Leah Maxwell

lmaxwell@cognize.org

Except where noted, all credits are from Mount Holyoke College.

Performance
“Ellen Deutsch”	The Trials of Ezra Pound	Barbara Biddy dir. Shipping Dock Theatre	2005
“Harpagon”	The Miser (extended scenes)	Erin Green dir. Smith College	2003
“Jule”	Objections to Sex and Violence	Leah Maxwell dir.	2003
“Lead Chorus”	Iphigenia and Other Daughters	Alycia Smith-Howard dir.	2003
“First Woman”	The Tin Can People	Joyce Devlin dir.	2003
“Ensemble”	The Walking Woman (poem)	Ensemble dir.	2002
“Clytaemnestra”	Agamemnon (extended scene)	Indika Senanayake dir.	2002
“Ensemble”	Various (8 productions)	Play Along Players Strong Museum	1997-2000
“Lead Chorus”	Lysistrata 3000: The Musical	Paul Garlinghouse dir. Austin Theatre Collective	1996
“Kess”	Independence	Leslie Pickett dir.	1991
“Mama”	'night, Mother	Ensemble dir.	1990
“Adela”	The House of Bernarda Alba	Nancy Engass dir.	1990

Recent Training

Suzuki actor training with Joyce Devlin
Stave fighting and other stage combat with The Lady Cavaliers
Commedia dell’arte movement and mask-work with John Hellweg
Ballroom dancing with Laurie Priest, including the waltz, rhumba, tango, and swing
Folk dancing with Laurie Priest, including contra, clogging, zydeco, and square dancing
Vocal performance techniques with Margo Annett
Vocal (singing) training with Marion Russell

Production
Assistant Costume Designer Dramaturg	Top Girls	Julia Whitworth dir.	2003
Director Production Designer	Objections to Sex and Violence	Leah Maxwell dir.	2003
Playwright Director Production Designer	Folding	Leah Maxwell dir.	2003
Assistant Director Stage Manager	Yathra: The Voyage Home	Indika Senanayake dir.	2003
Assistant Lighting Designer Dramaturg	The Tin Can People	Joyce Devlin dir.	2003
Producer	The Vagina Monologues	Lori Feldstein dir.	2003
Assistant Stage Manager	Thomas Cole, A Waking Dream	Donald Sanders dir.	2002
Playwright Director Production Designer	Play Along Players	Strong Museum Rochester, New York	1997-2000
Prop Master	Lysistrata 3000: The Musical	Paul Garlinghouse dir. Austin Theatre Collective	1996
Lighting Preparation	Ma Rose	Rochelle Calhoun dir.	1991
Set Preparation	Quilters	Joyce Devlin dir.	1991
Makeup Designer Costume Runner	Life After Love	Leslie Pickett dir.	1990
Prop Master	Medea	Jim Cavanaugh dir.	1990

Anna Goltz and Lindsay Stone in 'Folding'

Anna Goltz (top) and Lindsay Stone in Folding, written and directed by Leah Maxwell
(Photo: Erin Beckwith)

Writing
Neglect	Full-length work in progress about the effects of neglect Includes Part One: Passive and Part Two: Aggressive Reading scheduled at Mount Holyoke College, April 2005
Folding	Full-length play set in an infernal laundry room Written as part of honors thesis work at Mount Holyoke College Performed at Mount Holyoke College, September 2003
Monster Girl Parts	Co-writer of this riff on The Vagina Monologues Performances scheduled at Mount Holyoke College, April 2005
"Fire Sale"	One-act play about real estate agents selling as the world burns
"Grief"	One-act play about a drowned child
"The Revenge of Mr. Whiskers"	One-act radio play about a science experiment gone wrong Planned production for WMHC, Halloween 2005
"Basura"	One-act puppet show about recycling written for Play Along Players Performed continually at Strong Museum from 2000-2002
"Carousel"	One-act play about riding carousels written for Play Along Players Performed continually at Strong Museum from 2000-2002
"The Bi-Plane, Ever More"	Adaptation of The Irish Rovers' song written for Play Along Players Performed continually at Strong Museum from 2000-2002
"Well"	A series of comic and serio-comic monologues on wellness Published in Cabbages & Kings, May 1998.
"Lost Sleep"	Narrative non-fiction essay about my grandfather's death 1^st prize winner Frank Rice Essay Award, Monroe Community College Published in Cabbages & Kings, May 1998.
"Growing People"	Narrative non-fiction essay on single-sex education in the United States 1^st prize winner Frank Rice Essay Award, Monroe Community College Published in Cabbages & Kings, May 1998.
"Mat"	Narrative non-fiction essay describing stylistics 1^st prize winner Frank Rice Essay Award, Monroe Community College Published in Cabbages & Kings, May 1998.

Mentors: Rena Down, Paula Alekson, and Dr. Barbara Lovenheim

Education

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (2002-2004)

B.A. in Theatre Arts and English
Graduated with High Honors
Winner of the Margaret Davis Stitt Prize for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts
Previously attended Mount Holyoke College from 1989-1991

Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY (1996-1998)

A.S. in Liberal Arts, Honors Concentration
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society member
1^st prize winner Frank Rice Essay Award
Awarded Certificate of Academic Excellence and Academic Achievement Medallion