Productions – United States
IN THE GREEN ROOM by Jen Shyu and Sumi Tonooka, Asia Society, NY
HOW TO LIVE by Mindy Pfeffer, 14Y Theater, NY
THE ROVER by Aphra Behn, Alexander Kassler Theater, MSU, NJ
THE SECRET LIFE OF SEAWEED by Julie McKee, HB Playwrights Theatre, NY
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Storrs, CT
AN OCTOROON by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Schaeberle Theater, Pace University, NY
LOVE, SEX AND DEATH IN THE AMAZON by Robert Murphy, Collider Theater at the Paradise Factory, NY
L’APPEL DU VIDE by Molly Kirschner, Under St. Mark’s Theater, NY
SIX CHARACTERS LOOKING FOR AN AUTHOR by Harrower/Pirandello, Nevada Conservatory Theater, NV
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare, Atlas Theater, NY
THE FLOATING BOX an opera by C. Filloux and Jason Kao Hwang, Asia Society, NY
LEAH’S TRAIN by Karen Hartman, NAATCO, Barrow Theater, NY
KILLING THE BOSS by Catherine Filloux, Cherry Lane Theatre, NY
DRAWN TO DEATH by Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
J. P. MORGAN SAVES THE NATION by Jeffrey Jones & Jonathan Larson, En Garde Arts, New York
THE UNKNOWN by Allard and Randich, music by Rettig, NY Musical Theatre Festival and P73 Productions
THE CONSTANT COUPLE by George Farquhar, The Pearl Theatre Company, NY
ANTIGONE by Sophocles, NAATCO, INTAR, NY
SERIOUS MONEY by Caryl Churchill, Yale Repertory Theater
GIRL UNDER GRAIN by Karen Hartman, Award for Best Drama, NY Fringe Festival
CABARET book by Masteroff, music/lyrics by Kander and Ebb, Abe Burrows Theater, NY
MICA’S SKIN, by Asensio, Bravo, and Randich, United Solo Festival, Theatre Row, NY
A WORLD APART by Susan Mosakowski, The Flea Theater, NY
DOG AND WOLF by Catherine Filloux, 59E59 Theater, NY
THE BUSYBODY by Susanna Centlivre, Fordham Lincoln Center, NY
THE DISPUTE by Marivaux, trans. by Neil Bartlett, NAATCO, Abingdon Theatre, NY
LEMKIN’S HOUSE by Catherine Filloux, McGinn Cazale Theatre and 78th Street Theatre Lab
COMMEDIA DELL SMARTASS by Sonya Sobieski, New Georges, NY
GUM by Karen Hartman, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
KRAKEN A Story of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, by Len Jenkin, Todd Mountain Theater, NY
SILENCE OF GOD by Catherine Filloux, Contemporary American Theater Festival, WV
BANANAS AND WATER by Barry Jay Kaplan, Todd Mountain Theater, NY
THE BEAUTY INSIDE by Filloux and AFTERMATH by McKee, The Hospital Plays, HB Playwrights
THE FLOATING BOX by Filloux/Hwang (concert reading), American Opera Projects
DRAWN TO DEATH by Spiegelman and Johnston (multi-media concert), St. Ann’s Center for the Arts, NY
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT by Graham Greene, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS by J. W. von Goethe (staged reading), International Colloquium, Yale University
FIGHTING WORDS by Sunil Kuruvilla (staged reading), The Public Theater, NY
STORKS by Catherine Filloux, HB Playwrights Foundation, NY
HE WHO SAYS YES/ HE WHO SAYS NO by Brecht/Weill, NAATCO, Connelly Theater, NY
ROCK AND ROY by Kaplan/Weinstock (musical workshop), New Dramatists, NY
ALICE DOWN THE HOLE by Allard/Rettig, Access Theater, NY
THE GOLDEN DOOR by Sylvia Regan, Tenement Theatre, NY
GUM by Karen Hartman, House of Candles, Nada, NY
LITTLE MAHAGONNY by Brecht/Weill, Dallas Theater Big E Festival
CRAZY PLAYS by Jeffrey Jones, Tweed Festival, NY
PEER GYNT by Henrik Ibsen, Yale School of Drama
LONG ISLAND DREAMER by Selig/Sherman, Yale Cabaret
LUNCH POET (AN EVENING OF FRANK O’HARA) conceived by Randich/Murphy, Yale Cabaret
BARNYARD by Franz Xaver Kroetz, Yale School of Drama
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, Yale School of Drama
ALTERNATING CURRENTS by Lisa Humbertson, New England Actors’ Theatre, New Haven
STRUGGLE OF THE DOGS AND THE BLACK by Bernard Marie Koltes, Yale School of Drama
LEONCE AND LENA by Georg Buechner, Yale Cabaret
OUTSIDE THE DOOR by Wolfgang Borchert, Ensemble Company for the Performing Arts, New Haven
THE BALTIMORE WALTZ by Paula Vogel, Ensemble Company for the Performing Arts, New Haven
LULU by Frank Wedekind, Yale School of Drama
QUARTET by Heiner Mueller, Yale Cabaret
THE ROAD by Edwin Sanchez, Yale School of Drama
Productions – Norway / Germany
TOVERTONIKVARTETTEN by Eigil Steinsfjord, Det Åpne Teater, Oslo, 1994
