Upcoming & Current
Flights/Voos
My first short film, currently in pre-production!
Originally, I sat down to write a film that showcased Brazilian Portuguese, which is often left out of Latinx stories. But when I started to dig deeper, “Flights/Voos” blossomed into so much more. It’s a very personal story that explores grief, the complexities of having multiple identities, and what constitutes a motherland.
Synopsis: After arriving at the airport for a flight to Brazil, Rafael and Renata realize they’ve forgotten the documents required to fly their parents’ ashes back to their native country. What follows is a negotiation flipping between Portuguese and English about where they belong in this new world.
Past
Woodward Residency
I’m honored to be a Spring ‘24 Guest Resident at Woodward!
During my time there, I continued to developing an anthology TV series about childcare in NYC along with my co-creator, Maryn Shaw. I also completed the script to my first bilingual short film, “Flights/Voos”.
Nun Habits
Poster design by Emma Asher
@nunhabitsseries
#NunHabitsSeries
Now on Roku TV!
I have the wonderful opportunity to play April in an original series, created and directed by Monica Arsenault. Teasers, the pilot episode, and the rest of the season to come!
Nun Habits is a story about a weed-smoking Nun, Sister Cecilia, who befriends a gay high school senior, April. Throughout their friendship, they discover their place within the Catholic Church. Sister Cecilia discovers that her mission is to minister to those the church dismisses - to give a voice to the voiceless. April discovers how to embrace who she is, be honest with herself and her Dad about her sexuality, and recognize that God loves all his children equally. Ultimately, Sister Cecilia is faced with a choice: does she follow the teachings in the catechism or does she leave the convent and help those who think God would never love them as a result of those teachings?
Click here to learn more and watch the trailer!
Cheer Up, Charlie
@cheerupcharlieseries
So excited to have been able to work on Cheer Up, Charlie!
The series was created by another super talented friend of mine, Kara Grace Miller, and produced by Monica Arsenault (creator of Nun Habits series).
Prometheus Bound
A CyberTank Production
in association with Iris MediaWorks
Adapted by Howard Rubenstein
Directed by Ran Xia
Prometheus Bound examines the discrepancy between what is legal versus what is just, to dismantle the concept of injustice veiled as order. Prometheus Bound is fully designed and staged for an audience of no one in The Tank’s 98 Seat theater. Instead, it is captured for the screen by Iris Media Works as a purely cinematic experience, with mask, original music and deeply compelling
performances of the late Rubenstein's visionary text.
The Bats at The Flea
In June 2018, I auditioned for and was accepted into the resident acting company at The Flea, an off-off Broadway theatre in New York where I remained an active member until December 2019.
Soon after I left the company, The Bats confronted The Flea leadership about problems that had been building for years. Ultimately, The Bats left and The Fled was formed where I’ve been proud to watch my friends and past collaborators build an equitable theater company focused on anti-racism.
The Invention of Tragedy
A world premiere by Mac Wellman
at The Flea
It was so great to be part of the Mac Wellman Festival at The Flea, and to be in the world premiere of Mac’s new play! Directed by the incomparable Meghan Finn, this show sure was a crazy ride.
Read more about the festival at these links:
NYT: The Flea Season, Starring Taylor Mac and Mac Wellman
Playbill: The Flea Taps New Taylor Mac Play and Mac Wellman Festival
Broadway World: The Flea Announces 2019/20 Season with Mac Wellman and Taylor Mac
Not My Monster!
By Crystal Arnette at Adventure We Can
This Spring, I’m excited to make my Flea debut in Not My Monster!. It’s a new, all ages play that was born out of Cereals, a series presented over multiple weekends in which original ten-minute episodic children’s plays are produced weekly. NMM! is the first Cereals play to be developed into a full length play and produced at The Flea.
For tickets and more about Not My Monster!, click here!
Dike
At Urbanite Theatre
Sarasota, Florida
"Two sisters from an ecclesiastical family navigate the waters of identity. Dike questions the walls religion and social conditioning build within us."
After working on a workshop reading of this fantastic new play by Hannah Benitez at NYTW with Tatiana Pandiani, we’re heading down to Sarasota, FL, so keep working! This time, as a full developmental production.
For more info about the production at Urbanite, click here!
For more info about the play itself, click here!
Click here for production photos!
Buzz about the show!
“Alice Marcondes soars in the role of Rachel, whose youthful intensity of conviction so often seems like a kettle whose whisper is just about to give way to whistle.”
-The Bradenton Times
“The stellar cast was brilliant in each of their roles and magnificent as an ensemble, delivering quick paced dialogue and exuding chemistry…. Miss Marcondes embodied the sweet and innocent Rachel, who stays true to her convictions, and holds in so much, that we think she might burst….Each actress fully understood their characters and came prepared to give us four very distinct personalities in a way for us to understand and befriend them.”
-Broadway World
Dike
By Hannah Benitez
2050 Artistic Fellow Presentation
I had to opportunity to be part of a workshop of this new play at New York Theatre Workshop. It was a project by director Tatiana Pandiani, one of NYTW's 2050 Artistic Fellows.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
In my final semester at the Atlantic Acting School, I had to opportunity to be in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot as Mother Teresa. It was truly an ensemble piece (a cast of 20!) and was exhilarating to work on.
Buzz about the show!
“You all are truly masters of your craft... you successfully managed a three hour beast of a show and filled it with raw intensity, beautiful moment to moment work, and honesty!”
- Sonja Cirilo Parilla
“That was one of the best shows I’ve seen in Stage 2. Your commitment, depth, specificity and sense of play rival almost all the theater I’ve seen this year.”
- Michael R Piazza
The Hunt with John Walsh
Catch me on The Hunt with John Walsh on CNN! It was so great to be part of a show that supports victims' rights.
Check out The Hunt's main page to find out more about the show and how many criminals The Hunt has helped catch, which now includes the criminals featured in my episode!