Photo of Antoinette LaVecchia in "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti" at George Street Playhouse
2026 - CIRCUS FIRE (co-conceived with Jared Mezzocchi and Rob Ruggiero) for TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT
2025 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS at TheaterWorks Hartford
2025 - THE BARONESS at Playhouse on Park, West Hartford, CT
2025 - MISS CONCEPTION's MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN at Art House, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2025 - THE WEDDING BINDER at Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2025 - #BEBEST STORY HOUR (short comedy) for Anti-Fascist Cabaret, Brooklyn, NY
2025 - Comedy material for ROMANCE AROUND THE WORLD VALENTINE'S DINNER WITH MADAME, Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA
2024 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS at TheaterWorks Hartford
2024 - A MATCHLESS MURDER with Nikki Woolfolk, written for the Lyric Theatre of Leadville, CO to be performed on the Leadville Railroad.
2024 - MISS CONCEPTION GOES TO THE MOVIES at Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2024 - Varla Jean Merman THE ERRORS TOUR at The Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2024 - THE BUCK STOPS HERE, a short comedy as part of Playhouse 44's inaugural production, "9 Tens on 44"
2024 - FLORIDA: STATE OF CONFUSION written and performed by Jacques Lamarre for HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT
2023 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Smidge of Midge" with Edwin Sanchez, "Drum Sticks & Chill" with Judy Gold," & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks Hartford
2023 - THE PETTY FOUR: THE JUST DESSERTS HOLIDAY TOUR at The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, MA
2023 - HORRORS D'OEUVRES, short comedy, part of "Howl of a Night" Radio Theatre with Herstory Theatre and Playland Productions at Cheney Hall, Manchester, CT
2023 - BURNSIDE (short film) at New Haven 48-Hour Film Festival
2023 - THE WEDDING BINDER table reading of a new version for Gracewell Productions at the Palace Theater, Waterbury
2023 - Miss Conception's TOONED OUT at Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA
2023 - Varla Jean Merman's STAND BY YOUR DRAG at The Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2023 - SECONDO: The Sequel to I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti at Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2022 - MADAME'S "FACE-FOR-RADIO" HOLIDAY HOOTENANNY at Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA
2022 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life, "Drum Sticks & Chill" with Judy Gold & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks Hartford, CT
2022 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at Triangle Repertory in Richmond, VA
2022 - ITALIAN MOM LOVES YOU! Co-written with Daniel Franzese - Boca Black Box in Boca Raton, FL
2022 - THE SCRATCH GAME (Short) - Hartford Fringe Festival, Hartford, CT
2022 - Varla Jean Merman's READY TO BLOW - Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA
2022 - ITALIAN MOM LOVES YOU! Co-written with Daniel Franzese - Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2022 - SECONDO: The Sequel to I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti - TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT (Live & Streaming)
2018 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2021 - Varla Jean Merman's LITTLE PRICK - The Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA
2021 - UNCLE MOSHE - HARTT SCHOOL 100th Anniversary - Commissioned piece, West Hartford, CT (Virtual Production)
2021 - RAGING SKILLET - Emerson Theatre Collaborative, Sedona, AZ
2021 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Crossroad Repertory, University of Indiana at Terre Haute (Virtual Production)
2021 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Beaumont Community Players, TX
2020 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") Streaming Production for TheaterWorks
2020 - BETTY JO'S FAN CLUB - Virtual Reading for Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2020 - SUPER SPREADER, Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA
2020 - LOVE & SPUMONI - Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2019 - Varla Jean Merman's A STAR IS BORED - Additional Material, Art House Theatre, Provincetown & Tour
2019 - STRANGE FRUIT - Workshop Performances at Hartford Fringe Festival, finalist for "Best of the Fest"
2019 - STRANGE FRUIT - Reading at TheaterWorks' Play Pen Series
2019 - THE ASS MENAGERIE - Short play as part of Meteor Night, Norwich Arts Center, Norwich, CT
2019 - RAGING SKILLET - Center Stage at the JCC, Rochester, NY
2019 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2019 - TRIGGER WARNING - World premiere for Zeitgeist Stage, Boston, MA
2018 - BORN FAT - Emerson Theatre Collaborative, Mystic, CT
