Educational Portfolio
Educational Documents, Reel, Media
Educational Reel
Directing Work
Three Sisters- An Immersive Experience- Adaptation by Sarah Ruhl. Performed in the Library at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Photos by Geve Penaflor
Still Life With Yellow- An adaptation of "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Written by Ashlin Halfnight in collaboration with the 2015 New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts Theater Year Cohort
voice and movement direction Work
Twelfth Night- Barnard College 2023 - Director: Alice Reagan, Set Design: Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, Costume Design: Karen Boyer, Lighting Design: Jackie Fox, Sound Design: Eden Segbefia
Photos by: Hunter Canning/Barnard College
The Egg Layers by Lauren Feldman- Barnard College 2017- Set Design by Sandra Goldmark, Costume Design by Roxana Ramseur, Lighting Design by Lenore Doxsee, Sound Design by Jane Shaw
Photos by Steven Wang
Professional Practice
The Apothetae (Gregg Mozgala, Founding Artistic Director and Sara Buffamanti, Director of Education & Applied Practice) began conversations with Yale School of Drama in November of 2017 to discuss the inclusion of actors with disabilities in their graduate acting training program. Jessy Yates (Spirits Of Another Sort, The Elephant Man, Telethon! Teenage Dick *workshop at Florida Studio Theatre) is now in her first year of study, and we have been assisting with her on-boarding process. These efforts culminated in a national convening, developed by Gregg Mozgala and Sara Buffamnati, in January of 2019 with representatives of most major MFA acting training programs from across the country.
On January 9, The Apothetae, The Ruderman Family Foundation and the Yale School of Drama hosted the Accessing Artistry Convening in New York to advance the inclusion of students with disabilities in the leading theater schools. Participants represented the Yale School of Drama, Brown University, The Juilliard School, The New School, New York University, University of California San Diego, City College of New York, and Columbia University.
A convening at The Lark on September 15, 2017, hosted by The Lark and The Apothetae. Artists, organizations, advocates and other stakeholders in the advancement of Disabled artists in the Theater gather to share their thoughts. Based on feedback and input from attendees at our May 2015 Convening, the topics of discussion at this day-long event include: Training/Education, Material/Content, Casting/ Representation, and Production.
Clown and Physical Theater Workshop- Ichikawa, Japan- Participants included intellectually disabled and non-disabled community members ranging from age 7- age 80
Clown Workshop- Instructor-Tokyo University Theatre Majors
Rehearsal for "Spirits of Another Sort," an adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" featuring an integrated cast of physically disabled, non-disabled and intellectually disabled actors performed at Queens Theater in 2017
