{{Short description|Dominican American theatre director}} {{Infobox person | occupation = Theatre director; costume designer | employer = Bushwick Starr | known_for = Directing premier of ''Black Exhibition'' by Jeremy O. Harris | awards = Lilly Award (2021) }} '''Machel Ross''' is a Dominican American theatre director and costume designer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.thebushwickstarr.org/who-we-are |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=The Bushwick Starr |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019 she was awarded funding through the Women's Film, TV and Theatre Fund administered by the City of New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) to write, produce and direct ''Signs He Made at Home -'' a short film about an artist with schizophrenia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Film, TV and Theatre Fund - MOME |url=https://www.nyc.gov/site/mome/industries/womens-fund-2019.page |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=www.nyc.gov}}</ref> The same year she directed ''Black Exhibition'', a choreopoem by Jeremy O. Harris which debuted at the Bushwick Starr.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Review: Playwright Exposes Himself in 'Black Exhibition' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/theater/black-exhibition-review-jeremy-o-harris.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112192007/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/theater/black-exhibition-review-jeremy-o-harris.html |archive-date=2019-11-12 |access-date=2026-01-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Uli Beutter |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Between_the_Lines/XlRFEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=machel+ross&pg=PA333&printsec=frontcover |title=Between the Lines: Stories from the Underground |date=2021-11-09 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-9821-4567-5 |pages=333 |language=en}}</ref> In 2021 she was presented with a Lilly Award for direction.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=2021 Awards — The Lillys |url=https://the-lillys.org/2021-awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124032332/https://the-lillys.org/2021-awards |archive-date=2024-01-24 |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=The Lillys |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2022 she directed ''A Song of Songs -'' a reorchestration and queer interpretation of the biblical book ''Song of Songs'' by Agnes Borinsky ''-'' for which Ross also designed the costumes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Feldman |first=Adam |title=A Song of Songs {{!}} Theater in New York |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/a-song-of-songs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811032727/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/a-song-of-songs |archive-date=2022-08-11 |access-date=2026-01-11 |work=Time Out New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-13 |title=Review: 'A Song of Songs' Makes a Sacrament of Remembrance |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/theater/review-a-song-of-songs.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313185422/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/theater/review-a-song-of-songs.html |archive-date=2022-03-13 |access-date=2026-01-11 |language=en}}</ref> The same year she directed ''Hound Dog'' ''and the Meaning of Elvis for One Turkish Family'' ''-'' a musical retelling of the life of Elvis Presley, which premiered at Ars Nova.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=Review: Hound Dog and the Meaning of Elvis for One Turkish Family - TheaterMania.com |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/review-hound-dog-and-the-meaning-of-elvis-for-one-turkish-family_94462/ |access-date=2026-01-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hound Dog {{!}} Theater in New York |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/hound-dog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417031859/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/hound-dog |archive-date=2025-04-17 |access-date=2026-01-11 |work=Time Out New York |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2026 she was associate artistic director at the Bushwick Starr.<ref name=":2" />
== Awards ==
* Lilly Awards, 2021: The Stacey Mindich ‘Go Work in Theater' Award (Direction)<ref name=":3" />
== Selected works ==
* ''A Song of Songs'' (2022) - direction and costume<ref name=":0" /> * ''Hound Dog'' ''and the Meaning of Elvis for One Turkish Family'' (2022) - direction<ref name=":1" /> * ''Black Exhibition'' (2019) - direction<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mannion |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Samuel_R_Delany/z092EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=machel+ross&pg=PT60&printsec=frontcover |title=Samuel R. Delany: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works |last2=Matsuuchi |first2=Ann |last3=Porter |first3=Lavelle |last4=Roggenkamp |first4=Kenny |date=2024-11-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-8818-0108-3 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Riot Antigone'' (2017) - costume<ref>{{Cite book |last=Powers |first=Melinda |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Reclaiming_Greek_Drama_for_Diverse_Audie/RAr-DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=machel+ross&pg=PA214&printsec=frontcover |title=Reclaiming Greek Drama for Diverse Audiences: An Anthology of Adaptations and Interviews |date=2020-08-12 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-89375-9 |pages=214 |language=en}}</ref>
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