Directing

Ethan Karas is a director currently based in NYC. In addition to his own work, he has assisted for directors such as Amanda Dehnert, Braden Abraham, and Mikael Burke. Currently, Ethan is the Artistic Fellow at Playwrights Horizons.
For a full bio and resume, click here.





The Future Show


text and performance by ethan karas
original text, concept, and score by deborah pearson



I will say “the length of a breath,” breathe in, breathe out,
and then stop speaking.

I will close this binder, and the show will end.



future show band: eli blanks, esteban ortiz-villacorta,
oliver tam, lucas oktay, ella barnes, will boyle, milena
elias-reyes, poseybelle stoeffler, and zoe davis

video: nick kapp
video: nick kapp
video: nick kapp
video: nick kapp





BEOWULF: A Thousand
Years of Baggage


book & lyrics by jason craig
music by dave malloy


directed by ethan karas
produced by wylde laden

choreography: rachel weintraub
music direction: emerson steady
stage manager: reagan aleman
asst. director: mollie fink
fight direction: sydney macgilvray
intimacy direction: anna patel

scenic design: avelina sanchez
lighting design: joshua willis
sound design: nick kapp
puppet design: liam jeninga
props design: sarah carley
costume design: ellsworth sullivan
hair/makeup design: lem nguyen
marketing and graphics: georgia mann
technical director: rafi barocas

cast
beowulf: nastia goddard
hrothgar: emerson steady
academic 1/grendel: bryson shaub
academic 2/grendel’s mother: natalie tangeman
academic 3/dragon: poseybelle stoeffler

warriors: ella barnes, grace morley, grace wagner, lauren nishi

presented by WAVE Productions

pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
video: liam jeninga
pc: georgia mann
video:  liam jeninga
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann
pc: georgia mann





cellarium


created by alex devito and ethan karas




This is a sacred space. Please remain silent.




An immersive horror show for an audience of one.

pc: ethan karas






The Home Project


created and performed by ethan karas




When the light turns on, you’ll be home.



A traveling show about home, performed in homes, from inside a cardboard box. Free cookies!


Read more about The Home Project here.
pc: madeline king
pc: georgia mann
pc: ethan karas






THESEUS


created and performed by ethan karas
produced by william marchetta



You are a warrior.


A play about identity and connection, destroyed and written anew by a different unrehearsed performer each night. Adapted from Plutarch’s Parallel Lives.


props by stephanie liew
projection design by ethan karas
graphics/marketing by georgia mann and james hisanaga

thesei: 
maggie munday odom, abigail roman, avery keare, sawyer sadd, rives collins, kate horton, kevin park, diego goldfrank, nozizwe msipa, anna simmons, levi saltzman, onyekaorise chigbogwu, skye tarshis, nini bagundo, david catlin, victoria grisanti, peter ryan, tone jackson, jude cramer, lucy rubenstein, jackson spellman
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: georgia mann
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: georgia mann
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray
pc: seeger gray




The Thin Place


by lucas hnath

directed by ethan karas
produced by graybill partington





Now let’s get one thing straight:
There is no death.






set design: ethan cheng
sound design: mya vandegrift
costume design: claire scavone
stage manager: daijah guillermo
movement: carter popkin

cast
hilda: lila marooney
linda: arwen-vira marsh
sylvia: sophia talwalkar
jerry: cannon cook

pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn
pc: melanie ahn





lacerta


created by alex devito and ethan karas






To the end and back.          
                       
                       
                You are not alone.




An immersive horror show for an audience of one.





Fact or Fiction?
Urban Legends
in the Post-Covid Era


created and performed by ethan karas
produced by graybill partington



An academic lecture investigating the University Hall Incident o̮f̣̞̬̖̟̫̙̝̺̼͆͊͛̃̍ͮ̎͊͆ͫ̌ 1̨̥̟ͪ9̖͕͈̣̮̣͕ͧͯ͡8̛̯̳̼̤̩̟̦̆̽̑8͙̳̬͉͇ͯ̑͌ͭͮ͘͜.̫̜ͧͥ_̴̸̶̢̨̧͙̩̲̩̯̭̩̞̊̓̇̋ͨ̀̓̏̾͂͒ͨ̂ͥͯ̉̇̉



graphics: sawyer sadd and stephen peng
sound design: shannon powers
projection design: ethan karas
l
ive foley: rosemary sissel
poster design: james hisanaga


Watch the trailer here!
pc: jay towns
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vc: sophia pedro torres, tessa kim, and christina warner
pc: james hisanaga