Margaret Lee

Director/Choreographer

MARGARET LEE (she/her) is a Hawaii-grown, NY-based director/choreographer. Her work has been seen at The New Victory Theater, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Atlantic Stage 2, The Tank, The 24 Hour Plays, Moxie Arts, IRT Theater, and BRIClab. Current: Install Director of Scarlet Night (Virgin Voyages’ signature immersive show). Recent: Director/Choreographer of The Winter Guard Play at Atlantic Acting School; Movement Coordinator for the national tour of Odyssey; Resident Director of virtual immersive nightclub-theatre Eschaton. She has been fortunate to work as an associate or assistant to Kathleen Marshall, David Mendizabal, Lisa Peterson, Joe Dowling, Victor Malana Maog, Ellie Heyman, and Marcia Milgrom Dodge at theatres such as The Old Globe, MCC Theater, the Lucille Lortel, and Long Wharf Theatre. Margaret is an alumna of the Drama League Directors Project and Roundabout Directors Group and a current SDC Associate Member.

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Selected Projects

The Winter Guard Play

by Avery Deutsch

Atlantic Stage 2

In a small town in Pennsylvania, a high school winter guard team attempts to choreograph a routine on the topic of global warming. A play about catching flags, catching each other, and realizing the grown-ups aren’t going to save you.

Director/Choreographer: Margaret Lee

Presented by NYU Tisch - Atlantic Acting School

Props design: Alex Chambers
Lighting design: Lee Lillis
Sound design: Mellie Way
Costume design: Gamalier Calderon
PSM: Ellen Mischinski

Artistic Director: Tom Costello
Producting Director: Ricardo Coke-Thomas
Production Manager: David Callahan

Cast: Adelia Castillo, Astrid Mendoza, Allison Stroman, McKenzie Waddell, Naomi Johnson, Celeste Gimonet, Ella Warner

Photos: Ahron R. Foster

From A to Double D

by Mandy Murphy

IRT Theater

One woman’s life, one bra at a time. Devon Hayes is holding an auction…and it sure as shit ain’t your granny’s auction. During this comedic drama, cast your bid for bras and the memories that come with them. From sizes A through Double D, we visit the most intimate chapters in Devon’s life, from the perky highs to the saggy lows until this party comes to an unexpected end. Grab a beer, grab a paddle and come on down to the auction! How high will you bid?

by Mandy Murphy

Director: Margaret Lee

Stage Manager: Sally Burgos

Scenic Design: Selby Souza

Lighting Design: Elizabeth M. Stewart

Costume Design: Jessica McHugh

Sound Design: Twi McCallum

Ensemble: Marisa Jones, Abby Knipp, Neev Bar David, Mandy Murphy

Opened January 2020

IRT Theater - Moxie Arts NY

Produced by K. Hernandez Friend & Madelyn Paquette, Moxie Arts NY

Photos: Brian Long

The Golden Spike

by Don Nguyen & The Lobbyists

BRIClab Residency

The Golden Spike borrows elements of the Monkey King legend to tell an epic love story of Sun Wu and Jiao Zhou spanning 13 years, from the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad to the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Sun Wu, a Chinese railroad worker pursuing equal rights for his fellow laborers, finds himself caught in the machinations of America’s largest infrastructure project. While his head is steadily focused on negotiating fair working conditions for him and his fellow workers, his heart yearns for a young Chinese laundress. weaving strong emotional narratives of Chinese and Irish immigrants, and driven by a rocking folk-roots score from NY-based theater collective & band The Lobbyists, The Golden Spike explores the pursuit of love, family, truth, and the sparkling light of equality under the otherwise dark shadow of America’s history.

book by Don Nguyen; music, instrumentation, and lyrics by The Lobbyists

Director/Choreographer: Margaret Lee

Dramaturg: Mei Ann Teo

Stage Manager: Sally Burgos

Ensemble: The Lobbyists

Opened February 2020

BRIChouse - Briclab Residency

Produced by BRIClab & The Lobbyists

Scarlet Night

Install Director: Margaret Lee

Install Choreographer: Becca Robinson

Scarlet Night is Virgin Voyages’ signature immersive entertainment night across the entire fleet. Each ship’s full entertainment cast comes together on every sea voyage to perform across three decks of the ship simultaneously, before a high-energy finale in the pool under the stars. As Install Director, I adjust and continually develop the original creative concept to best fit the different entertainment casts, and direct the opening cast when a new ship launches, creating the blueprint for each additional cast.

Opened October 2021 on Scarlet Lady

Opened February 2022 on Valiant Lady

Opened May 2023 on Resilient Lady

Opening TBD on Brilliant Lady

Original Creative Team

book by Gracie Gardner, music and lyrics by Max Vernon

Director: Ellie Heyman

Associate Director: Margaret Lee

Movement & Improv Associate: Martha Marion

Music Director: Erika Ji

Install PSM: Kristy Bodall

Install ASM: Kacey Gritters

Scenic Design: Susannah Hyde

Lighting Designer: Tabitha Rodman

Costume Designer: Haydee Zelideth

Sound Design: Julian Evans

Featuring:

Virgin Voyages in-house entertainment cast(s)

Produced by Asher Young & Angeline Wang, Remarkable Entertainment & Virgin Voyages

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

Fordham University - Collins Auditorium

Director: Margaret Lee

Stage Manager: Reed Muramaya

Scenic Design: Sarah Shanahan

Lighting Design: Sophia Michelangelo

Sound Design: Lily Kissick

Costume Design: Amy Cartolano

Props Design: Jack Kennedy

Assistant Director: Lila Herzig

Assistant Stage Manager: Christina Priestner

Ensemble: Mikey Duffy, Emma Karn, Julia Mazurek, Miranda Joyce, Ren Alberton, Nina Siwik, Guadalupe Vargas, Clovis DeCarvalho,Paula Opeña, Emma Sheridan, Richard Putorti Jr., Lila Herzig

Photos: Margaret Lee

Moxie Commission

The Moxie Commission was a program built to create and launch new plays written by and about women+ which are specifically crafted for virtual performance. Moxie Arts NY commissioned three playwrights - Marissa Joyce Stamps, Jessica Wu, and Uma Paranjpe - for the inaugural year of this program. Each writer created three one-act scripts conceived for digital performance, which were then fully produced, filmed, and edited for presentation. The commission’s directing cohort included Kathleen Capdesuner, Margaret Lee, Shannon Davis and Leigh Rondon-Davis.