Portfolio
Below you will find a selection of production photos and descriptions.
Part I
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue in D minor
Frederic Chopin:
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1
Mazurka Op. 67 No. 2
Mazurka Op. 67 No. 4
Nocturne Op. 72
Barcarolle Op. 60 in F # Major
Scherzo No. 1 in b minor Op. 20
Part II
Ancestral Rapa Nui/José Miguel Tobar
I hē a Hotumatu’a
Alejandro Arevalo:
Suite Rapa Nui
-E te ‘ua Matavai
-Mai Hive te ‘Ariki
Franz Liszt:
Ballade No. 2 in B minor
Sergei Rachmaninov:
Moment Musical Op. 16 No. 1
Moment Musical Op. 16 No. 4
Stories of the Land
Written by Madeline Sayet, Melissa Tantaquidegeon Zobel, Madeleine Hutchins and Candice Testa
Directed by Madeline Sayet
Long Wharf Theatre
PSM: Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
Mahani Teave, Piano Concert
On the heels of her chart-topping debut album, Easter Island’s only professional classical musician, award-winning pioneering pianist and humanitarian Mahani Teave brings her eagerly anticipated debut U.S. concert tour to PAC NYC as part of our Opening Celebration. Mahani’s performance will include works by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and premieres by Chilean composers José Miguel Tobar and Alejandro Arévalo. Experience the recital debut of what BBC Music Magazine calls Mahani’s “…natural pianism…genuine virtuosity…sincere, pure and magnificent artistry.”
Scenic Designer David Rockwell
Lighting Designer Jen Schriever
Sound Designer Mikaal Sulaiman
Venue Coordinator: Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
Photo by Fidget and Rushmore Films.
Conversations at PAC: Kerry Washington
in Conversation with Vanity Fair’s Radhika Jones, editor in chief, Vanity Fair
Presented by PAC NYC in partnership with CAA and Vanity Fair
Discussion of new Thicker then Water
Scenic Designer David Rockwell
Lighting Designer Jen Schriever
Sound Designer Mikaal Sulaiman
Venue Coordinator: Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World
-NYC Tapestry: Home as Refuge
Featuring
Laurie Anderson
Raven Chacon, Natalie Diaz and thingNY
Emel
Forró in the Dark*
Wang Guowei
Angélique Kidjo
Michael Mwenso
Mwenso & the Shakes
-Devotion: Faith as Refuge
Arun Ramamurthy & Trina Basu ft. Samarth Nagarkar
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street*
ÌFÉ*
Innov Gnawa
The Klezmatics
Damien Sneed and Chorale Le Chateau
-Playing it Forward: School as Refuge
Featuring
David Broza
Common
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Mahani Teave
-Relatively Speaking: Family as Refuge
Fanoos Ensemble
The HawtPlates
Martha Redbone Roots Project
The Villalobos Brothers
Amal Murkus & Firas Zreik
-Childhood Songs: Memory as Refuge
Shoshana Bean
José Feliciano
Daniel Gortler
Trinity Youth Chorus
Abigail Washburn
Michelle Zauner
Curated in Collaboration with Trinity Church Wall Street
Programming Consultant Annie Ohayon
Directed by Sarah Benson
Scenic Designer David Rockwell
Lighting Designer Jen Schriever
Sound Designer Mikaal Sulaiman
Projections Designer Tei Blow
PAC NYC
Venue Coordinators: Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed and Terrie Kohler
Manahatta
Written by Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Laurie Woolery
Movement Director- Ty Defoe
The Public Theatre
PSM: Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
The Comeuppance
Written by Branden Jacobs Jenkins
Directed by Eric Ting
Signature Stage
PSM: Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
Northeastern Native Arts Festival 2022
Producer-NAICNY, Iakowi:he'ne Oakes, Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
Hosted by Rattlestick Theater
Plays:
-Mushhole by Dawn Jamieson
-Your Friend, Jay Silverheels by Drew Woodson
-Monster Slayer by Blossom Johnson
-Blood Sport by January Rogers
-Out of the Earth by Claire Gardner
-Native Made by Ryan Pierce
-Indian Country by Kaili y. Turner
-Shift by Maddie Easley
Quantum
Written by Tara Moses
Directed by Madeline Easley
Primary Stages
PSM: Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
Flying Bird's Diary
a weeklong developmental workshop
Written by Melissa Tantaquigeon Zobel
Directed by Madeline Sayet
Long Wharf Theatre
PSM- Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
Wagon Burners: an all Indigenous Drag Show
Producer-Illuminative, Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
First People's Week 2022 & 2023
Producer-NAICNY, Iakowi:he'ne Oakes, Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed
The Green Space
Brooklyn Children's Museum
A day of storytelling, food sovereignty, dancing, eating and vendors.
