production
Crystal's production experience centers around a desire to be a collaborator and an agitator: she is drawn towards new works and reimagining classics.
Co-Founder of the Guerrilla Shakespeare Theatre Co.
A collective in Greenville, South Carolina whose goals are using Shakespeare's works to showcase the talents and storylines of BIPOC and LGBTQIA individuals, particularly femmes.
Romeo and Juliet
Guerrilla Shakespeare Theatre Co
(2017)
The first annual #BigQueerShakespeare show- Crystal served as producer, securing all of the performance venues, which included a brewery, a community garden, and an art gallery. She also did publicity, secured sponsors, set up online ticketing, handled staffing, and played Romeo! Info on the show here:
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Hamlet
Guerrilla shakespeare
2018
Hamlet was the second #BigQueerShakespeare production- and Crystal added directing to her official duties, along with spotlight operator! She also added a venue- one performance per weekend was in an abandoned middle school, and the audience followed the performers throughout the school building, ending in a culminating fencing match in the cafeteria.
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Sonnets for an Old Century
Riverside Theatre
2020
Crystal served as Associate Director on the production- helped contribute to concept and assisted with casting, took notes and gave notes both in the room and in production meetings, and did dramaturgical research.
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