select directing work
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Director/Producer/Set Designer/Sound Designer
The Museum of Human Achievement, 2016. A seven-actor in-the-dark immersive retelling of the well-known tale, with actors onstage for the duration, live music, flashlight lighting. Sold-out run. Selected for presentation at the 2016 Texas Folger Folio Festival and nominated for Best Production by the Excellence in Central Texas Theatre Awards and Outstanding Ensemble Performance by the B. Iden Payne Committee.
"You awaken from the spell at the end of the night to realize that you've been captivated in Shakespeare's bubble of eternity, and its intensity has absorbed more than three hours…and that you almost wish it wasn't at an end." – Central Texas Live Theatre
"This was, hands down, one of the finest pieces of theatre I have ever had the privilege to witness. I can't stress just how much you need to see this, whoever you are. It's immersive, unique, and moves like a freight train. I walked away floored and inspired." – Anonymous Theatre Reviewer
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
by Steve Martin
Director/Producer
The Museum of Human Achievement, 2015. A fully immersive theatrical experience transforming an East Austin warehouse into the famed Parisian café, the Lapin Agile. Integrating live music, visual art, and environmental staging, the sold-out production blurred distinctions between installation, spectatorship, and performance. Featured in Texas Monthly as one of “Five Not-To-Be-Missed Texas Events” and winner of the B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Comedy Production, Outstanding Lead Actor, and Outstanding Featured Actress.
“Carll's direction crafts clever interplay between the characters, the accompaniment and the audience. The tempo is brisk, and surprises pop forth like nimble bunnies out of a derby hat.” –Central Texas Live Theatre
“That was my favorite thing on the planet. Thank you.” –Anonymous Theatre Reviewer
by Shel Silverstein
Adapter/Director/Producer/Set Designer
An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein
The Museum of Human Achievement, 2018. An adults-only interdisciplinary theatrical experience exploring the provocative imagination of Shel Silverstein through his short plays, poetry, and music. Structured as a vaudeville-inspired immersive event, the production blended theatre, live music, spoken word, and performance art traditions into a sold-out run.
"Carll has created a great physical world for the piece...clearly knows how to make such an evening flow...succeeds in doing so with panache and aplomb." – Broadway World Austin
by William Shakespeare
Director/Producer
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Shakespeare at the Market, Whole Foods Market Flagship Rooftop, 2015. A large-scale rooftop Shakespeare event staged within the world of a contemporary spiritual ashram, integrating immersive staging, live music, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Produced as part of the Shakespeare at the Market series with attendance reaching over 2,500 audience members.
"I sat and took it all in — ENRAPTURED, DELIGHTED, AND SWEPT AWAY… An experience that is not only MAGNIFICENT but also open to all comers. These people have both PASSION FOR THEIR ART and TREMENDOUS GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT — they pour themselves into their work and then turn around and share it with the rest of us." — Spike Gillespie
by William Shakespeare
Director/Producer
Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare at the Market, Whole Foods Market Flagship Rooftop, 2017. An eight-actor rooftop production staged in-the-round with women portraying nine traditionally male roles, including Romeo. Without foregrounding the casting concept in promotional materials, the production allowed audiences to discover and negotiate their own assumptions in real time through immersive staging and close audience proximity. Over 2,500 attendees.
select producing work
Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra by Kirk Lynn
The Museum of Human Achievement, 2018.
Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw — Director
Amanda Perry — Set Designer
Natalie George — Lighting Designer
Aaron Flynn — Costume Designer
Eliot Gray Fisher — Media Designer
Sarah Presson — Poster Designer
Zac Crofford — Master Builder
Lindsay Scarbrough — Stage Manager
Matthew Villareal — Assistant Stage Manager
Anna Eisley — Assistant Producer
Steph Carll — Producer, Producing Artistic Director
Featuring Judd Farris, Nash Ferguson, Yamina Khouane, Amber Quick, Sophia Isabel Quiroga, Blake Robbins, Michael Ferstenfeld, Howard Burkett, Dan Patrevito.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare on the Farm, 2013.
Lindsay Doleshal — Director
Stephanie Carll — Producer
Christina Barboza — Lighting Designer
Aaron Black — Vocal & Movement Coach
Beau Harris — Technical Director
Emily Rankin — Stage Manager
Meason Wiley — Composer
Jason Farmer — Composer
Henry Barton — Hair, Makeup & Masks
Liza Feldcamp — Costume Design
Joe Stephenson — Dramaturg
Featuring Mateo Barrera, Trevor Bissell, Aaron Black, Jeff Britt, Stephanie Carll, Ky Cleveland, Dan Dalbout, Lindsay Doleshal, Rene Fulton, M. Omid Ghorashi, Sam Grimes, Saige Hilton, Mercury McCall, Hondo Powell, Kelly Sardinas, Raymond Wortel.
The Tempest
Shakespeare on the Farm, 2015.
Lindsay Doleshal — Director
Stephanie Carll — Producer, Preshow Coordinator
Sam Grimes — Production Coordinator
Ia Ensterä — Set Designer
Christina Barboza — Lighting Designer
Sarah Presson — Graphic Designer / Eye Like Design
Kate Hazard — Assistant Stage Manager
Sergio Alvarado — Mask Maker, Choreographer
Featuring Sergio Alvarado, Mateo Barrera, Jeff Britt, Hannah Burkhauser, Stephanie Carll, Jen Coy, Dan Dalbout, Omid Ghorashi, Sam Grimes, Zia Schwartz Kinzy, Eleanor MacDougall, Hondo Powell, Abbie Prewitt, Emily Rankin, Abby Roland.
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare at the Market, 2016.
Joseph Garlock — Director, Composer, Fight Choreographer
Stephanie Carll — Producer, Scenic Designer
Patrick Anthony — Lighting Designer
Emily Jean Gilardi — Costume Designer
Samuel Grimes — Production Coordinator, Set Builder
Chaz Sanders — Master Electrician
Tobie Minor — Fight Choreographer, Fight Captain
Emily Rankin — Stage Manager
Featuring Judd Farris, Rene Fulton, Amelia Turner, Mateo Barrera, Michael Fertsenfeld, Anne Hulsman, Omid Ghorashi, Tobie Minor, Kriston Woodreaux, Kevin Moxley, Keith Paxton, Nathan Daniel Ford, Corinna Marie Browning.