DIE KARTOTHEK (THE CARD INDEX) by Tadeusz Rozewicz, Bielefeld Theater Workshop, 1989
FEN by Caryl Churchill, Bielefeld Theater Workshop, 1988
THE LUCKY CHANCE by Aphra Behn, Mobiles Theater, Bielefeld, 1987
UNTERM STRICH (Below the Belt) cabaret by Randich/Stoll, Mobiles Theater, Bielefeld, 1984
Productions – University
UNIBEAUTY & HER WICKED DAUGHTERS by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Bennington College, VT, 2023
H & G, a great and terrible story, Libretto by Hong & Randich; Music by Allen Shawn, Bennington College, VT, 2022
THE CHECHENS by Phillip Christian Smith, Bennington College, VT, 2021
THE PLACE WE BUILT by Sarah Gancher, Bennington College, VT, 2019
THE SEAGULL by A. Chekhov, translated by R. Nelson, R. Pevear, and L. Volokhonsky, Bennington College, VT, 2018
BENNINGTON PLAYS producing/directing mentor for a festival of four original plays, Bennington College, VT, 2017
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare, Bennington College, VT, 2016
THE DON JUAN PROJECT adapted by J. Randich from works by Moliere/Mozart, Bennington College, VT, 2015
BELARUSIAN DREAM a festival of 12 original plays, Bennington College, VT, 2014
MYTHS AND HYMNS by Adam Guettel, Bennington College, VT, 2013
WHEN YOU’RE HERE by Samuel D. Hunter, Bennington College, VT, 2012
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare, Bennington College, VT, 2011
MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, Bennington College, VT, 2010
GOD OF VENGEANCE by Donald Margulies (adapted from Sholom Asch), Bennington College, VT, 2009
THE FIGARO PROJECT adapted by Randich from Beaumarchais/Mozart/Overymyer, Bennington College, VT, 2008
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde, Bennington College, VT, 2007
THE DISPUTE by Marivaux, Bennington College, VT, 2006
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA by Lorca, translated by Caridad Svich, Bennington College, VT, 2005
BREAKFAST, LUNCH, & DINNER by Luis Alfaro, Bennington College, VT, 2004
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare, Bennington College, VT, 2003
MARISOL by Jose Rivera, Northern Illinois University, 2003
TARTUFFE by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur, Bennington College, VT, 2000
TROY WOMEN by Euripides/adapted by Karen Hartman, Bennington College, VT, 1998
THE BREASTS OF TIRESIAS by Guillaume Apollinaire, Bennington College, VT, 1997
THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Brecht/Weill, Bennington College, VT, 1997
ROBERTO ZUCCO by Bernard Marie Koltes, Bennington College, VT, 1996
Artistic Director
Ensemble Company for the Performing Arts, New Haven, CT, 1992
Helmed a season of five politically stimulating theater pieces for this 30 member non-profit ensemble theater company with an $85,000 budget. Developed the artistic mission, selected and cast all plays, and directed two of them to critical acclaim as “best in New Haven.”
Cofounder and Co-artistic Director: Collider Theater, 2015 – Present
Collider Theater is a new company dedicated to probing, unpacking, and celebrating the collision of cultures in the U.S. and around the world. We are currently curating a reading series of underrepresented voices.
Assistant Director
Productions include:
CURLEW RIVER by Benjamin Britten, Ping Chong, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC, 1997
AFTER SORROW by Ping Chong, Ping Chong, La Mama, New York, 1997
DET GODE MENNESKE FRA SEZUAN by Bertolt Brecht, Ragnar Lyth , Nationaltheatret, Norway, 1994
SAINT JOAN OF THE STOCKYARDS by Bertolt Brecht, Liz Diamond, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1993
THE NAME OF OEDIPUS by Helene Cixous, Marya Mazor, Yale School of Drama, 1991
THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI by Bertolt Brecht, Juergen Koenig, Bielefeld City Theater, 1990
KING LEAR by William Shakespeare, Juergen Koenig, Bielefeld City Theater, 1989
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O’Neill, Ullrich Haupt, Bielefeld City Theater, 1989
FRIEDE: adapted from Aristophanes’ ARCHANER & EIRENE, Juergen Koenig, Bielefeld City Theater, 1988
DIE FLEDERMAUS by Johann Strauss, Jorg Fallheier, Bielefeld City Theater, 1988
Grants, Commissions, Honors, and Awards
Nominated for 2018 Connecticut Broadway World Award for Best Direction of a Play: Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” (Connecticut Repertory Theater.)
