Recent Work

THE FANTASTICKS

Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt

Treasure Coast Theatre (September 2024)

Director/Music Director- Alex Martinez

Stage Manager- Mia Karrh

Producer- Rosemary Knight

Fight Choreography- Tory Malfoy

Scenic/Lighting/Costume Designer- Alex Martinez

Scenic Construction- James Karrh, Angela Knittel, Alex Martinez, & Mia Karrh

Board Ops- Chris Damone & Shaelin Cantor

Cast- Chris Ketcham, Kelly Palusis, Maximus Moyles, Jennifer Goodman, Stephen Mayer, Jeffrey Barkwell, Jayzen Shader, & Aidan Powers

"You've been there. You remember." ~ EL GALLO

The tone of "THE FANTASTICKS" is a slippery one to get a hold of. It slithers back and forth between schtick and pure poetry, so I decided to let El Gallo handle the poetry, and the Mute handle the schtick. The Narrator/Mute relationship very much felt like that of a Master/Apprentice. I added a little moment where when El Gallo says "I need actors-" the Mute's hand shoots up with excitement, chomping at the bit for a chance to finally have some lines to say, only to be met with the disappointment of El Gallo's "...extra actors." I see the extra actors as mirror images of El Gallo and The Mute in a way; Mortimer as Henry's "Mute", who's been with him so long he's started to occasionally speak on his own. I was intrigued by the idea that an actor could work through all the roles of the company the way Bunraku puppeteers would spend years mastering one part of the body before moving on to the next.  I thought maybe Henry himself had done that; played all the roles from the Mute to the Narrator, but that it has been so long that he's all but forgotten.

THE PILLOWMAN

by Martin McDonagh

A.C.T. Studio Theatre (Februrary-March 2024)

Director- Alex Martinez

Artistic Director- Richie Lester

Stage Manager- Mia Karrh

Lighting Designer- Dennis O'Donovan

Scenic/Costume/Sound Designer- Alex Martinez

Scenic Construction- Lori Dodson

Set Decoration- Mia Karrh & Alex Martinez

Fight Choreography- Tory Malfoy

Cast- Alex Martinez, Kasey McBride, Tory Malfoy, James Mitchell,  & Maya Kormov

"Well, the Pillowman had to look like this, he had to look soft and safe because of his job, because his job was a very sad and a very difficult one." ~ KATURIAN KATURIAN

I did not ever intend on playing Katurian in this production, I was only initially hired to direct. After a series of conversations over several weeks, the man I cast as Katurian bowed out due to the enormity of the role. I spent several weeks trying to find a replacement, standing in for him in rehearsal myself. I slowly began to realize what a great role it would be for me as an actor, so the Artistic Director allowed me to step in.

I was really proud of the set design for this show. I wanted to create a utilitarian space that acted as every location. Katurian's sketches and scribblings cover the walls, some of them made in his childhood bedroom, others while waiting to be executed in his prison cell. The etchings feature lines and illustrations from Katurian's stories, among other scribblings. Always present onstage are a bean bag bed and a bucket, and Ariel takes a table and chairs in and out of the prisoner's cell for questioning.