2018 - WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN? - Reading of deleted short play from CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS, TheaterWorks
2018 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2018 - MURDER ON THE ORIENT ACCESS - Inaugural performance for Renegades Reboot series, West Hartford, CT
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - Reading as part of the Nora Theatre's "That's What She Said" series, Cambridge, MA
2018 - RED STATE ROAD TRIP - Performances at HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT
2018 - BARBRA & JUDY OVER EASY - Additional Material, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Cafe
2018 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Georgia Ensemble Theatre, GA
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis, MO
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, MA
2018 - Varla Jean Merman's UNDER A BIG TOP - Additional Material, Art House Theatre, Provincetown
2018 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI at The Little Theatre of the Rockies, CO
2018 - THE WEDDING BINDER - Premiere for The Windsor Jesters, CT
2018 - RED STATE ROAD TRIP - Reading at North Shore Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Danvers MA
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - Workshop Fundraiser with Judy Gold at the Jewish Plays Project, NYC
2018 - Varla Jean Merman's BAD HEROINE - TheaterWorks
2018 - RED STATE ROAD TRIP - Reading at Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2017 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" Premiere & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2017 - HONEY LaBREA - THE LONELY THETAN - Premiere at the Farmington Valley Stage Company, CT
2017 - HARTFORD, 1692 - Short comedy at Sea Tea Improv Comedy Theatre
2017 - Varla Jean Merman: BAD HEROINE - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2017 - MY VHITE HOUSE* CHRISTMAS SPASHIAL VITH MELANIA (*LIVE FROM TRUMP TOWER) - Workshop at Jewel Box Theatre at Rendezvous, Seattle, WA
2017 - THE RAGING SKILLET - World Premiere at TheaterWorks Hartford, CT
2017 - MY VHITE HOUSE* CHRISTMAS SPASHIAL VITH MELANIA (*LIVE FROM TRUMP TOWER) - Reading at HartBeat Ensemble
2017 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - at Penobscot Theatre, Bangor, ME
2017 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - at Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham, MA
2017 - THE WEDDING BINDER - Reading for The Renegades, West Hartford
2016 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks
2016 - HONEY LABREA: THE LONELY THETAN - Reading at Playhouse on Park
2016 - POUSSEZ* (Pronounced Poo-Say); Short comedy for Playhouse on Park's 24-Hour Theatre
2016 - THE CLOWNS based on the short story by B.J. Hollars; Reading at Sea Tea Improv Comedy Theatre
2016 - COLONEL SELLERS: REANIMATOR by Mark Twain, William Dean Howells & Jacques Lamarre; Reading for Little Theatre of Manchester's Evenings at 7.
2016 - SAVE THE ROBOTS - The Sci Fi Musical Comedy with Lyrics by Clark Rinder, Music by Rob Susman & Hagatha, Book by Jacques Lamarre, Rob Susman and Clark Rinder; Midtown International Theatre Festival
2016 - A LITTLE WHITE MUSIC by Varla Jean Merman with additional material by Jacques Lamarre
2016 - BORN FAT - Midtown International Theatre Festival (Winner, Best Solo Show)
2016 - BETTY JO'S FAN CLUB - Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, CT
2016 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - at Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY
2016 - BORN FAT - World Premiere at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT
2015 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks, Hartford; Warehouse Theatre, South Carolina; Triangle Players, Richmond, VA
2015 - COLONEL SELLERS: REANIMATOR by Mark Twain, William Dean Howells & Jacques Lamarre; Reading for Mark Twain's 180th Birthday Celebration at The Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, CT
2015 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI at Florida Repertory Theatre in Ft. Meyer, FL
2015 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI at Half Moon Theatre at the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY
2015 - DAS REINHOLD - THE COCKRING CYCLE, Part 1 at Zeitgeist Stage Company, Boston, MA
2015 - BORN FAT - Workshop Production at the Philly Fringe Festival, Olde Town, Directed by Gina Giusto, Starring April Woodall
2015 - PIERCE - Reading by Herstory Theatre on 7/20 at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH
2015 - VARLA JEAN MERMAN'S BIG BLACK HOLE - co-written with Jeffery Roberson at the Art Theatre, Provincetown, July/August
2015 - HONEY LABREA - THE LONELY THETAN - Workshop Reading on 6/18 at Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2015 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - 7 Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT - Returning this July for an encore engagement! Directed by Semina DeLaurentis and starring Maria Baratta.
