Gundog by Simon Longman

September/October, 2022.

Performed in a large empty concrete lot owned by Culture Lab LIC, a non-profit art gallery and performance space in Long Island City.

Director/Producer - Michael Rogerson
Producer - Camille Casmier
Ensemble - Emily Ashenden, Michael Bracken, Daniel Chenard, Sophie Neff, Noah Yaconelli
Stage Manager - Jenna Arkontaky
Space Designer - Miles Blim
Lighting Designer - Zack Lobel
Animal Design - Gaby FeBland
Sound Design - Telo Hoy
Costume Design - Mána Taylor
Graphics and Illustrations - Anna White
Videographers - Leo Gallagher & Eddie Sanchez

 
 

Home Invasion by Christopher Chen

January/February, 2020.

Performed in three Chicago apartments, with the show happening in a different apartment each weekend it was performed.

Director - Sammy Zeisel
Producer - Michael Rogerson
Ensemble - Caleb Fullen, Ann James, Ella Pennington
Stage Manager - Tristan Chiruvolu
Space & Lighting Design - Sim Carpenter and Carter Caldwell
Costume Design - Alexis Chaney
Sound Design - Sam Graves
Graphics & Illustrations - Anna White
Photos - Joe Marshall

 
 

The Dog, the Night, and the Knife by Marius von Mayenburg

December, 2019.

Performed at Fulton Street Collective, an industrial loft in West Town.

Director & Producer - Michael Rogerson
Ensemble - Sazi Bhakti, Hal Cosentino, Tom DeFrancisco
Stage Manager: Ethan Embry
Space & Lighting Design - Sean Gundersen
Costume Design - Jasper Drummond
Sound Design - Sam Graves
Movement Direction - Collin Quinn Rice
Fight Direction - Daniel Chenard
Intimacy Direction - Kayla Menz
Graphics & Illustrations - Anna White & Max Abner
Production Assistant - Amanda Loch
Assistant Director: Zoe Lesser
Photos - Joe Marshall

 
 

Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh (Revival)

November 2018.

Performed at Silencio’s own DIY space, a house basement in Logan Square.

Director & Producer - Michael Rogerson
Ensemble - Tom DeFrancisco & Sophie Neff
Designer - Sean Gunderson
Movement Direction - Collin Quinn Rice
Live Percussion - Aidan Kranz
Costumes - Jasper Drummond
Dialect Coach - Daniel Chenard
Graphics - Anna White
Opening Band - Corsick/Pontac
Production Assistants - Rory Gilchrist & Gaby Sant’Anna
Photos - Joe Marshall

 

Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh

March, 2018.

Performed in the basement of Hostel Earphoria, an arts co-op and DIY space in Logan Square.

Director & Producer - Michael Rogerson
Ensemble - Tom DeFrancisco & Sophie Neff
Designer - Sean Gunderson
Master Electrician - Raphael Grimes
Movement Direction - Collin Quinn Rice
Live Percussion - Aidan Kranz
Dialect Coach - Daniel Chenard
Graphics - Anna White
Photos - Joe Marshall

 
 

The Maids by Jean Genet

March, 2016.

Performed in an abandoned storefront on Howard St in Evanston, IL.

Director - Michael Rogerson
Producer - Yianni Kinnas
Ensemble - Sophie Neff, Cemre Paksoy, & Lindsay Whisler
Stage Managers - Becca Schwartz & Josh Krivan
Set Designer - Sean Gunderson
Light Designer - Tatiana Aravena
Costume Designer - Vanessa Strahan
Sound Designer - Thomas Molash
Fight Choreographer - Sean Foer
Photos & Graphic Design - Ryan Alva

 
 

Mercury Fur by Philip Ridley

May, 2015.

Performed in the former Roycemore School building in Evanston, IL.

Director - Michael Rogerson
Producer - Alana Basil
Ensemble - Tom DeFrancisco, Axel Mark, Russell Kahn, Collin Quinn Rice, Sean Foer, Lindsay Olsen, & Michael Fleischer
Stage Manager: Sam Riese
Space Designer - Preston Choi
Light Designer - Gracie Schwartzenberger
Costume Designer - Vanessa Strahan
Hair/Make-up - Madeleine Briggs
Props Design - Alice Dayton & Delaney Burlingame
Sound Designer - Juliet Roll
Fight Choreographer - Daniel Chenard
Blood/Gore Designer - Matt Silverman
Photos - Ryan Alva