Directing

shows directed and produced (in chronological order)

2011

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING – November 2011

written by Mar Gomez Glez, directed by Julián Mesri

starring Pep Muñoz and Kelly Haran

Can you trust in society without trusting in its people?

THE HOMOPHOBES, A CLOWN SHOW – September 2011, Dixon Place Mondo Cané Commission

by Susana Cook, directed and with original live music by Julián Mesri

A transcendent trans-comedy of errors featuring mad ministers, Saturdayanic and divine interventions, confused angels and maybe even the antichrist.

LA DAMA DUENDE – August 2011, Repertorio Español

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, directed by Julián Mesri

Part of the Repertorio Español Van Lier Festival

A classic comedy about honor, superstition and the haunting origins of desire presented in a hyper-kinetic modern production.

BLOOD AND CAKE – February 2011, The Tank 

Written and Directed by Julian Mesri, Produced  by Magic Futurebox, Julian Mesri and Ben Mann

Scratch is a jester, Pox is an executioner, they’re roommates. See what happens when they decide to switch jobs. Chop or be chopped laugh or be chopped. 

starring Ben Mann and Austin Tidwell

2010

LA ESTUPIDEZ – July 2010, Repertorio Español

ACE NOMINEE – best direction comedy, Julián Mesri

by Rafael Spregelburd, directed by Julián Mesri

NY PREMIERE: A five actor -24 character romp through the motels of Las Vegas. Innocent scientists, crazy gamblers, policemen lovers, secret art-dealing spies and the secret of the univers in the hand of some mafia pop producers. 

THE KING IN EXILE – January 2010, The Tank

written and directed by Julián Mesri

An absurd romp featuring an ex-King who recovers from the humiliation of having lost his Kingdom by becoming God. An operatic comedy and a theo-philosophical manifesto rolled up into one.