Gym Jam
Directed by Michael T. Williams | Dramaturgy by Francesca Montanile Lyons
In Development 2026
Verbatim interview transcripts, floor scooter choreography, dodge balls, and memories/reenactments of the dreaded and decades-old Presidential Physical Fitness Test power this impulse to devise a piece about how we remember Phys. Ed, and what this means for our public movement practices today. The deviser's personal stories, along with transcripts from additional interviews with community members, Physical Education instructors, and verbatim historical documents, form the textual springboard for this physical work devised by an ensemble of actor-creators. Featuring excerpts from John F. Kennedy’s “The Soft American” published in the Sports Illustrated’s December 26th 1960 issue and Meredith Willson’s “Go, Chicken Fat, Go!” Youth Fitness Anthem.
Welcome to Waardem
Created and Performed by Greta Brown, Makayla Joy Connolly, Summer Gertz, Javian Alexander Harrell, Isabella Hernandez, Addi Helms, Brock Jones, Brady Myers, Shaia Snyder, Melinda Thompson, and Angelo Tsounakis | Directed by Michael T. Williams
Pace’s U’s BFA in Performance Making International Performance Ensemble (Class of 2029) Sands College of Performing Arts, Black Box Theater | October 2026
Lighting Design - Shawn Young @shawny.design, Stage Manager - Thomas Baia, Production Manager and SM Mentor - Kristiana Cowcer, Lighting Mentor - Scott Hay, Props Design/Production Supervision - Jay Duckworth @proptologist, Assistant LD - Anand Simon, Programmer - Silver Oakman, Production Rep - Brady Myers, Original Compositions - Angelo Tsounakis, Dance Captain - Melinda Thompson, Lighting Board Op - Emma Londono, Props/Build Run - Maggie Baker, Sound Engineer - Austin Brion, A1 - EJ Stuart, Company Manager - Richard Lehman, Asst. Company Manager - TJ Korwan, Photos - Eric McNatt. Special Thanks: Aaron Robert Malkin, Francesca Montanile Lyons, Michael “Stags” Costagliola, Lee Miller Taglin, Rebecca Stewart, Kelli Tzorin, Liz Thompson, Village Community School, Linda and Steve Williams
Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Book by James Lapine | Directed by Michael T. Williams
Presented by Williams College’s Theatre Department | November 2025
Music Direction by Jake Eisner, Choreography by Molly Hess, Scenic Design by Dahlia Al-Habieli, Lighting Design by Calvin Anderson, Costume Design by Stephanie Mae Fisher & Susanne Houstle, Sound Design by Ian Scot, Puppet Design by David Lane, Intimacy Consulting by Kim Stauffer, Production Management by Jennifer Collins Hard, Stage Management by Grace Newman, Photographs by Jon Verney and Jackson Hipp
Theatre department lures audiences ‘Into the Woods’ by Tahlia Gerger November 19, 2025
Hurricane Diane
by Madeleine George | Directed by Michael T. Williams
Presented by Georgetown’s Theater and Performance Studies Program | April 2024
Photographs by Chris Banks and Jessica Trementozzi (Set Designer)
“The cast’s comfort in rehearsals translates seamlessly onstage; their radiant chemistry lays fertile ground for comedy to sprout. Though Hurricane Diane is multifaceted, the show’s humor holds each of its moving parts firmly in place, ensuring nothing gets swept away in the storm. The result is a brilliant mosaic you’ll certainly want to see for yourself.”
Nellie/Nellie
Directed by Michael T. Williams | 2014 / In Development
Music, Lyrics, & Orchestrations by Michael Costagliola with Additional Songs by Ned Riseley
Presented by Antigravity Performance Project
Based on famed stunt-girl journalist Nellie Bly’s 1887 exposé ‘Ten Days in a Madhouse’, Nellie/Nellie is a genre-bending performance work powered by original music inspired by torch songs, turn of the century Americana, and chamber opera. Originally composed/devised from 2012-2014, Antigravity is returning to the Nellie/Nellie materials in a series of summer workshops focused on music, dramaturgy, and choreography.
2023 Music and Orchestrations Workshop:
Manjula Raman (Performer), Katelyn Miles (Performer), Jane Bruce (Performer), Maya Sharpe (Performer), Douglas Goodhart (Performer, Guitar), Jake Eisner (Piano), Molly Aronson (Cello), Moti Margolin (Videographer and Editor), Olivia Facini (Workshop Producer), Madeleine Bersin (Workshop Producer)
Videos above by Moti Margolin
2014 Original Creation Team, Workshop Production:
Co-Created and Performed by: Andalyn Young, Alex Kryger, Megan Thibodeaux (Producer), Francesca Montanile, Ilse Torlin Zoerb, Alicia Crosby, Johanna Kasimow, (Media Director), Sara Vanasse, Noah Levine (Assistant Director/Lighting Designer), Michael Costagliola (Music, Lyrics, Orchestrations, Sound Design), and Michael T. Williams (Director and Producer) with Ned Riseley (Additional Songs & Lyrics) and Kyle Dacuyan (Poet/Words)
