Director

 
 



JANICE L. GOLDBERG

DIRECTOR/PLAYWRIGHT

Artistic Co-Director, Artistic New Directions

www.JaniceLGoldberg.com   Janice@JaniceLGoldberg.com


NEW YORK PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED

THAT DOROTHY PARKER*by Carol Lempert, Algonquin Theatre, Algonquin Theatre Productions &

Soho Playhouse, FringeNYC (EXTENDED)

THE RIVER JORDAN LAMP* by Carol Hall, 78th  St. Theatre Lab, Artistic New Directions

ROSE COLORED GLASS * co-author with Susan Bigelow, Theatre 54, GalCo and TDG Productions,

published by Samuel French, Inc.

FIVE WISHES* by Tom Diggs, Vital Theatre Company, First Look Theatre Company

REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING* by Al Sjoerdsma, New Jersey Rep

TROJAN HORSE* by Molly Smith Metzler, Turnip Festival, American Globe Theatre

       (multiple award winner 2006:Direction,Play,Actress)

LAUNDRY AND BOURBON & LONE STAR by James McLure, NYC revival, Bridge Theatre Company, Theater 54

SUBURBAN LEGEND* by Jocelyn Beard, Blueberry Pond Theatre Ensemble

DECODING FRUIT* by Molly Smith Metzler, Turnip Festival, American Globe Theatre

       (multiple award winner 2005:Direction,Play,Actor,Actress)

THE GATHERING ROOM* by Valerie Kingston, Janice Goldberg, Music/lyrics: Becca Bandiere & Jimmy Flynn,

       New York International Fringe Festival, Michael Schimmel Arts Center (winner 2005 Best Actor Performance)

LOVE* by Betty Shamieh, Circle East, Chashama

AUTUMN RUN* co-author with Susan Bigelow, CAP21 Theatre, CAP21

FUR HAT (with Scotty Bloch and Dana Bate) by Joe Pintauro, Neighborhood Playhouse

NBC TELEVISION NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN TALENT SEARCH, various authors, Greenwich St.Theatre

THE LAST RESORT* (with Lynn Cohen, Leigh Dillon) by Barbara B. Goldman, East Hampton

VINEGAROON* by Scott Carter, (Prod. Politically Incorrect) HBO Downtown, Nat Horne Theatre

ARRANGED MARRIAGE* by Vishakan Jeyakumar, First Look Theatre Co., NYU

DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY* by Mark Dunn, Bridge Theatre Company at Columbia University

HEAVENS TO BETSY* by Jon Fraser, Circle East, HERE

FLYING SOLO*, various artists, CAP21, New York University

TWO CHARACTERS AND THEIR DRAMA* by Stanley Taikeff, Samuel French New Play Festival Finalist

AN EVENING FOR THE AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE, various authors, HERE

THESE DREAMS* by Eric J. Loo, First Look Theatre Company, New York University

BIRDS OF THE WORLD* by Jennifer Camp, First Look Theatre Company, NYU

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS* by Barbara B. Goldman, Greenwich House Theatre, The Drama Dept. and PJL

MERMAID’S BLOOD* by Ty Adams, Circle in the Square Downtown, The Lab Theatre Co.

BLINDFOLDED APPARITIONS* by Jennifer Rudin, Pulse Ensemble Theatre

PACKAGE DEAL by Frederick Stroppel, Bridge Theatre Co.

ALMOST MIDNIGHT* by F.S. Edward, AART, Producers Club

CAREFREE DRIVE* by Paul Buzinski, Producers Club

GUTSHOT*  by Dakota Powell, Circle Rep Lab

THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION: a piece in mime and music*, by Nicole Levy, music by Chris Caiozza,

Theatre V Productions

WINDOWS*  by Susan Bigelow-Marsh, Women’s Festival Winner:  Best Play, Love Creek Productions