2015 - GONE WITH THE BREAKING WIND - Additional material for script written by Jeffery Roberson and Ricky Graham, Mid-City Theatre, New Orleans
2015 - KONG (Short play) - Part of an Evening of Smiles at Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford.
2014 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks, Hartford, Directed by Rob Ruggiero
2014 - MYSTIC'S CHRISTMAS CONNIPTION - The 2014 Lantern Light Tour at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
2014 - FLY ME TO MIAMI - Lyrics by Napua Davoy, Music by Napua Davoy and Andre Kondakov, Book by Jacques Lamarre and Napua Davoy, Workshop at Actor's Playhouse, Miami. Semi-finalist for 2015 O'Neill Center National Musical Theatre Conference.
2014 - NIGHTFALL 2014 - Scene writing for Anne Cubberly's outdoor art performance, Hartford, CT
2014 - NED & SUNNY - A HARTFORD LOVE STORY - Commissioned by The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, Starring Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker & Colin McEnroe, Directed by Rob Ruggiero
2014 - THE BINDER - Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2014 - THE BUMP - co-written by Austin Fiszel, Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2014 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
2014 - Varla Jean Merman's RELIEVING MYSELF - Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2014 - BORN FAT - Workshop reading at HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT, Directed by Steven-Raider Ginsburg
2014 - PIERCE - Reading by Herstory Theatre at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH
2014 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sarasota, FL
2014 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ
2014 - DEATH COMES TO SAVANNAH (short play) - 24 Hour Play Festival, Playhouse on Park
2013 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks, Hartford, Directed by Rob Ruggiero
2013 - NIGHTFALL 2013 - Some scene writing for Anne Cubberly's outdoor performance piece, Hartford, CT
2013 - BORN FAT - Reading at the Little Theatre of Manchester, CT
2013 - BORN FAT - Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, CT Performing Arts Series
2013 - Varla Jean Merman's TWICE UPON A MATTRESS - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2013 - IN THE GARDEN OF SWEDEN (Short)- For Theatre4's Act Out:IKEA in New Haven
2013 - THE HILLBILLY (Short) - For Playhouse on Park's 24-Hour Theatre, West Hartford
2012 - THE RUB (Short Play) - Floating Theatre Company at the Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT
2013 - PIERCE - Reading by Herstory Theatre at the Unitarian Society of Hartford & the Danbury Historical Society
2012 - Varla Jean Merman's TOPPING MYSELF - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2012 - I LOVED, I LOST I MADE SPAGHETTI - TheaterWorks, Hartford, Based on the Memoir by Giulia Melucci, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, Starring Antoinette LaVecchia (Winner, BroadwayWorld 2010 Best Playwright)
2012 - VARLA JEAN & THE MUSHROOMHEADS (Feature Length Film) - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson; Selection for Seattle Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, San Francisco Frameline Film Festival, CT Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Connecticut Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival, New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2011 - THE FAMILY PLAN (Short Opera) - Phillip Martin, Composer; Libretto by Jacques Lamarre based on the play of the same name (Fusion Theatre "The Seven" Semi-Finalist), premiered by Hartford Opera Theatre
2011 - JACQUES LAMARRE HAS GONE TOO FAR (Four One-Act Comedies) - "Mignonette," "The Buck Stops Here," "A Farming Accident," and "Jacques Lamarre Has Gone Too Far" at Hole in the Wall Theatre, New Britain, CT
2011 - THE BOOK OF MERMAN - co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown
2010 - Varla Jean Merman is THE LOOSE CHANTEUSE - Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Art House Theatre in Provincetown, MA
2010 - GRAY MATTERS - Midtown International Theatre Festival (NYC, nominee Best Playwriting), Mystic Arts Center, Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, produced by Emerson Theatre Collaborative, Directed by Joshua Lee Ramos
2009 - VARLA JEAN & THE MUSHROOMHEADS (Stage Show) - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson with additional material by Ricky Graham, Art House Theatre in Provincetown, MA
2009 - STOOL (Short Play) - New Works; New Britain One-Act Festival, NY Fifteen Minute Play Festival (Top 10 Finalist), Directed by Rayah Martin
Additional Credits from Years That I Cannot Remember:
For Varla Jean Merman (co-written with Jeffery Roberson): Girl With a Pearl Necklace, I'm Not Paying for This, VJM's Victory LapDance, Anatomically Incorrect, VJM Loves a Foreign Tongue, plus material for Logo's Dragtastic special and commercials for Fleet Enemas (really!).
