIENDS by Caridad Svich - World Premiere
freely adapted & translated from Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor's comedy La Traicion en la amistad
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Set Design by Tymberley Whitesel
Costumes by Brooke Cohen
Sound Design by Spencer Batho
Stage Manager: Melissa Troxler
THE PRINCESS WHO NEVER LAUGHED by Kate Freiligrath-Kroeker - Part of the Airmid Family Series
Directed by Ellen Distasi
Set Design by Jenna Lyons
Costumes by Brooke Cohen
Festival Marketing Associate: Cornelia Hanes
2010
THREE CORNERED MOON by Gertrude Tonkonogy
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Set Design by Tymberley Whitesel
Costumes by Sherry Kfare
Dramaturgy by Elyse Yulo
Assistant Director: Kaley Sullivan
Stage Manager: Melissa Troxler
SNICKERTY NICK & THE GIANT by Julia Ellesworth Ford - Part of the Airmid Family Series
Directed by Laura Konsin
Costumes by Sherry Kfare
2009
THE EMPEROR OF THE MOON by Aphra Behn, Adapted & Composed by John Franceschina – A World Premiere
Directed and Choreographed by Tricia McDermott
Music Direction by S. Cosmo Mallardi
Set Design by Tymberley Whitesel
Costumes by Olga Mills
Lighting by Deborah Constantine
Fight Choreography by Monica Russell
Dramaturgy by Angie Balsamo
THE SILVER THREAD by Constance D’Arcy MacKay - Part of the Airmid Family Series
Adapted by Catherine Pressimone
Directed by Laura Konsin
Costumes by Olga Mills
Dramaturgy by Catherine Pressimone
Original Music composed by Will Aronson
Puppetry Consultants and Construction by Mikey Denis and Colin Fisher
Presented in partnership with Target
2008
MRS. PECK'S PUDDING by Eliza Follen – Part of the Airmid Family Series
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Angie Balsamo
CELEBRATING SUFFRAGE: TWO SHORT COMEDIES
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Catherine Pressimone
"How the Vote was Won" by Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St. John
"A Chat with Mrs. Chicky" by Evelyn Glover
Honored during this event: Carol A. Quirk, Babylon Town Clark, Patricia A. Eddington, NY State Assemblywoman,
and Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Senator.
A QUESTION OF MEMORY by Michael Field (Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper)
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Maxine Kern
QUID PRO QUO
by Catherine Gore
Winner of London's Haymarket Prize
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Angie Balsamo and Catherine Pressimone
RACHEL by Angelina Weld Grimke
Directed by Nicole Watson
Dramaturgy by Catherine Pressimone
MAKING A SCENE... Women Playwrights, Words in Action written and adapted by Mary Guzzy
conceived and directed by Tricia McDermott
2007
MISS LULU BETT by Zona Gale
Directed by Mary Catherine Burke
Dramaturgy by Angie Balsamo and Catherine Pressimone
THE MORALITY OF MRS DULSKA by Gabriela Zapolska
Translated by Teresa Murjas
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Catherine Pressimone
DULCITIUS and SAPIENTIA, Two short plays by Hrotswitha of Gandersheim
Directed by Jean Randich
SIR PATIENT FANCY by Aphra Behn
Directed by Melanie Sutherland
Dramaturgy by Catherine Pressimone
2006
A MAN’S WORLD by Rachel Crothers
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Angie Balsamo
THE FAIR AMERICANS by Mary Carr Clarke
Directed by Tricia McDermott
Dramaturgy by Angie Balsamo
A LITTLE BETRAYAL AMONG FRIENDS (first publi reading; translation commissioned by Airmid 2001)
from Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor’s La traicion en la amistad
a free adaptation by Caridad Svich
Directed by Jean Randich
2005
MAKING A SCENE… WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS’ WORDS IN ACTION
written and adapted by Mary Guzzy
Conceived and directed by Tricia McDermott
2004
SWETNAM THE WOMAN HATER by Anonymous
Directed by Cristina Vaccaro and Tricia McDermott
2001
TRUE WOMEN by Anne Charlotte Leffler Edgren
Directed by Tricia McDermott
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Airmid Theatre Company, a non-profit organization, brings the arts into a deeper dimension for the community.
The productions are all first class!
The crisp acting and directing, as well as the plays chosen provide exciting, enjoyable entertainment. I enjoy becoming more familiar with works from women of various eras.
Airmid Theatre Company is great!
I love the readings of plays written by women from years ago and the dialog it inspires. Even those written hundreds of years ago are still so relevant today.
Women, their place in society and their experiences are universal.
Airmid brings the work of forgotten or unknown female playwrights to life for today’s audience. Their productions are profound, address-ing issues that are both universal and timeless.
Thank you Airmid for keeping these works alive.