- 365 Days/365 Plays
- “The work of LightBox is smart, beautiful, innovative and fun. An extraordinary company!”
— Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater - Performed by: Anitra Brooks, Aysan Çelik, Jennifer Wright Cook, Shawn Fagan, Jessica Green, Joan Jubett, Luis Moreno, and Adam Rihacek
March 11 and April 1, 2007 - Directed by Ellen Beckerman
with original music by Anitra Brooks
- Ajax: 100% Fun
- “Transitions are as sharp as jump cuts, and the relationships between the characters zing through the playing space like bolts of electricity. From the first moment of the evening…the play is a symphony of energy restrained and unleashed.”
— Brooklyn Rail - Performed at The Culture Project/45 Below
February - March, 2006 - Directed by Ellen Beckerman
- Performed by: Justin Badger, Melody Bates, Brian Deneen, Margot Ebling, Shawn Fagan, Robert Johanson, Fletcher Liegerot, Chris Oden
- Scenic design by Brian Scott
Lighting design by Michael O’Connor
Costume design by Amela Baksic
Sound design by Elizabeth Rhodes
- Shutter
- “Shawn Fagan is a fantastic performer, and his truthfulness is outmatched only by his precise physical work…It’s a tour de force: poetic, funny, and challenging.”
— NYTheatre.com - Directed by Ellen Beckerman
- Performed by: Shawn Fagan
- Scenic and lighting design by Brian Scott
Costume design by Amela Baksic
Sound design by Bray Poor - Performed at PS 122
August 2005
- Gull
- “Strip away all the scenery, as Ellen Beckerman does in Gull, and you are left with one of the most emotionally jarring Seagulls you’ll likely ever see…This production is abetted enormously by a cast that makes the text soar.”
— CurtainUp - “The effect of Beckerman’s direction is stunning…her imagination and attention to kinetic expression are building acclaim. Gull is captivating, spartan yet evocative.”
— Stage Directions - Directed by Ellen Beckerman
- Performed by: C. Andrew Bauer, Aysan Celik, Lizzy Cooper Davis, Margot Ebling, Shawn Fagan, Elliott Kennerson, Colleen Madden, James Saidy and Jennifer Ward
- Lighting design by Michael O’Connor
Sound design by Bray Poor
Costume design by Julie White - Performed at the Connelly Theatre, NYC and Colby College, ME
Fall 2000, 2002, and 2004
- Orestes
- “A flirtatious delight.”
— New York Times - “What a deliciously devilish marriage this is! The Mee/Beckerman admixture often reminds one of The Wooster Group. This is not to suggest derivativeness, but rather a fresh, imaginative and intelligent new adventure.The extent to which the cast’s collective energy coalesces makes a powerful argument for this sort of long-term collaboration among like-minded folk.The product is outstanding. Don’t miss it.”
— CurtainUp - Adapted from Orestes 2.0,
by Charles L. Mee, Jr.
Directed by Ellen Beckerman - Performed by: Margot Ebling, Shawn Fagan and James Saidy
- Scenic design by Ken Goldstein
Lighting design by Michael O’Connor
Costume design by Amela Baksic
Sound design by Bray Poor - Performed at HERE and the Phil Bowakowski Theatre
Spring 2001 and Winter 2004
- Fanatics
- “Beckerman’s work is nothing if not artistic. The ensemble cast of five company members performs exceptionally well, both in unison and in counterpoint…There is a refinement to the movement and use of language that demonstrates the time-consuming attention to detail which marks this company’s productions…There are some stunning visual moments in Fanatics (aided by Michael O’Connor’s lighting), and much of the production has a balletic sensibility that exceeds what we’ve seen from the group before. At times, the cast forms a crowd; at others, it coalesces into a singular organism — five actors beautifully employed to flesh out the multi-facets of a remarkable man.”
— Les Gutman, CurtainUp - Directed by Ellen Beckerman
- Performed by: C. Andrew Bauer, Josh Conklin, Margot Ebling, Shawn Fagan and James Saidy
- Lighting design by Michael O’Connor
Costume design by Joel Yapching - Performed at HERE
March-April, 2002
- Hamlet
- “This is downtown theatre at its best! Hamlet as you’ve never seen it…it is a dark and gritty Hamlet with scenes raised to new levels of intensity. Beckerman’s inventiveness and skills never falter, with surprise upon surprise…Each scene is a revelation as we discover Hamlet and Hamlet anew”
— Backstage - Directed by Ellen Beckerman
- Performed by: C. Andrew Bauer, Taylor Bowyer, Josh Conklin, Margot Ebling, Shawn Fagan, Sheri Graubert, Elliott Kennerson and James Saidy
- Sound design by Ellen Beckerman
Lighting design by Michael O’Connor
Costume and scenic design by the company - Performed at HERE
December 1999 and April 2000