Production stills from Coriolanus: From Man to Dragon
Fight Direction by Mitch McCoy
Photo Credit: Zach Terry
Fight Choreography (Stage)
Production
Thérèse Raquin (Broadway)
Newsies (1st National Tour USA)
Aladdin (Broadway)
Aladdin (Japan)
Pretty Woman (Broadway)
Don Giovanni
Sherwood
Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Sleuth
Fuente Ovejuna
Macbeth
Blood Wedding
Fen
Balm in Gilead
Roberto Zucco
Carmen
Street Scene
Ursa Minor
Pony Up
The Motherfucker with the Hat
Suddenly
She Kills Monsters
Twelve Angry Men
Neighborhood 3: Requisition Doom
Solstice Party
The Time of Your Life
The Motherfucker with the Hat
Singing Beach
Fool for Love
Coriolanus
She Kills Monsters
Hamlet
Loyalties
Greeks and Centaurs
Man's Intuition
Loss
Wild Party
Wayward
Amphitryon
Melancholy Play
Survive! Survive!
The Red and the Black
Fighter
Night of Hate - Midsummer
Othello
Heartless
3C
Lemon Cake
Medieval Play
Romeo & Juliet
Julius Caesar
Marat/Sade
Broken Heart
Wit (Broadway)
Into The Woods
Fighter
This is War
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Physicist
See What I Want To See
The Odyssey
The Norman Conquests
Time of Your Life
Equivocation
Spring Awakening
Position
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Fight Director
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Fight Director
Fight Director
Fight Direction Assistant
Violence Consultant Assistant
Violence Consultant
Assistant to the Fight Director
Fight Director
Assistant to the Fight Director
Assistant to the Fight Director
Rehearsal Double
Assistant to the Fight Director
Fight Director
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Fight Choreographer
Director/Theatre
Evan Cabnet - J. David Brimmer - Roundabout Theatre Co.
Jeff Calhoun - J. Allen Suddeth - Disney Theatrical
Casey Nicholaw - J. Allen Suddeth - New Amsterdam
Casey Nicholaw - J. Allen Suddeth - Disney Theatrical
Jerry Mitchell - J. Allen Suddeth - Nederlander Theatre
Louisa Muller - J. Allen Suddeth - The MET Opera
Adam Immerwahr - J. Allen Suddeth -Cleveland Playhouse
Lou Moreno - PACE University
Adam Immerwahr - J. Allen Suddeth - McCarter Theater
Christina Roussos - The New School
Louis Wells - New Jersey Intitute of Technology
A. Dean Irby - SUNY Purchase
Chris McCann - SUNY Purchase
Raelle Myrick Hodges - The New School
Joseph Rizzolo - The New School
Paula Williams - J. Allen Suddeth - The MET Opera
Chloe Treat - The Mannes School of Music
Chae Costello - The New School
Andres Lopez-Alicea - The New School
Rodney Reyes - New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tyler Mercer - Live Source Theatre Group
Maria Aladren - MCVTS
Jenny Snyder - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Louis Wells - New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tyler Mercer - Live Source Theatre Group
Dan Winerman - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Jenny Snyder - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Ari Kreith - HERE Arts Center
Shaun Peknic - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Yuriy Pavlish - Shakespeare in the Square
Louis Wells - New Jersey Institute of Technology
Louis Wells - New Jersey Institute of Technology
Lorca Peress - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Lorca Peress - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Lorca Peress - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Deloss Brown - Shetler Studios
Rob Heller - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
David Mendizabal - LSTFI
Matthew Gregory - NYU - Gallatin
Andrew Neisler - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Trevor Buteau & Kevin Gall - 133rd st Performing Arts
Deloss Brown - Theatre at St. Clement's
Jose Perez IV - The Rose Theater
6ix Studios
Geoffrey Horne - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Daniel Aukin - The Signature Theater
Jackson Gay - The Rattlestick Theater
The 133rd st Arts Center
Kenneth Lonnergan - The Signature Theater
Annie Barney – The Rose Theater
J. David Brimmer – NYU - Tisch
Liz Swados – Abe Burrows Theater
Selina Cartmell – J. Allen Suddeth - The Duke
Lynne Meadow – J. David Brimmer – MTC
Bill Balzac – Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Jose Perez IV – The Shell Theater
Akil Davis – The Assassins
Austin Pendleton – J. David Brimmer
TravisArtz-Grodzickyj – The Shop Theater
Will Miller – The Shop Theater
Irina Polous – Choreo Theatro
Bill Balzac – LSTFI
Denyse Owens – LSTFI
David Brimmer – MTC
Johanna Mckeon – LSTFI
Production stills from Coriolanus: From Man to Dragon
Fight Direction by Mitch McCoy
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Behind the scenes on the set of Knightman directed by Jun Sekiya
Fight Choreography (Film)
Project
Mary and the Mob
Maggie
Knightman
Ogre
Salazar
Imogen and Elizabeth
Hamlet in the Golden Vale
Big Bad Wolves
Ma
Stay
Root for the Villain
Bugs: Hatchling
Bugs: Bedbugs
Little Sister
Val
Vineland
Lovely. Deathly. Fame.
