A Manly Enterprise & Spicy Witch Productions present
The Amazing Doctor She Medicine Show
6-10 August, 2024
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Performed by Katie Fanning
Directed by Phoebe Brooks
Created by A Manly Enterprise
Produced by Isabelle Russo
Music by Lucky Bommireddy
Young Helena by Ashil Lee
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Katie Fanning is a theater-maker about town with an extensive background in Early Modern Drama and advocacy for accessible arts practices. She holds an Acting MFA from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Read more: katiefanning.com
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Phoebe Brooks is a theater-creature particularly concerned with establishing a Theater of Joy for artists and audiences alike. Phoebe holds a Directing MFA from Columbia University's School of the Arts. Read more: phoebebrooks.com
A Manly Enterprise is the combination of Katie & Phoebe's gentle brains. Together they make silly, overly researched and occasionally interactive theatrical events.
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Isabelle Russo is a London based New York born Italian-American actress and producer. She holds a degree in Political Science & Theatre from Skidmore College and a Masters degree from LAMDA. Her acting credits include Hamlet, The Relapse, The Misanthrope, La Vida Es Sueño and Merrily Merrily. She is a co-producer and founding member of the NY based feminist theatre company Spicy Witch Productions. When not acting or producing, Isabelle is also a Certified Classical Pilates Instructor and semi-professional world traveler. Read more: isabellerusso.com
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Lakshya Bommireddy, aka Lucky. Vocalist and bassist with training in Carnatic, jazz, and classical music. More recently working in film and theater in various capacities. Photography and painting help me philosophize. Special love for folk art and outsider art. Currently based in Brooklyn.
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Ashil Lee (he/they) NYC-based actor, playwright, puppet-maker, director, and sex educator. Korean-American, trans nonbinary, child of immigrants. Selected acting: Der Ring Gott Farblonjet (Columbia University, dir. Phoebe Brooks), Measure for Measure (Spicy Witch Productions, dir. Phoebe Brooks) Selected playwriting: Dokkaebi: A Work in Progress (Aren't We All?) (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Reading, dir. Phoebe Brooks), Me No Know Korean (LCT3 staged reading, dramaturg Phoebe Brooks). Read more: ashillee.com
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Production Team:
Producer: Isabelle Russo
NYC Production Assistant: Janvi Sai
Composer: Lucky Bommireddy
Puppet Designer: Ashil Lee
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Props by Phoebe Brooks
Costumes by Katie Fanning
Graphic Design by Sophie Golomb
Special Thanks:
Dovecot Studios
John Hardin
Della & Isaac Brooks
Hong Mei
Nick Fortugno
Jacqueline Silberbush
Luke Sheppard
Toby Murray
Paul Taylor Mills
Chloe Nelkin & Sharon McHendry
This project was initially created at Columbia School of the Arts in February 2023.
Nash Studios Workshop Production Credits:
Production Assistant:
Janvi Sai
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Props & Graphic Design by Phoebe Brooks
Workshop Costumes for
Ms. Fanning provided by
Ari Brooks
John Hardin
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Generative Workshop Participants:
Ashil Lee
Janvi Sai
Kanika Vaish
Liv Rigdon
Meredith Watson
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Medical Consultants:
Dr. Ari D. Brooks, MD
Dr. Katherine Aschheim, MD
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Play Test Audience:
Andrew Agress
Ashil Lee
Colin Wulff
Franny Swanson
Theo McKenna
Additional Assistance:
Della & Isaac Brooks
Elena Vannoni
Julietta Appleton
Paul Coffey
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​Alicia McAloon
Alicia White
Allyson Leyenberger
Amy Crossman
Andrew Agress
Andrew Ernest Johns
Annie Winneg
Arielle Lever
Aviva Brooks
Bethan Fanning
Caitlin White
Carlos Aguilar
Carolyn & Dan Hardin
Daniel Carlyon
Daria & David Moore
David Gorkin
Della & Isaac Brooks
Eleanor Lewis
Elissa Russo
Emily Gallagher
Emma Pardini
Eva & Paul
Abbamonte-Weinstein
& Kenneth Masis
Franklin Moss
Greg Nanni
Hannah Johnson-Walsh
Howard Brooks
James Harter
Jane Hardin
Janet Gorkin
Jennifer Brunker
Jennifer & Ari Brooks
Jerry Raik
Jonathan Nye
Joshua Morgenlander
Joy & Jason Marr
Juliet, Ezra & Jake Brooks
Julietta Appleton
Kate Siepert
Katrina Day
Kelly Karcher
Kristin Guerin
Kurt Kingsley
Laura Hesse
Leigh Toney
Liv Rigdon
Liz Olanoff
​Lucas Ingram
Luke Sheppard
Marcia Morgenlander
Mary Ann Fanning
Megan Brovan
Meghan Blakeman
Meredith Watson
Mia Canter
Myra Schwartz
Nancy Sills
Nancy Uscher
Novem Auyeung
Peter Grosz
Sarah Young
Sarah Glaser
Sarah Rosengarten
Seth Bridges
Simon Howland
Theo McKenna
Tiffani Swalley
Tina Stafford
Tyler Jakes
Vivienne Shaw
& Our Anonymous Allies!
The Amazing Doctor Donors:
Spicy Witch Productions explores gender and identity through the pairing of classical and contemporary plays in repertory. Dedicated to creating roles for women on and offstage, Spicy Witch aims to help close the gender gap in theater and to use the conversation between classical and contemporary text to initiate a dialogue and be a catalyst for social change.