The StageFARM Names Evan Cabnet As Associate Artist

the stageFARM (Alex Kilgore, Artistic Director and Carrie Shaltz, Founder / Executive Director) has announced they have named Evan Cabnet as an associate artist. Cabnet most recently co-directed the stageFARM's 2008 series of short plays, SPIN with Alex Kilgore.

Kilgore commented, "We are thrilled about Evan joining the stageFARM. He's an amazing director who shares our vision and beliefs about theater."

the stageFARM will present the Off-Broadway premiere of The Gingerbread House by Mark Schultz beginning April 11th, with Opening Night set for April 18th. Cast and crew will be announced shortly.

Evan Cabnet directed Adam Rapp's Tone Unknown, Mark Schultz's Fun, and Elizabeth Meriwether's 90 Days as part of the stageFARM's SPIN (Cherry Lane). Other credits include: Donald Margulies' Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (Long Wharf Theater, East Coast Premiere), The Mistakes Madeline Made (Naked Angels/Culture Project, World Premiere), Brooke Berman's Wonderland and Adam Szymkowicz's Hearts Like Fists (Juilliard), Tell Out My Soul (SPF/Public Theater), A Little Soul Searching (EST Marathon 2008), and his own adaptations of Ubu Roi and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Williamstown). He has developed new works by: Carly Mensch (Playwrights Horizons), Rajiv Joseph (Vineyard), Cusi Cram (MCC), Annie Baker, Nick Jones, Lucy Thurber, Kyle Jarrow, Steven Levenson, Mat Smart, Tommy Smith, Beau Willimon, Louis Cancelmi, Liz Flahive and many others. Associate/Assistant credits include: Edward Albee's Seascape, Christopher Shinn's Dying City, and The Rivals (Lincoln Center Theater), As You Like It (Delacorte/NYSF), and Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All The Luck (Roundabout). Five seasons at the Williamstown Theater Festival, including the 2003 Boris Sagal and 2002 Bill Foeller Fellowships. Founding member of the Ars Nova Play Group, former member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and recipient of the 2008 Claire Tow Award for Emerging Artists.

Photo: Carly Mensch, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Aya Cash, Evan Cabnet and Megan Ferguson