Director.
Lane's passion as a director is creating work that supports moments of piercing honesty and truth. Lane has a strong background both in world premiers and reinterpretation of classic works.
Photo by Shealyn Jae Photography.
HENRY V by William Shakespeare
Cohesion Theatre Company
Co-Directed by Lane Stanley and Jane Jongeward, this Henry V was set in 1882 Appalachia to question how we consider violence differently when done for filial rather than national pride.
Photo by Lawrence Peart.
MOTHERWITCH
by Travis Tate
Texas Performing Arts
MotherWitch tells the story of three generations of Black women passing on their ancestral magic - and growing closer in the process.
Photo by Shealyn Jae Photography.
HAMLET by William Shakespeare
Cohesion Theatre Company
Lane's Hamlet was set in 1993 Seattle and featured female and transgender actors, including a female Hamlet (Caitlin Carbone).
Photo by Lawrence Peart.
MATAWAN by Dan Caffrey
Texas Performing Arts
A series of shark attacks in 1916 provide the frame for this story about fear and the unpredictability of human existence.
Below is a sampling of Lane's other directing projects.
List of Directing Live Performance Work
(Beginning with Most Recent)
DIRECTOR
Not Omaha by Paul Kruse
march 3-13, 2020
as part of ut new theatre
texas performing arts
Chickens in the Yard by Paul Kruse
may 24-june 2, 2019
the vortex
Good Country composed by Keith Allegretti, libretto by Cecelia Raker
april 15-19, 2019
cohen new works festival at ut austin
“Freddie and the Harp” by Lena Barnard
february 9, 2019
mi casa es su teatro (as part of frontera fest)
Matawan by Dan Caffrey
october 10-21, 2018
texas performing arts
MotherWitch by Travis Tate
april 12-22, 2018
as part of ut new theatre
texas performing arts
"Gospel Hour" by Dan & Drew Caffrey
february 9, 2018
frontera fest
Boundary Layer by Paul Kruse & Jenny Johnson (workshop)
January 26-27, 2018
ut lab theatre
King Of The Seventh Grade by Rich Espey (reading)
July 3 & 17, 2017
Rapid Lemon Productions
"Addict Named Hal" by Lane Michael Stanley & "Rising Rising" by Rich Espey
March 31-April 16, 2017
Fells Point Corner Theatre, 10x10x10
Henry V by William Shakespeare
March 9-26, 2017
Cohesion Theatre Company
co-directed with jane jongeward
Give Me Moonlight by Ariel Mitchell (reading)
February 2, 2017
Spotlighters Theatre
Exit Pluto by Amy Bernstein
January 12-29, 2017
Strand Theater
Hypatia’s Math by Daniel Helman (reading)
November 11-12, 2016
Strand Theater & Spotlighters Theatre
No Place Like Home - Festival (reading)
October 30, 2016
Strand Theater
Complete Deaths of William Shakespeare by Lane Michael Stanley
January 15-17 & October 28-31, 2016
Cohesion Theatre Company & Baltimore Shakespeare Factory
co-directed with tom delise
The Political Cabaret by Lane Michael Stanley
September 9-17, 2016
Cohesion Theatre Company, Spotlighters Theatre & Baltimore Improv Group
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
March 4-20, 2016
Cohesion Theatre Company
A Little Bit Not Normal by Lillie Franks
November 19-December 6, 2015
Cohesion Theatre Company
SuperTrue by Karen Hartman (reading)
July 19, 2015
Artscape
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (reading)
March 15, 2015
Cohesion Theatre Company
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
November 20-December 7, 2014
Cohesion Theatre Company
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
April 26-28, 2013
King William’s Players
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
November 4-6, 2011
King William’s Players
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
People of Color Christmas by Christine Hoang
DECEMBER 1-16, 2017
color arc productions
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe
May 30-June 22, 2014
Spotlighters Theatre
Richard III by William Shakespeare
October 5-28, 2012
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare