1991

INFINITY’S HOUSE by Ellen McLaughlin (Reading)
Directed by Oskar Eustis
Produced by The Mark Taper Forum as part of Taper Lab 1991 New Works Festival
Production Assistant Che’Rae Adams
Cast: John Bellucci, Christopher Fields, Scott Freeman, Olivia Virgil Harper, Laura Innes, Wendell Jeffcoat, Jr., Jeffrey King, Lauren Lane, Randolph Mantooth, Soon-Tech Oh, Robert Petkoff, Lawrence Pressman, etc.
(World premiere at the Humana Festival, Actors' Theater of Louisville)

REASONS TO LIVE. REASON TO LIVE. HALF. NO REASON. by Han Ong (workshop)
Directed by Brian Kulick
Produced by The Mark Taper Forum as part of the Taper Lab 1991 New Works Festival
Literary Assistant Che’Rae Adams
Cast: Stan Egi, Michael Black, Roger Guenveur Smith, April Grace, John Fleck and Tom Fitzpatrick
(World premiere at the Magic Theatre)

JAMES AGEE: A HEART’S EYE by Emmett Jacobs and Tony Plana (LA Premiere)
Directed by Tony Plana
Assistant to the Producer Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Corey Beth Madden and The Mark Taper Forum
Cast: John Bellucci

AFTERSHOCK: THE MOVIE by Neil Tucker (World Premiere)
Directed by John DiFusco
Assistant Director Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Cast Theater
Cast: Tina Preston, Harvey Perr, Sydne Squire, Wally Bagot, Liza Rivera, Hal Harrison

LOVE OR SOMETHING OUT ON HIGHWAY 97 by Connie Monaghan (LA Premiere)
Directed by John DiFusco
Assistant Director and Associate Producer Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Cast Theater
Cast: John DiFusco, Dan Bell, James Oseland, Molly Cleator, Tina Preston, Howard Mungo

1992

HAINTS, CONJURMEN AND LEAVING by David Lee Lindsey (Reading)
Directed by L. Kenneth Richardson
Produced by The Mark Taper Forum as part of the Taper Lab 1992 New Works Festival
Assistant to the Producer Che’Rae Adams
Cast: K. Todd Freeman, L. Scott Caldwell, Ross Weaver, Regina King, Paul Benjamin, etc.
(World premiere at the Miracle Theatre)

THE DEVILS adapted by Elizabeth Egloff-(Reading)
Directed by Robert Woodruff
Produced by The Mark Taper Forum as part of the Taper Lab 1992 New Works Festival
Assistant to the Producer Che’Rae Adams
Cast: Dankin Matthews, Shem Bitterman, John Apicella, Lawrence Pressman, Rose Portillo...
(Premiere New York Theater Workshop)

ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA by Tony Kushner (workshop)
Directed by Oskar Eustis with tony Taccone
Produced by The Mark Taper Forum
Assistant to the Producer Che’Rae Adams
Cast: John Bellucci, Kathleen Chalfant, Jeffrey King, Cynthia Mace, Ellen McLaughlin, Lawrence Pressman, Stephen Spinella and Harry Waters Jr.
(Winner 1991 Pulitzer Prize, World premiere at The Public Theater/Mark Taper Forum 1994)

DIM SUMS by Alice Tuan (Reading)
Directed by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Mark Taper Forum as part of their Mentor Playwrights Reading Series
Cast: Tamlyn Tomita, Han Ong, Yuji Okumoto, Lyndia Lock, Debbie Granieri, Harvey Perr

JOAN AND THE ZULUS by Neil Tucker (World Premiere)
Directed by John DiFusco
Assistant Director and Associate Producer Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Diana Gibson and Andy Daley for Ted Schmitt’s Cast Theater
Cast: Grace Zabriskie, Sandy Martin, Tucker Smallwood, Earnestine Phillips, etc.
(Winner 3 Drama-Logue Awards and 2 LA Weekly Awards)

WHY THINGS BURN by Ric Krause (World Premiere)
Directed by Jan Lewis
Produced by Che’Rae Adams and The Road Theatre Company
Cast: Robert Duncan, Susan Rome, Dan Butler, Karl David-Djerf, Mark Bradley Phillips, Taylor Gilbert, Warren Sweeney

THE WALKERS by Barbara Lindsay (World Premiere)
Directed by
Produced by Che’Rae Adams and The Road Theater Company
Cast: Richard Herd, Patricia Herd, Jeanna Michaels, Susan Rome, Steven Culp
(LA Times “Critics Choice”)

