Elena Day
Directing and Consulting
Elena directs poetic, visual, physical theater. She specializes in circus, contemporary clowning, puppetry and works of fantasy.
Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends
Her Life Tonight
Movement Consultant
WSC Avant Bard
Director, Rick Hammerly
She was smarter than the men around her, and she made it in their world. A smart comedy about a brainy & badass woman who made it in a man's world. By America's most produced playwright, Lauren Gunderson.
Review: DC Theater Scene
Review: Broadway World
Review: DC Metro Theater Arts
Review: Metro Weekly
The Smartest Girl
In The World
Movement Director
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD
Director, Kathryn Chase Bryer
Written By Miriam Gonzales
Studious Leo and his younger sister Lizzy couldn’t be more different. But, the two share dreams of becoming successful and making life easier for their overworked parents. When Mami and Papi forbid Leo to accept a place on his school’s TV Challenge team due to his chronic illness, Lizzy studies up to compete in his stead. But, the plan backfires when Leo feels jealous rather than grateful. Can Lizzy win the competition and regain her brother’s love?
Review: DC Theater Scene
Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook
Movement Director
Adventure Theater MTC
Director, Rick Hammerly
By Allison Gregory
Based on the book series by Barbara Park
When Junie B. Jones, with her two bestest friends in the world, loses her new furry mittens to some "stealers," she has to investigate. But Junie B. might have something she forgot to return, too.
Review: DC Theater Scene
Review: DC Metro Theater Arts
Review: Broadway World
The Man Who
Associate Director
Spooky Action Theater, Washington, DC
Director, Richard Heinrich
Originally created by Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne. Based on the book, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks.
Review: DC Metro Theater Arts
The Lion, The Witch,
and The Wardrobe
Movement Director
Adventure Theatre MTC, Glen Echo, MD
Director, Tom Story
The classic tale performed by two actors.
Review: DC Theater Scene
Review: MD Theater Guide
Review: Broadway World
Review: DC Metro Theater Arts
Helen Hayes Nominee
Best Production, Theater for Young Audiences
Jumanji
Movement Director
Adventure Theatre MTC, Glen Echo, MD
Director, Serge Seiden
Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg
Adapted by Sandra Eskin & Michael J. Bobbitt
Review: DC Theater Scene
Review: DC Metro Theater Arts
Review: Broadway World
Review: MD Theater Guide
Helen Hayes Winner
Best Production, Theater for Young Audiences
Mockingbird
Movement Director
The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Director, Tracy Callahan
Adapted by Julie Jensen from the 2010 award-winning book by Kathryn Erskine, this vibrant and moving world premiere play, commissioned by the Kennedy Center and VSA, tells the story of a young girl on the autism spectrum who changes a community.
Review: DC Metro Theater Arts
Review: Broadwayworld.com
Laugh
Movement Director
The Studio Theater, Washington, DC
Director, David Schweizer
Writer, Beth Henley
This world-premiere slapstick comedy is a story of mishaps and moxie, the romance of Hollywood and ultimately a Hollywood-caliber romance. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Crimes of the Heart.
Tiny Tim
Movement Consultant
Adventure Theatre, Glen Echo, MD
Director, Jerry Whiddon
Adapted by Ken Ludwig and Jack Ludwig
Tiny Tim longs to have his father home on Christmas day, but mean old Mr. Scrooge won’t give Bob Crachit the day off! This exciting world premiere story of a father and son is adapted by Broadway’s Tony-winning Ken Ludwig and his very own son, Jack.
Review: Broadwayworld.com
Wiley & the Hairy Man
Movement Director
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD
Director, Kathryn Chase Bryer
Writer, Suzan Zeder
Music, Harry Pickens
This traditional tall tale tells of Wiley who lives in fear of the Hairy Man who lurks in the swamp. As Wiley ventures into the swamp, he is forced to think on his feet in order to outwit his opponent.
