Played September 2023
This Random World asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.
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Ad & Ned is an exploration of the relationship between actor Edwin Booth and critic, turned President Grant biographer, Adam Badeau. Drawn from the private collection of a decades long correspondence, Ad & Ned traces the lives of two men at a time when their intimate truths went unspoken in 19th Century America.
Read MorePlayed in October 2019
I am looking forward to presenting this actor showcase this Friday and Saturday at 7:30p. This showcase, On The Other Side, features 13 talented students from my scene study classes, performing scenes from a variety of contemporary plays including, Stop Kiss, Venus in Fur, Wit, and others.
Read MorePlayed in July 2019
On July 10th, performances will begin for Do I Know You? at the Bridge Theater at Shetler Studios, an actor showcase featuring 8 talented actors from my classes.
Do I Know You? is a collection of stories about who you know and what you don’t; the decisions that make you who you are and make you question yourself.
Read MorePlayed in May 2018
Michael Luggio will be directing a production of Orphans by Lyle Kessler at the Theater for the New City. This moving drama will feature students Dennis Michael Hall, Lance Reneker, and Sean Connelly.
Read MorePlayed in January 2015
This past January, Michael directed a new play written by playwrights Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper. This was the US Debut of A Hard Rain, after premiering in early 2014 at the Above the Stag Theater in London to great reviews. It tells the story of a group of New Yorkers struggling with their identities and societal oppression in the late 60's on the brink of the Stonewall riots.
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