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| Theater of Dionysus, Athens, Greece, 2009 |
blue box world is dedicated to art for non fascist living, meaning that we seek at every turn to explore with audiences the foundations of our most fundamental beliefs in order that we may rule our ideas and not be ruled by them.
David Marcus
artistic director
David Marcus is an actor, writer and producer based in Brooklyn, NY.
Favorite stage credits include originating the role of Owen in Michael Domitrovich’s Artfuckers, directed by Eduardo Machado at Theater for the New City; Arthur Vine in Len Jenkins’ Margo Veil: An Entertainment, under the author’s direction at The Flea Theater; and his ongoing role as the host of Blue Box Productions’ Sticky series at Bowery Poetry Club, now in its 10th production year. www.spotlightright.blogspot.com
Libby Emmons
Libby Emmons
playwright & producer
Libby Emmons, playwright. Co-producer: Blue Box’s Sticky series. Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission 2009 winner for Zeropia. Publications: “The Worm Turns at the Fort Peck Hotel,” 2009 New York Theatre Review; “Little Angel,” InterACT Theatre Co., Philadelphia, PA, 2000. Upcoming film credits: “I Miss You” Acorn Films, LA, 2010; “Malcolm & Margerie,” Blue Guns Blue Tobacco, 2011. One-acts Wanting It, finalist for the Humana Award at Louisville Actors Theater, 2010; leaving last night, EBE Ensemble, Teatro Iati, March 2010, New York, NY. Full-lengths: The Little Room, short listed: BBC’s 2009 International Radio Play Competition, semi-finalist: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2010 National Playwrights Conference; The Girls From Afar, reading: East West Players, LA, Desipina & Co., NYC, finalist, Yale Drama Series 2010. The Sustainable Future, Blue Box at Galapagos, 2006; Eyes of the Prophet, winner: John Golden Award; Dirty & Leo in Tokyo, workshopped: Torn Page Salon. Shorts seen with: Junta Juliel and RKP, Desipina & Co., Crown Point Festival, Sticky, Manhattan Theatre Source, Working Man’s Clothes, Atlantic Theatre School, LaMaMa Etc., all NYC; Acorn Pictures, LA, Subversive Theatre Co., Buffalo, NY. International: Sheffield, U.K., New Zealand. Collaborator: MacBeth Project: RAT Conference, Rosario, Argentina, 2004; The Charlotte Salomon Project, A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things Polybe + Seats. BA: Sarah Lawrence College, MFA: Columbia University. www.li88yinc.com
Ali Ayala
resident director
Starting work on the group’s Sticky series in 2004, Ali quickly became an integral part of the now three person team and is considered Blue Box’s “southern charm” director. She has
directed over 30 plays for the long running Sticky series, which was in
residence at Bowery Poetry Club from 2007-2012, including plays by Sheila
Callaghan, Adam Szymkowicz, Caridad Svich, Michael Neiderman, Libby Emmons,
Mark Borokowski, Jesse Wann, and many others. In addition to shorts, Ali has
directed the company’s longer form work, including I Am Not an Allegory (these are people i know), Bowery Poetry Club,
2011; Connie in Detroit, Bowery
Poetry Club and TARTE Festival, 2010; The
Sustainable Future, Galapagos Art Space, 2006; all NYC. While Blue Box and
Sticky keep her quite busy, Ali’s additional directing credits include The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds, The Complete History of
America (abridged), The Crown Prince
of Perfect, “At Sea,” and several short plays for the Atlantic Theater
School. She worked with The Flea Theater on Liz Swados' Jabu, and is a graduate of Wake Forest University.
