The Incredibly Dangerous, Astonishingly Lucrative, and Potentially Completely True Adventures of Barry Seal (2015)

Pictured Above. Thaddeus Phillips plays Barry Seal, a real-life, infamous drug smuggler-turned-DEA-informant who eventually gained the ire of both smugglers and government agents. The play takes place in a brief period towards the end of Seal’s life, when he is grounded, under government scrutiny, and unusually in the dark.

Script: Thaddeus Phillips
Director: Thaddeus Phillips
Design: Jeff Becker
Lighting: Dan Little
Sound: Mario Cotto
Performers: Thaddeus Philips and Mario Cotto
Producer: Fringe Arts

Alias Ellis Mackenzie (2015)

Pictured Below. The potentially real adventures of the American pilot Barry Seal—drug runner, informant, and Iran-Contra Affair player—and his relationship with Colombian drug lords, nefarious co-pilots, clandestine runways, his family, the DEA, FBI, CIA, and three US presidents.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Script: Tatiana Mallarino & Company 
Concept and Direction: Thaddeus Phillips
Design: Jeff Becker
Music Direction: Mario Cotto
Performers: Thaddeus Phillips, Juan Sebastian Calero, Victor Rodriguez, Diana Calderon, Ean Sheehy, Chris Davis, Ama Bollinger, Paloma Irizarry, Newton Buchanan, Mario Cotto

Photos: Johanna Austin