Performances include such venues as Joe's Pub (NYC), Ars-Nova (NYC), 54 Below (NYC), the Sydney Opera House, the Leicester Theatre (London), Victoria Theatre (San Francisco), Le Chat Noir (New Orleans), Hartford Stage, among others. For more information, visit www.varla-online.com
Mark Twain Adaptations for The Mark Twain House & Museum: The Diaries of Adam & Eve (starring Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker), R-Rated Twain (co-created with Julia Pistell; performed by Sea Tea Improv)
Children's Plays for the American Stage Festival, Milford, NH: Rapunzel (touring and home production), The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Full length plays waiting for a kind theatre to produce them. Interested? Please contact me!
SAVE THE ROBOTS - A Musical Comedy with Music & Lyrics by Hagatha & Rob Susman, Book by Clark Rinder, Susman & Jacques Lamarre
A STRETCHMARK NAMED DESIRE - Comedy
THE CLOWNS (adapted from a short story by BJ Hollars) - Comedy
PIERCE - Historical Drama
I want to thank all of the theatres that have given my work space and talent: TheaterWorks Hartford, Herstory Theatre, Emerson Theatre Collaborative, American Stage Festival (RIP), Asolo Repertory Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Hole in the Wall Theatre, Little Theatre of Manchester, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Floating Theatre, Art House Theatre, and many more. You make dreams come true!
2026 - CIRCUS FIRE (co-conceived with Jared Mezzocchi and Rob Ruggiero) for TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT
2025 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS at TheaterWorks Hartford
2025 - THE BARONESS at Playhouse on Park, West Hartford, CT
2025 - MISS CONCEPTION's MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN at Art House, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2025 - THE WEDDING BINDER at Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2025 - #BEBEST STORY HOUR (short comedy) for Anti-Fascist Cabaret, Brooklyn, NY
2025 - Comedy material for ROMANCE AROUND THE WORLD VALENTINE'S DINNER WITH MADAME, Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA
2024 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS at TheaterWorks Hartford
2024 - A MATCHLESS MURDER with Nikki Woolfolk, written for the Lyric Theatre of Leadville, CO to be performed on the Leadville Railroad.
2024 - MISS CONCEPTION GOES TO THE MOVIES at Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2024 - Varla Jean Merman THE ERRORS TOUR at The Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2024 - THE BUCK STOPS HERE, a short comedy as part of Playhouse 44's inaugural production, "9 Tens on 44"
2024 - FLORIDA: STATE OF CONFUSION written and performed by Jacques Lamarre for HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT
2023 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Smidge of Midge" with Edwin Sanchez, "Drum Sticks & Chill" with Judy Gold," & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks Hartford
2023 - THE PETTY FOUR: THE JUST DESSERTS HOLIDAY TOUR at The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, MA
2023 - HORRORS D'OEUVRES, short comedy, part of "Howl of a Night" Radio Theatre with Herstory Theatre and Playland Productions at Cheney Hall, Manchester, CT
2023 - BURNSIDE (short film) at New Haven 48-Hour Film Festival
2023 - THE WEDDING BINDER table reading of a new version for Gracewell Productions at the Palace Theater, Waterbury
2023 - Miss Conception's TOONED OUT at Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA
2023 - Varla Jean Merman's STAND BY YOUR DRAG at The Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA and on tour
2023 - SECONDO: The Sequel to I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti at Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2022 - MADAME'S "FACE-FOR-RADIO" HOLIDAY HOOTENANNY at Pilgrim House, Provincetown, MA
2022 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life, "Drum Sticks & Chill" with Judy Gold & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks Hartford, CT
2022 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at Triangle Repertory in Richmond, VA
2022 - ITALIAN MOM LOVES YOU! Co-written with Daniel Franzese - Boca Black Box in Boca Raton, FL
2022 - THE SCRATCH GAME (Short) - Hartford Fringe Festival, Hartford, CT
2022 - Varla Jean Merman's READY TO BLOW - Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA
2022 - ITALIAN MOM LOVES YOU! Co-written with Daniel Franzese - Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2022 - SECONDO: The Sequel to I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti - TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT (Live & Streaming)
