PAST PRODUCTIONS
WormholeA 3-dimensional Sound Theatre piece. Wormhole tells the story of a young woman’s terrifying and beautiful journey into the
afterlife.
Conceived and Directed by Marilee Talkington*
Executive Produced & commissioned by Crowded Fire Matchbox Program
Sound Design by Jacopo de Nicola*
Socha Cafe, San Francisco Spring 2009
Ripley Grier Studios, New York City Spring 2009
San Francisco City Hall, S.F. Fall 2009
OH!A 3-dimensional Sound Theatre piece exploring the bliss of womanhood.
Conceived & Designed by Marilee Talkington
V-Project, Boxcar Theatre, San Francisco Winter 2010
ATTRITIONATTRITION is lyrical tragicomedy about 4 isolated souls who remember, forget, deny & embrace the single event that changed their live.
Written & Directed by Marilee Talkington*
Executive Produced and commissioned by Ambit Theatre
Production Design by Andrew Lu*
Sound Design by Marilee Talkington*
Exit Stage Left, San Francisco 2007
"...a wrenching insight into the lives of some characters we probably do not know, but might like to."
Albert Goodwyn, SF Bay Times
"Rarely does one experience the intensity of such a tightly integrated play: it braids sight and sound and script into a steel cable that tugs the audience through a gauntlet of emotions." Jeffrey R. Smith, SF Bay Area Theatre Critics
TRUCEWhat if the windows to your soul were closing? Does losing your sight mean losing your mind? Truce is a powerful, poignant, and hilarious autobiographical solo show, seen through the blurred eyes of one of the countries hottest blind chicks.
Written by Marilee Talkington* Justin Quinn Pelegano*
Directed by Justin Quinn Pelegano*
Production Design by Andrew Lu*
Video Design by David Heiman
Photography by Tami Jean Lombardi
New York International Fringe Festival, 2006
Marsh Rising, 2006
***Pick of the Week- NYTheatre.com
"Sublimely theatrical. Powerful. Hyper-Sensual. Hilarious. Mature and graceful.
[TRUCE is] oriented to emotion through sound and touch in a way that might
cause a seeing person to marvel."-NYTheatre.com
West Coast Premiere Crew:
Directed by Marissa Wolf
Production Design by Andrew Lu*
Sound Design by Elise Lebec
Costume Design by Virginia Thorne
Video Design by David Heiman
Photography by Robert Romano
Noh Space, San Francisco Spring 2010
Sugarville: a little deathA beautiful and haunting tale about 4 characters in limbo. The audience is ushered through 3 different sanctums: Each room designed to mimic the emotional landscape of the characters journey. Whether it be tortured or peaceful, the environments engage each of the six senses giving the audience a truly visceral and inescapable experience of the play.
Written & Directed by Marilee Talkington*
Production Design by Andrew Lu*
Lighting Design by Sabrina Braswell
Costume Design by John Coskunses
Cinematography by Steven Cannela
Film Editing by David Heiman
Technical Direction by Raven Solano
Master Electrician lucky dave
Daughter of the FloodsAn 18 person, movement theatre piece. A profound and magical journey toward enlightenment based on the archetypes of the Tarot.
Written & Directed by Marilee Talkington*
Masks & Costumes by Katherine Summer O'Neal
Original Composition by Eli Nelson
Lighting Design by Marci Ring
Production Design by Marilee Talkington*
Technical Direction by Ben Peoples
Car Showroom, San Francisco Summer 2003
Color of the Rug
Written & Directed by Marilee Talkington*
A.C.T. M.F.A. Fall 2002
The Rape PoemsAdapted & Directed by Marilee Talkington*
Based on the book by Frances Driscoll
Original Composition by Eli Nelson
Associate Produced with Ambit Theatre Company
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Summer 2002
The Red Room, New York City Spring 2007
Union Square, New York City Spring 2007
-FEST"The adaptation of Frances Driscoll's book is excellent.....shows both the power of language and its inability to express feeling in such horrific circumstances."
-Three Weeks"A damned fine productions. Powerful theater!"
-The Metro"Compelling and Forceful. Intense"
-The Herald"Exhilerating...liberating...beautiful...powerful!"
"Intense. Heartbreaking." -The Scotsman
"a tremendous achievement; lyrical, aching, blunt,
anguished, blackly funny, and amazingly devoid of cheap
sentiment" -Backstage West
Love Letters
Written by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Marilee Talkington*
Lighting by Amy Hicks
Associate Produced by Dennis Castro
Historic Home, San Francisco, CA
Fall 2001