leave no trace theatre

12/13/2021

winter is upon us, and so our outdoor events have been on hold as we hibernate until the spring, but we are currently planning projects and scouting locations/sites for upcoming projects as we approach the warmer months 🙂.

if you are a performer interested in collaborating with us, please submit headshots/resumes to [email protected] for consideration for our events and readings.

11/11/2021

📸 first look: it’s been a joyful & a surreal week in rehearsal working with old and new friends/collaborators workshopping this piece. we are terrified and excited to be sharing our process with an audience very soon. please come see this cast, they are on 🔥.

in addition to the workshop of our play, Cadence Lamb, Julia Ty Goldberg, and Max Katz have put together a 🔥 pre show set 🎶.

the devil smokes American Spirits: a play in ten ci******es (workshop)…visit ‘s website for ticket info. link in bio.

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10/16/2021

in the interim between Halloween and Thanksgiving, we have the perfect play for you. We are postponing our originally planned reading on the 20th as we prepare for this special event for the fall season. Abigail/1702 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa:

“In this tale of New England witchery, it is ten years after the harrowing and tragic events of the Salem witch trials. Abigail Williams—the lead accuser who sent twenty people to their doom as a young girl—now lives under an assumed name on the outskirts of Boston, quietly striving to atone for her sins…”

More updates very soon as we confirm our date(s), venue, and cast for this reading experience 🍂

09/24/2021

“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.” -Peter Brook

the empty space doesn’t even have to be a room.

some updates from us:

🔥 fire pit reading #2 at is set for Wednesday, October 20 @ 6pm. the title of the next play in development will be announced soon!

to reserve a spot to attend, rsvp to [email protected].

* also in the works, we are developing our co-director Melissa Toomey’s play, the devil smokes American Spirits: a play in ten ci******es, at The Tank in November, with showings on Nov 16 & 17. though the workshop will take place indoors, this is a play ultimately intended for a parking lot or vacant lot. *

stay tuned for more updates on our projects!

thank you all for the support as we position ourselves for fully staged immersive theatrical experiences and hikes in the spring/summer 2022 (and maybe even this winter ❄️)!

09/20/2021

🍂 it was a gorgeous fall evening last night for our inaugural reading, Catherine Weingarten’s play, Self Help Me. big thanks to Montclair Brewery for hosting us, to all who came to support, and to our artists/actors for the wonderful work!

stay tuned here for updates as we plan the rest of our fall season of events.

and check out our fundraising campaign (link in bio) to help support our work in this developmental stage! we need help to pay our artists, purchase mobile lighting/sound supplies, and secure permits for outdoor spaces of all kinds. any little bit helps! 🌿



📸 Catherine Weingarten

09/19/2021

today’s the day!
leave no trace theatre’s inaugural reading will start at 6pm outdoors at Montclair Brewery. we will accept walk ins but space is limited, so rsvp to [email protected] to request a reserved spot! Event is free with a two drink min, as courtesy to for hosting us!

09/16/2021

meet the cast of SELF HELP ME :

Kate McMorran (JESSA) is a writer and actor who spends her time exploring creative ways to dismantle gender roles. Her play Chopstick won the Judges Choice Award at the Playbill Virtual Theatre Festival in October 2020, and her short plays Love Child, The Registry, and In Character have been produced in NYC. Kate has performed in the city and across the country, with favorite roles including Ann in All My Sons and Emilie in The Moors. She can usually be found reading at least three books at once and lives in Astoria, New York. .mcmorran, katemcmorran.com

Samantha Resnick (CATHY) (she/her) is a singer, actor, deviser, and aspiring intimacy director from central New Jersey. She is a 2020 graduate of Long Island University Post, where she studied Musical Theatre and Gender Studies, and she is a certified Mental Health First Aider and Intimacy Captain. She is thrilled to join leave no trace theatre in this new season, following a busy and joyful summer at Texas Shakespeare Festival and Idlewild Theme Park. Big thanks to Melissa, Catherine, and Kate!

don’t miss them in our inaugural reading this Sunday 9/19 @ 6pm, outdoors . Rsvp before it’s too late!

09/12/2021

playwright feature!
meet Catherine Weingarten, our playwright for reading #1 :

Catherine Weingarten is a friendly jewish chick from an obscure area of Pennsylvania! Honors Include: the Scott McPherson Award and the Tennessee Williams Scholarship through the Sewanee Writer’s Conference. She has previously developed her “girly, trashy” work with Dixon Place, The Tank, Less Than Rent, Sam French OOB Short Play Festival, Last Frontier Theater Conference and has been awarded residencies through Bethany Arts Community and Monson Arts. Catherine has participated in Art House Production’s INKubator Writer’s Group, New Perspective’s Writer’s Group and The Shelter’s Virtual King Lear project. BA: Bennington College MFA: Ohio University

don’t miss her play SELF HELP ME on Sunday, Sept 19 @ 6pm for our inaugural reading. don’t forget to rsvp @ [email protected] to attend! space is limited!

09/10/2021

Food for thought...

A U.K. director argues that theatres can reclaim the center of civic life only if they lower barriers to entry and embrace their communitarian role.

09/10/2021

Learn more about our series and future plans. Co-Artistic Director Melissa Toomey chats with Gwen Orel for the Montclair Local.

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