Julie Hamberg's Theatre Producing Credits


	Theatrical Producing	VITAL THEATRE COMPANY RECKLESS THEATRE COMPANY CIRCLE REP LAB PERFORMANCE NETWORK OF ANN ARBOR

VITAL THEATRE COMPANY	As Associate Artistic Director and Artistic Associate
VITAL DRAMA LEAGUE ALUMNI DIRECTOR FEST Premiere McGinn/Cazale Theatre April 27 - May 7, 2006	Conceived, co-curated and executive produced DIRECTORS' FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS where alumni from the Drama League Directors Project directed their dream projects. Eight one-act pieces chosen to show off the director's vision, while highlighting great new work. Producers: Danny Martin & Julie Westlin Naigus
DEAR VIENNA Premiere McGinn/Cazale Theatre November 4 - 21, 2004	Co-producer with Stephen Sunderlin . View Production Page NEW HIGH-COMEDY by Catherine Allen, directed by Julie Hamberg. Set in Vienna of the 1880s, an innocent Sigmund Freud has just graduated med school and finds he must become a playwright! But there are those in the intelligencia who would use him and his play for their own ends.

SUMMER OF LOVE
Vital on Theatre Row
Summer 2004

Vital Producer with the assistance of SUMMER OF LOVE COMMITTEE:
Heavy Hitters... Aimee Hayes . Nick Leavens . Mark Loewenstern . Mike Teele .

"Topical satire is not dead,
thank goodness; the folks at Vital
are serving up happy, healthy doses of the stuff at its funniest and smartest.
Democracy in action."
~ nytheatre.com

Co-produced with Aimee Hayes . View Review
MAKE NICE MY ASS! THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WELCOME
WAGON VARIETY SHOW. Directed by Hayes, this constantly changing
political cabaret featured all sorts of entertainment, all in the spirit of Making the Republicans Feel Welcome (wink, wink). Thursdays, late night.

Produced
11th HOUR VITAL DIRECTIONS WORKSHOP PRODUCTION by
J. Holtham, directed by Bradley Campbell. 2 week run.

Nick Leavens Produced
THE VITAL FUNNY A SKETCH COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA featuring friendly yet funny competition. Eight sketch comedy groups went head to head each Sat. late night. It lives on... Check out: The Funny

CROATOAN
Premiere
Vital on Theatre Row
September 10 - October 2, 2004

Producer
NEW TRAGI-COMEDY by Ross Maxwell, directed by Aimee Hayes.
In fractured Southern Gothic style, the playwright weaves an eccentric story of American mythology, obsession, love and memory, set amidst an impending hurricane.

CEDARWOOD AVENUE
Premiere
Vital on Theatre Row
May 6 - 23, 2004

Producer
TWO RELATED ONE-ACTS by Mike Teele, directed by Sue Lawless.
A comedy about a gay son coming out to parents who embrace his "gay-dom" with a vengeance & a more serious second piece about the son's relationship with his sister.

IDIOT'S DELIGHT
Revival not seen in NYC since 1951
Vital on Theatre Row
April 15 - May 12004

Co-Produced with Stephen Sunderlin . View Production Page
SOLD OUT RUN (109% capacity) . OOBR AWARD WINNER
ANTI-WAR COMEDY by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by Julie Hamberg.
Winner, 1936 Pulitzer Prize. Set on the imaginary eve of WWII in a hotel in the Italian Alps, a combustible array of characters from six countries are thrown together to choose love, death, or escape.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON…
Premiere
Vital on Theatre Row
January 22 - February 1, 2004

"... defies the odds and conventional wisdom by being a program of one-act plays with no weak links" ~ nytheatre.com

Conceived, produced and directed two monologues . View Review

SEMI-SOLO PIECES. Jane Shepard's THE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO THE BRAIN & eight monologues by Vital playwrights on: if a character's brain could speak, what WOULD it say? Used same company of actors for all. Put it up in three weeks. Featuring pieces by Suzanne Bradbeer, Catherine Gillet, J. Holtham, Andrea Lepcio, Mark Loewenstern, Lorna Littleway, Robin Rothstein, and Mike Teele.

VITAL SIGNS
8 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

Premieres
Vital on Theatre Row
October 30 - November 23, 2003

Produced

FOUR WEEKS OF 23 NEW SHORT PLAYS by playwrights from around the country. One week runs, in four series. Each show had 5 performances each. Vital's annual festival celebrating new plays. Mike Teele, curator.

OUT FROM UNDER IT

Premiere
Vital on Theatre Row
June - July 19, 2003

Produced

DRAMA W/ COMEDY by Susan Bernfield, directed by Alex Aaron. The Post headline: "Sleeper Girl Wakes!" After a 3-year coma, Joanna finds she must rediscover relation-ships, herself and this thing called "time."

VITAL SIGNS
7 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

Premieres
Vital on Theatre Row
March - May 11, 2003

Produced

EIGHT WEEKS OF 15 NEW PLAYS. One week runs, in four series. Each show had 10 performances each. Vital's annual festival celebrating new plays. Shawn B. Hirabayashi, curator.

FUNNY

Premiere
Vital on Theatre Row
September 12 - October 6, 2002

Co-Produced with Stephen Sunderlin & Sharon Fallon . View Production Page

OOBR AWARD WINNER

DARK COMEDY by Shawn B. Hirabayashi, directed by Julie Hamberg.
A surreal journey, from NYC to Papua New Guinea, of three inseparable friends & a hitman with a conscience - & how they become separate.

DUCKS CROSSING

Premiere
Vital on Theatre Row
January 10 - 27, 2002

Co-Produced with Stephen Sunderlin & Sharon Fallon . View Production Page

NEW OL' COMEDY by Jane Shepard, directed by Julie Hamberg.
An unabashedly uncynical comedy about community, yearning, and the pursuit of happiness for the small town heart in all of us. Our response to the huge depression after 9/11...

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