“Digna,” by Pat Davis; Nominated for Best Production of a Staged Reading, Planet Connections, NYC, 2016
Bennington College Faculty Grant to support my work with Collider Theater, 2015
2013 United Solo Festival Award for Best Adaptation for Mica’s Skin, by Asensio, Bravo, & Randich, NYC, 2013
Finalist for 2013 LA Press Club National Journalism Award for Best Online Critic for work for truthdig.com, LA, 2013
Adjudicator for the 15th session of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater, Cairo, Egypt, 2003
Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Grant with Page 73 Productions for The Unknown, a silent musical, 2002
Mabou Mines Residency with Brighde Mullins and Robert Murphy: Rare Bird, 2001-2002
Best Drama Award: Girl Under Grain, NY International Fringe Festival, 2000
Director/Dramaturge for new opera, The Floating Box, The Asia Society, NY. Composer Jason Kao Hwang, 1999-2001
The Drama League: New Directors/New Works Program for Girl Under Grain, by K. Hartman and K. Sherman, 1998
The Dallas Opera: Commission for the libretto for a new opera, The Miraculous Phonograph Record, 1996-1997
NEA/TCG Director Fellowship (observed/assisted J.Akalaitis, Francesca Zambello, Ping Chong, Anne Bogart), 1995-1997
Fox Foundation Fellowship Grant of $10,000 to further Ibsen studies, Oslo, Norway, 1994
American Academy of Poets Award, 1976, 1979
Translator
BARNYARD by Franz Xaver Kroetz, German to English, 1993
QUARTET by Heiner Mueller, German to English (with Doug Langworthy), 1992
THE LUCKY CHANCE by Aphra Behn, English to German (with Albrecht Stoll), 1986
Affiliations
Reader for the Jonathan Larson Foundation Grants for New Musicals, 2012-Present
Drama League Alumna of New Directors/New Works, 1998-Present
New Georges, 2005-Present
Still Waters in a Storm: volunteer and mentor at literary sanctuary in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, 2011-Present
TAI: The Actor’s Institute. Participated in workshop: The Creative Dynamic, Spring 2012
TAI: The Actor’s Institute. Participated in workshop: Communicating with Power and Presence, Fall 2011
Airmid Theatre: Classic Plays by Women (Director: Hrosvitha, Spanish Golden Age), 2006-2010
Shakespeare Society (director of scenes in Shakespeare Birthday Marathon), Symphony Space, April 23, 2006
First Look Company, NYU, director of new work, 2005-2007
George Abbott Resident Director, New Dramatists, NY, March-April, 1998
Directing Forum, Women’s Project and Productions, 1998
Assistant Director (6 productions a year), Bielefeld City Theater, 1988-1991
Resident Actor, Designer and Director, Mobiles Theater, 1982-1987
Teaching
Professor of Drama: Directing, Devising, Acting, Drama, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, 1995-Present
Professor: History of Directing/Modern US Drama, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 2004-Present
Guest Director/Consultant for Ming Cho Lee’s Master Class, Yale School of Drama, Fall, 2017
Professor: Theatre History II (1588-1720), Fordham University, NY, Fall 2006
Guest Director: Riders to the Sea, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, 2006
Professor: History of Theater, From Athens to Shakespeare’s Globe, Eugene Lang College/New School, NY, Fall 2003
Workshop Production: Measure for Measure, Eugene Lang College/New School, NY, Fall 2001
Guest Artist: Directing and the Living Playwright, Eugene Lang College/New School, NY, Spring 2000
Lecturer in Theater: Experiments in Acting, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Spring 1998
Faculty Member: Department of English/Literature, Oberstufenkolleg at the University of Bielefeld, 1980-1987
Publications
Mica’s Skin, a solo show by Ana Asensio, Paloma Bravo, and Jean Randich. Fall, 2013.
Book Reviews for truthdig.com:
“Thicker than Blood, Longer than Birth: Mother and Other in Karen Hartman’s Girl Under Grain:” an introduction to Girl Under Grain, by Karen Hartman, No Passport Press, 2010.
