PRODUCTION HISTORY
Photos from our stage productions and readings from 2022 to 2026!
JEFF AWARDS RECOGNITION
Open Space Arts is proud to have earned significant recognition from the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee during our first Jeff-eligible seasons. Award winners noted with golden icon below!
2025 NOMINATIONS & WINS
Our 2025 season brought a strong slate of nominations—and two major wins:
- MR PARKER – Nominee, Best Production
- David Zak – Nominee, Best Director (MR PARKER)
- 🏆 A.K. Miller – Winner, Best Leading Actor (MR PARKER)
- Cameron Munro – Nominee, Best Leading Actor (GANGSTA BABY)
- Riley Capp – Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (MR PARKER)
- 🏆 Josh Odor – Winner, Best Supporting Actor (GANGSTA BABY)
2024 NOMINATIONS & WINS
Our first Jeff-eligible season established Open Space Arts with both nominations and major wins:
- 🏆 COCK – Winner, Best Production (Short Run)
- LIGHT SWITCH – Nominee, Best Production (Short Run)
- 🏆 Michael D. Graham – Winner, Best Director (LIGHT SWITCH)
- Wren Wesner – Nominee, Best Director (COCK)
- 🏆 Phillip Andrew Monnett – Winner, Best Principal Performer (LIGHT SWITCH)
- 🏆 Sonya Robinson – Winner, Best Supporting Performer (COCK)
These honors reflect our commitment to bold, intimate theater and the extraordinary artists who bring our work to life.
A look back at Open Space Arts stage productions, readings, and recognition from 2022 to 2026.
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Open Space Arts Production History
THEATER FULL PRODUCTIONS AMD STAGED READINGS
THE KRAMER PROJECT
Adapted from Larry Kramer's speech
‘The Tragedy of Today’s Gays’
Adapted and directed by David Zak
Center on Halsted, July 2022
MASSAGE THERAPY
By Joe Godfrey
Directed by David Zak
Open Space Arts
September 2023
ROSENBERG
By David Meyers
Directed by Michael D. Graham
Open Space Arts
November 2023
SUNSETS: TWO ACTS ON A BEACH
By Cal Yeomans
Directed by David Zak
Open Space Arts
January 2024
COCK
By Mike Bartlett
Directed by Wren Wesner
Open Space Arts
April 2024
LIGHT SWITCH
by Dave Osmundsen
Directed by Michael D. Graham
Open Space Arts
September 2024
MERCY KILLING
by Alandra Hileman
Directed by Greta Zandstra
Open Space Arts
November 2024
THE BERLIN DIARIES
By Andrea Stolowitz
Directed by Izadorius Tortuga
Open Space Arts
December 2024
MR. PARKER
by Michael McKeever
Directed by David Zak
Open Space Arts
January 2025
it's been ten years since everyone died (a final girls plays)
by Cesario Tirado Ortiz
Directed by Teri Talo
Open Space Arts
March 2025
100 DAYS
Eight 10-minute plays co-produced with
PlaywrightPower.org
Directed by Tara Blau Smollen
Open Space Arts
May 2025
SCANDALOUS BOY
by David Atfield
Directed by Benjamin Mills
Open Space Arts
June 2025
THE REAL BLACK SWANN: CONFESSIONS OF AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK DRAG QUEEN
Written and Performed by Les Kurkendaal-Barrett
Open Space Arts
July 2025
GANGSTA BABY
by Cameron Raasdal-Munro,
Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair, MBE
Open Space Arts
September 2025
DORIAN
by Phoebe Éclair-Powell and Owen Horsley
Directed by Aaron Holland
Open Space Arts
November 2025
MY LIFE AS A COWBOY
By Hugo Timbrell
Directed by David Zak
Open Space Arts
January 2026
SMILEY
by Guillem Clua
is often Marion Peter Holt
Directed by Jack Dugan Carpenter
June 2026
Staged Readings
THE LAST JEW
By Andrea Lepcio
Directed by Angela Allyn
October 2023
LOVE FOR THOSE WHO FALL
By Genevieve Sipperley
Directed by Melody DeRogatis
October 2023
ADDRESS UNKNOWN
By Kathrine Kressmann Taylor,
edited by Frank Dunlop.
Directed by Elayne LeTraunik
March 2024
BREAKING THE CODE
By Hugh Whitemore
Directed by Jack Dugan Carpenter
April 2025
NOCTURNAL ADMISSIONS
by Christian Reda
Directed by David Zak
May 2025
ROMANCE IS DEAD
by Mary Beringer
Directed by Nick Alfano
May 2026
A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK
By Lesléa Newman
Directed by Elayne LeTraunik
May 2026
FILMS SCREENINGS AT FACETS
2024
- THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN — Jan. 31, 2024
- FEMME — Feb. 28, 2024
- THREE NIGHTS A WEEK — Mar. 27, 2024
- EISMAYER — Apr. 23, 2024
- QUEEN TUT — Apr. 24, 2024
- HORSEPLAY — May 23, 2024
- PINE CONE — May 29, 2024
- SEBASTIAN — Jun. 26, 2024
- SUNFLOWER — Aug. 28, 2024
- ALIGNED — Oct. 29, 2024
2025
- SALT WATER — Feb. 26, 2025
- BLOCK PASS — Mar. 25, 2025
- THE VISITOR — Apr. 24, 2025
- CHERUB — Apr. 29, 2025
- PARK LIFE — Apr. 29, 2025
- IN ASHES — May 21, 2025
- UNSPOKEN — Sep. 29, 2025
- SAUNA — Oct. 27, 2025
- 3670 — Nov. 24, 2025
2026
- OTHER PEOPLE’S BODIES — Jan. 26, 2026
- ESTRANY RIU / STRANGE RIVER — Feb. 23, 2026
- BLUE FILM — Mar. 30, 2026
- ON THE SEA — Apr. 27, 2026
- MASPALOMAS — Jun. 1, 2026
- BALLATA FEMMENELLA — Jun. 29, 2026
- SUMMER’S CAMERA — Jul. 27, 2026
- UNCLE ROY — Aug. 31, 2026
- BOOKENDS — Sep. 28, 2026
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