Revolving Sky: Gizhibaa Giiizhig
a week of development and research
Utah Presents, MSU, Taft-Nicholson Dark Sky Station and All My Relations
Collaborator/ Documenter
Creative Change Retreat
The Opportunity Agenda
Production Manager-Amanda Nita Luke
This national retreat combines intimate strategy sessions, group conversations, showcases of innovative work and interactive presentations to create fertile ground for sharing, connection, and reflection to inspire, amplify and mobilize support for social justice values and solutions.
2 Spirit/ Indigiqueer
Pop-Up Powwow
Live in America festival put on by Fusebox and The Momentary
Producers-Amanda Nita Luke, Ty Defoe, Jamelyn Ebelacker
Between Two Knees
Written by The 1491s
Directed by Eric Ting
Yale Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, PAC NYC
Stage Manager- Amanda Nita Luke
Choreographer-Ty Defoe
Scenic Designer-Regina García
Costume Designer-Lux Haac
Lighting Designer-Elizabeth Harper
Sound Designer-Jake Rodriguez
Original Songs-Ryan RedCorn
Projection Designer-Shawn Duan
Wig and Hair Designer-Younghawk Bautista
The Light
Written by Loy A. Webb
Directed by Colette Robert
WAM Theatre
PSM-Amanda Nita Luke
Pocahontas in London
Written by Madeline Sayet and Michael Walling
PSM: Amanda Nita Luke
Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program
PSM-Amanda Luke
Plays produced during Amanda's time with YIPAP:
-Sappony Always
Written by Nick Martin
-Menil and Her Heart Written by Isabella Madrigal
-Your Friend, Jay Silverheels
Written by Drew Woodson
-Mushhole Written by Dawn Jamieson
-Built on Bones by Tom Endter
-As it has Always Been by Kinsale Drake
-Raising Ma'zaska by William S. Yellowrobe
-The Nut, the Hermit, the Crow and the Monk by Rhiana Yazzie
-My Father's Bones by Mary Kathryn Nagle @ Sac &Fox Nation
-Molly by Maulian Dana
-Dark Earth - By Blossom Johnson (Diné) | Directed by Daniel Leeman Smith (Choctaw)
-From the Old Wood Forest - By Sierra Rosetta (Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa) | Directed by Tara Moses (Seminole)
-Pigeon - By Dillon Chitto (Mississippi Choctaw, Laguna, and Isleta Pueblo) | Directed by Madeline Sayet (Mohegan)
Twelfth Night
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by James L. Fleming
Scenic Design-Cat Raynor
Costume Design- Meg Powers
Sound Designer/ Composer- Matthew Suttor
Lighting Designer-Yichen Zhou
Stage Manager- Amanda Nita Luke
Sleepover Stories
Written by Wi-Moto Nyoka
Directed by Gineiris Garcia
Hartbeat Ensemble
PSM-Amanda Nita Luke
Kamloopa
Written by Kim Senklip Harvey
Directed by Estefanía Fadul
WAM Theatre
PSM-Amanda Nita Luke
Lighting Designer-Emma Deane
Costume Designer- Lux Haac
Scenic Designer- Calypso Michelet
Sound Designer- Caroline Eng
Ady
Written by Rhianna Yazzie
Directed by Ryan Pierce
Carnegie Hall-Voices of Hope
Producer-Iakowi:he'ne Oakes
PSM-Amanda Nita Luke
Lighting Designer-Emma Deane
Sound Designer-Liam Bellman-Sharpe
Projection Designer- Erin Sullivan
Soledad
Written by Caroline Dunn
Directed by Ryan Pierce
Carnegie Hall-Voices of Hope
Producer: Iakowi:he'ne Oakes
PSM-Amanda Nita Luke
Lighting Designer-Emma Deane
Sound Designer-Liam Bellman-Sharpe
A Pipe for February
a developmental workshop
Written by Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Laurie Woolery
Yale Repertory Theatre
PSM-Amanda Nita Luke
We Will Always Be Here
Indigenous People's Day 2021
Cooper Union
Stage Manager
Up and Down The River
Written by Melissa Tantaquigeon Zobel and Madeline Sayet
Directed by Madeline Sayet
Hartbeat Ensemble
PSM-Amanda Nita Luke
Arbeka
Written by Tara Moses
Directed by Madeline Sayet
Native Voices
a zoom production
The Shift
Written by Margaret E. Douglass
Directed by Logan Ellis
a zoom production
Yale School of Drama
Manahatta
Written by Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Laurie Woolery
Movement Director- Ty Defoe
Scenic Designer- Mariana Sanchez
Costume Designer- Stephanie Bahniuk
Composer and Sound Designer- Paul James Prendergast
Projection Designer- Mark Holthusen
Hair and Wig Designer-Matthew Armentrout
Production Stage Manager- James Mountcastle
Stage Manager- Julia Bates
Asst. Stage Manager- Amanda Nita Luke
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Written by Anne Washburn
Music by Michael Friedman
Directed by Kat Yen
PSM- Amanda Nita Luke
Additional Original Music: Liam Bellman-Sharpe
Scenic Design: Bridget Lindsay
Costume Design: Stephen Marks
Lighting Design: Riva Fairhall
Sound Design: Daniela Hart
Shit
Written by Patricia Cornelius
Windham Campbell Prize Play Readings
The Binger Center
PSM- Amanda Nita Luke
The Conduct of Life
Verano Yale Summer Cabaret
SM
Playwright: Maria Irene Fornés
Director: Jecamiah Ybañez
Dramaturg: Sophie Greenspan
Stage Manager: Amanda Luke
Scenic Design: Stephanie Cohen
Costume Design: Alicia J. Austin
Lighting Design: Daphne Agosin Orellana
Sound Design: Bailey Trierweiler
Yell: A Documentary of My Time Here
Yale School of Drama
ASM
Playwright: Jeremy O. Harris
Director: Jecamiah Ybañez
Choreographer: Jonathan Gonzalez
Stage Manager:Christiana Fontana
Dramaturgs: Michael Breslin, Amauta M. Firmino
Scenic Design: John Bondi
Costume Design: Stephanie Bahniuk
Lighting Design: Emma Deane
Sound Design: Emily Duncan Wilson
Projections Design: Erin Sullivan
Othello
Yale School of Drama
SM
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director:Kat Yen
Stage Manager: Amanda Luke
Dramaturg: Madeline Charne
Scenic Design: Elsa GibsonBraden
Costume Design: Herin Kaputkin
Lighting Design: Nicole Lang
Sound Design and Composition: Dakota Stipp
BLUES FOR MISS LUCILLE
Yale School of Drama
SM
Playwright:Christopher Audley Puglisi
Director: Logan Ellis
Stage Manager: Amanda Luke
Dramaturg: Alex Vermillion
Sound Design and Composer: Emily Duncan Wilson
The Seagull
Yale School of Drama
ASM
Playwright: Anton Chekhov
Director: Joan MacIntosh
Scenic Design: Sarah Karl
Costume Design: Jessie Chen
Lighting Design: Samuel Kwon Chi Chan
Sound Design: Dakota Stipp
Radio Island
Powerhouse Theater/ NYSAF
SM Intern
Playwright: Liza Birkenmeier
Director: Jaki Bradley
Stage Manager: Donald Fried
Scenic Design: Daniel Zimmerman
Costume Design: Tilly Grimes
Lighting Design: Bradley King
Sound Design by Broken Chord
The Metromaniacs
Red Bull Theater
SM Intern
Playwright: David Ives
Director: Michael Kahn
Stage Manager: Kristin M. Herrick
Scenic Design: James Noone
Costume Design: Murell Horton
Lighting Design: Betsy Adams
Composer: Adam Wernick
Sound Design: Matt Stine
Crazy for You
Syracuse University Drama
PSM
Composer: George Gershwin
Book: Ken Ludwig
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Director/ Choreographer:
Brian J. Marcum
Music Director: Brian. Cimmet
Stage Manager: Amanda Luke
Scenic Design:Emma Antenen
Costume Design:Kristin Isola
Lighting Design:Andy LiDestri
Sound Design: Kevin O`Connor
Photos by Emma Antenen
Sense and Sensibility
The Old Globe
Stage management Intern
Book, Music, Lyrics: Paul Gordon
Director: Barbara Gaines
Music Director: Laura Bergquist
Choreographer: Matt Raftery
Stage Manager: Peter Van Dyke
Scenic Design:Kevin Depinet
Costume Design: Susan E. Mickey
Lighting Design: Donald Holder
Sound Design: Ray Nardelli
Peter Pan
Syracuse Stage
Stage Management Intern
Lyrics by : Carolyn Leigh
Music by : Morris "Moose" Charlap
Additional Lyrics by : Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Additional Music by : Jule Styne
Director : Paul Barnes
Musical Direction : Brian Cimmet
Choreography by : Anthony Salatino
Stage Manager: Stuart Plymesser
Flying Effects provided by : ZFX, Inc.
Scenic Design: Linda Buchanan
Costume Design: Susan Branche Towne
Baskerville
Syracuse Stage
Stage Management Intern
By: Ken Ludwig
Director: Peter Amster
Fight Choreographer: Felix Ivanov
Stage Manager: Stuart Plymesser
Scenic Design: Adam Koch
Lighting Design: Thomas C. Hase
Sound Design:Victoria Deiorio
Projection Design: Mike Tutaj
Costume Design: Tracy Dorman
Wig Design: Dave Bova
The Underpants
Syracuse Stage
Stage Management Intern
Playwright: Steve Martin
Director: Bill Fenelly
Stage Manager: Laura Jane Collins
Scenic Design: Bill Bloodgood
Lighting Design: Thom Weaver
Sound Design: Sarah Pickett
Costume Design:Raquel Baretto
Avenue Q
Syracuse University Drama
ASM