The Flip
Zombie Bank
Hot Line
Tango Mike India
Contract Killer
Payment
Red Dress
Maple
47th Floor Ep. 229
47th Floor Ep. 248
47th Floor Ep. 253
Redemption
Samson Chin
Action
Firearms
Longsword
Unarmed/Longsword
Unarmed/Knife
Unarmed
Unarmed
Unarmed/Rapiers
Unarmed/Found Weapons/Knife
Unarmed/Intimacy
Unarmed/Intimacy
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Unarmed / Knife
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Swords / Firearms / Unarmed
Axe / Firearms
Unarmed Fights
Knife
Unarmed Fights
Falls / Guns / Unarmed
Unarmed Fights / Dumbbell
Unarmed / Letter Opener / Firearms
Guns / Unarmed / Drowning
Unarmed Fights
Unarmed Fights
Unarmed Fights
Unarmed Fights
Firearms
Unarmed Fights
Unarmed / Baseball bat / Knife
Knife / Unarmed
Director
Matthew O'Connor
Dakota Deady
Jun Sekiya
Perri Blackshear
Sophia Huebschman
Cheryl Wong
Dan Hasse/Taylor Myers
Rachel James
Millicent Cho
Jonas Berry
Max Rissman
Simone Kisiel
Simone Kisiel
Gabriel Frye-Behar
Alejandra Parody
Alyssa Rallo Bennett
Nick Reale
Chung Lam
Mike De Caro
Paxton Farrar
Chris Modoono
Shana Fox
Danielle O'Dea
Carlotta Summers
Shira-Lee Shalit
Stonestreet Studios
Stonestreet Studios
Stonestreet Studios
Tim Martin Crouse
Mark Solomon
Behind the scenes on the set of Root for the Villain directed by Max Rissman
"Predictably, the real gem of Coriolanus: From Man to Dragon is the fight choreography. Mitch McCoy’s fight direction is superb, crafting battle scenes using not just swords, but incorporating long spears, hand to hand combat, and various shield formations. This production illustrates that stage combat can be practical or lyrical, comedic or surreal. One of the most enjoyable moments of this versatility is found in a face off between Coriolanus and three clownish servants: knife fighting has never been so funny. And when a dreamlike slow motion sequence depicts Coriolanus’s vengeance against Rome, the result is exceptionally visceral. It is a beautiful sight, even when it’s grim. Coriolanus does not shy away from the reality of violence, fallen soldiers naturalistically convulse and gasp through their dying breaths."
- New York Theatre Review - Rachel Kerry
"This wonderfully crafted adaptation will move you both emotionally and physically, although it may not be the best production for the faint of body and heart!"
- Theatre is Easy - Maria Paz Alegre
In the case of Combative Theatre, and their partners in Shakespeare in the Square, however, the fight is put front and center. For their show Coriolanus: From Man to Dragon, Omri Kadim adapts the tragedy to really get to its combative core. And as you’ll hear from the background noise in this interview, there’s more than just a few sword-and-shield hits to be seen…
Listen in as director Yuriy Pavlish and fight director Mitch McCoy discuss how they fill in what’s missing from most productions of Coriolanus, finding the right actors for your fight-heavy show, bringing together theatre companies, resonance with current events, and when you should hold on to a production.
"...Mitch McCoy’s fight direction—sometimes in slow motion, sometimes real time—is one of the most extensive pieces of fight choreography I’ve yet to see in a Shakespeare play...Played well, and this production most certainly is, Coriolanus rolls out in a glorious dramatic arc. From revered warrior to a frustrated man whose lack of impulse control makes him his own worst enemy..."
-Theater Pizazz - JK Clarke
"...In Omri Kadim’s new adaptation of the bard’s classic play, 'Coriolanus: From Man to Dragon' — produced by Shakespeare in the Square with the aptly named Combative Theater Company — verbal and physical wounds vie for the audience’s attention. In some of its best moments, the two kinds of injuries are one and the same."
- Washington Square News - Michael Landes
"I’m here as a director, and my other half here is the fight director, Mitchell McCoy, and he’s amazing. The way I’ve seen him work, he’s similar to a dance choreographer, in that some of them will just show up to rehearsal, and they get a sense of what the scene should feel like, and then he kind of just in the moment comes up with what it should be. And then it’s just a matter of explaining it to his actors and working it out technically. That’s been a lot of what it is. We come into rehearsal, and we say, “Today we’re working the war.” In a very basic way, we storyboard it, the eight vignettes that should be a part of this war. And then we try it out. Most of the time, his first instinct is perfect and looks really good." - Yuriy Pavlish
-Stage Buddy - Auriane Desombre