THE ONLY THING WORSE YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME...by Dan Butler (Workshop)
Directed by Randy Brenner
Produced by Che’Rae Adams and The Road Theatre Company
Cast: Dan Butler
(subsequent productions at Theatre Geo, Actor’s Playhouse-Off-Broadway)

UNSOCIAL SECURITY by Jeff Bader and Susanne Yvette (Screenplay Reading)
Directed by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Warner Brothers
Cast: Molly Shannon, Hal Harrison, Michelle Mais, Craig Harris, Rod Britt, Annie Grindlay

1993

FREAK OF NATURE by Ken Hanes (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre Company
CAST: Ken Sawyer, Maria Spassoff, Barbara Lindsay, Elizabeth Tobias, Carl J. Johnson, Jeff Corbett, LaTonya Welch
(Won a second place Los Angeles Playwrights Award in 1994, and was a semi-finalist in the 1992 California Playwrights Competition at South Coast Repertory)

VIG by Paul Haypenny (World Premiere)
Directed by Brad Hills
Produced by Che’Rae Adams and The Road Theatre Company
CAST: Dan Butler, Sheila Ferrini, David Gianopoulos, Taylor Gilbert, Tom Finnegan, Gordon Pinkney, Jimmy Clarke, Michael Dempsey, Kent Minault
(Winner 3 Drama-Logue Awards)

MOONCALF by Leon Martell (World Premiere)
Directed by Taylor Gilbert
Produced by Che’Rae Adams and The Road Theatre Company
CAST: Christopher Faville, Lance Guest, Karen Gregan, Ken Sawyer, Genet Bosque, Asher Hunt, Johnny Rogers, Spencer Liff, Kosmin Parker
(Winner 4 Drama-Logue Awards)

WILDING by Steve Simon (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre Company
CAST: Jeremiah Birkett, Michele Bonilla, Martin Byrne, Tricia Dong, Michelle Mais, Joann Petrone, Don Schlossman, Orlando Bonner

1994

PETTY TREASONS by Jon Bastian (World Premiere)
Directed by Brad Hills
Produced by Che’Rae Adams and The Road Theatre Company
CAST: Ken Sawyer, Michael Dempsey, Carl J. Johnson, Alicia Wollerton, Chris Michaels, John Paul Saurine, Eve Brent

BACK BAR by Steve Simon (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Lee Strasberg Theatre Playwrights Group Workshop Series
CAST: Michael Dempsey, John DiFusco, Michelangelo Kowalski, Tamar Meskin, Howard Mungo, Joann Petrone, Julian Reyes, Steven Simon, Mark Duane Sivertsen
(Nominated for an LA Weekly Award)

BLUE BOY by Steven Ripley (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Road Theater Company as part of the Road Signs Reading Series

PIRATES by Mark Lee (LA Premiere)
Directed by Brad Hills
Produced by Che’Rae Adams and The Road Theater Company
CAST: John Rafter Lee, David Holcomb, Taylor Gilbert, James K. Ward, Marci Hill,

TRACERS (Film)
Directed by John DiFusco
First Assistant Director Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Boone and Jeffrey Tidwell
CAST: John DiFusco, Richard Chaves, Vaughn Armstrong, Rick Gallavan, Mitch Hale, Howard Mungo, Jim Reynolds, Harry Stephens

1995

BLUE JAY SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT by Dale Griffiths Stamos (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Road Theater Company as part of the Road Signs Reading Series
(Workshop at the Actors Alley at the El Portal in North Hollywood)

SAINT FRANCIS OF HOLLYWOOD by Sally Clark (US Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music
CAST: Angelica Osborne, Brian Wenke, Jill Soloway, Gabe Byer, Jason Matthew Smith, etc.
(Manhattan Theatre Source, The Canadian Stage Theatre)

TRIGGERS by Kelly Hopkins (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Hollywood Court Theatre
CAST: Kelly Hopkins, Mary Frick Sachs, Gregory Phelan

1996

THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN by Tennessee Williams (US Premiere)
Directed by Stephen Hollis
Assistant Director Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
CAST: Lynn Redgrave, Jeff Woodman, Donald Christopher, Alan Mixon, etc.
(Finborough Theatre, Attic Theatre Company in 2013 at The Flea Theater)

FIXING FRANK by Ken Hanes (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music
CAST: James Haffner, Scott Parish, Brian Randall
(Subsequent productions at The Celebration Theatre and Currican Theatre )

AVENUE X by John Jiler and Ray Leslee (West Coast Premiere)
Directed by John DiFusco
Assistant Director/Associate Producer Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Odyssey Theater Ensemble
CAST: John Ciccolini, Samantha Kaye, Charmaine Alicia Mancil, Roger Mazzeo, Ramon McLane, Stevie O’Darin, Gordy Owens, Todd E. Pettiford, Angela Pupello, M. Darnell Suttles
(NY Playwright’s Horizons, Dallas Theatre Center)