2018 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2021 - Varla Jean Merman's LITTLE PRICK - The Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA
2021 - UNCLE MOSHE - HARTT SCHOOL 100th Anniversary - Commissioned piece, West Hartford, CT (Virtual Production)
2021 - RAGING SKILLET - Emerson Theatre Collaborative, Sedona, AZ
2021 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Crossroad Repertory, University of Indiana at Terre Haute (Virtual Production)
2021 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Beaumont Community Players, TX
2020 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") Streaming Production for TheaterWorks
2020 - BETTY JO'S FAN CLUB - Virtual Reading for Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2020 - SUPER SPREADER, Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Crown & Anchor, Provincetown, MA
2020 - LOVE & SPUMONI - Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury, CT
2019 - Varla Jean Merman's A STAR IS BORED - Additional Material, Art House Theatre, Provincetown & Tour
2019 - STRANGE FRUIT - Workshop Performances at Hartford Fringe Festival, finalist for "Best of the Fest"
2019 - STRANGE FRUIT - Reading at TheaterWorks' Play Pen Series
2019 - THE ASS MENAGERIE - Short play as part of Meteor Night, Norwich Arts Center, Norwich, CT
2019 - RAGING SKILLET - Center Stage at the JCC, Rochester, NY
2019 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2019 - TRIGGER WARNING - World premiere for Zeitgeist Stage, Boston, MA
2018 - BORN FAT - Emerson Theatre Collaborative, Mystic, CT
2018 - WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN? - Reading of deleted short play from CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS, TheaterWorks
2018 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2018 - MURDER ON THE ORIENT ACCESS - Inaugural performance for Renegades Reboot series, West Hartford, CT
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - Reading as part of the Nora Theatre's "That's What She Said" series, Cambridge, MA
2018 - RED STATE ROAD TRIP - Performances at HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT
2018 - BARBRA & JUDY OVER EASY - Additional Material, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Cafe
2018 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Georgia Ensemble Theatre, GA
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis, MO
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, MA
2018 - Varla Jean Merman's UNDER A BIG TOP - Additional Material, Art House Theatre, Provincetown
2018 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI at The Little Theatre of the Rockies, CO
2018 - THE WEDDING BINDER - Premiere for The Windsor Jesters, CT
2018 - RED STATE ROAD TRIP - Reading at North Shore Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Danvers MA
2018 - RAGING SKILLET - Workshop Fundraiser with Judy Gold at the Jewish Plays Project, NYC
2018 - Varla Jean Merman's BAD HEROINE - TheaterWorks
2018 - RED STATE ROAD TRIP - Reading at Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2017 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("A Miserable Life" Premiere & "Merry Christmas, Blockhead") - at TheaterWorks
2017 - HONEY LaBREA - THE LONELY THETAN - Premiere at the Farmington Valley Stage Company, CT
2017 - HARTFORD, 1692 - Short comedy at Sea Tea Improv Comedy Theatre
2017 - Varla Jean Merman: BAD HEROINE - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2017 - MY VHITE HOUSE* CHRISTMAS SPASHIAL VITH MELANIA (*LIVE FROM TRUMP TOWER) - Workshop at Jewel Box Theatre at Rendezvous, Seattle, WA
2017 - THE RAGING SKILLET - World Premiere at TheaterWorks Hartford, CT
2017 - MY VHITE HOUSE* CHRISTMAS SPASHIAL VITH MELANIA (*LIVE FROM TRUMP TOWER) - Reading at HartBeat Ensemble
2017 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - at Penobscot Theatre, Bangor, ME
2017 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - at Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham, MA
2017 - THE WEDDING BINDER - Reading for The Renegades, West Hartford
2016 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks
2016 - HONEY LABREA: THE LONELY THETAN - Reading at Playhouse on Park
2016 - POUSSEZ* (Pronounced Poo-Say); Short comedy for Playhouse on Park's 24-Hour Theatre
2016 - THE CLOWNS based on the short story by B.J. Hollars; Reading at Sea Tea Improv Comedy Theatre
2016 - COLONEL SELLERS: REANIMATOR by Mark Twain, William Dean Howells & Jacques Lamarre; Reading for Little Theatre of Manchester's Evenings at 7.
