We made a teaser. Check it out here.
Untameable playing at St. Paul's Hall!
Guys, it's finally happening. Love & Diamonds & 5 Years of Rewriting. And here we go.
The cast honors me, the design astounds me and it's a cutting good time.
Grab your tickets here! Because who ever said no to an immersive diamond heist?
See you there.
More Info about Untameable (like, what it's actually about) found here.
Untameable is a co-pro between The Unsoft War & Highly Impractical Theatre.
Faster Than Bullets at The Oneness Project
Faster Than Bullets will be presented on July 26, 2015, at Access Theatre as part of The Oneness Project, an collection of theater dedicated to social justice. The piece examines how to right a wrong, and asks what superheroes look like when justice itself is a murky term. Faster Than Bullets will be directed by Erin Daley, and features Kana Hatakeyama and Isabella Saka.
Red Run the Stories read as part of plumage.'s End of Season Readings
Red Run the Stories was presented at my place as part of plumage.'s End of Season readings, on July 12th, 2015.
Elana McKelahan directed, and Irene Rivera, Gerrit Thurston, Cristina Pitter, Ugo Anyanwu, Eliza M. Simpson, and Michael Rosete read.
After You in 10x10 In the Triangle
After You will be going up in Carrboro, NC as part of 10x10 In the Triangle, a short play festival presented by The Arts Center. Show runs July 10th-26th.
Here's the whole line-up!
* Broken by James McLindon directed by David Berberian
* Work by Catherine Castellani directed by Tamara Kissane
* As We Knew It by L. Robert Westeen directed by Hope Alexander
* Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? by Jack Karp directed by Monet Marshall
* Alban’s Garden by Rich Espey directed by Brook North
* Two Mothers at a Roadside Cafe by Allan Bates directed by Gregor McElvogue
* Couples Therapy by Matt Crowley directed by Meredith Sause
* After You by Daria Miyeko Marinelli directed by Laurel Ullman
* The Third Person by Dan Borengasser directed by Jules James
* Stop/Frisk by Rich Rubin directed by Lormarev Jones
Untameable asked to Next Round in Botanicum Seedlings
Untameable was asked to the next round of submissions in Theatricum Botanicum's Seedling Program, a Development Series for Playwrights, out in Topanga, CA. Stay tuned for more!
After You a Semi-Finalist in the 10 by 10 in the Triangle Short Play Festival
After You was named a Semi-Finalist in the 10 by 10 in the Triangle Short Play Festival in Carrboro, NC!
The Louboutin at plumage.'s 5-10: Still Winter!
The Louboutin was presented at plumage.'s 5-10: Still Winter on March 9, 2015.
It featured Irene Rivera & Rachel Lin and was directed by Eric Powell Holm.
It was an evening of 6 10-minute plays featuring the talents of the plumage. writers. It was a packed house and evening full of connective lines and references to the cold. Thanks to everyone who came out!
This Week in Theatre: Readings, Seeings, Devisings.
Read: Lucas Hnath's Death Taxes. February 9, 2015. Saying Yes Changes the Play.
Devised! More: Great things happening. Landings. Arrivals. And we ourselves, landing. February 8, 2015.
Read: Idris Goodwin's How We Got On. There will be mistakes. Don't forget the joy. February 2, 2015.
Saw: Ria T. DiLullo's Grief Lines, at a Marrow's Edge Salon. January 31, 2015.
Attended: New York Stage and Film's 2015 Kick-Off. Great people, great conversation. How to rebrand so people find you. January 29, 2015.
Read: Courtney Baron's Eat Your Heart Out. "Take an L." January 26, 2015.
Saw: RCDS's Festival Choir Concert. The Power of Unified Voice. January 25, 2015.
We Are Samurai Published in Fourth Wall Review
We Are Samurai is being published in Fourth Wall Review's 2014 Winter Issue. Fourth Wall Review is a print and online journal of plays, essays, interviews, audio, film and art.