1997

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES PARTS ONE & TWO by Peter Parnell (Workshop)
Directed by Tom Hulce and Jane Jones
Director’s Assistant Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Seattle Repertory Theatre
CAST: Jullian Armenante, Tom Beyer, Neal Huff, Anthony Lee, Dougald Park, Jayne Taini, Lauren Tewes, Michael Winters, etc.
(World Premiere at The Mark Taper Forum)

1998

FIXING FRANK by Ken Hanes (West Coast Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Celebration Theatre
CAST: Brian Randall, Kevin Fabian, Vince DonVito

CARRIED AWAY by Michelle Penn (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by HBO Workspace
CAST: Michelle Penn

LAWRENCE & MARGUERITE by Katherine Dutko (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Road Theater Company as part of the Road Signs Reading Series
CAST: Michael Dempsey, Tamara Zook, etc.

WHITE PEOPLE by J.T. Rogers (LA Premiere)
Directed by John DiFusco
Assistant Director Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre Company
CAST: David Gianopoulos, Taylor Gilbert and Matt Kirkwood

1999

FISH STORIES by Gillian Whitlock/Che'Rae Adams (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the HBO Workspace
CAST: Gillian Whitlock
(Premiered at the Duplex Cabaret)

I KNOW HOW MONA LISA FELT by Amy Raasch (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Hollywood Fringe Festival
CAST: Amy Raasch, Brian Randall, Julie Jacobs, Orlando Valencia
(subsequently produced at the Electric Lodge)

A STUDY IN YELLOW by Katherine Dutko (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Road Theater Company as part of the Road Signs Reading Series
CAST: Michael Dempsey, Tamara Zook, etc.

2000

…IN ONE DAY, by Ilaan Egeland Mazzini (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Highways Performance Space
CAST: I.E. Dance Company Members

PARKER PRAYS by Ken Hanes (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Road Theater Company as part of the Road Signs Reading Series
CAST: Michael Dempsey, Tamara Zook, etc.

2001

CHESAPEAKE by Lee Blessing (LA Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Justin Yoffe and Venice Theatre Works
CAST: Chamber Stephens

WARNING EXPLICIT MATERIAL!  by David Rodwin (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Choreography by Kitty McNamee and Tina Kronis
Produced by Disney/ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop

2002

JOSE GREGORIO by Patricia Cardoso (Staged Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Group at Strasberg
CAST: Eddie Valez, Lumi Cavasos, Damian Midkiff, Jack Axelrod, Gillian Lee Whitlock, James Isaac Barry, Damian Delgado, Jayne Taini

RAW IMPRESSIONS MUSIC THEATRE (LA Premiere)
Directed by Che’Rae Adams and Larry Biederman
Produced by David Rodwin at the Stella Adler Theatre
CAST: Erika Amato, Erik Liberman, Jenna Robinson, etc.

HEART STRINGS by Tim Toyama (Reading)
Directed by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre as part of their Road Signs Reading Series
CAST: Shawna Bloom and Christopher Faville

2003

THE FIRST OF JUNE by Catherine Dutko (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre as part of their Road Signs Reading Series
CAST: Michael Dempsey, John DiFusco, Rachel Gilyard, Patricia Herd, Richard Herd, Bruno Patrick, Gwen VanDam, Ken Zavanah and Tamara Zook

THE EINSTEIN PROBABILITY by Mitch Hale (Reading)
Direction and Dramturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre as part of their Road Signs Reading Series
CAST:

PANDORA’S TRUNK by Blaine Teamer (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Los Angeles Theatre Center
CAST: Kim Fields, Indira Gibson

BONKERS TO BOTOX by Jullianne Grossman (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the LA Women’s Theatre Festival
CAST: Jullianne Grossman
(World Premiere by The Stella Adler Theater/Aspen Comedy Festival)

ONE MOMENT PLEASE by Rick Coons (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Edge of the World Theater Festival
CAST: Rick Coons and Adam Gertler

UNTITLED SOLO SHOW by Sherri Shepherd (Reading)
Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The LA Women's Theatre Festival
CAST: Sherri Shepherd

BEHIND THE MOSS CURTAIN by Cynthia Stillwell (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The LA Women's Theatre Festival
CAST: Cynthia Stillwell

2004

M.F.K. FISHER by Karen Grassle (Reading)
Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Rubicon Theater
CAST: Karen Grassle

