AMERICAN REJECT
Produced by Full Armor Films
Distributed by 1091 Pictures
Director / Narrative Feature
by Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone
Featuring Keala Settle, Annaleigh Ashford, Billy Ray Cyrus, Bryan Batt, Angelica Hale, Rebecca Black, Connie Ray, Mary Birdsong, Juvenile, and Kathleen Monteleone

Released digitally and on-demand:
April 12, 2022. Amazon Prime, Apple TV


Festival Honors
Winner
- "Best of Fest" honor at The Adirondack Film Festival 2020
Winner - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at The BendFilm Festival 2020
Winner - Best International Feature at the Cyrus International Festival of Toronto 2020
Winner - Young Actor to Watch - Angelica Hale, New Orleans Film Festival 2020
Winner - Best Musical Feature - Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival 2020
Winner - Best Actress - Kathleen Monteleone - Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival 2020
Winner - Best Supporting Actress - Connie Ray - Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival 2020

DISNEY TELEVISION DISCOVERS:
TALENT SHOWCASE
Disney TV / ABC
Joseph Ward, Richard J. Hinds, Producers
"ELEMENTARY HUSTLE" - S2E1 (Director)
Written by: Reem Edan and Nicole Paulhus

"BETWEEN THE STARS" - S2E2 (Director)
Written by: Reem Edan, Original Music by Timothy Haung


Digital Media & Podcast Musicals
"ON MY TOES AT 311 STATE STREET"
The Real Estate Production Network
Director, Choreographer
Promotional Commercial

Winner - Best Independent Video - NY Real Estate Video Awards 2022
LITTLE DID I KNOW
The Audio Drama Initiative LLC; Apple Podcasts
Director
Music by Doug Besterman. Lyrics by Marcy Heisler & Dean Pitchford,
Book by Lou Aronica
9 Episode Podcast Musical


THE GOLDEN APPLE
Encores! (City Center)
Assistant Director; Michael Berresse, Director
PICNIC
Roundabout Theatre Co., American Airlines Th.
Associate Choreographer; Chase Brock, Choreographer, directed by Sam Gold
THE MUSIC MAN
The Neil Simon Theatre
SDC Observership/Assistantship; Susan Stroman, Dir./Chor.
INTO THE WOODS
Broadhurst Theatre
Pre-Production Asst. to Director John Carrafa
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
The Winter Garden
Original Cast Reunion Benefit; Assistant to Director Gerry McIntyre


Regional
CAT KID COMIC CLUB - THE MUSICAL
TheatreWorksUSA - US Tour
Upcoming: Fall 2023
Director / Choreographer
UP AND AWAY!
Pittsburgh CLO
Music by Kristin Bair, Book & Lyrics by Kevin Hammonds
Director / Choreographer
ISLAND SONG
Adirondack Theatre Festival
Music by Derek Gregor, Words by Sam Carner, Story by Carner, Gregor & Hunter
Director / Choreographer
LMNOP
TUTS Underground with Third Coast Creative
Book & Lyrics by Scott Burkell, Music by Paul Loesel Directed by Joe Calarco
Choreographer
MY LIFE IS A MUSICAL
Bay Street Theatre
w/ Martin Platt, David Elliot, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Patrick Blake

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Adam Overett
Director / Choreographer
DATE OF A LIFETIME
New Jersey Rep
Music by Rob Baumgartner, Words by Carl Kissen
Director / Choreographer
ISLAND SONG
Bloomington Playwrights Project
Music by Derek Gregor, Words by Sam Carner Story by Sam Carner, Derek Gregor, Marlo Hunter
Director
TRAVESTIES
Williamstown Th. Festival; Long Wharf Th
Gregory Boyd, Dir. with Sam Waterston, Stephen Spinella, Michael Stuhlbarg
Choreographer
DIVA DIARIES
Tampa Bay PAC; The Broward Ctr.;
Chicago: The Lakeshore Theatre
World Premiere; Music & Lyrics, John Mercurio
Choreographer
WITHOUT WALLS
WTF, Nikos Stage
by Alfred Uhry
Choreographer, Asst. Dir. to Chris Ashley


CAT KID COMIC CLUB - THE MUSICAL
TheatreWorksUSA - The Lucille Lortel Theatre
Upcoming: Summer 2023
Director / Choreographer
AMERICAN MORNING
Prospect Theater Company - ART
NY Mezzanine Theater
By Timothy Huang
Director / Choreographer
CLUELESS
The Dodgers / The New Group
Book & Kyrics: Amy Heckerling
Associate Director; Kristin Hanggi, Dir.
UNLOCK'D
The Duke on 42nd St., Prospect Theater Company
Music by Derek Gregor, Words by Sam Carner
Director / Choreographer (Callaway Award)
TARTUFFE
Atlantic Stage 2; Atlantic Acting School
Director
LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART
The Public Theater's Mobile Unit; LuEsther Hall
Assoc. Choreographer; Chase Brock, Chor.
THE SPORTING LIFE
The Vineyard Theatre, Studio 42
by Nick Jones & Rachel Shukert
Choreographer
508
EST, Thicker Than Water
by Amy Herzog
Director
ROB
EST, Thicker Than Water
by Sam Forman
Director
THE ROCKAE
NYMF, Prospect Th. Co., The Hudson Guild Th.
Music & Lyrics by Pete Mills, Cara Reichel, Dir.
Choreographer
JOHNNY APPLEFUCKER
Soho Think Tank, Ohio Theatre
by Rachel Shukert
Choreographer
THE RIGHT KIND OF PEOPLE
Primary Stages
by Charles Grodin
Asst. Director; Chris Smith, Dir.


