Directing Notes
The first play I directed was Waiting for Godot. Yup. I set it in an AIDS hospice. Made Didi & Gogo lovers, Didi on his death bed and Pozzo & Lucky his hallucinations. (I never asked for the rights from the Beckett Estate. It was a completely illegal production.) I won an Honourable Mention from USA Today's College Academic Team for the production and the concept. (They didn't know anything about the Beckett Estate when they published their results. Thankfully, I don't think anyone at the Beckett Estate reads USA Today.)
Everything about that production encapsulates my directing choices and style, wrapped in complete ignorance, unflappable resolve and blind hubris. Thankfully, I've learned a lot since then, but the impulse to subvert pre-conceived ideas about established works, to make theatre not just relevant but imperative, to take huge risks (knowingly and unknowingly) and to unabashedly share that work is still at the core of what I do.
Below are videos and images from a handful of shows I've directed with a full list of credits at the end. You can also read about my work as an actor and instructor and see all of the highlights. If you're interested in my work, please contact me at stephanie@stephaniecourtney.ie.
