FALL 2022
Written and Directed by Richard Hoehler
SHOWDOWN: John Jay Fall 2022 Student Proction SHOWDOWN, a transformative evening of theatre where actors go head-to-head and toe to toe to find and bring home the truth, will be presented at the Gerald Lynch Theater at John Jay College for Criminal Justice on Tuesday, November 29 and Wednesday, November 30. Performances are at 1:45PM and 7PM each day. Originally produced at Otisville Correctional Facility, SHOWDOWN is a panoply of scenes mirroring classic plays whose conflicts are relevant to the struggles of today. Some comments from audience members who attended the original production at OCF: At the beginning of the show a character said this is all about truth… and my God that’s what it was… truth. It’s a piece of everybody’s life. Everything that you said, everything that you did … You brought me to tears twice, and I’m not an emotional person… I’m better for having been here. SHOWDOWN is written and directed by Richard Hoehler and the twenty-one-member cast (all John Jay students) features Shak Akhtamov, Raul Cobeo, Bianca Cobos, Ana Contreras, Destiny Dean, Lorielle Diaz, Anthony Garcia, Nevaeh Gibson, Charlie Grosso, Benny Heredia, Justo Hierro, Sarah James, Olga Jiminez, Milton Jones, Philip Kasina, Alex Krojcer, Andrez MendezParis, Edward Ortega, Harry Perez, James Ruiz, and Aziz Sharipov. Lighting Design by Michael Abrams, Costume Design by Lexy Ramos, and Sound Design by Jonathan Lorenzo.
PAST CTA Department PERFORMANCES:
CONCEIVED BY VERNICE MILLER & THE MEB COMPANY
Miss Evers’ Boys* Explores The Events Surrounding The True Story Of The U.S. Government‘S Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. It Also Sheds Light On Why Today Many Are Fearful Of Getting The Covid-19 Vaccination.
To Comemorate Women’s History Month
Rehearsing the Wannsee Conference
Written by Steven Fechter
Directed by Vernice Miller
Frame by Frame
A John Jay Virtual Directing Festival
May, 20th, 2020
“We in the Theater always know how to find the stage. And today our stage is YouTube!” -Raymond Johannes Kraft, Company Manager
A Laboratory for Actor Training Experimental Theater CompanyDRA-301 is a directing class made up of criminal justices students who are intrigued by either the aspect of directing or acting. Initially the class was meant to be a live and in person, but due to the quarantine that is no longer a possibility.
Rehearsing the Wannsee Conference
Written by Steven Fechter Directed by Vernice Miller
RHINOCEROS
By Ionesco
Directed by Roxane Revon
& Scenography by Nicolas Saint Gregoire
FALL 2018
ASS PLAYS
Written by Steven Fechter & the ALAT Company
Directed by Vernice Miller & Kevaughn Harvey
SPRING 2018
DON JUAN
Play by Molière
Directed by Roxane Revon
LOVE... REVENGE... DEATH...
FALL 2017
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
A Play about Immigration, Incest, Cultural Mores & Betrayal
BY ARTHUR MILLER
DIRECTED BY LORRAINE MOLLER
SPRING 2017
THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III
A PLAY BY CARLYLE BROWN
DIRECTED BY VERNICE MILLER CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARGIT EDWARDS
FALL 2016
Play By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Roxane Revon
SPRING 2016
Play By Anna Deavere Smith
Directed by Lorraine Moller
PAST EVENTS
FALL 2015
THE EXECUTION OF SAINT LUKE
A New Play by Steven Fechter
Directed by Vernice Miller
"Only the executed know to the day, the hour, the minute that they will die."
SPRING 2015
THE JUST ASSASSINS
A play by Albert Camus
Directed by Roxane Revon
THEATRE PRODUCTION
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015
Prof. Vernice Miller Presentation
With a talk back moderated
by Sociology Professor Michael Rowan
FALL 2014
JITNEY
by August Wilson
Directed by: Vernice Miller
SPRING 2014
RUINED
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Margit Edwards
FALL 2013
BREATH, BOOM!
By: Kia Corthron
Directed by: Lorraine Moller
YUE MADELEINE YUE
By: Jeton Neziraj
Directed by: Margit Edwards
SPRING 2013
ANTIGONE
By Sophocles
Directed by Jodi Van Der Horn-Gibson
First John Jay Walk Production
Mirante Faculty Dining Terrace May 2013
BLOODY BESS
Directed by Kathryn Wylie-Marques
Gerald W. Lynch Theater
February 2013
August 2012
The Purple Flower
Play from early Harlem Renaissance
Director Jodi Van Der Horn-Gibson and her Cast
In between
Marita & Lengston
Il Furioso Fall 2009
West Side Story dance rehearsal
The cast receiving notes from West Side
Hijabi Monologues
Lorraine Moller as Mary M
Arabian Nights
Judas Set
Sweeney Ensemble
Sweeney Todd Cast
Another Life, by Karen Malpede
Photos by Ari Mintiz
Christen Clifford, Tess, Abbas Noori Abbood, Abdul
George Bartenieff as Handel, Christen Clifford, Tess