we are set collective NYC

SET Collective is a company of artists deeply committed to the collaborative process. We foster a non-hierarchical model of leadership in performance, playwriting, and production. We find that this model facilitates open dialogue, which translates to an expanded point of view and increased inventiveness. In our experience, the growth of a piece often corresponds with our own growth as artists, thinkers, and creators. By applying this collective approach, we discover a fresh resonance and relevance in both original and established works, and their importance in the cultural landscape of today.


John Bergdahl, Co-Artistic Director, SET Collective

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John Bergdahl is a performer and filmmaker, seen most recently as Antigonus and the Old Shepherd in in South Brooklyn Shakespeare’s production of The Winter’s Tale. Previous credits with South Brooklyn Shakespeare include Macbeth in Macbeth, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, and Don John in Much Ado About Nothing. In 2015, John adapted Macbeth for SET Collective, a production that featured 5 actors, each playing the lead character for one act. Other roles include Jacques in As You Like It, Pale in Burn This, Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Garcin in No Exit. John’s original play Stream was produced in the first New York International Fringe Festival and Cowards and Weaklings, a retrospective of short films he wrote and directed, was featured at Anthology Film Archives in New York City’s East Village. John can be seen this fall in Street To Table, an independent film directed by Joe Lazenby. www.johnbergdahl.com


Julie Galdieri, Co-Founder, Co-Artistic Director, SET Collective 

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Julie is the co-founder of SET Collective, which she created in 2012 with Marika Becz. Select NY credits include: Macbeth (Lion Theatre/Theatre Row); The Bacchae (dir. Anne Bogart); The Vagina Monologues (Helen Mills Theatre); The Baby (American Globe); Venus & Adonis (HERE); NYTW; La Mama; Alice Tully Hall. Regional: Twelfth Night; Taming of the Shrew; Othello; Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep Company). Film: You’ve Got Mail; Shades of Grace; Ten Souls Rising; Sax & Violins; Nerdland. As a member of the SoHarmoniums, Julie has sung at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space. Julie also maintains an active scriptwriting and executive speech coaching business in Manhattan. She holds a BA from Amherst College and an MA from Trinity Rep Conservatory. Member: AEA, SAG, AFTRA and New York Women in Film and Television. www.juliegaldieri.com



 

SET Collective Artists, past and present:

Marika Becz (co-founder)

John Bergdahl

Nathan Dennis

Joe Dunham

Mark Enright

Julie Galdieri (co-founder)

Jeffrey Harper

James Holloway

Erika Johnson

Margaux March Joly

Marcus Jordan

Markus Kaitila

Maggie Low

Angelo McDonough

Caitlin Mileon

Ian Morgan

Doug Paulson

Deb Pingitore

Reynaldo Piniella

Carmine Raspaolo

Joseph Reece

Eric Henry Sanders

Jacqueline Sydney

Lindsey White

 

Production In Development

 

Currently in the works: RESERVOIR, by Eric Henry Sanders, an urgent and timely reimagining of Georg Büchner’s 1837 play, Woyzeck, in which the soldier’s madness is reinterpreted as PTSD.

Watch this space for more details!

 
MacbethSET Collective’s original adaptation, stripped down to a feverish 90-minutes, featuring five actors (two women, three men) who portray Macbeth for one act each.

Macbeth

SET Collective’s original adaptation, stripped down to a feverish 90-minutes, featuring five actors (two women, three men) who portray Macbeth for one act each.

 
The Birds & The BeesA trilogy of plays by the late Louis Catron, exploring how trust and intimacy express themselves throughout the stages of life.

The Birds & The Bees

A trilogy of plays by the late Louis Catron, exploring how trust and intimacy express themselves throughout the stages of life.

 
The OctopusAn original farce by Nathan Dennis. The Octopus is the story of a 22 year old Sicilian-American who returns to Sicily to find himself caught between the competing worlds of the mafia and the pressing motives of the US Navy, but ultimately…

The Octopus

An original farce by Nathan Dennis. The Octopus is the story of a 22 year old Sicilian-American who returns to Sicily to find himself caught between the competing worlds of the mafia and the pressing motives of the US Navy, but ultimately forges his own path to manhood.

 
The AppassionataWritten by Jeffrey Harper and based on “Minuet in a Minefield,” by Cornelia Ravenal. Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata acts as an integral, virtual character in this drama, in which a young conservatory student must choose between her …

The Appassionata

Written by Jeffrey Harper and based on “Minuet in a Minefield,” by Cornelia Ravenal. Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata acts as an integral, virtual character in this drama, in which a young conservatory student must choose between her family’s destruction and the destruction of her self.

 
 

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