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Frances Rippy
Frances Rippy is a dynamic theatre director, producer, and arts administrator based out of Brooklyn, NY. Below is a selection of their directing work, for more details about any of the projects or to inquire about their performance and design history, contact us here!
Directing
Currently:
Designs For Living
2024, by Claire Dowie
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First performed in 2001 at Drill Hall in London, Designs for Living is a powerful, modern love story that challenges conventions of identity and sexuality.
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Terese and Louise are best friends, the former is a lesbian and the latter is straight. JJ is a friend of a friend that the pair meet at a party Terese is invited to. Sexual tension that had been simmering between the best friends explodes over their mutual desire for JJ. Meanwhile, JJ wrestles with androgynous/gender expansive identity in a lesbian social scene which doesn’t quite have words for them yet.​
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Join us in a Y2K immersive loft party December 5-7th, 12-14th. Y2K fashion encouraged, masks required.
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Written by Claire Dowie
Runtime: <90 Minutes
Co-Produced by the Boyz With Apple Collective and 938collective
Shows December 5-7th, 12-14th at Gowanus Creative Studios, room 203
in Brooklyn, NY
In Development, written by Gabby Kimbrough
True Crime
True Crime is a bold exploration of the role of women in graphic crime media and the effect of the overconsumption and romanticization of that violence. When the brutal murder of college student Nancy’s roommate becomes the subject of her favorite true crime podcast, Nancy’s beloved pastime turns into a waking nightmare from which she can’t escape.
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A recipient of the 2022 Marilyn Swartz Seven '69 Annual Playwriting Award Reading at Vassar College, True Crime had a staged reading as part of LimeFest at the Tank in August 2024.
Photos by Gabby Kimbrough at LimeFest.
2024, by william o'neal ii
$$$ Pig
$$$ Pig was presented as part of the 2024 24 Hour Plays: Nationals at Classic Stage Company in New York City. Rippy and playwright william o'neal ii had a total of 24 hours to write and then rehearse the 15 minute play for their Off-Broadway debuts. The play is a tender love story set at the end of the world. David (Cyrus Carrillo), his sister Sarah Grace (Leanne Rooney), and their friend June (Miranda Hall Jiménez) are planning to sacrifice a pig that looks suspiciously human. When the pig changes into David's late lover Ezekiel (Samuel Pignalosa), everyone has one last chance to tell the truth. The play asks us to dig deep about the sacrifices we make for people we love.
2024, by Joel Castello
Rotting
Rotting was presented as part of the 2024 Short Play Festival produced by the 938collective and shown at Dixon Place in New York City. Rippy both directed Rotting and served as a collaborating producer with the collective. It was Castello's NYC premiere and the world premiere of this piece. It explores themes of guilt, abandonment, supernatural forces, and gender relations.