PENALTY PHASE by Diane Lefer (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Indie Chi Productions at the McCadden Theater
CAST: Diane Cary, Andromeda Dunker, Eileen O’Connell, Livia Trevino and Shenika Williams
(Quantum Theatre Company, Rogue Machine Theatre, Theatre of NOTE. Finalist for the Leah Ryan Prize)

NOTHING TO SEE HERE by Carlos Alazraqui (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by Melba/Jake Productions and the Comedy Central Work Space
CAST: Carlos Alazraqui

FROM BONKERS TO BOTOX by Jullianne Grossman (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the Aspen Comedy Festival/Stella Adler Theater
CAST: Jullianne Grossman

SURVIVING DAVID by Kathy Graf (World Premiere)
Directed by Tony Sears
Produced by Che’Rae Adams at 2100 Square Feet Theater
CAST: Kathy Graf
(Outstanding Solo Show, NYC Fringe)

2005

FLYING STANDBY by Alexandra McHale (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the John Anson Ford Theatre
CAST: Alexandra McHale

WRITE FEST SCREENPLAY READING SERIES
Included “The Ringbearer” by Jon Bastian, “Chasing the Wolf” by Nathan Singer and “Tracers” by John DiFusco
Directed by Che’Rae Adams and John DiFusco
Co-Produced by The LA Writers Center and The Attic Theater & Film Center

MARIELA IN THE DESERT by Karen Zacarias (Reading)
Directed by Che’Rae Adams
Dramaturgy by Kappy Kilburn
Produced by the Pasadena Playhouse as part of their Hot House Series
CAST: Evelina Fernandez, Eddie Velez, Lupe Ontiveros, Mercedes Martinez, Eddy Martin and Alex Douglas
(World premiere at the Goodman Theatre, winner of the Francesa Primus Award, winner of the National Latino Playwright Award, and National Francesca Primus Prize for Outstanding Emerging Playwright)

THE MAN UPSTAIRS by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre as part of their Road Signs Reading Series
CAST: Lauren Clark, Mueen Amad, Khamara Pettus and Rob Mersola

PORTRAIT OF A POET by Yrneh Brown (World Premiere)
Directed by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Henry Brown and the Ivar Theatre
CAST: Mark Ewing, Richard Gant, Kunle, Eddie Lewis, Eileen O’Connell, Owino Peres

2006

CHASING THE WOLF by Nathan Singer (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre as part of their Road Signs Reading Series
Cast: Leandro Pari DiMonriva, Michelle Flowers, Michael Dempsey, Bruno Gianotta, Marc Ewing, Kelli McNeil, Indira Gibson etc.
(World premiere by The Performance Gallery, Reading at The Road Theatre Company)

CAROL'S CHRISTMAS by Marni Penning Coleman (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theatre as part of their Road Signs Reading Series
Cast: Alexis Chamow, Eileen O'Connell, Joanna Parson, Marc Ewing, Seth Cooperman, Meg Bartholomay
(World Premiere at PinkySwear Productions, Readings at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, also Robert J. Pickering Award Winner for Playwriting Excellence)

DANCER IN THE DARK adapted for the stage by Napoleon Ellsworth (Reading)
Directed by Vincent Paterson
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Jacqueline Wright, Christopher Cass, Kim O’Kelley Leigh, Christopher Foster-Shaw, Maria Nicolacakis, William Salyers, Marianne Savell, Ryan Honey, Bradford Tatum, Don Rob, and Cynthia Cervini

CHOKE POINT by Colm Byrne (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by Eileen O’Connell at Hudson Theater
CAST: William Salyers, Tucker Smallwood, Adam Lazarre White, Frederick Fraizer, Leonora Gershman Pitts, Miranda DeCarvello
(Premiered at the The Edinburgh Theatre Festival)

HERITICS OF ALEXANDRIA by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Jennifer Pennington, William Salyers, John DiFusco, Marc Ewing, Sean Corvelle, Michelle Flowers, and Christine Krench
(New Century Writer Award finalist)

BALLING THE JACK by Rob Mersola (Reading)
Directed by Martin Bedoian
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Ryan Honey, Shawn MacAulay, Jeni Pearsons, John Schumacher, Bart Tangredi, and Alisa Wilson

SAINT FRANCIS XANADU by Mark Wild (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Peggy Billo, Kelli McNeil, Heather Fox, Ryan Honey, Richard Azurdia, Tom Knickerbocker, and Dominic Rambaran

BAD PANDA by Megan Gogerty (Reading)
Directed by Alexis Chamow
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Martin Bedoian, Heather Witt and Marc Ewing
(World Premiere at the Baltimore Theatre Project)

2007

TENDER by Ali Morgan (US Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Syzygy Theatre Company
CAST: Amy Honey, Ryan Honey, Jennifer Pennington, Shawn Macaulay, Judy Blue, William Salyers, Mark McClain Wilson

