On The Rocks Theatre Co. is the longtime collaboration of Christopher Ford and Dakota Rose. Together and with an array of artists, they create highly visual work which explores genre, style and storytelling. Past works are McBeth (2010), Wolfert (2015), The White Stag Quadrilogy (2016), FRED (2017), The Beastiary (2024) and their annual holiday pageant Edelweiss. OTR is the current company-in-residence at Ars Nova and has been commissioned by Ars Nova and Dixon Place. They are recipients of the 2024-25 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence grant and their designs have been nominated for Drama Desk and Lortel Awards.
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Dakota Rose is a writer, director and designer. She co-founded On The Rocks Theatre Company in 2009. For OTR, Dakota has co-written, directed and designed McBeth (2010), Wolfert (2015), The White Stage Quadrilogy (2016), FRED (2017), Edelweiss (2017, 2018, 2019), and The Beastiary (2024) for which she was nominated for the Lortel award for Outstanding Scenic Design. Dakota is a 23/24 Tow Foundation Playwright in Residence and has been commissioned by Dixon Place and Ars Nova.
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Christopher Ford is a writer and designer. He co-founded On The Rocks Theatre Company in 2009. For OTR, Christopher has co-written and designed McBeth (2010), Wolfert (2015), The White Stage Quadrilogy (2016), FRED (2017), Edelweiss (2017, 2018, 2019), and The Beastiary (2024) for which he as nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Play and a Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design. Christopher is a 23/24 Tow Foundation Playwright in Residence and has been commissioned by Dixon Place and Ars Nova.