Brooklyn, New York, United States
Max Mooney is a Queer writer, director, producer, stage manager, theater educator and dramaturg based in Brooklyn, spending most of her time making theater. Max develops new work in joyfully collaborative settings that find the intersections between poetry and visual/maximalist theater. Max’s directing and writing work has been seen and workshopped at The Wild Project, The Tank, Dixon Place, Concrete Temple Theatre, Rooted Theater Company, Fresh Fruit Festival, the Brick Aux, Paradise Factory & many Brooklyn rooftops and friends’ living rooms. She was a 2023 semi finalist for the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator and 2025 semi finalist for The O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference. Max’s work as a stage manager and producer gravitates towards the strange and the visual. She has worked with companies like HERE Arts Center, Under the Radar, Ars Nova, The Leimay Ensemble, PAGEANT, Fake Friends Theater Company, Baryshnikov Arts Center, La MaMa, Little Island, Theater Mitu, Powerhouse Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club and many more. Max serves as the Associate Producer at Concrete Temple Theater, Assistant Producer at En Garde Arts and is an affiliate artist of Trove Theatre/Live Arts Collective. She is the curator of The Tank’s 2025 Pridefest. Remixed Classics, a theater education handbook co-authored by Max, won a 2023 Vattemare Award. Max has a BFA from NYU Tisch’s Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, specializing in directing and playwriting.
Ernie's Secret Life Created by Concrete Temple Theater at Dixon Place Writer/Director: Renee Philippi Puppetry & Set Design: Carlo Adinolfi Original Music: Joe Phillips Dramaturg/Lighting & Sound Design: Eric Nightengale Costumes: Laura Anderson Barbata Associate Director/Understudy: Emily Batsford Production Stage Manager: Max Mooney Performers: Carlo Adinolfi, Tau Bennett, Amanda Card, Camille Leigh Cooper, J Hann, Kasper Klop, Kezia Tyson
Curated the Tank's PrideFest for 2025. Included 30+ unique pieces, in disciplines like theater, dance, puppetry and community events. A festival of new and imaginative performances from queer artists that center our community. The shows of PrideFest 2025 address queer joy, laughter, struggle, resistance and beauty through a range of mediums including theater, comedy, puppetry, storytelling, and music. These performances will reflect where we've come from, where we are, and where we can go. PrideFest featured new work by artists including Clay Baker-Lerner, Eduardo Borja, Tré Calhoun, Spencer Claus, Declan Collins, Ria T. DiLullo, CJ Donohoe, Aster Drewe, Dyke Theater Co., Nick Eibler, Ana Evans & Linnea Scott, Connor Geary & Gavin Peterson, Rhett Goldman, Rose Gonzales, Dylan Guerra, Ethan Manuel Homen, Lena Horné, Cerulean Long, Salwa Meghjee, Véro Matheny & Claire McGinlay, Max Mooney, Eric Murphy, Gregor Patti, Liva Pearce, David Quang Pham, Maleek Rae, Connor Scully, Adri Tavares, Neeta Thadani & Jeron Dooling, Benja Thompson & Akane Little, Tess Walsh, and Miss Woman the woman.
Bad Stars written/directed by Amanda Horowitz performed by Jess Barbagallo, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Pete Simpson live-painting by Adi Blaustein Rejto, Ada Friedman produced by Max Mooney scenic design by Andreea Mincic lighting design by Masha Tsimring costume design by Linda Mancini