Projects In Development
—The Epic of Gilgamesh
Adaptation / Devised Performance by Ahmed Moneka (Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad, Iraqi Theatre Company/Royal Shakespeare Company; The Abduction from the Seraglio, Canadian Opera Company/Wajdi Mouawad) and Jesse LaVercombe, directed by Seth Bockley (2666, Goodman Theatre, Chicago; February House, The Public Theatre, NYC).
Workshop - The Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, October 2018
Workshop - The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, December 2018
Pivot Arts Festival, Chicago, June 2019
—Hallelujah, It’s Holly (or, A Judeo-Unitarian Verbatim Representation of the Rise and Fall of Holly from Hamilton)
Three-act play, developed through Driftwood Theatre’s Playwright-in-Residence Program, with dramaturgical support from Daniel Brooks, Aaron Willis, and four public readings in 2017/18 directed by Andrea Donaldson and Jeremy Smith. Further development funding in 2018 from the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.
—G-G-G-Genevieve
Two-act musical, book, music and lyrics by Jesse LaVercombe and Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski, commissioned by YES Theatre, workshopped in August 2018 with direction by Robert McQueen
Completed Projects
Plays:
New York International Fringe Festival, August 2016
Critically acclaimed by The New York Times, New York Theatre Guide, Theatre in the Now, Broadway World, and more.
Kick & Push Festival, August 2017
Videofag, January 2016
—A Presence of Monster – (One Act) PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, 2014 (co-creator, Directed by David Bloom)
—Donny’s Second Book – (One Act) Saint Thomas University, 2012 (co-author with Step Taylor)
Short Plays:
—The Question – The Theatre Centre, Daughter Fundraiser, 2018
—Alex & Ted – Performed by the Howland Company, Toronto, 2017
—Bee Keeping with Millennials – Toronto Monologue Slam, 2017
—I Hear You – Feminist Debaters 2017, Toronto
—#MCAA (Make Canada America Again) – Wrecking Ball #21, Toronto, 2016
—The Return – Wrecking Ball #20, Toronto, 2016
—Preacher Man – Directed by Adam Lazarus
United Solo Festival, New York, 2013
**Winner of the Best Short Solo Award**
Vancouver Fringe Festival, 2013
Toronto Festival of Clowns, 2012
Saint Thomas University, 2012
National Theatre School, 2012
Short Films:
Awards:
**International Shorts Grand Jury Prize** - Outfest, LA 2018
**Best Screenplay** - CMG Short Film Festival 2018
**Special Jury Prize** - Canadian Film Festival 2018
**Best Canadian Short** - Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2018
**Breakthroughs Award** + **Best Actor (Prince Amponsah)** - Toronto New Wave 2018
**AWFJ EDA Award** - Whistler Film Festival 2017
**Multicultural Golden Sheaf Award** + **Director Fiction - Award** + Nominations for Short Subject (Fiction), Kathleen Shannon Award, and Best of Fest - Yorkton Film Festival 2018
**Best Canadian Short** - OUTeast Queer Film Festival 2018
Official Selection:
SXSW 2018 (Grand Jury Award Nominee)
Slamdance 2018
BFI Flare: London 2018
Outfest Los Angeles 2018
TIFF Short Cuts: Love Letters and Mixtapes 2018
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Monthly Film Festival 2018
CinemaQ Film Festival 2018
Flickers.36 Rhode Island International Film Festival 2018
Dawson City International Short Film Festival 2018
Atlanta Film Festival 2018
CinemaQ Film Festival 2018
Interrobang Film Festival 2018
Snake Alley Festival of Film 2018
Athens International Film + Video Festival 2018
Sarasota Film Festival 2018
Breakthroughs Film Festival 2018
OUTshine Film Festival Miami 2018
Lovers Film Festival Torino LGBTQI Visions 2018
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2018
Mostra FIRE 2018
Indie Street Film Festival 2018
Frameline42: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
Breakthrough Film Festival 2018
Out Here Now 2018: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival (Celebration of Courage Award for Short Film - FINALIST)
Oaxaca FilmFest 2017
PREMIERE: Atlantic International Film Festival 2017
— “Philip” – 5 minute comedy, Directed by Sherren Lee, Produced by the Canadian Film Centre, 2016
— “Tony” – 5 minute drama, Directed by Adam Goldhammer, Produced by the Canadian Film Centre, 2016
Articles:
— “Life’s Too Short to be a Douchenozzle” – Intermission Magazine*, March 31st, 2017
— “Bluit Nanche” – Intermission Magazine, October 21st, 2016
— “Naked Men on Small Stages” – Intermission Magazine, May 12th, 2016
Other:
— Do What You Love – Created and Performed by Nathaniel Justiniano/Naked Empire Bouffon Company, San Francisco (in collaboration with Robert Rosen, Adam Lazarus, Jesse LaVercombe & Gabriel McKinney)
Intrepid Theatre's Uno Fest, Victoria, BC, 2017
Vancouver Fringe Festival, 2017
Shotgun's BLAST Festival, Berkeley, CA, 2016
PianoFight, San Francisco, 2016
—The Life of Jude – SummerWorks Festival 2013, Toronto (composer, with Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski)
—Fishing – Montreal Fringe Festival, What She Said Productions, 2017 (co-director)
—Dinner Parties – Vancouver Art Gallery as part of FUSE: Crowd Studies, 2013 (co-creator)