The Appointment
Early Process Director, Creator, Producer with Lightning Rod Special
WP Theater 2023
New York Theater Workshop 2019
FringeArts 2018
The Painted Bride 2017
A musical theater satire featuring an ensemble of fetuses singing and dancing through the absurdity of the American abortion debate juxtaposed with the ordinary realism of an abortion clinic. The Appointment unpacks the many systems that disempower groups of people from making informed reproductive decisions with hilarious, devastating, and hilariously devastating results.
Reviews and Accolades
New York Times Critics’ Pick, “A daring, clear-eyed work of political theater.”
New Yorker featured review, “Sniffs out taboos and hunts them down at the pace of a sprint.”
Best Theater of 2019 New York Magazine, “As wild as it was, I can’t remember ever so exactly recognizing the destabilizing way it feels to have a womb in America.”
Best Theater of 2019 New York Times, “The show was as quietly thoughtful as it was boisterously, hilariously transgressive.”
New York Times Critics’ Pick, “This thoughtful, profoundly imaginative show concludes in a silence that is all the more eloquent for the sound and the fury that preceded it.”
Seven Barrymore Award Nominations including Outstanding Musical and the Brown Martin Award
One Barrymore Award for Brett Robinson’s Outstanding Performance of a Supporting Actor in a Musical
Broad Street Review Review, “The Appointment’s genius [lies in] the compelling, matter-of-fact realism of its abortion-clinic scenes.”
Philly Life and Culture Review, “Lightning Rod Special does an impeccable job by getting their audience to think without being preachy. They indulge in humor to then catapult you into sincere truth.”
Philadelphia Dance Review, “The laughter that the show provokes becomes the glass of water we drink to digest the bitter pills the show prescribes.”