2016 - SAVE THE ROBOTS - The Sci Fi Musical Comedy with Lyrics by Clark Rinder, Music by Rob Susman & Hagatha, Book by Jacques Lamarre, Rob Susman and Clark Rinder; Midtown International Theatre Festival
2016 - A LITTLE WHITE MUSIC by Varla Jean Merman with additional material by Jacques Lamarre
2016 - BORN FAT - Midtown International Theatre Festival (Winner, Best Solo Show)
2016 - BETTY JO'S FAN CLUB - Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, CT
2016 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - at Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY
2016 - BORN FAT - World Premiere at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT
2015 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks, Hartford; Warehouse Theatre, South Carolina; Triangle Players, Richmond, VA
2015 - COLONEL SELLERS: REANIMATOR by Mark Twain, William Dean Howells & Jacques Lamarre; Reading for Mark Twain's 180th Birthday Celebration at The Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, CT
2015 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI at Florida Repertory Theatre in Ft. Meyer, FL
2015 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI at Half Moon Theatre at the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY
2015 - DAS REINHOLD - THE COCKRING CYCLE, Part 1 at Zeitgeist Stage Company, Boston, MA
2015 - BORN FAT - Workshop Production at the Philly Fringe Festival, Olde Town, Directed by Gina Giusto, Starring April Woodall
2015 - PIERCE - Reading by Herstory Theatre on 7/20 at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH
2015 - VARLA JEAN MERMAN'S BIG BLACK HOLE - co-written with Jeffery Roberson at the Art Theatre, Provincetown, July/August
2015 - HONEY LABREA - THE LONELY THETAN - Workshop Reading on 6/18 at Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2015 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - 7 Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT - Returning this July for an encore engagement! Directed by Semina DeLaurentis and starring Maria Baratta.
2015 - GONE WITH THE BREAKING WIND - Additional material for script written by Jeffery Roberson and Ricky Graham, Mid-City Theatre, New Orleans
2015 - KONG (Short play) - Part of an Evening of Smiles at Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford.
2014 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks, Hartford, Directed by Rob Ruggiero
2014 - MYSTIC'S CHRISTMAS CONNIPTION - The 2014 Lantern Light Tour at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
2014 - FLY ME TO MIAMI - Lyrics by Napua Davoy, Music by Napua Davoy and Andre Kondakov, Book by Jacques Lamarre and Napua Davoy, Workshop at Actor's Playhouse, Miami. Semi-finalist for 2015 O'Neill Center National Musical Theatre Conference.