Helen Hayes Winner
Best Production Theater for Young Audiences
Stuart Little
Assistant Director
Adventure Theatre, Glen Echo, MD
Adapted for the Stage by Joseph Robinette
Director, Colin Hovde
Based on the Award Winning Book by E.B. White
Review: The Washington Post
Review: Broadwayworld.com
Review: DCMetroTheaterarts.com
Review: Theaterbloom.com
Balloon Plays
Director
Capital Fringe Festival, Washington, DC
Devised by Brett Abelman, Elena Day, Kollen Kintz, Nora Achrati, and Rachel Hynes
Three clowns find themselves in a world of balloons, before an audience of both children and children-at-heart. Each wants to tell their own story within the magical landscape. Come to play, come to pop. Balloons can be anything.
Review: 5 Stars, DC Theatre Scene
Hair
Director
Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando, FL
Choreographer, Ellie Potts Barrett
Musical Direction, Phillip King
The iconic tribal rock musical is still relevant today.
Review: Florida Today
A Civil War Christmas
Assistant Director
Centerstage, Baltimore, MD
Director, Rebecca Taichman
Choreographer, Liz Lerman
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel spins a musical tale of hope and forgiveness.
Review: The Baltimore Sun
Artistic Coordination, Cirque du Soleil
Artistic Coordination, Cirque du Soleil
Artistic Coordination, Cirque du Soleil
Artistic Coordination, Cirque du Soleil
Moth
Movement Director
Studio Theater, Washington, DC
Director, Tom Story
From one of Australia’s provocative young writers, this US premiere is a propulsive exploration—fast, funny, and devastating—of adolescent friendship and betrayal, an ecstatic vision and an unshakable loss.
Review: DC Metro Theater Arts
Cirque du Charme
Director
Artscape, Baltimore, MD
Producer, Erica Saban
Original, theatrical circus created for America's largest free arts festival. The story of a puppet man who flies to the moon, brought to life through juggling, high-wire, hand-balancing and more.
Midnight Circus
The Acrobuffos
Nana Projects
Midnight Circus
Dura Mater
Director, Writer
Studio Theater, Washington, DC
Trapeze consultant, Andrea Burkholder
Original Score, David Schulman
Final project developed for The Studio Theater's directing program taught by Joy Zinoman. Through acrobatic storytelling, this original, auto-biographical work explores life with chronic, invisible pain.
logo: Tony Bolante
Second Glance Photography
on the nOse
Director, Producer
Orlando Fringe Festival, Orlando, FL
Roundhouse Theater, Silver Spring, MD
NY Clown Theatre Festival, NY
Writer, Producer, Tony Bolante
"on the nOse", a tribute to, and celebration of, theatrical clowning began as a documentary film, taking co-producers Elena Day and Tony Bolante around the world chasing their clowning idols and interviewing them. This led to great talks with the likes of Bill Irwin and David Shiner. Day and Bolante later turned "on the nOse" into a stage show, alternating the documentary footage with live clowning turns by Happenstance Theater.
Review: Gazette.net
Review: Orlando Weekly
Cirque du Soleil
Special Events
Artistic Coordinator
Nashville, Orlando, and Taipei
Cirque du Soleil is a global company whose special events set the standard for excellence.
Look Both Ways
Artistic Consultant, Talent&Location Scout
The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
"Look Both Ways", a cutting edge Street Theater Festival produced by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, was a week-long event which took over Washington, DC.
Bedtime Story
Co-Director, Co-Writer
Kim Tom Clown Theater Festival, Shanghai, China
Co-Director, Co-Writer, Tony Bolante
Bedtime Story followed a day in the life of two clowns who ultimately just want to get some sleep.
Prisoners of Love
Co-Director
Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando, FL
Co-Director, Andy Sapora
Clowns juggle heartbreak and loss.
Review: Orlando Sentinel
Everyman
Co-Director
Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando, FL
Co-Director, Chris Gibson
This classic tale on the condition of human dying is regarding as one of the greatest dramas of the Medieval period and is one of the first plays in the English language to be put into print.
Circus Dali
Co-Creator, Choreographer
Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Co-Creator, Costume Designer, Alison Parker
Circus acts designed and developed for the celebrations surrounding the centennial of Salvador Dali's death.