Alexandra Montagnese

Directing

The Freddie Stories
February 2023, Branksome Hall at The Meridian Arts Centre

Adapted by Melissa Shaddick
Directed by Melissa Shaddick
Puppet Direction Alexandra Montagnese

Romeo and Juliet. And Action.
December 2022, Artscape Weston Commons

Adapted by Alexandra Montagnese and A.J Richardson
Directed by Alexandra Montagnese
Assistant Direction by Beck Lloyd

Performers:
Jamar Adams-Thompson, Andrea Massoud, Arielle Zamora, Gugun Deep Singh, Suzanne Roberts Smith, Deivan Steele

Stage Management: Frankie Bayley
Photography: Gesila Azorbo
Set and Lighting Design: Theo Belc
Costume Design: Chris Faris
Performer Mask Design: Curtis Legault

 

 

 

The White Plague by Karel Capek
March 2022

Co-Direction: Gabriel Levine and Alexandra Montagnese
Performance Collaborators: The Students of GLDRCA3995
Design: Michelangelo Iaffaldano
Photos: by Aurelien Muller

“The White Plague, a satire of pandemic and war by Czech author Karel Čapek, premiered in 1937, but in some ways it could have been written yesterday.” Gabriel Levine says in our programme: “we offer a show made of recycled cardboard, the waste product of capitalist consumerism and our remote pandemic lives.”
– Programme note from 2022 Production at Glendon College Campus of York University 

 

Rehearsals March 2022

Moby – A Whale of a Tale
SEPT 16 – 26 2021 Toronto Harbour

Dora Mavor Moor Awards Recipient for:
– OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
– OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
– OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
– OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY

“Director Alexandra Montagnese maintained a snappily energetic pacing momentum with some entertaining performances”. – Slotkin
“Director Alexandra Montagnese keeps the action moving swiftly on the boat and there is clever use of a motorized floating device beside the boat as well.” OnstageBlog
“Resisting the potential of leaving the ship stage static as a one-note gimmick, director Alexandra Montagnese has instead choreographed a range of different angles and levels to signify storms, whale hunting,
and chance encounters with other boats.” – Mooney
“Director Alex Montagnese’s production benefits from the stage business in and around the sturdy Pirate Life ship itself” – Glenn Sumi NNN NowMagazine

‘Moby: A Whale of a Tale’ adapted from the Herman Melville novel: “Moby Dick”
Adapted by Annie Tuma and Lena Maripuu
Produced by Annie Tuma
Music arrangers and writers Alex Millaire and Kaitlin Milroy known as Moonfruits, Lena Maripuu, and Annie Tuma.
Directed by Alexandra Montagnese
Costumes by Gabriel Vaillant
Cast: Lena Maripuu, Moonfruits, Jamar Adams Thomson, Annie Tuma, Amaka Umeh

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