COLLABORATIONS!
FESTIVALS, ASSISTING, MOVEMENT AND INTIMACY DIRECTION,
+ FEATURES IN FELLOW ARTISTS’ WORK.
FLYOVER III // Visual score by lead Artist Anthony Sertel Dean with poetic prompts by Katie Kay Chelena // Commissioned for the Wesleyan Laptop Ensemble. 2025.
THE ONE MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL // Recurring director, curator, and contributing writer 2016-2020. Produced by Artistic Director Dominic D’Andrea. I directed short plays by Becca Blackwell, Azure D. Osborne-Lee, Diana Oh, Jonathan Alexandratos, and more. Joined 1MPF for NY Indie Theater community nights, rapid-response projects after the 2016 election, and queer-centered festivals. Pictured: The STONEWALL 50 One Minute Play Festival featuring the work of all-queer playwrights, directors, and actors at Queens Museum. 2019.
NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE EXCHANGE PUB CRAWL // Scenes from FUENTE OVEJUNA by Lope de Vega, scenes adapted and directed for pub crawl by Katie Kay Chelena. SHAKESBEER! produced by the New York Shakespeare Exchange. Various bars in Manhattan, 2017.
MEAT INJECTION // Created by C. Bain. Movement Direction by Katie Kay Chelena. Dixon Place, New York, NY. // 2020
SINGING BEACH // Written by Tina Howe // First Production - HERE Arts Center // New York, NY // 2017 Assisting dir. Ari Laura Kreith
JULY HOUSE // Written by Pat Robinson // New York Fringe // New York, NY // 2015 Assisting dir. Nathaniel P. Claridad
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE // Written by Christopher Durang // Playmakers Rep // Chapel Hill, NC // 2014 Assisting dir. Libby Appel