ONE WHITE CROW by Dale Griffiths Stamos (Reading)
Directed by Martin Bedoian
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Alexis Chamow, Michael Dempsey, Tamara Zook
(World Premiere at Edgemar Center for the Arts)

STRANGE FRUIT: ACT I by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Brent Ryback, Marc Ewing, Indira Gibson, Matt Ryan, Michelle Flowers, Dan White, William Salyers, Maria Nicolacakis, and Shawn MacAulay

ROCK AND ROLL SEX MACHINE by Adria Dawn (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by David Tarleton at The Stella Adler Theater
CAST: Adria Dawn

FEELS LIKE HOME by Evan D’Angeles (Staged Reading)
Directed by Troy Magino
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Donna Cherry, Jack Curenton, Sarah Dale, Marc Ewing, William Katt, Maura Knowles, Ashley Moniz, Brandon Michael Perkins, Stasha Surdyke, Judith Walton, Erika Whalen and Thomas Web

CANIS MAJOR by Alisa Wilson (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
Cast: Liz Herron, Will Klipstine, Staci Lawrence, Dominick Rambaran, Bart Tangredi, Ivana Zbozinek

QUEEN MARY by Matto (Reading)
Directed by Che’Rae Adams and Darryl Johnson
Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theater Company
CAST: Lauren Clark, Michael Dempsey and Tripp Pickell

STRANGE FRUIT: ACT II by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Directed by Daryl Johnson
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Dominic Rambaran, Marc Ewing, Shawn MacAulay, Damien Midkiff, Michelle Flowers, Maria Nicolacakis, Indira Gibson, and Martin Bedoian, Ryan Honey, and Christine Krench

SWEET TOOTH by Mark Wild (Reading)
Directed by Martin Bedoian
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Alisa Wilson, Kennedy Kabasares, and Judith Scott
(World Premiere at The Alleyway Theater)

WALK’N THRU THE FIRE by John DiFusco (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams Produced by Lupe Marie DiFusco and The Hayworth Theater
CAST: John DiFusco and Lauren Clark
(World Premiere at the Hayworth Theater)

WALK’N THRU THE FIRE by John DiFusco (World Premiere)
Direction by Che’Rae Adams and Janet Roston
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the The Hayworth Theatre
CAST: John DiFusco, Richard Azurdia, Kwana Martinez, Eileen O’Connell and Michael T. Kachingwe

2008

SER L.A VS B.A. by Karen Anzoategui (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by Red Cat at Disney Hall
CAST: Karen Anzoategui

THE GIANT & THE PIXIE by Jonathan Josephson (Reading)
Directed by Martin Bedoian
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: William Salyers, Lauren Dunagan, Kent Minault, Ken Metz, Martin Bedoian
(World Premiere Production at the Chance Theater)

BLUE JAY SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT by Dale Griffiths Stamos (Reading)
Directed by John DiFusco
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: John DiFusco, Amy Honey, Mark McClain Wilson, Kevin McCarthy, Ryan Honey
(World Premiere Production at Pacific Resident Theatre)

STRANGE FRUIT: ACT III by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Directed by Daryl Johnson
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Shawn MacAulay, Marc Ewing, Michele Flowers, Indira Gibson, Damien Midkiff, Sean Lewis, Matt Ryan, Kelli McNeal, and Charles Reese

BORDERLINE by Kelli McNeil (Reading)
Directed by Ernest Figueroa
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Amy Honey, Francisco Garcia, Angel Ortiz, Tina Sanchez, Mark Wilson, Richard Azurdia, Sarah Scott Davis, Jon Schumacher, Patricia Berry

TARMAC book and lyrics by Maura Knowles and music by Will Collyer (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Chuck Bergman, Sharyn Gabriel, Judy Norton, Mike Lee, Ken Hanes, and Peter Weilkin

STRANGE FRUIT, ACT IV by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Maurice McRae, Brett Ryback, Michelle Flowers, Alisa Wilson, Shawn MacCaulay, Indira Gibson, Maria Nicolacakis, William Salyers, Jon Schumacher, Matt Ryan

LAEHMLY PARK by Alisa Wilson (Reading)
Directed by Martin Bedoian
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: William Salyers and Mark McClain Wilson

CONFIDENCE by Alisa Wilson (Reading)
Directed by Martin Bedoian
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Heather Fox and Amy Honey

ARIADNE’S TALE by Jennifer Kenyon (Reading)
Directed by Amanda Weier
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Heather Fox, Rebecca Rosenak, Jennifer Pennington, Weston Blakesley, Shawn MacAulay, Mark Thomsen, Dylan Maddalena, John Schumacher, Benjamin Burdick, Joe Holt, Terri Smith, Ami Shukla, Marianne Bennett, Sam Saldivar

