JDGiebel Current Vitae 2024

THE (curious case of the) WATSON INTELLIGENCE By Madeleine George

The Chain Theatre, New York

RICHARD III By William Shakespeare

70th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival Mainstage Production

BRIGHT AND BRAVE

Book by Noah Silva, Music and Lyrics by Peter Charney and Jack Saleeby

Dixon Place, New York

SOMETHING WICKED: a one-hour MACBETH

By William Shakespeare, adapted by Maureen Connolly McFeely

69th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival Touring Production

THIS BUD OF LOVE: a one-hour ROMEO AND JULIET

By William Shakespeare, adapted by Maureen Connolly McFeely

68th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival Touring Production

VALSA No. 6 [Waltz No.6] by Nelson Rodrigues

The Joan and Donald Shaeffer Theater, Hofstra University

THE PLAY’S THE THING: a one-hour HAMLET

by William Shakespeare, adapted by Maureen Connolly McFeely

67th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival Touring Production

CHASING THE RIVER (staged reading of original work)

Domestic Violence Awareness Month Event

The Cultural Center Theater, Hofstra University

RICHARD II by William Shakespeare

66th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival Mainstage Production

DOWN THE ROAD by Lee Blessing

The Black Box Theater, Hofstra University

KRAPP’S LAST TAPE by Samuel Beckett

The Black Box Theater, Hofstra University

LIE OF THE MIND by Sam Shepard

The Black Box Theater, Hofstra University

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare

64TH Annual Shakespeare Festival, Hofstra University

A STAIN UPON THE SILENCE: NOT I AND FOOTFALLS  by Samuel Beckett

Studio 216 Productions, 45th Street Theater, New York

THE BRUTALITY OF FACT by Keith Reddin

The Black Box Theatre, Hofstra University

FIFTH OF JULY by Lanford Wilson

with Ellen McLaughlin, The Drilling Company, New York

SPRING AWAKENING by Frank Wedekind

The Hudson Guild Theatre, New York

WHAT FOOLS! A one-hour  Midsummer Night’s Dream 

by William Shakespeare, adapted by Maureen McFeely

63rd Annual Shakespeare Festival, Hofstra University

TWO ROOMS by Lee Blessing

Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage

The Black Box Theater, Hofstra University

THE SMOKING DIARY by Loretta Dillon

Fat Melon Productions, ATA Chernuchin Theater, New York

REFERENCES TO SALVADORE DALI MAKE ME HOT by José Rivera  

Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

THE SMOKING DIARY by Loretta Dillon

with Sheila Head, The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, New York

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder

The Black Box Theater, Hofstra University

STOP KISS by Diana Son

Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare

58th Annual Shakespeare Festival, Hofstra University

BETWEEN: GROWING UP (ADOPTED) by Amy Mihyang

Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland

TARTUFFE by Jean-Baptiste Moliere

West End Theatre, Hofstra University

DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by John Patrick Shanley

Spiegel Theatre, Hofstra University

THE ADDING MACHINE by Elmer Rice

West End Theater, Hofstra University

DESPAIR TO FREEDOM 

Original adaptation of accounts of homelessness, abuse, and addiction

Glory House Benefit, Hempstead, NY

NO MERCY by Constance Congden

West End Theater, Hofstra University

BABY WITH THE BATHWATER by Christopher Durang

The Black Box Theater, Hofstra University

COMPLICITY by Paul G. Brush

Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Original Short Play Festival, New York

A STAIN UPON THE SILENCE, Two solo pieces by Samuel Beckett

Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

TERMINALLY WAITING by Emily M. Danforth and  

COMPLICITY by Paul G. Brush

Harold & Marilyn Cohen Award-winning Plays, Hofstra University

EVERY THIRD THOUGHT by Christine Boylan

Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Original Short Play Festival, New York

WOMEN WHO LOVE KILLERS by Amy Broder

The Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare 

53rd Annual Shakespeare Festival, Hofstra University

FALLING TO EARTH by Jeffery Scott Elwell

Asylum Theatre Company, Long Island

TRUST US by Robert Smithline and  

LOVE OF TWO IS ONE by Paul G. Brush

Harold & Marilyn Cohen Award-winning Plays, Hofstra University

BETWEEN: GROWING UP (ADOPTED) by Amy Mihyang

Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS by Wheeler, Martin and Blane

John Cranford Adams Playhouse, The Gray Wig, Long Island, NY

SPIKE HEELS by Theresa Rebeck

The New 42nd Street Theater, New York

STANDING ON MY KNEES by John Olive

West End Theater, Hofstra University

AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J. B. Priestley

West End Theater, The Gray Wig, Long Island, NY

WHO KILLED THE KINGFISH: THE HUEY LONG MURDER CASE by David Zinman

Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

EVERYONE

original adaptation of The Medieval Morality Play of Everyman

West End Theater, Hofstra University

insert title here a showcase of various authors

Spiegel Theater, Hofstra University

CLEAR ACROSS by B. Walker Sampson

Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Original Short Play Festival, New York

CLEAR ACROSS by B. Walker Sampson and  

THE EASY LIFE by Michael R. Stone

Harold and Marilyn Cohen Award-winning Plays, Hofstra University

ONLY YOU by Timothy Mason

West End Theater, Hofstra University

NORA by Alia Faith Williams

West End Theater, Hofstra University

SWEET CHARITY by Simon, Coleman, and Fields

John Cranford Adams Playhouse, Hofstra University

THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE by George Bernard Shaw 

University Mainstage, Indiana University, Bloomington

IT’S TIME, original performance art piece

Studio Production, Indiana University, Bloomington

GETTING OUT by Marsha Norman 

T300 Experimental Theater, Indiana University, Bloomington

ALEXANDER AND THE UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA

by Donald Lewis

Bloomington Playwrights Project, Bloomington, IN

WENCESLAS SQUARE by Larry Shue

T300 Experimental Theater, Indiana University, Bloomington 

AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare

The Globe Theater, Sterling Renaissance Festival, Sterling, NY

THE CHEATS OF SCAPIN by Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Bankside Stage, Sterling Renaissance Festival, Sterling, NY

THREE FORKS by Staci Swedeen

with Kim Hunter, The Mint Theater, New York, NY

THREE FORKS was nominated for a Carbonell Award as ‘Best New Work” and received  The Charlotte Repertory Theatre ‘Best New Plays in America” award.

LOVERS by Brian Friel

The Mint Theater, New York, NY

THREE FORKS by Staci Swedeen

The Lamb’s Theater, New York, NY

KING JOHN by William Shakespeare

Riverside Shakespeare Company, New York

THE GUILLOTINE by Matias Montes Huidobro

Pulse Theatre Ensemble, New York

THE HAPPY ENDING by Michael Petschaft

Playwriting Lab, Playwrights Horizons, New York

SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN original compilation

Bankside Stage, Sterling Renaissance Faire, Sterling, NY

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, Kernan, Laine and Dankworth

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winning choreographer George Pinney

Brown County Playhouse, Nashville, IN

HAPPY ENDING by Garson Kanin

Written and directed by Academy and Tony Award winning director and playwright Garson Kanin

Bristol Riverside Theatre, Bristol, PA