Courtney Wetzel
Courtney Wetzel is a Brooklyn-based creator, director, collaborator
and an avid supporter of new scripts and writers.
Recent
Producer, Writer, Director
Audio Excerpt:
An Heiress to Remember
by Maya Rodale
Script by Maya Rodale, Meghan Jones, and Courtney Wetzel
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Directed by Courtney Wetzel
Performed by Meghan Jones and Ryan Blackwell
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Edited by Jonathan Arthur Ashley
Director
The Motherf*ckin' Hat Plays
produced by
Labyrinth Theater Company
Rachel's Meeting by Charles Goforth
featuring Margaret Ladd and Carrie Braver
Producer, Director
Ecstatically, Ekphrastically Yours
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists' Coalition
Producer Courtney Wetzel and Word Cabaret commission writers to create original written pieces in response to visual art. Live art tours feature the original writings performed in the gallery that inspired them.
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Beauteous
by Craig "Mums" Grant​
Developed at Labyrinth Theater and Cherry Lane Theater
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Co-Produced by MoMA PopRally and the Andrew Freedman Home
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Dramaturg, Director, Associate Director
Trapper
by Meghan Jones
directed by Courtney Wetzel
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​Celebrating The Shelter’s ten years of supporting artists and creating powerful productions, Shelter X is a week of workshops, readings, and festivals written, directed, and acted by Shelter artists.
The Accident
Director
Award winning The Accident by Dipti Bramhandkar had its world premiere at the Frigid Festival NYC.
Solar
Short Film
Supported Producer Jean Goto and Director Mark Cheng on their ambitious and funny short.
About
Courtney Wetzel is a director, collaborator and avid supporter of new plays and writers. Recent directing credits include: Beauteous (Craig muMs Grant; Andrew Freedman Home, MoMA), Gee I Hope You Have Fun at My Mom’s Death (Bree O’Connor; Playful Substance), Trapper (Meghan Jones; The Shelter), and The Accident (Dipti Bramhandkar; Frigid Festival, The Kraine Theater). She is a member of Burn It Down and The Farm Theater's Director's Roundtable.
