WINNER! The Game to Play at UnitedSolo Festival 2025
After being accepted in the world’s largest solo theatre festival held at Theatre Row in NYC, Brooke directed Iryna Scarola’s new adaptation of her original award-winning play Let’s Play The Game, which went on to win Best Actress at the 2025 UnitedSolo Awards Gala out of more than a hundred other performances.
“What if your life, every joy and every loss, was part of a greater design? Would you dare to remember who designed it? This play explores a mother in war, a cradle of grief, and a memory that refuses to fade; one soul’s journey from spirit to human body.”
WINNER! Best Short Production: Let’s Play The Game at NYTF SummerFest 2025
Brooke directed and produced the world premiere of Iryna Scarola’s new play during the New York Theatre Festival, and it was awarded BEST Short Production out of the 92 total productions presented at SummerFest 2025.
“What if the universe itself is an eternal game of remembering and forgetting? Through one woman’s journey from devastating loss to understanding, this metaphysical drama suggests that perhaps death is not an ending, but rather a doorway to understanding our nature—and that those we love never truly leave but light the way.”
Twelfth Night or What You Will received top Research & Creative Achievement Award in Fine Arts Category
Adapting, directing, and producing a re-telling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this production was awarded the top honor in the Fine Arts category during Research & Creative Achievement Week at East Carolina University.
“Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a story of love and mistaken identity, a story where every character gets their happy ending. Well, almost all of them. Antonio, the sea captain who rescues our leading man, ends the play being sent to the gallows amidst the merriment…with a broken heart. In this re-telling of the famed story, we focus on Antonio and his journey of unrequited love.”
Cry It Out Equity Showcase Production at NuBox Theatre
Brooke has her producing debut in New York City with the Equity Showcase production of Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler at NuBox Theatre, while also performing the lead role of JESSIE GELB.
“A comedy with dark edges, Cry It Out takes an honest look at the absurdities of being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work, and the effect class has on parenthood in America.”