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Lauren Rayner has been on the producing team for over 60 productions for stage, film, and multi-media since 2004. Below is a comprehensive list of projects in chronological order.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare (stage) Mary Folger Shakespeare Festival, January 2004
*Winner of the Brian Cabe Award for Directing Excellence, Excellence in Acting Award for the role of Helena, and Outstanding Fight Choreography Award
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare (stage) Mary Folger Shakespeare Festival, January 2005
*Winner of the Brian Cabe Award for Directing Excellence, Excellence in Acting Awards for the role of Lady Macbeth, and Outstanding Ensemble Award
Disembodied Voices
by Lauren Rayner (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2006
Mitzi's Abortion
[*staged reading] by Elizabeth Heffron (stage) Women's Theatre Organization, October 2006
Catholic School Girls
by Casey Kurtti (stage) Women's Theatre Organization, November 2006
4.48 Psychosis
by Sarah Kane (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, February 2007
Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously
by Lauren Rayner (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2007
Mushrooms and Daisies
by Heather Pennington (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2007
Four Girls Are Standing
by Ri Versteegh (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2007
King Lear
[an all female production] by William Shakespeare (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, December 2007
The Last Good Moment of Lily Baker
by Russell Davis (stage) Beauty4Ashes Theatre Company, July 2008
One for the Road
by Harold Pinter (stage) Women's Theatre Organization, November 2008
Ashes to Ashes
by Harold Pinter (stage) Women's Theatre Organization, November 2008
A Kind of Alaska
by Harold Pinter (stage) Women's Theatre Organization, November 2008
The New World Order
by Harold Pinter (stage) Women's Theatre Organization, November 2008
Beirut
by Alan Bowne (stage) USC School of Theatre, March 2009
*Awarded the 2009 USC ISP Directing Grant
Level 14
by Lauren Rayner (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2009
The Wedding Thieves
by Colette La Pointe (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2009
The Owl & The Pussycat
by Judy H. Tucker (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2009
April and August at the Grand Canyon
by Gregory J. Palmerino (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2009
Why Doesn’t Anybody Like Me?
by Madhuri Shekar (stage) Women’s Theatre Organization, April 2009
What is Gained: a muse on consequence
by Evan Guilford-Blake (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical, July 2009
Moving Forward
by Joshua Weber (film) Joshua Weber Films, October 2009
*2012 Official Selection at the Manhattan Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and the San Diego Black Film Festival
Don't Eat the Yellow Picasso
by James Ferguson (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical, March 2010
No Nursery Rhymes Please
by Jamie Hickman (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical, May 2010
BINDING
by Jesse Zaritt (stage) Theatre C, soloNOVA Arts Festival and PerformanceSpace122, May 2010
*Extended by PS 122 and winner of 3 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Awards [Outstanding Solo Performance, Outstanding Choreography/Movement, Best Performance Art Production]
Sleeping with Strangers
[*staged reading] by Jack Karp (stage) NyLon Fusion Collective, June 2010
UNlearning Intolerance
by Calla Videt (multi-media, flash-mob) Sightline / The Culture Project, July 2010
The Climb
by Ryan Scoble (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical, July 2010
Red Little World
[*staged reading] by Elisa Abatsis (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical, July 2010
The Washington Post
[*staged reading] by Scott Tobin (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical, July 2010
One Arm and A Leg
by Calla Videt (multi-media) Sightline presented by HERE & Theater for the New City, August 2010
The Mask of Medusa
by Joseph Samuel Wright (stage) Root & Wings Theatrical, October 2010
Beautiful Garbage
by Jill DiDonato (film) Lauren Rayner Productions, January 2011
disOriented
by Kyoung H. Park (stage) Theatre C at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, February/March 2011
*Nominated for Outstanding Choreography/Movement in the 2011 NY Innovative Theatre Awards
MENDACITY
by Lauren Rayner (multi-media) FRIGID New York Festival, February/March 2011
*Extended by FRIGID New York / HorseTrade Theater Company
Hold Music
by Calla Videt and Benjamin Walker Sampson (multi-media) Sightline and The Culture Project's Women Center Stage 2011 at the Living Theatre, March 2011
*Nominated for Best Performance Art Production in the 2011 NY Innovative Theatre Awards
The Future is in Eggs
by Eugene Ionesco (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions at The Shell Theatre, June 2011
Sicilian Limes
by Luigi Pirandello (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions at The Shell Theatre, June 2011
SoundProof
by B. Walker Sampson and Calla Videt (multi-media) Sightline, June 2011
Delusion
by Scott Miller (film) TreeFa Films, July 2011
Riley Collins Needs To Stop Dating Actors
[*staged reading] by Kelly O'Brien (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions, August 2011
that time, and the time before that, and
by B. Walker Sampson, James Morris, and Calla Videt (stage / multi-media) Sightline, presented at Dixon Place, October 2011
Daughters of Lot
by Alexis Roblan (multi-media) BrainMelt Consortium, FRIGID New York Festival, March 2012
*Extended by FRIGID New York / HorseTrade Theater Company
The Days God Slept
by Joseph Fiorillo, directed by Jeremiah Kipp (film) Lauren Rayner Productions, April 2012
The Wedding Thieves
by Colette La Pointe (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical at the Bridge Theatre, May 2012
Convergence
by Jenny Lane (multi-media) Sightline at the soloNOVA Arts Festival at the New Ohio Theatre, June 2012
Roll!
by the Kuperman Brothers (stage) Sightline at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, June 2012
Hold Music
by Calla Videt and Benjamin Walker Sampson (multi-media) Sightline at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, June 2012
Daughters of Lot
by Alexis Roblan (multi-media) BrainMelt Consortium, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2012
Huis Clos / “No Exit”
by Jean-Paul Sartre (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions at The 45th Street Theatre, November 2012
I Am My Own GrandPa
by Benjamin Walker Sampson (stage) Sightline at Tenement Street Workshops’ Snowballs Festival, January 2013
Huis Clos / “No Exit”
by Jean-Paul Sartre (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions in VirtualArtsTV’s WiredArts Fest at The Secret Theatre, February 2013
Candy Tastes Nice
by and starring Miranda Huba (stage) directed by Shannon Sindelar, Lauren Rayner Productions at Madame X, February thru March, 2013
Spottiswoode
by Jonathan Spottiswoode, cinematographer Brian Dilg (film, music video) Lauren Rayner Productions, March 2013
RISE
by Joseph Samuel Wright (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical & Lauren Rayner Productions at Theatre 54, April 2013
The Visceral Cities Project
by Lauren Rayner and Ashley Steed (stage) Roots & Wings Theatrical at the Bridge Theatre, May 2013
Atlas of the Soul
by Lauren Fox, directed by Jeremiah Kipp (film) Lauren Rayner Productions, June 2013
L'hotel du libre echange
by Feydeau, directed by Roxane Revon (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions at Theatre 54, June 2013
My Machine Is Powered By Clocks
by Benjamin Walker Sampson, directed by Calla Videt (stage) Sightline at the Ice Factory Festival at the New Ohio Theatre, July 2013
The Goldfish
by Samantha Grassian, directed by Roxane Revon (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions at the 4th Street Theatre, October 2013
The Bald Soprano
by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Roxane Revon (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions at the 4th Street Theatre, November 2013
The Food Play
directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh (stage) Lauren Rayner Productions and Neighborhood Productions at Invisible Dog, May 2014
