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  • Wrote, Produced and Directed an original play titled Cold Rain as part of the 2018 Capital Fringe Festival. The production won Best Drama of the Festival (Audience Choice) and was named one of DC Metro Theater Arts' 2018 'Best of Capital Fringe'. The cast featured Desiree Chapelle as Carly Weekes-Rekowski, Elle Emerson as Lolly Weekes, Maura Claire Harford as Shirley Weekes, Grant Collins as Bryson Rekowski, Thomas Shuman as Fisher Hickman, Will Low as Johnny Rekowski, Stephanie Jo Clark as Donna Pagnotto, Blake Gouhari as Joe Rekowski, and Lydia Kraniotis as Lydia Pacheco. Washington, DC
  • Directed eight original one minute plays as part of the 4th Annual Washington D.C. One-Minute Play Festival at the Round House Theatre: Speed Too by Kathleen Akerley, Not Havin' It by Lou Ann K. Behan, Call Center, Morning by Nicole Cox, Call Center, Evening by Nicole Cox, Midnights by Danielle Mohlman, American History by Jenny Splitter, Pour-Over For Peace by Jenny Splitter, The Season by Renee Calarco. The cast featured Rachel Arling Samson, Ted Culler, Janet Davis, Elle Emerson, Adrian Jesus Iglesias, Kate McGowan, Sue Schaffel, Thomas Shuman, Tionne Squirewell, & Eirin Stevenson. Bethesda, MD
  • Directed original one act song cycle titled How to Give Birth to a Rabbit presented by the Mary Toft Players and conceived/produced by Jon Gann & Tonya Howe as part of the Summer 2016 Capital Fringe Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. The cast featured Rachel Jones, Grant Collins, Christopher Edward Robin & Colin Brown. Washington, DC
  • Directed original one act play titled Lycanthropy by Danny Sklar as part of the May 2012 Boston Theater Marathon XIV at the BCA Calderwood Pavilion featuring Becca A. Lewis as Maryanne and Michael Fisher as Aldrich. Boston, MA
  • Directed original one act play titled Those Still Living by April Ranger as part of the May 2011 Boston Theater Marathon XIII at the BCA Calderwood Pavilion featuring Phil Thompson as Roger, Shelley Brown as Marianne, and Michael Fisher as Voiceover. Boston, MA
  • Directed full length play titled Riff Raff by Laurence Fishburne in November 2002, presented by Ubiquity Stage at the Tower Auditorium, Mass College of Art  and featuring Rich Gerardi as Mike, Richard Arum as Torch and Michael Nurse as Tony. Boston, MA
​"The ambitious and innovative treatment of Mary’s story under the guidance of experienced director Craig Houk deserves to be heard as vividly as it is seen." - Amy Kotkin, DC Metro Theater Arts (How to Give Birth to a Rabbit)
"In the quirkily engaging “Lycanthropy,’’ which received its world premiere Sunday under the direction of Craig Houk, a 22-year-old New York cabbie named Maryanne (played by Becca A. Lewis) poses an immediate question to every man who gets into her taxi: “Do you paint like Charles Burchfield?’’ - Don Aucoin, Boston Globe (Lycanthropy)
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