THREE LIONS by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Bart Tangredi, Shawn MacAulay, William Katt, and Alisa Wilson

LEGACY OF BLOOD by Neal Alvarez (Reading)
Directed by Oanh Nguyen
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Evan D’Angeles, Fay Kato, James Taku Leung, Nghia Luu, Jack Ong, and Michael Yama

PITBULLS AND DAFFODILS by Levy Lee Simon (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Michelle Bonilla, Dane Errisson, Marc Ewing, Michelle Flowers, Abner Genece Bradford, Indira Gibson, Davon Philips, Eddie Velez, Kevin Vavasseur, Edwin Walker

2009

TWO MOONS RISING IN ANTIOCH by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Grayson DeJesus, Johanna McKay, and Mark McClain Wilson

YA GOT TROUBLE! by Mark Wild (Reading)
Directed by John Schmucker
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Mark Thomsen, John Schumacher, Patricia Berry, Kelli McNeil, Karen Anzoategui, Shawn Macaulay, Joshua Ansley, Heather Fox

KILLER IN DRAG  book by Mark W. Knowles and Mark B. Perry (Reading)
based on Edward D. Wood, Jr.’s novelette, music and lyrics by David G. Smith, accompaniment and arrangements by Matt Davis (keyboard) and David Nielson (guitar)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Brett Ryback, Joe Fria, Maura Knowles, Kevin Vavasseur, Mark Christoper Tracy, Dan E. Campbell, John Bishop, Michael Dempsey, Robyn Heller, Ralph J. Cole

SOMEWHERE IN YELLOWSTONE by Jessica Smith (Reading)
Directed by Alexis Chamow
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Landry Allbright, Gwen Van Dam, Heather Fox, William Salyers, Alisa TangrediI and Mark Thomsen

eggs by Ann-Giselle Spiegler (Reading)
Directed by Alexis Chamow
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Barbara Tarbuck, Jennifer Pennington, Anastasia Coon

Centered in the Storm by Richard Rique Patire (Staged Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the NoHo Arts Alliance
CAST: Richard Rique Patire
(World Premiere at the Unity Convention)

2010

BREATHE by Javon Johnson (Reading)
Directed by Martin Bedoian
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Chadwick Boseman, Richard Brooks, Ella Joyce, Ron Morehouse, Kim Dilts, Bart Tangredi
(World Premiere at The Lark Play Development Center, in partnership with the Hip-Hop Theater Festival (HHTF) and Queens Theatre in the Park)

PORNOCRACY by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Directed by McKerrin Kelly
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Ron Morehouse, Shawn MacAulay, Jennifer Pennington, Johanna McKay, Rodney Sciba, and Matthew Wrather

SER: L.A. vs B.A. by Karen Anzoategui (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Karen Anzoategui
(Produced at Downtown Urban Theatre Festival & LATC)

TEN NINE by Michael Barmish (Reading)
Directed by McKerrin Kelly
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Heather Fox, Jennifer Kenyon, Ron Moorehouse, Mark Thomson and John McKenna
(Placed 2nd winner for the MRT New Play Competition, and Reading at McKinney Repertory Theatre)

SMELL THE POWER by Levy Lee Simon (Reading)
Directed by Levy Lee Simon
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Joe Alvarez, James Black, Jay Jones, Barbara Roberts, Derek Shaun, Katherine Taylor, Nefertiti Thomas, Virginia Watson

ST. JOHN OF GOD by Mark Wild (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Gregg Daniel, Michelle Flowers, Bruno Patrick, Disreali Ellison
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PLAYING DOCTOR by Lauren Clark (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Road Theater Company
CAST: Lauren Clark

LEAVING VERO by Ann-Giselle Spiegler (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Karen Anzoategui, Gwen Van Dam, John Schmaker

INSULT TO INJURY, a play with music by Maura M. Knowles (Reading)
Lyrics by Maura M. Knowles, Music by Alby Potts
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by The Musical Theater Guild & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Jennie Fahn, Reece Holland, Maura M. Knowles and Jennifer Pennington
(World Premiere at The Western Stage's Playwrights' Festival and made into a web series in 2017)

SER L.A VS B.A. by Karen Anzoategui-(Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Company of Angels
CAST: Karen Anzoategui

2011

IMPS by Mark Wild (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Martin Bedoian

ART IS USELESS WHEN YOU ARE BEING MAULED BY A BEAR by Alisa Wilson (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Lauren Dunagan, McKerrin Kelly, Johanna McKay, Kevin McCarthy, Mark McClain Wilson