“Challenges of Directing Lemkin’s House,” in Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, Vol.16, No.2, July 2006, 283-286. Routledge, c. 2006.
“The Ephemeral Page Meets The Ephemeral Stage: Comix in Performance;” Interview with Art Spiegelman, Phillip Johnston, and Jean Randich, conducted by Alice Moore, in Theater, Vol. 33, Number 1. Yale School of Drama, Yale Repertory Theatre, c. 2003.
“Possession”, Three Rivers Journal 17/18, Pittsburg, 1981.
“Heart Work”, New Letters, Kansas City, Spring 1980.
“Pharaoh’s Question”, Hellcoal Review, Volume V, Number 1, Providence, 1978.
“Sestina for Machine City”, Issues, Providence, Spring 1976.
Theater reviews, Fresh Fruit, Providence, 1978-1980.
ELSEWHERE, Shubert Playbook Series, Volume IV, Number 1, Providence, 1976.
Dramaturgy, Staged Readings and Workshop Development of New Work
Opus Siniestrus, by Leonora Carrington, Gallery Wendy Norris, NY, June 2019
How to Live, by Mindy Pfeffer; LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, 14Y Theater, NY, Sept 2021
The Secret Life of Seaweed, by Julie McKee; Performance Lab Co-production: Collider Theater /HB Studio -Jan/Feb 2019
The Secret Life of Seaweed, by Julie McKee; A Sloan Foundation commission developed over an 8-week workshop at HB Studio and in talks for a performance lab in January 2019 (2017 – the present)
Down on Griffin Alley, play by Connie Winston and Jean Randich, NY 2016-2017 (Collider Theater/Dixon Place)
The Art of Memory, opera by Kitty Brazelton, NY, 2013-present. Directed two development readings of this feminist chamber opera about St. Augustine and St. Ambrose for American Opera Projects. (Nov. 2015, Jan. 2016)
Opera America Conference – January 2016. Kitty Brazelton, Miriam Seidel, and I, the creative team of “The Art of Memory,” participated in this conference.
Sanctuary, North, by Robert Schneider. Dutch Kills Theater staged reading, 2015
Drinking with Dad, by Alexis Camins. Directed workshop production for TISCH Studio Productions, July 2014
Illusion, by Mercedes de Acosta. Staged reading directed for Airmid Theater, October 2013
Concessions, by Brian Mori. Staged reading at New Jersey Repertory Company, 2013
Memories from the Cloud: A Narrative of Loss, by Cristian Panaite. Roundtable Reading at the Lark Theatre, NY
The Silent Woman, by Lydia Blaisdell, NY, 2013-14
Will Sacrifice, by Julie McKee, Ensemble Studio Theater, Octoberfest, NY, 2010
Dog and Wolf, Dog and Wolf Meets the Community, NY, 2010
A Thing of Beauty, by Sherry Kramer, New Dramatists and Hedgebrook’s Women Playwrights Festival, NY, 2010
A Letter from Omdurman, by Jeffrey M. Jones, hotINK Festival 2010
Untitled, by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, Creativity Fund, New Dramatists, NY, 2010
The Big Artist, Creativity Workshop with Karen Hartman and Chris Wells, NY 2009
Dog and Wolf, by Catherine Filloux, Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
Mila, Tibet’s Singing Yogi, Book by J.C. van Itallie, Lyrics by Lois Walden, Music by Steve Gorn, Juilliard, 2008
Killing the Boss, by Catherine Filloux, Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
Lucinda Caval, by Caridad Svich, Primary Stages, NY, 2007
A Little Betrayal Among Friends, by Caridad Svich, Airmid Theater, Babylon, NY, 2006
Killing the Boss, by Catherine Filloux, William Inge Theater Festival, Independence, Kansas, 2006
Slaughter Songs, new music theater work by C. Svich and M. Kent, Working Sessions, New Dramatists, 2005
Lemkin’s House, with Catherine Filloux; Presentation at the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, March 2005
Bone November, a new work on Georgia O’Keeffe, by Karen Hartman, PlayTime, New Dramatists, 2004
The Unknown, with Janet Allard and Shane Rettig, The Public Theater, New Work Now, Joe’s Pub, Halloween, 2004
The Monkey King, an interactive exhibition based on the Chinese legend, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, 2003-2004
Wellspring, Ruth Margraff’s Balkan Opera, developed in PlayTime, New Dramatists, 2003
Education
Yale School of Drama, MFA, Directing
Brown University, MA, Creative Writing
Brown University, BA, magna cum laude, English and American Literature