MY SWEET CHARLIE by David Westheimer, Actors’ Factory, NYC

THE WEE SISTER* by Barbara B. Goldman, Circle Rep Lab and New Georges, NYC

BEYOND THE 12TH STEP* by Brett Busang, B’way Cares, Equity Fights Aids

THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL by Anton Chekov, Nat Horne Theatre

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 18th Street Theatre

PERFECT ANALYSIS GIVEN BY A PARROT by Tennessee Williams, Westside Arts

PEACE IN OUR TIME* by Donald Steele, Nat Horne Theatre


*Premieres


REGIONAL

BINDLESTIFF’S DANCE HALL* by Susan Bigelow, Redwood Curtain, Eureka, CA (National Eco-Drama Festival Commission, featured in Feb 05 American Theatre Magazine)

THE MEDIAN STRIP* by Richard Strand, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, Canadian Premier

GREASE by Casey and Jacobs, Venice Little Theater, Venice, FL

ROSE COLORED GLASS* co-author with Susan Bigelow, Northcoast Rep, Eureka, CA

WHISPERING SILENCE* by Susan Bigelow, World Premiere Theatre, Eureka, CA

LONE STAR, LAUNDRY & BOURBON by James McClure, Tulsa Repertory Theatre, Tulsa, OK

AND, DRANK THE MOON* by Susan Bigelow, World Premiere Theatre, Eureka, CA

FINE CHINA AND THE TIN CUP* by Susan Bigelow, World Premiere Theatre, Eureka, CA


INDUSTRIALS/VIDEO

PORTRAIT OF A KANDYNAPPING  Author and Director, M&M*MARS

MURDER WHOLE HOG Author and Director, New York Bar Association

AUTOBIOGRAPHY  Director,  written by Lynn Maffessoli


AUTHOR

ROSE COLORED GLASS* co-author w/ Susan Bigelow, World Premiere Theatre, Eureka, CA

US Theatre West Competition:  Semifinalist, Dorothy Silver Playwriting Award:  Semifinalist    Readings:  Manhattan Theatre Club, (with Frances Sternhagen); Jewish Rep, NYC,  (with Leigh Dillon, Anita Keal, Evalyn Baron and Helen Jean Arthur); Salt Lake Acting Co., Salt Lake City, UT; Partnership for Jewish Life, Lambs Theatre, NYC; Works by Women, NYC

DOWN DANCE HALL ROAD* music/lyrics by Becca Bandiere & Stephen Cross, directed by Rob BrownsteinActors’ Factory, NYC

A CORRIDOR CLOSED* co-author w/ Juliette Mann, directed by Michael Mann, Actors’ Factory, NYC 

AUTUMN RUN* co-author w/ Susan Bigelow, World Premiere Theatre, Eureka, CA; Ashland Theatre, OR

AND, DRANK THE MOON* co-author w/ Susan Bigelow, World Premiere Theatre, Eureka, CA

FINE CHINA AND THE TIN CUP* co-author w/Susan Bigelow, World Premiere Theatre, Eureka, CA


AWARDS / PUBLICATIONS

Recipient of Pilgrim Project Grant 07

ROSE COLORED GLASS published by Samuel French, Inc. 08

Outstanding Direction: Turnip Theatre New Play Festival; 05, 06

NYU Dramatic Writing Program Directing Award for Direction and Development of New Plays                     

Dorset Writers’ Colony Residency, Dorset, VT. 


UNIVERSITY

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Respondent; SSDC Representative, Region II, Region IV

Guest Director/Lecturer/Instructor:  New York University, Johns Hopkins University, SUNY Brockport,

Humboldt State University, CA, College of the Redwoods

New York University’s First Look Theatre Company, Founding Member, Gary Garrison, Artistic Director


Training:  BA Theater, U of  MD; New School Film School, Certified teacher, Further training with Leland Starnes (DFA Yale); Stanley Harrison, (MFA Yale)


Member: SSDC; Dramatist’s Guild; AFTRA; Circle East (Circle Rep); First Look Theatre, Board of Directors, Shetler Studios TDG, Plays-in-Progress, CA; Director in Residence: Plays-in-Progress; H. Bolliewacket Theatre Company