ALIZA SHANE
Director * Playwright * Producer
PAST PRODUCTIONS
A New Tragicomedy
Written & Directed by Aliza Shane
Electra is angry, ruthless and hell-bent on revenge.
Too bad she's only 16....
Electra is determined to avenge her father Agamemnon’s death. Unfortunately, she’s powerless - a teenager stuck at home with nothing but a Greek chorus that just won’t go away. She will need to band together with her long-lost brother, their dim-witted sister, their trusted friend, and a torrent of raging hormones to set her plot for revenge in motion. But will vengeance lead to happiness? And why does puberty have to be so tragic?
A Modern Fairytale Based on the English Folktale From the collection “English Folk and Fairy Tales” By Joseph Jacobs
Written & Directed by Aliza Shane
With additional editing by Shira Danan
Growing Up is Serious Business...
Sammy is really starting to outgrow her embarrassingly silly family. With her birthday approaching and her friends smirking, Sammy decides to run away forever with nothing but her old childhood toy; a wise-cracking teddy bearcome-to-life. Thus begins a magical journey through a world even sillier than Sammy's rollicking home. The Three Sillies is loosely based on the English folk tale of the same name,
Based on Le Malade Imaginaire by Molière
Written & Directed by Aliza Shane
She's got the symptoms... But her doctors are the real disease.
Arganne is a wealthy, aging hypochondriac preyed upon by a gold-digging husband, a rebellious daughter and a chorus of drug-peddling incompetent doctors. Together, her maligned assistant and exasperated sister must figure how to get rid of the doctors and save Arganne’s life before it’s too late.
THE SPANISH WIVES, A GROOVY TALE
OF PEACE, LOVE AND RESTORATION
Based on the Mary Griffith Pix' classic piece,
Written & Directed by Aliza Shane
THE SPANISH WIVES has been completely reinvented and transplanted to the hippie streets of San Francisco, where the characters find themselves exploring their options in this quickly changing world.
The Governor of Barcelona is now a college professor who is dipping his toes into the world of free love while still hoping to keep his marriage vows intact. But will the Professor's wife stay true to her husband? Meanwhile, their uptight houseguest is desperately trying to keep his own wife chained by her apron strings to the traditions of the past. But, feeling the pull of the times herself, she realizes she has made the wrong choice by abandoning her first love. Luckily for her, he's returned, and with the help a slightly unconventional personal Guru, has tracked her down to San Francisco to win her back.