Laylah Muran de Assereto

TALKING HEADS (2016)
Theater by Spare Stage / Stephen Drewes (Comedy) CELIA An award-winning series of solo pieces, classics of contemporary drama, hailed for their razor-sharp wit and deeply felt humanity.

TERRA INCOGNITA: Episode 4 Misery and Mystery in Missouri (2016)
Theater by Ex Nihilo Theatre / ShawnJ West (Comedy) DECIMA TERRA INCOGNITA a serial play presented live in six episodes from October 2015 to October 2016 at The Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland, CA. We will record the play for podcast and release it unto the world! A cross-country driving excursion. A map and possessed darts. Entanglements in myths, urban legends, folklore...What is the ultimate destination for these adventurers? Will they arrive? And more importantly, what's up with these darts?

The Possibility (a Staged Reading) (2016)
Theater by The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco / Laylah Muran de Assereto (Comedy and Drama) Director THE POSSIBILITY, by Vonn Scott Bair Presented May 16, 2016 at the Shelton Theatre for PCSF The Possibility is a full-length "modular play" depicting the internal struggles of a man and a woman who think about the possibility of adultery--and who might act upon that. Vonn Scott Bair is an award-winning playwright, actor, screenwriter, blogger, and chocolate chip cookie baker based in San Francisco. His one-act play The Land of Hope & Dreams, developed at the PCSF, won the Helen-Jean Playwriting Contest in 2015.

The Right Note (a Concert Reading) (2016)
Theater by Musical Cafe / Laylah Muran de Assereto (Musical) Director THE RIGHT NOTE is a musicalization of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with book and lyrics by Jerome Joseph Gentes and music and lyrics by Rice Majors. THE RIGHT NOTE, book and lyrics by Jerome Joseph Gentes, music and lyrics by Rice Majors, with Cabiria Jacobsen as "Vi," Jesse Cortez as "Duke," Ayelet Firstenberg as "Lady O," Shannon Kealey as "Mariah," Kyle Stoner as "Tobias," Chris Maltby as "Andreas," Joey Alvarado as "Mal," and Beebe Reisman as "Fez-T," direction by Laylah Muran de Assereto, and Billy Wolfe, pianist. Recorded on January 25, 2016 at PianoFight by John Quick for Musical Cafe 2016 Winter Showcase. musicalcafe.org and facebook.com/TheRightNoteMusical

Sheherezade's Last Tales (2015)
Theater by The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco / Laylah Muran de Assereto (Comedy and Drama) Director SHEHEREZADE'S LAST TALES (Sheherezade 15) Playwrights' Center of San Francisco @ the Exit Stage Left - December 3-12, 2015 A 15-year tradition that brings together the talent of local writers, actors, directors and designers. The final year of SHEHEREZADE in its current form - hence, SHEHEREZADE'S LAST TALES! From zany money-making schemes and awkward first dates at 70, to buried pasts, dark secrets and the aftermath of war, these plays range from hilarious to sobering and bittersweet. Directed four of eight plays A CLEAN WELL-LIGHTED PARK BENCH, by Patricia L. Morin with Brian Levi (Saul) and Amber Glasgow (Kid) An old Jewish man sits on a park bench talking to the moon as he reflects on his wife's death when a young teenager with a gun attempts to mug him. SPARSE PUBIC HAIR, by Lorraine Midanik with Rick Homan (Kenneth) and Miyoko Sakatani (Mildred) Two older adults, both seeking casual relationships, meet through the Internet for an uncomfortable first date at a bar. THE STUFF WE KEEP, by Rod McFadden with Alexaendrai Bond (Julie), Louel Senores (Bob), and AJ Davenport (Helen) While cleaning out the basement of their deceased father, a brother and sister find a box of secret love letters to him, not from their mother. Should the letters be shown to their mother? In trying to decide this, the siblings uncover their own dangerous secrets. RORSCHACH TEST, by Vaughn Hovannessian with Brian Levi (David), Miyoko Sakatani (Maureen), Rick Homan (Dr. Sanders) A couple attends a marriage counseling session with a twist.