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I am a producer focused on building large-scale, community-based experiences that bring people together in new ways—from dance floors and nightlife to public art and performance. I currently work as the Producer at Little Island, where I have recently produced the first new major production of The Gospel at Colonus, the Summer Legacy Ball, eight genre defying Papi Juice parties, Seven Scenes: A Dance, and a wide range of concerts and live events.

 

At Little Island, my work sits at the intersection of performance, music, nightlife, and public space. I have collaborated with artists including Qween Jean, Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Gio Escobar, Sam Amidon, Bobbi Jene Smith, and Or Schraiber, as well as a wide range of DJs and musical artists. Together, these projects activate public space as a site of gathering —centering joy, ritual, experimentation, and collective presence.

 

My background in directing and artistic leadership informs my producing practice. Trained as a director at Webster Conservatory, I later expanded my focus from storytelling onstage to designing the conditions that make ambitious, inclusive work possible. I have held roles with mission-driven institutions including the Public Theater, New York City Center Encores! Off-Center, and Manhattan Theatre Club

 

Across my work, I am interested in creating new communal spaces that weave together music, movement, performance, and visual culture. Whether through nightlife, theatre, or public art, my goal is to provoke connection, foster belonging, and build experiences that feel both expansive and deeply human.

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Ongoing Projects

As Above So Below?

Conceived by Maxwell Friedman and Beaven Waller

Book and Direction by Maxwell Friedman

Music and Lyrics by Beaven Waller

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Corio-Who?

Inspired by Shakespeare's Coriolanus

Conceived and Directed by Maxwell Friedman

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Credits

Selected Directing Credits

Itchy; All Thumbs; This Intervention... // by Jacob Marx Rice; Aaron Loeb; Allie Costa// NYU Atlantic Acting School One Acts

Off-Top Presents* // by Adi Eshman // Fridays on Ice – New Ohio Theatre

The Drowsy Chaperone // by Martin, McKellar // DeBaun Performing Arts Center

Bare // by Hartmere, Intrabartolo // Westchester Sandbox Theatre

Bigger? Sugar? Figure? // by Adi Eshman // Off-Top – The Tank

Hair // by Rado, Ragni, MacDermot // Westchester Sandbox Theatre

Alien at the Airport* // by Sharece Sellem // Dirty Blondes – Kraine Theatre

Rooftop Trilogy* // by Marlene Fanta Shyer // Gallery Players

NBA Store Boyfriend* // by Catherine Weingarten // Super Short Site Specific Festival

Rhinoceros // by Eugene Ionesco // Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University

Things (un)Said* // by Jen Sinnen // Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University

Honeysuckle Epidemic* // by Jake Kevrick // Envisage Theatre Festival

The Trojan Women // by Ellen Mc Laughlin // Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University

Beirut // by Alan Bowne // Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster Universit

Generation Z* // conceived by Maxwell Friedman // Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University

The Other Woman // by David Hare // Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University

Selected Workshops/Readings

Queen of Time // by Ashley Lauren Rogers // Breaking the Binary Theater

Empacy // by Adi Eshman // Columbia University

Unadjusted // by Tori Lassman // After School Special 

Dead Meat // by Paige Zubel // Hudson Guild Theatre

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Selected Assistant Directing Credits

Disgraced // dir. Seth Gordon // Repertory Theatre St. Louis

Julius Caesar // dir. Joanna Battles // Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

Angel Street // dir. Jenn Thompson // Repertory Theatre St. Louis

Driving Miss Daisy // dir. Kenn McLaughlin // Stages Repertory Theatre

King John // dir. Rick Barbour // Great River Shakespeare Festival

The Glass Menagerie // dir. Paul Mason Barnes // Great River Shakespeare Festival

Full Gallop // dir. Kenn McLaughlin // Stages Repertory Theatre

Fallen Angels // dir. Claire Hart Palumbo // Main Street Theatre

Stage Door // dir. Alec Wild // Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University

Big Love // dir. Jef Awada // Havana Theatre Festival

Education

BA Directing

Conservatory of Theatre Arts

at Webster University

 

Magna Cum Laude // Departmental Honors // Semester Abroad - Vienna, Austria

Training and Affiliations

ArtEquity// Anti-Racist Theatre: A Foundational 6 Hour Course// Nicole Brewer

ArtEquity// Finding the Keys: Antiracist Approaches to Radical Recruitment in the Arts// Sharifa Johka

Manhattan Theatre Club // (NYC) // Directing Fellow

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society // (NYC) // SDC Observer

Frantic Assembly, The Drama League // (NYC) // Devising Intensive

Teatro Buendia // (CUBA) // Adaptation Intensive

Internships

Manhattan Theatre Club // (NYC) // Artistic Intern // Steve Kaus, Nicki Hunter

Encores! Off-Center // (NYC) // Artistic Intern // Michael Friedman

Director's Lab Chicago // (CHI) // Lab Intern and Participant // Billy Bullion

Shakespeare in the Park // (STL) // General Production Intern // Julie Ann Arbiter

Great River Shakespeare Festival // (MN) // Directing Intern // Paul Mason Barnes

Related Experience 

Little Island // (NYC) Jan 2025 - Present // Producer 

Little Island // (NYC) Jan 2024 - January 2025 // General Manager 

Public Theater // (NYC) 2018- July 2023 // Manager of Designer Relations 

Breaking the Binary Theater // (NYC) Fall 2023 // Script Reader 

Public Theater Mobile Unit // (NYC) Spring 2018 // Tour Assistant // Henry V

BRIEFS LGBT Play Festival // (NYC) Spring 2017 // Playwright // The Grind

Repertory Theatre St. Louis // (STL) Spring 2016 // Dramaturg // Disgraced

©Maxwell Friedman 2019

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