VANGUARDIAN PRODUCTIONS

The Last Day
Written and Directed by Justin Quinn Pelegano
Based on the short story by Richard Mattheson
Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City May 2007



The Rape Poems
Written and Directed by Marilee Talkington
Based on the book by Frances Driscoll
The Red Room, New York City, March 2007
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK, Summer 2002
San Francisco, CA, Summer 2002

 -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


TRUCE
Written and Performed by Marilee Talkington
Directed by Justin Quinn Pelegano
Henry Street Settlement, New York City, Summer 2006
The Marsh, San Francisco, Fall 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

CRAVE
Written by Sarah Kane
Directed by Justin Quinn Pelegano
Assistant Directed by Marilee Talkington
Produced by Bosley Theatrical Productions
Center Stage, New York City, Spring 2006

        ***Critic's Pick - Backstage Magazine

"It's always good for the soul to see great theatre."  - Backstage

"...this could very well be the perfect iteration of the script." - Variety

Sugarville: a little death
Written and Directed by Marilee Talkington
Player's Theater, New York City, Summer 2005

Daughter of the Floods
Written and Directed by Marilee Talkington
Site Specific Production in the Audi Car Showroom, San Francisco, CA,  Summer 2003

Love Letters
Written by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Marilee Talkington
San Francisco, CA, Summer 2001
Site Speciic Production in a historic home in Bernal Heights