Work samples
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Crocodile FeverCrocodile Fever by Meghan Tyler, direction and scenic design by Tessara Morgan Farley. Fianna crashes back into Alannah's life through a farmhouse window. Forced together after years apart, they must confront the dark legacy of their tyrannical father. The production featured a large quantity of stage blood and a gruesome, monstrous crocodile puppet. Pictured: Frank Mancino and Pablo Akira Richter on the puppet, and Caitlin Weaver at the Strand Theatre, 2024. Picture by Shealyn Jae.
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Lyra and the Ferocious BeastLyra and the Ferocious Beast by Tatiana Nya Ford, directed by Tessara Morgan Farley. Isolated on the planet Minerva, Lyra is desperately seeking for a magical gemstone that will grant her wish for penance. She is kept company by her adopted sigma jupiaryllis and her android, Hattie. Soon the three realize that they are not alone... there is an evil lurking in the shadows, searching for Lyra and hunting the coveted gemstone. The production featured a large two-person bird puppet as well as a bunch of sci-fi design elements. Right before Act 2, there was a 5-minute fable portrayed by hand puppets. Pictured: Francesco Leandri and Alex Mungo at The Voxel, 2023. Photo by Dave Iden.
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SaltySalty by AJ Clauss, directed by Tessara Morgan Farley. A darkly funny queer fable set in one of the last remaining conservation zoos on the planet. As climate collapse renders the future unbearable, two male Adélie penguins defy the odds by raising an egg in their Antarctic exhibit. The cast was double cast and had to play both human zookeepers and penguins. The set featured four panels that moved around the stage to depict different settings of the zoo. Pictured: David Brasington and Griffin DeLisle at The Voxel, 2025. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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SquidsburySquidsbury by Chad Short, directed by Tessara Morgan Farley. Tina the squid is miserable living as a sea creature forced into a human suit by her neurotic husband, until she reveals her true squiddy self to her closest friend, and the two hatch a plan to get her out of Squidsbury for good. The production featured two tentacle puppets embodying Tina's squid side, a six-foot squid puppet, a seahorse puppet, and other deep-sea creature puppets. Pictured: Shana Herndon, Maria Ortiz-Marquez, Isaiah Harvey, and Jess Rassp. Mercury Theatre, 2022. Photo by Dave Iden."
About Tessara
Tessara Morgan Farley is a theater director, producer, and stage manager originally from Minnesota, now based in Baltimore. The worlds she is interested in building onstage are remarkably uncanny. They are familiar enough to recognize and yet strange enough to leave room in them for an audience to see themselves without being told how. Her work is entertaining and grounded in strong storytelling and theatrical craft, resisting the urge towards the overly cerebral or high-concept. What she… more
The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula Vogel
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The Long Christmas Ride Home - Production photoPictured: Vicky as Rebecca. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula VogelPictured: Jamie Virostko as Woman Narrator, Jose Rufino as Man Narrator, Cat Bustos as Claire, Vicky as Rebecca, Pablo Akira Richter as Stephen. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula VogelPictured: Jamie Virostko as Woman Narrator, Jose Rufino as Man Narrator, Cat Bustos as Claire, Vicky Graham as Rebecca, and Pablo Akira Richter as Stephen. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula VogelPictured: Pablo Akira Richter as Stephen. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home - production photoPictured: Vicky as Rebecca. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home - Production photoPictured: Jose Rufino as Man Narrator. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home - Production photoPictured: Cat Bustos as Claire. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home - Production photoPictured: Cat Bustos as Claire. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home - Production photoPictured: Pablo Akira Richter as Stephen. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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The Long Christmas Ride Home - Production photoPictured: Pablo Akira Richter as Stephen. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
Salty by AJ Clauss
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Salty - production photoPictured: Will Murphy as Edward/Mason and Caitlin Weaver as Snickers/Steph. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - production photoPictured: Sydney Marks as Flora/Des and David Brasington as Silver/Tour Guide. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - Production PhotoPictured: Vicky Graham as Fauna/Winnie and Sydney Marks as Flora/Des. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - production photoPictured: Griffin DeLisle as Bowie/Zak and David Brasington as Silver/Tour Guide. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - production photoPictured: Nigel Semaj as Fox. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - production photoPictured: Sydney Marks as Flora/Des and Vicky Graham as Fauna/Winnie. Picture by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - production photoPictured: Nigel Semaj as Fox. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - production photoPictured: David Brasington as Silver/Tour Guide. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Salty - production photoPictured: Griffin DeLisle as Bowie/Zak, Vicky Graham as Winnie/Fauna, Will Murphy as Edward/Mason, and Caitlin Weaver as Snickers/Steph. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
Crocodile Fever by Meghan Tyler