SIX NIGHTS IN THE BLACKBELT by Lowell Williams (Reading)
Directed by Che’Rae Adams and McKerrin Kelly
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Michael Dempsey, Damon Gupton, Kwana Martinez, Michelle Flowers, Alexa Clare Shoemaker, Alisa Wilson
(Semi-finalist at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Produced at the The Amato Center in NH)

OH BOY! OH BOY! OH GIRL! by Michael Barmish (Reading)
Directed by McKerrin Kelly
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Maria Nicolacakis, John Schumacher, Mark McClain Wilson, Lauren Dunagan, Jennifer Pennington, Ron Morehouse, Alisa Wilson, Bart Tangredi

PRESIDENTIAL FOOLS by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Directed by Ann-Gisele Speigler
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Shawn MacAaulay, Bill Salyers, John Schumacher, Mark McClain Wilson, and Bart Tangredi

SOUTH OF LIBERTY by Jessica Blaire Smith (Reading)
Directed by Alexis Chamow
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: John McKenna, Michael Dempsey, Devon Philips, Bruno Patrick, Ron Trejo and Michelle Flowers

DELICATE BLOSSOMS by Jennifer Kenyon (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Sabrina Bernasconi, Heather Fox, Charley Knapp, Di Koob, Shawn MacAuley, Rebecca Metz, Jennifer Pennington, John Schumacher, Bart Tangredi , Mark Thomsen, Alisa Wilson

BEAN by Michelle Lema (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The LA Writers Center
CAST: Michelle Lema
(Best of Hollywood Fringe 2011,"Top Ten Pick" of the FRINGE WORLD Festival Perth)

GENIUS FROM A BLUE COLLAR NEIGHBORHOOD by Maria Menozzi
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Santa Monica Playhouse
CAST: Maria Menozzi

2012

LOVING THE SILENT TEARS book by Cynthia Lewis Ferrell & Toni Greene (World Premiere)
Music by Don Pippin, Jon Secada, David Shire, etc.
Directed by Vincent Paterson
Assistant Director Che’Rae Adams
Produced at The Shrine Auditorium
CAST: Junior Case, Patti Cohenour, Liz Callaway, Jon Secada, Jody Watley

SER L.A VS B.A. by Karen Anzoategui (East Coast Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the Downtown Urban Theatre Festival
CAST: Karen Anzoategui

TRANSORBITALS by Nathan Singer (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Co-Produced by Syzygy Theater Company & The LA Writers Center
CAST: Michelle Lema, Doug Oliphant, Shawn MacAulay, Matt Ryan, William Salyers, John Schumacher, and Alisa Wilson

2013

CARNEY MAGIC by John Carney (Workshop)
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
CAST: John Carney
(Subsequently produced at North Coast Repertory Theater, GTC Theater, Curtis Theater, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Plaza Playhouse Theater, Chicago Magic Theater, Sierra Madre Playhouse, The Colony Theatre)

GRACIE AND ROSE by Anastasia Coon (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the Celebration Theatre Company
CAST: Anastasia Coon
(World Premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival)

VICTOR AT THE VANGAURD by Jon Bastian (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the LA Writers Center
CAST: Bart Tangredi, Ron Morehouse, Alisa Wilson and Alec Frasier

DIRTY FILTHY LOVE STORY by Rob Mersola (World Premiere)
Directed by Elina de Santos
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams and The LA Writers Center
Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater
CAST: Jennifer Pollono, Burl Moseley, Joshua Bitton

GRACIE AND ROSE by Anastasia Coon (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the Hollywood Fringe Festival
CAST: Anastasia Coon

Displacement by Shauna Vartanian (Reading)
Directed by Kappy Kilburn
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the LA Writers Center Reading Series

2014

RISE AND SHINE (I THOUGHT I WAS WHITE) by Anil Kumar (Staged Reading)
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The LA Writers Center as part of the 2014 Solo Festival
CAST: Anil Kumar
(subsequently produced at Let Live Theatre @ The Actors Company)

SKANKY ME FROM KANKAKEE by Marc Francoeur (Staged Reading)
Directed by McKerrin Kelly
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams and The LA Writers Center
Produced by The LA Writers Center as part of the 2014 Solo Festival
CAST: Marc Francoeur
(subsequently produced at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival)

REFRIED BEAN by Michelle Lema (World Premiere)
Directed by Ashley Teague
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams and The LA Writers Center
Produced by LA Writers Center & North by South Theatre Company Solo New Works Festival
CAST: Michelle Lema
(subsequently produced at the Hollywood Fringe Festival)