EVER AFTER
Kevin McCollum, Producer
Workshop Residency at Discovering Broadway;
NYC Workshop co-produced by
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Music by Zina Goldrich, Lyrics by Marcy Heisler, Book by
Marcy Heisler & Kate Wetherhead - Director
SAVED BY THE BELL: THE MUSICAL
Larry Poindexter, Cody Lassen, Albert Spevak
Book by Peter Engel - Director
CLUELESS
The Dodgers / Tommy Mottola
Book & Lyrics by Amy Heckerling, Directed by Kristin Hanggi
Developmental Lab, Various Readings - Associate Director
JUST BETWEEN THE ALL OF US
Pittsburgh CLO
Music by Dave Christensen Book & Lyrics by Kellen Blair & Sarah Ziegler
Workshop - Director
COSTS OF LIVING
Playwrights Horizons
By Timothy Huang
Rodgers Award Presentations - Director
TEETH
Sundance Theatre Institute at MASS MoCA
Book by Michael R. Jackson, Music & Book by Anna Jacobs
Workshop - Director
COSTS OF LIVING
Village Theatre's Festival of New Musicals
by Timonthy Huang
Reading - Director
COSTS OF LIVING
NAMT New World Stages
by Timonthy Huang
Reading - Director
THE THEATRICAL CULINARY PROJECT
NYC Workshops, SPACE on Ryder Farm residency
Playwrights: Jeff Augustin,Martyna Majok, Daniel Pearle, Harrison David Rivers, and Julian Sheppard, Chef: Carla Hall
Co-Conceiver / Director
THE 24 HOUR MUSICALS
Irving Plaza
Choreographer


Education, Residencies, & Recognition
  • Princeton University. B.A., Dramatic Literature (English); Minor, Theater and Dance
  • Phillips Exeter Academy (Classical Diploma for study of Latin & Greek)
  • Selected as a "2022 Woman to Watch on Broadway" by the Broadway Women's Fund annual list
  • 2016 Sundance Theatre Institute residency at MASS MoCA with Teeth
  • 2016 National Directors Fellowship finalist
  • 2016 Drama League Rough Draft residency
  • 2015 residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm with The Theatrical Culinary Project (Director, Co-Conceiver)
  • 2013 Callaway Award Winner for Excellence in Choreography on UNLOCK'D
  • 2013 LARK/NY Stage & Film residency with Helen of Troy by Doug Cohen & Zoe Samuel (Director)
  • 2012 Orchard Project residency for untitled project with Anna Ziegler (Director, Conceiver)
  • Two-time Drama League Fall Fellowship finalist
  • SDC Observership on Susan Stroman's The Music Man, Broadway (2000)
  • Directing Corp, Williamstown Theatre Festival (Internship – 2001; Assistantship – 2002)
  • Director of New Play Development for WET Productions, 2011-2013


Eating Their Words

Founder & Artistic Director of Eating Their Words, which pairs prominent playwrights and seasoned chefs for an unprecedented synthesis of the performing and culinary arts. For ETW, commissioned and directed plays by Neil LaBute, Theresa Rebeck, Douglas Carter Beane, Annie Baker, Amy Herzog, Brooke Berman, Beau Willimon, Sam Forman, Jonathan Marc Sherman, David Grimm, Rob Ackerman, Keith Reddin, Sarah Treem, Steven Levenson, Daria Polatin, Zakiyyah Alexander, Liz Flahive, Aurin Squire and Eisa Davis.




In Development

Director – Limited Series, Dedication by Nicola Kraus (The Nanny Diaries novel) - (Story by Marlo Hunter & Nicola Kraus). Marlo developed the series with writer, Nicola Kraus, based on Nicola's novel with Emma McLaughlin by the same name.  Kate Hollis's high-school boyfriend disappeared shortly before prom, only to resurface years later as the biggest rockstar on the planet, famous for songs about her: the damaged, fragile mess who still has a hold on him. At 30, she finally gets the chance to confront him back in their hometown.  But can she reclaim her narrative before her unfinished past claims her?  

Co-Creator & Director, The Theatrical Culinary Project – an immersive play and dining experience featuring co-host of The Chew & Top Chef finalist, Carla Hall, in collaboration with award-winning playwrights Jeff Augustin, Daniel Pearle, Martyna Majok, Harrison David Rivers, and Julian Sheppard. Set in a restaurant, the lines of reality and fiction are blurred as the audience dines on a four-course meal while submerged in a multi-layered play. Sasha Eden (co-founder, WET Productions) is Co-Conceiver & Creative Producer. In development since 2015. www.theatricalculinaryproject.com