Felicia Lobo
Felicia Lobo is a Costa Rican American director, musician, performer, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. As a director she specializes in horror and fantastical theatre. Her work creates visceral responses from audiences, exploring the terror and humor of our mortality. Recent directing credits include: Wood Demon (East Village Basement), Dance Nation (NYU Atlantic), Snow Dance (East Village Basement), GAS (Theatre Row), & Pop Punk High (Le Poisson Rouge). She has developed new work with playwrights at The Brick, Judson Church, The Tank, Pipeline Theatre, Parsnip Ship, and The Flea. Felicia currently serves as the resident director of New Orange Theatre Company. As a musician, she is the frontwoman of Brooklyn punk band QWAM and writes music for film and commercials. Felicia holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch and a Master's in Educational Theatre from CCNY. Associate member of SDC. Drama League Directing Fellow. www.felicialobo.com
If you got through the polished stuff…feel free to read this part.
I’ve always felt more at home in dark dusty theaters than anywhere else. I am deeply invested in live performance and fear it’s our last avenue left for genuine connection. When I was 14, I sat in the front row of a community theatre production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. A few minutes in, the performer spit his beer into the audience, and I felt alive for maybe the first time. Like a light switched on in the deep recesses of my soul. We are here. In this room. Your spit is on my face.
Looking back on my work, that’s what I’m always chasing (without the spit). I want to give audiences that moment of awe. Or a moment of clarity. Or a moment that makes them feel so human, it’s like magic.
When the bad days come, all I long to do is go into a dark room, turn my phone off and feel something. Theatre has always done that for me. Theatre has done everything for me.
