'Describe The Night': A New Play Directed by Assistant Professor Lisa Milinazzo

Describe The Night is the new play directed by Assistant Professor Lisa Milinazzo. The play will run at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York from October 25 - 27, 2021. All performances are free with RSVP.

Set in Russia over the course of 90 years, Describe The Night is a thrilling play written by Rajiv Joseph that traces the stories of seven men and women connected by history, myth, and conspiracy theories. Anchored in historical fact, the narrative quickly spins into a patchwork of memory, lies, and revelations—all of which ultimately contend with the fundamental nature of truth.

Directed by Milinazzo, the performance will star the following 2021-2022 New York Company Members: Justin Andrés Mérida, Isaías Badilla Ureña, Zgjim Baraliu, Olivia Fairless, Alice Jamal, Tom Koch, and Alisa Mironov. 

You can RSVP for one of the upcoming performances here.

Lisa Milinazzo has directed American Premieres for such writers as Eve Ensler, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and George F. Walker and has directed numerous world premieres, in New York, LA and the UK at such theatres as Connelly Theatre (with Marin Ireland), 59E59th Street, The Culture Project, Rattlestick Theatre, Urban Stages, Origin Theatre Company, and many more. Milinazzo also directed films for 3D Hamlet (a cinematic/theatre hybrid) featuring Alec Baldwin, Michael Emerson and Richard Easton (Irish Arts; Edinburgh).

Her short film The Query played at Cannes and Garden State Film Festivals. She most recently directed a documentary on renowned economist Leo Hindery. She is a frequent guest director for the elite Repertory Company of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She acted and directed with The Actors’ Space Repertory Company for several years, and was Assistant Director to artistic director Alan Langdon. In addition to teaching at Columbia University, she also teaches at NYU Graduate Film School.