2014 - NIGHTFALL 2014 - Scene writing for Anne Cubberly's outdoor art performance, Hartford, CT
2014 - NED & SUNNY - A HARTFORD LOVE STORY - Commissioned by The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, Starring Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker & Colin McEnroe, Directed by Rob Ruggiero
2014 - THE BINDER - Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2014 - THE BUMP - co-written by Austin Fiszel, Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford Performing Arts Series
2014 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
2014 - Varla Jean Merman's RELIEVING MYSELF - Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2014 - BORN FAT - Workshop reading at HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT, Directed by Steven-Raider Ginsburg
2014 - PIERCE - Reading by Herstory Theatre at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH
2014 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sarasota, FL
2014 - I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI - George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ
2014 - DEATH COMES TO SAVANNAH (short play) - 24 Hour Play Festival, Playhouse on Park
2013 - CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS ("Merry Christmas, Blockhead") at TheaterWorks, Hartford, Directed by Rob Ruggiero
2013 - NIGHTFALL 2013 - Some scene writing for Anne Cubberly's outdoor performance piece, Hartford, CT
2013 - BORN FAT - Reading at the Little Theatre of Manchester, CT
2013 - BORN FAT - Reading at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, CT Performing Arts Series
2013 - Varla Jean Merman's TWICE UPON A MATTRESS - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2013 - IN THE GARDEN OF SWEDEN (Short)- For Theatre4's Act Out:IKEA in New Haven
2013 - THE HILLBILLY (Short) - For Playhouse on Park's 24-Hour Theatre, West Hartford
2012 - THE RUB (Short Play) - Floating Theatre Company at the Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT
2013 - PIERCE - Reading by Herstory Theatre at the Unitarian Society of Hartford & the Danbury Historical Society
2012 - Varla Jean Merman's TOPPING MYSELF - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown, MA
2012 - I LOVED, I LOST I MADE SPAGHETTI - TheaterWorks, Hartford, Based on the Memoir by Giulia Melucci, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, Starring Antoinette LaVecchia (Winner, BroadwayWorld 2010 Best Playwright)
2012 - VARLA JEAN & THE MUSHROOMHEADS (Feature Length Film) - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson; Selection for Seattle Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, San Francisco Frameline Film Festival, CT Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Connecticut Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival, New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2011 - THE FAMILY PLAN (Short Opera) - Phillip Martin, Composer; Libretto by Jacques Lamarre based on the play of the same name (Fusion Theatre "The Seven" Semi-Finalist), premiered by Hartford Opera Theatre
2011 - JACQUES LAMARRE HAS GONE TOO FAR (Four One-Act Comedies) - "Mignonette," "The Buck Stops Here," "A Farming Accident," and "Jacques Lamarre Has Gone Too Far" at Hole in the Wall Theatre, New Britain, CT
2011 - THE BOOK OF MERMAN - co-written with Jeffery Roberson, Art House Theatre, Provincetown
2010 - Varla Jean Merman is THE LOOSE CHANTEUSE - Co-written with Varla Jean Merman, Art House Theatre in Provincetown, MA
2010 - GRAY MATTERS - Midtown International Theatre Festival (NYC, nominee Best Playwriting), Mystic Arts Center, Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, produced by Emerson Theatre Collaborative, Directed by Joshua Lee Ramos
2009 - VARLA JEAN & THE MUSHROOMHEADS (Stage Show) - Co-written with Jeffery Roberson with additional material by Ricky Graham, Art House Theatre in Provincetown, MA
2009 - STOOL (Short Play) - New Works; New Britain One-Act Festival, NY Fifteen Minute Play Festival (Top 10 Finalist), Directed by Rayah Martin
Additional Credits from Years That I Cannot Remember:
For Varla Jean Merman (co-written with Jeffery Roberson): Girl With a Pearl Necklace, I'm Not Paying for This, VJM's Victory LapDance, Anatomically Incorrect, VJM Loves a Foreign Tongue, plus material for Logo's Dragtastic special and commercials for Fleet Enemas (really!).
Performances include such venues as Joe's Pub (NYC), Ars-Nova (NYC), 54 Below (NYC), the Sydney Opera House, the Leicester Theatre (London), Victoria Theatre (San Francisco), Le Chat Noir (New Orleans), Hartford Stage, among others. For more information, visit www.varla-online.com
Mark Twain Adaptations for The Mark Twain House & Museum: The Diaries of Adam & Eve (starring Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker), R-Rated Twain (co-created with Julia Pistell; performed by Sea Tea Improv)
Children's Plays for the American Stage Festival, Milford, NH: Rapunzel (touring and home production), The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Full length plays waiting for a kind theatre to produce them. Interested? Please contact me!
SAVE THE ROBOTS - A Musical Comedy with Music & Lyrics by Hagatha & Rob Susman, Book by Clark Rinder, Susman & Jacques Lamarre
A STRETCHMARK NAMED DESIRE - Comedy
THE CLOWNS (adapted from a short story by BJ Hollars) - Comedy
PIERCE - Historical Drama
I want to thank all of the theatres that have given my work space and talent: TheaterWorks Hartford, Herstory Theatre, Emerson Theatre Collaborative, American Stage Festival (RIP), Asolo Repertory Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Hole in the Wall Theatre, Little Theatre of Manchester, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Floating Theatre, Art House Theatre, and many more. You make dreams come true!
