PLAYWRIGHT

Selected Theatrical Work & Musical Plays

The Mall Part 1

Premiered at Interrobang?! Festival of New Works, The Brick Theater, NYC (2023)

The Mall … was a (literally) dark delight. Her incredible crew of performers lit the entire show with flashlights, creating an eerie atmosphere for the modern fairy tale.

They were captivating onstage … ambitious yet contained, weird yet honest, aesthetically opinionated yet easy to fold into a diverse night of programming.

- Theresa Bucheister, former artistic director of The Brick Theater

Songs and text tell the story of a girl trapped in a magic boarding school whose only wish is to go to the mall.

Alexa - Leah Coloff/ Violet Newman

Chorus - Bob Bannister

Fernandina - Lisa Hargus

Madame Thistletack - Stephanie Batchelder

Written by Fran Pado

Directed by Laia Comas

Music by Goddess

Production Photos by Michael Kolomatsky

The Mall Part 1 - Prism and Dewdrop - Floodpants - Golden Vines and Honey Wine

Prism and Dewdrop

Premiered at Sid Gold’s Piano Bar, NYC (2019)

Two cult members search for Father Zod, their spiritual father and boyfriend, who abandoned them years ago. Told through the magic of Kate Bush, Bette Midler, and other 70s divas.

Prism - Hannah Bleier

Dewdrop - Fran Pado

Directed by Nic Adams

Music by Andy Newman

The Mall Part 1 - Prism and Dewdrop - Floodpants - Golden Vines and Honey Wine

Floodpants

Premiered at The Brick Theater, NYC (2023)

[Fran Pado] threads disparate narrative moments together with a logic of spontaneity only an artist deeply attuned with the lost wisdom of childhood can achieve…

…her musical spells with band Goddess are scintillating tunes that make you fidget in your seat for more as you lean forward in your chair, hoping the music will sweep you up with it as it flits on by.

- Nic Adams, Executive Director of The Exponential Festival