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Helen
Independently produced, 2026
Playwright: Euripides
Translator: Emily Wilson
This staged reading of Helen featured a cast in full drag. This aesthetic distinction, alongside stylized performances, served to emphasize (and at times mock) the play's caricaturized representations of gender, class, piety, and racialized identity.
Helen and Chorus
Old Woman peering out
Helen and Chorus
Helen and Chorus
Equus
Independently Produced, 2025
Playwright: Peter Shaffer
This limited production was developed as part of the Advanced Directing course at the University of Southern California with Professor Stephanie Shroyer. It aimed to recreate the intensely sensory, erotic, and visceral experience Paul felt when first reading Equus.
Dysart and Alan at the beginning of their session
Alan guiding Nugget/Equus while Dysart watches
Alan riding Nugget/Equus while Dysart watches
Dysart and Alan at the beginning of their session
Rhesus
Aeneid Theatre Company, 2025
Playwright: Euripides
Translator: George Theodoridis
This production of the infrequently produced Rhesus adopted an aesthetic of childhood play in order to highlight the abundant humor of Euripides' text.
The Chorus and the Chariot Driver listening to Hektor
Full cast photo
Paul Lazzari on set
The Chorus and the Chariot Driver listening to Hektor
Mamma Mia!
Community Arts Collective, 2024
Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Book by Catherine Johnson
Assistant Director: Hannah Wiser
Music Director: Josh Feldman
This one-week production of the iconic ABBA jukebox musical was intended to make participation in a theatrical production accessible to all.
Images of the cast and crew during rehearsals
Images of the cast and crew during rehearsals
Sam proposing to Donna at the wedding
Images of the cast and crew during rehearsals
Medea
Barrington High School, 2021
Playwright: Euripides
Translator: Ian Johnston
Co-Director: Margaret Higgins
Medea was Paul Lazzari's first major directing project. The production exposed young actors and technicians to classical theatre.
Medea, Jason, and their two children
Paul Lazzari adjusting an actor's crown
Medea in her chariot, above the world
Medea, Jason, and their two children