Project Pluto

Last month Anna was very happy to be collaborating remotely with a wonderful group of Oxfordshire (UK) based artists on Project Pluto. Anna’s brother, Matt Bradshaw, a musician, physicist and all round creative maverick, put together this nine minute long creative collaboration as a tribute to Pluto’s former ninth-planet status. Have a listen… ideally in the dark.

‘May Flowers’ and ‘The Butterfly in the Bathtub’ at The Ruddy New Works Festival

Last month Anna was working with Ruddy Productions on their second annual New Works Festival where she was featured as both a writer and a director. Anna directed a piece called May Flowers by Darby Hannon and her own new work, The Butterfly in the Bathtub, was directed by Courtney Wetzel.

Directing Reels

 

Review of ’52nd to Bowery’ in the New York Times

This month Anna has been assisting Adrienne Campbell-Holt on Chiara Atik’s brilliant new play, 52nd to Bowery, to Cobble Hill in Brooklyn, as part of Ensemble Studio Theatre’s 35th Marathon of One-Act Plays. The piece received a great review this week from the New York Times, giving high praise to both the writing and direction. Read the full

EST 35th Marathon Of One-Act Plays

This month Anna is assisting Adrienne Campbell-Holt with the production of Chaira Atik’s new play, 52nd to Bowery to Cobble Hill, in Brooklyn. The piece is forming part of EST’s 35th Marathon Of One-Act Plays and runs from May 13th through June 6th.

Directing for #serials at The Flea

Last week Anna had an amazing time at The Flea theatre directing Drunk Jaws 2 by Jeff Ronan and this week is very happy to be back directing for #serials again, this time with a brand new piece by Dominic Finocchiaro. Click here for tickets!

New Work with Ruddy Productions

Last week Anna directed a number of new pieces featured in the April Edition of Ruddy Readings – Ruddy Originals. This event featured new work by Ruddy Productions company writers Matthew McLachlan and Sérgio-Andreo Bettencourt Urbina. Anna is also very excited to announce that a piece of her own new writing, ‘The butterfly in the bath tub’ will be

Anna is interviewd by The Flea Theatre

‘They’re full of ideas and alternative approaches – I don’t think I’ve ever met a cast that was so well prepared!’ Read the full interview here!

Director in residence

Anna is very excited to announce that she is now working as a director in residence and satellite artist with Ruddy Productions. Based in Manhattan, ‘ Ruddy strives to create brave, courageous, compassionate new works in a collaborative environment for artists.’

Dramaturgy – The Captives

This week Anna is very pleased to be working with The Harold Clurman Playwrights Division at Stella Adler on a reading of THE CAPTIVES by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich. For this production Anna has been working as the Dramaturg to help develop this bold and exciting new piece.