Animal Farm Adaptor, Director

Adapted George Orwell’s book Animal Farm into a stage play. After studying various stage adaptations of Orwell’s book and finding these portrayals static, I set about to break the story into chapters and then created a more action-oriented approach to telling the story of each chapter. My goal was to show the audience the story, not tell it. I wrote extensive dialogue to activate the scenes and utilized Benjamin the donkey as the guide to the story. I collaborated with local visual artist John Osgood to create an original aesthetic for the set and masks constructed for the show. Produced in Danville, CA in 2018.