Courtney Wetzel
Courtney Wetzel is a Brooklyn-based creator, director, collaborator
and an avid supporter of new scripts and writers.
Recent
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
The Motherf*ckin' Hat Plays
produced by
Labyrinth Theater Company
Rachel's Meeting by Charles Goforth
directed by Courtney Wetzel
featuring Margaret Ladd and Carrie Braver
Ecstatically, Ekphrastically Yours
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists' Coalition
For the 5th season, Word Cabaret has commissioned writers to create original written pieces in response to visual art.
This year's writers are Padraic Lillis, Nate Dobson, Cindy Hanson, John Francis Istel and Morgan McGuire. Witness these original compositions during tours through the BWAC gallery.
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Courtney Wetzel directs.
Beauteous
by Craig "Mums" Grant​
Directed by Walter Puryear
Associate Director Courtney Wetzel
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Co-Produced by MoMA PopRally and the Andrew Freedman Home
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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.
Solar
Short Film
Supported Producer Jean Goto and Director Mark Cheng on their ambitious and funny short.
The Accident
Director
Award winning The Accident by Dipti Bramhandkar had its world premiere at the Frigid Festival NYC.
About
Courtney Wetzel is a theater 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.
