August 25, 2011
Two upcoming shows—and a new weekly podcast!
Once again, I'm terribly behind in updating...I have been good about my twitter presence, though! That counts for something, right? Anyway, I've got three really exciting projects going right now that I'd love to share with you...
First up, a really powerful piece of theatre that I've co-directed with Ashley Marinaccio & Danny Mendoza is about to go up at several venues across the city. It's called Ten Years Later: Voices of the Post-9/11 Generation Speak, and it's written & performed by kids ages 10-24, examining the impact that the September 11th attacks had on their lives.
The show performs at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on Monday, September 12 at 8pm; get your tickets in advance here. Produced by Co-Op Theatre East and Project Girl Performance Collective.
Then in October, along with our friends in Mixed Phoenix Theatre Group, Co-Op Theatre East will produce the premiere production of David Myers's Muzungu at The East 4th Street Theatre. You may recall me talking about this play a lot in the past year—I've directed two readings of it with MPTG thus far, and now we're going to actually put it onstage.
I can't tell you how excited I am about this show—from the moment I read it, this is a play I've wanted to put onstage. David's writing is superb, and the actors, Nneoma Nkuku and Ryan Victor Pierce, brilliantly bring his words to life. The production gets more exciting to me with every discussion I have with our team—I can't wait to share this show with you.
Performances begin on October 14, 2011, and we run thru October 30. I truly hope you can see this show; it's going to be a good one.
...and in between directing these shows, I've also started a new project—producing my own podcast! It's called Go See a Show!; new episodes post every Tuesday, each featuring an interview with an artist making theatre in New York's off-off-Broadway scene. There are currently two episodes up now, the first with playwright Mariah MacCarthy, and the second with playwright Christie Perfetti. Take a listen!
Plus, more exciting news: O Brave New World, my new in-home/garden performance experience developed with my amazing COTE collaborators, had it's first public showing last month, to audience acclaim! That's us performing in my garden, to the left.
We're now booking performances for other homes & gardens around the city—so if you'd like to throw a party, and have us come and perform, let me know!
June 20, 2011
Three new plays — see or call (!) them now!
Three new plays I've directed are currently out in the world; hope you can catch one (or all three) of them.
If you've got 12 minutes and a phone, you can check out the radio play I wrote and recorded this past fall with Co-Op Theatre East, Conference, featuring Kerrie Bond, Mike Callahan, Alex Herrald, and Todd Meredith. Your invitation is to the left; call in now! Let me know what you think after you do.
In case you can't read it in the image, the phone number to call is (518) 207-0155.
And, the two plays I directed in End Times Productions' annual Vignettes for the Apocalypse festival are currently playing at The Kraine Theatre, 85 E. 4th Street in Manhattan. I'm incredibly proud of the work that the cast & I did on these shows; they're a lot of fun, and are playing alongside some other very fun dystopian, sci-fi, horror plays.
May 18, 2011
UPDATES
Woefully behind on updates as to what's going on with my creative life, but it's probably because lots of great stuff is happening. Here's the quick run-down: