PIPPIN
Pippin
Producing Organization: Cadence
Dates: 07.25-07.28.2024
Production photography: Jason Collins
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
“Rebecca Wahls pilots this cockamamie mishmash with a deft and unerring hand kept firmly on the throttle. The audience is whisked by at top speed, sometimes only catching a gag several lines later and laughing in retrospect, which only adds to the madcap effect of the business. In spite of its pace, Wahls has kept her characters distinctive, and her cast of talented misanthropes rolls fearlessly through the carnage under her guidance. Her impressive resume as listed in the program explains the sure-handed control she demonstrates in holding together and steering this train wreck.”
The Play That Goes Wrong
By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
Producing Organization: Cumberland Theatre
Dates: 2.2.2024 - 2.16-2024
Fight Director: Darrell Rushton, assisted by Brian Records
Scenic Design: Rhett Wolford / Costume Design: Cody Gilliam / Lighting Design: Ken Phillips / Sound Design: Seth Thompson / Props Design: Trevor McCabe
Featuring Matt Baughman, Bill Dennison, Aimee Meunier, Bryan Murtha, Kimberli Rowley, Alex Stompoly, Seth Thompson, and Mark Worth
Production photography: Perk Hull
this old haunt
this old haunt
Created by Maggie Kane, Rebecca Wahls, and SMJ
Music & Lyrics by Maggie Kane / Book by SMJ
Producing Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Dates: 11.19 - 11.30.22
Music Director: Billie Jo Miller
Scenic Design: Peter M. Rule / Costume Design: Claire Shea Duncan / Lighting Design: Xotchil Musser / Sound Design: Tate “Tauheedah” Abdullah / Dramaturgy: Julia “Juju” Nieto
Featuring Chloe Brown, Carolina Campos, Annabelle Duffy, and Lucy Hall
Production photography: Dave Rubin
LOVE AND INFORMATION
Love and Information
By Caryl Churchill
Producing Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Dates: 11.03 - 11.05.2021
Scenic Design: Maggie Quigley / Media Design: Qixin Zhang / Costume Design: Grace Kang / Lighting Design: Willem Hinternhoff / Sound Design: Mirah Kozodoy / Dramaturgy: Eliza Hallinan
Featuring Henry Dolgoff, Tristan Hernandez, Riley Noland, Sunday Manisto-Saari, Anthony Saldana, and Cheyenne Springette
Production photography: Alexa Janoschka, Louis Stein
SPILLS
“Rado’s script is studded with wit. It makes twenty-something, slang-filled chit-chat sound like hella high comedy. Rebecca Wahls’s direction of its every detail is pitch-perfect. And the cast, singly and as an ensemble, are as fun a bunch as could be.”
Spills
World Premiere by Ruthie Rado
Producing Organization: Who What Where Productions
Dates: 03.21 - 03.30.2019
Production Designer: Brittany Martz
Production photography: Madison McVeigh
PIPPIN
Pippin was nominated for four Helen Hayes Awards:
Outstanding Choreography in a Musical - Helen, Ahmad Maaty
Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical - Helen
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical - Helen, Kaitlin Kemp
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical - Helen, Solomon Parker
"Yes, there is magic done at Monumental Theatre’s nifty production of Pippin. I am not overstating my utter enjoyment of this production. It is spunky, buoyant, and engaging from the moment the first notes of “Magic to Do” are played....Director Rebecca Wahls has done some fine casting of the DMV’s twelve member, under 30- years-of-age artists. They are diverse, high-spirited, animated, and talented."
-DC Metro Theater Arts
"Director Rebecca Wahls takes the coming-of-age tale of Pippin and foregoes entirely the cobbled together circus nature that often accompanies the narrative, opting instead for edgy modernity geared toward the millennial focus. This progressive temporal shift draws today’s audience into the story, giving the story a present-day verve to its existence, honing in on the core of the narrative rather than falling victim to the trappings of the spectacle that often accompanies this show. Wahls' vision for how the 21st century youth— like this present day Pippin— connects to the world is spot-on."
-TheatreBloom
Producing Organization: Monumental Theatre Company
Dates: 07.12 - 07.30.2018
Choreographer: Ahmad Maaty / Music Director: Leigh Delano
Scenic Design: James Raymond / Lighting Design: Jason Aufdem-Brinke / Sound Design: Niusha Nawab / Costume Design: Kateri Kuhn
Featuring Solomon Parker III, Tiziano D'Affuso, Chani Wereley, DeCarlo Raspberry, Rachel Barlaam, Kaitlin Kemp, Justin Sumblin, Steven Labovitch, Aiden Brennan, Lawrence Hailes, Allie O’Donnell, and Amanda Leigh Corbett
Production photography: RJ Pavel
WE FOUND THE WILD THINGS
"Reid is interested in relationships – both between friends and with the individual — and his script, though young in places, offers a rich opportunity for this very strong and talented cast, confidently directed by Rebecca Wahls. They have an ease and camaraderie with each other that feels honest and earned."
- DC Metro Theatre Arts
We Found the Wild Things
World Premiere by Andrew Reid
Producing Organization: Who What Where Productions
Dates: 07.08 - 07.16.2017
Lighting Design: Megan Gasztonyi / Costume Design: Sally Imbriano / Scenic Design: The Collective
Featuring Grace Baker, Catherine Anne Gilbert, Dylan Hares, Skye Lindberg, Justin Sumblin, Christine O. Wells, Zachary Wilcox
Production photography: Andrew Reid
SWINGS AND SLIDES
Swings and Slides
By Andrew Reid and Zachary Wilcox
Producing Organization: Acting for Young People
Dates: Touring Fairfax County 06.2017
Featuring Megan Gasztonyi, Jackie Salvador, and Justin Sumblin
Production photography: Kaity Cookson and Savanna Stanton-Aimeison
DARK TIMES AT GRIMESVILLE HIGH
Pick of the Fringe Extension Week!
“A blunt, fresh take on the genre…pure gold” - DC Theatre Scene
Dark Times at Grimesville High
Book, Music and Lyrics: Conor Kyle
Producing Organization: 2016 Capital Fringe Festival
Dates: 07.05 - 08.08.2016
Choreography: Ahmad Maaty / Lighting Design: Adam Lemos
Featuring: Tess Higgins, Brittany Martz, Dylan Hares, Adam Lemos, Chelsea Townsend, Maggie Kane, Katie Brunberg, Zach Wilcox, Keenan Gibson, Matt Succi, Alaina Talley, Kira Omans, and Aaron Sulkin.
Production Photography: Ruthie Rado Photography and Rebecca Wahls (extension photos)