Check it out here!
This Week in Theater: High School and Siblings
Great work this week.
Read: Britton Buttril's Temporal, January 19, 2015. Simultaneaity in final moments.
Saw: Mr's Mayfield's 10-Year Class Reunion..., January 22, 2015. Keep them guessing and moving. Great use of a railway apartment.
We're Devising: American Mythology
It's happening. Elana McKelahan of Highly Impractical Theater and I are teaming up to bring you an amazing immersive devised piece of theater. Coming to a theater near you, likely in Spring of 2016. Or so. We'll see.
But until then, check back here for updates/photos/and snippets as we work to bring you a piece of theater all about our American values, mythologies and history. It's going to be insane, unbelievable, and a whole lot of everything. Much like our nation itself.
This Whatever in Theater: Birdman, Boleros, Iphis.
It's been awhile. Holidays. New Years. Whatever it was: We're back.
Saw: Elise LeBreton's Myth of Iphis at The Brick. December 12-13th. "Myths are public dreams, and dreams are private myths."
Saw: Birdman. December 3, 2015. All the thoughts. Just, go see it.
Read: Jose Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted. December 2014- January 2015. Telling stories of the after after ever after, and the land on the other side. Spoiler Alert: Disenchantment.
We are Samurai named a 2014 Best Play from DCMetro Theater Arts!
Huge congrats to Deborah Randall, Venus Theater, and the AMAZING cast of We are Samurai for this lovely accolade. Y'all ARE the best.
5-10: Thanks for Loving (and eventually Leaving, appropriately, at the right moment)!
Thanks to everyone who came out to plumage.'s first 5-10: Loving & Leaving!
It was night full of great work, exciting stories, and one very full theater. My piece After You, was presented alongside some truly excellent work. Lesson: Relationships are hard. Or to quote the indelible Taylor Swift, life makes love look hard.
You all rock. Check out some photos from the event.
This Week in Theater: Dance, Music, Dates, Grief.
What a full week.
Saw: Old Music, New Art. November 13, 2014. Music as a search for resolution.
Saw: Sadeh 21 at BAM. November 13, 2014. The heartbreak of falling off walls.
Produced/Wrote: After You, part of plumage.'s 5-10: Loving & Leaving. A night of small fast theater. What fun. November 17, 2014.
Read: Ria T. DiLullo's Grief Lines. November 18, 2014. A play as eulogy.
After You in plumage.'s 5-10
After You will be part of plumage.'s 5-10: Loving and Leaving, a night of 5 10-minute plays based around a theme. Karen Eilbacher will be directing the amazing talents of Rachel Lin, Matthew Jeffers, Jordan Ho, and Lynnese Page. It should be a spectacularly fun night- come check it out!
This Week in Theater: Negative/Positive, BadJews, Hunchbacks
Here's to a complex theatrical week.
Saw: Christy Smith-Sloman's Negative is Positive at Theater for a New City. Hidden Reversals. November 6, 2014.
Read: Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews. Vile people making good points. November 6, 2014.
Read: Charise Castro Smith's The Hunchback of Seville. Foreshadows and surprises. November 9, 2014.
This Week in Theater: Superheroes- Hearts Like Fists & Fortress of Solitude.
What a world-saving crime-stopping week of theater.
Read: Adam Szymkowicz's Hearts Like Fists. November 3, 2014. Genre done well is so strong.
Seen: Fortress of Solitude, at The Public. November 5, 2014. End on a cliffhanger. Multiple voices. Old music is SO good.
This Week in Theater: FatherComesHome, LipsTeeth, StrangeAttractors.
What a great week in theater.
Saw: Suzan Lori Park's Father Comes Home From the Wars, at The Public. Start with a bet. Keep it dangerous. October 25, 2014.
Saw: Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, at Second Stage Theatre. The pool that no one can touch. October 27, 2014.
Read: David Adjmi's Strange Attractors. Keep it quirky. October 27, 2014.