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Will Murphy as Fianna. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Will Murphy as Fianna and Caitlin Weaver as Alannah. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Caitlin Weaver as Alannah. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Will Murphy as Fianna and Caitlin Weaver as Alannah. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Frank Mancino as Da. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Will Murphy as Fianna and Frank Mancino as Da. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Caitlin Weaver as Alannah. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Frank Mancino and Pablo Akira Richter as Crocodile and Caitlin Weaver as Alannah. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Will Murphy as Fianna and Frank Mancino and Pablo Akira Richter as Crocodile. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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Crocodile Fever - Production photoPictured: Will Murphy as Fianna. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Morgan Wenerick as Teenage Greek Chorus. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Melissa Banister as Female Greek Chorus, Morgan Wenerick as Teenage Greek Chorus, Lucius Robinson as Male Greek Chorus. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Melissa Banister as Female Greek Chorus. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Doug Krehbel as Uncle Peck and Sydney Marks as Lil Bit. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Melissa Banister as Female Greek Chorus, Morgan Wenerick as Teenage Greek Chorus, and Sydney Marks as Lil Bit. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Doug Krehbel as Uncle Peck and Sydney Marks as Lil Bit. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Doug Krehbel as Uncle Peck and Sydney Marks as Lil Bit. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Doug Krehbel as Uncle Peck and Sydney Marks as Lil Bit. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Melissa Banister as Female Greek Chorus, Morgan Wenerick as Teenage Greek Chorus, Lucius Robinson as Male Greek Chorus, and Sydney Marks as Lil Bit. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
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How I Learned to Drive - Production photoPictured: Doug Krehbel as Uncle Peck and Sydney Marks as Lil Bit. Photo by Shaelyn Jae.
Lyra and the Ferocious Beast by Tatiana Nya Ford
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Mecca Verdell as Lyra, Caitlin Weaver as Hattie, Alex Mungo and Francesco Leandri as Yuca. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Isaiah Harvey as Caelum. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Mecca Verdell as Lyra, Caitlin Weaver as Hattie, Alex Mungo and Francesco Leandri as Yuca, David Brasington as Atlas. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Mecca Verdell as Lyra and Isaiah Harvey as Caelum. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Mecca Verdell as Lyra. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Isaiah Harvey as Caelum and David Brasington as Atlas. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Caitlin Weaver as Hattie. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Mecca Verdell as Lyra, Caitlin Weaver as Hattie, and J Purnell Hargrove as Keeper of the Cosmos. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Mecca Verdell as Lyra and J Purnell Hargrove as Keeper of the Cosmos. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
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Lyra and the Ferocious Beast - Production photoPictured: Mecca Verdell as Lyra and Alex Mungo as Yuca. Photo by Chris Ashworth.
Squidsbury by Chad Short
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Squidsbury - Production photoPictured: Maria Ortiz-Marquez as Tina and Isaiah Harvey as Tentacle Puppeteer. Photo by Dave Iden.
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Squidsbury by Chad ShortPictured: Isaiah Harvey as Tentacle Puppeteer, Dorian Elie as Tim, and Jess Rassp as Tentacle Puppeteer. Photo by Dave Iden.
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Squidsbury - Production photoPictured: Maria Ortiz-Marquez as Tina, Isaiah Harvey and Jess Rassp and Tentacle Puppeteers. Photo by Dave Iden.
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Squidsbury - Production photoPictured: Maria Ortiz-Marquez as Tina, Isaiah Harvey as a Tentacle Puppeteer, and Dorian Elie as Tim. Photo by Dave Iden.
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Squidsbury - Production photoPictured: J Purnell Hargrove as Tammy, Maria Ortiz-Marquez as Tina, and Shana Herndon as Teensy. Photo by Dave Iden.
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Squidsbury - Production photoPictured: Maria Ortiz-Marquez as Tina, Isaiah Harvey and Jess Rassp as Tentacle Puppeteer, and Dorian Elie as Tim. Photo by Dave Iden.
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SquidsburyPictured: Maria Ortiz-Marquez as Tina and David Brasington as Squid Puppet Operator. Photo by Dave Iden.
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Squidsbury - Production photoPictured: Caitlin Weaver as Tiny Ticket Taker and O'Malley Steuerman as Ticket Taker. Photo by Dave Iden.
Dali's Liquid Ladies by Savannah Reich
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production PhotoPictured: Keighley Sadler. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Kat Wodtke and Nick Narcisi. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photPictured: Molly Corkins, Sky Yela, and Kat Wodtke. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Kat Wodtke, Molly Corkins, and Keighley Sadler. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Sky Yela, Keighley Sadler, Molly Corkins, Nick Narcisi, and Kat Wodtke. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Nick Narcisi as Salvador Dali. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Nick Narcisi and Sky Yela. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Molly Corkins. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Nick Narcisi. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
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Dali's Liquid Ladies - Production photoPictured: Nick Narcisi, Keighley Sadler, Kat Wodtke, Sky Yela, and Molly Corkins. Photo by Tessara Morgan Farley.