RUNNING FOR REDEMPTION by Bart Tangredi (Staged Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by LA Writers Center & North by South Theatre Company Solo New Works Festival
CAST: Bart Tangredi

LIKE A WHORE IN CHURCH: A RISQUE CABARET by Rique PatireDirection and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by LA Writers Center & North by South Theatre Company Solo New Works Festival
CAST: Rique Patire

RIDE: A MEDITATION ON ADDICTION by Cheryl Rae FidelmanDirected by Julianne HomokayDramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by LA Writers Center & North by South Theatre Company Solo New Works Festival
CAST: Cheryl Rae Fidelman
(Subsequently produced at the Downtown Urban Theatre Festival, Let Live Theatre @ The Actors Company and The One Festival)

LOW TIDE IN THE EAST RIVER by Al WoodleyDirected by Gregg DanielDramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by LA Writers Center & North by South Theatre Company Solo New Works Festival
CAST: Al Woodley

RISE AND SHINE (I THOUGHT I WAS WHITE) by Anil Kumar (World Premiere)
Directed by Reena Dutt
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced Let Live Theatre @ The Actors Company
CAST: Anil Kumar

MUSE 90401 by Fadik Sevin Atastoy (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by Red Suitcase Entertainment and The Edgemar Center for the Arts
CAST: Fadik Sevin Atastoy
(World Premiere at the Edgemar Center for the Arts)

I WANNA DO VANESSA WILLIAMS by Anastasia Coon (Staged Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The Celebration Theatre Company as part of Lesbo-A-Go-Go
CAST: Anastasia Coon

BILL & JOAN by Jon Bastian (World Premiere)
Directed by Diana Wyenn
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams and The LA Writers Center
Produced by The Sacred Fools Theatre Company
CAST: Curt Bonnem, Betsy Moore, Bart Tangredi, Matt Valle, Will McMichael, Donnelle Fuller, Lauren Campedelli, Richard Azurdia, Alexander Matute
(Lois and Richard Rosenthal Playwriting Prize Finalist)

2015

THE BALLAD OF THE BARBACK by Andrew Dits (Workshop)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the Pacific Resident Theatre
CAST: Andrew Dits

SKANKY ME FROM KANKAKEE by Marc Francoeur
Directed by Nancy Dobbs Owen
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams and The LA Writers Center
Produced at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival
CAST: Sylvie Gosse, Stephanie Morgan, Terri Turco, Danielle Lajoie, Yilin (e-leen) Wentlandt

2016

S.T.A.T. by Jasmine DiAngelo (Staged Reading)
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the Son of Semele Solo Creation Festival
CAST: Jasmine DiAngelo

I KNOW HOW MONA LISA FELT by Amy Raasch (World Premiere)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by the Electric Lodge-as part of Celia Center Adoption Fest
CAST: Amy Raasch, Jonny Cruz, Darren Bailey, Joy Osmanski

KILLER IN DRAG, book by Mark W. Knowles and Mark B. Perry (Workshop)
based on Edward D. Wood, Jr.’s novelette, music and lyrics by David G. Smith, accompaniment and arrangements by Matt Davis (keyboard) and David Nielson (guitar)
Directed by Mark W. Knowles
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
CAST: John Bishop, James Campbell, Ralph Cole Jr., Michael Dempsey, Joe Fria, Matthew Hancock, Dana Meller and Mark Tracy

Lady MacBeth and Her Pal, Megan by Megan Gogerty (Reading)
Directed by Saffron Henke
Produced by the LA Writers Center
CAST: Megan Gogerty
(Subsequently produced at the Riverside Theater, Ft. Lauderdale Fringe Fest, and the Edinburgh Fringe Fest)

2017

S.T.A.T. by Jasmine DiAngelo (Workshop)
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by The LA Writers Center
CAST: Jasmine DiAngelo

THE BALLAD OF THE BARBACK by Andrew Dits (Workshop)
Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The LA Writers Center
CAST: Andrew Dits

D..TH .N V.N.C. by Mary Jo Deschanel (Workshop)
Dramaturgy by Che'Rae Adams
Produced by The LA Writers Center
CAST: Mary Jo Deschanel

MARTY AND MARTY by Mark Knowles (Reading)
Direction and Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams
Produced by the LA Writers Center    
CAST: TBA        
        
THE DESCENT OF MAN by Marc Ewing (Screenplay Reading)
Dramaturgy by Che’Rae Adams and The LA Writers Center
Produced by the Hollywood Black Film Festival
(Quarterfinals for the Filmakers International contest, Screenwriting Expo and semi finalist in the 2017 Hollywood Black Film Festival storyteller competition)