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News (note that
links may not work) April, 2012 And so it has come to pass that in the middle of my third decade I have become a rock star. MASS: A Rock Opera. Showing 11 songs from the work in progress on 28 and 29 April. Esther Crow, Rebecca Davis & me, with what can only be described a monster band led by Maria Dessena. Come on out. November, 2011 A welter of smaller projects to report. This summer, I sat for Matt Freeman's Silent New York and I read Melissa Gawlowski's Spring Tidesfor Boomerang. In October, I risked life, limb and dignity as an actor in the One Minute Play Festival's Livewriting event at The Brick. I noticed (actually, embarassingly, my mom noticed) that two older projects of mine are on YouTube; Matt Freeman's Character(s) and Eric Sommer's Total Candor. And I'm happy to be involved again with that scoundrel Matthew Paul Olmos, reading his The Death of the Slow'Dying Scuba Diver for TerraNOVA's Groundbreakers. July, 2011 The Pig gets reviewed and discussed: Nytheatre.com,Backstage,New York Theater Review, Scene 4 Mag, Trav S.D., Big Vision Empty Wallet.
'Twas far too short a run. Pork! Opera! Beer! I'm working again with UTC #61, this time on the English-language premier of a recently discovered Vaclev Havel play, The Pig, or Vaclev Havel's Hunt for a Pig. It's part of the Ohio Theater's Ice Factory Festival, this year in residence at 3LD. We open Wednesday, 29 June for 4 performances only. Come see me sing Smetana. Tickets here. March, 2011 Come on down to the Tenement Museum to see me in a reading of Fire Escape, a gorgeous new play about The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Tues, 22 March. Details here. (Fire Escape is a project ofAmerican-In-Play, a company well worth your time.) December, 2010 Great reviews for Androids (and for me). New York Times, nytheatre.com,Time Out, Theater is Easy,Backstage, and some interesting reactions from the comics, scifi, and Philip K. Dick blogosphere. November, 2010 Do
Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep? has opened to packed houses down
at 3LD. Grab your mood organ, dial excitement, and go get your tickets.  On your screen! In your mind! October, 2010 Rehearsal has begun for Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep with UTC #61.
The show goes up in November at 3LD's
toy-filled
playground of a theater. In addition to the sheer coolnessof
working on one of my sci-fi touchstones, I'm singing 5 arias
composed for this show by Henry Akona. Late September, 2010 Brandywine Distillery Fire
is, alas, closed. I loved this project. September,
2010The press was interesting. Every reviewer puts forth his idea of the show's central thesis; each idea was radically different. New York Times, Time Out, Backstage,NYTheatre.com. Blogger Trav S.D. also weighed in, as did Aaron Riccio. Brandywine
Distillery Fire opens Thursday, 9 September and plays for
two weeks at Incubator Arts Project. August,
2010 It's a short run, so please do come in the first few days if you're able. $10 discount seats can be had on Sept 9 and 10 by using the code 'Dogfighting' right here. (Another)
update: Brandywine Distillery Fire is raising
money. June,
2010I'm unabashedly proud of this show. If you can give any amount to help us with our full production at Incubator Arts, I'd be most grateful. Update: There will be fire and free drinks at the Fundraising Party for Brandywine Distillery Fire. Saturday, 14 August. $10. Worth it. Brandywine Distillery Fire will open the inagural Fall season at Incubator Arts. The logical(?) conclusion of the experiments that were Exposition and Denouement, Brandywine Distillery Fire is directed by Michael Gardner and written by Matt Freeman. Our video trailer is here, in which I somewhat shamefully insult one of the most important theater companies of the last 50 years. My
mom's newest book is now available. The
Casanova Chronicles. Sexy, beautiful and thrilling. April,
2010Denouement came and went. Exciting news forthcoming. Onward! February, 2010 The Garage Sale for Haiti
raised over $1400 in 4 hours. Huzzah! January,
2010Update:
I'm co-organizing a Garage Sale for Haiti at The Brick this
coming Sunday, 24 January. Details here.
Silent Auction items and bidding here. December,
2009(2010! It's the future!) The long prep for Untitled 2011 Project begins. In the meantime, go check out my work with filmmaker Daniel McKleinfeld at Vimeo: Security and Fee, Water Cooler, and, though I still find it nearly impossible to watch, Still Life. Exposition
is dead. Long
live Exposition. November,
2009In other news, Deck The Hallmans opened like gangbusters last Sunday night. No one more surprised than I that I've returned to long-form improv.      Robert Honeywell, me, Lauri Berritta, Lynn Berg, Jonathan Kaplan (Alyssa Simon, Iracel Rivero, Audrey Crabtreee & Donetta Riley injured too severely to photograph.) Come see for yourself what all the bruises are about. Well. That
didn't last long.
 Exposition In which we attempt to undermine narrative by removing meaning from language. Also, pretty dresses. 19 to 21 November. Deck The Hallmans Improv-basedholiday from hell.Part of the Fight Fest. Beginning 5 December. I'm officially, temporarily, retired. Over 10 years in New York and I've been fortunate to never have gone more than a few months without a show (or three). But I'm tired, I'm spent. I'm letting my hair grow out and putting away my headshots. I'm getting married. I bought a house. I'll be back after the honeymoon. In the meantime, please spend money at your local theater or opera house. For those in New York, I suggest The Brick. March, 2009 Two readings - one for old
friend Trav S.D. andCaveman Robot and one
for Jerry Polner
and Michael
Criscuolo. January, 2009 Directing? Exhausting. In other news, anyone looking for a lovely, quiet and private 1 bedroom to rent on the Lower East Side? October, 2008 Lord
Oxford
and Patty have a special invitation, just
for you.
(Also, special $10 tickets, 30 Oct to 1 Nov only, using code"LISTDISC" at OvationTix.)  From L: Lynn Berg as Winston, Audrey Crabtree as Patty O'Pattycake, Iracel Rivero as Lucia, Alyssa Simon as Nataliya, Audrey, and Gyda Arber as Greta. Photos by Ken Stein. Lord Oxford Bring You the Second American Revolution, Live! opens Thursday 23 October!Buy tickets! See production photos! Read press! September, 2008 Poster
has arrived! ) Click to see full size. Amazing art courtesy of Jeff Lewonczyk. Spell has closed, and rehearsal for Lord Oxford ... has begun. Wall to wall talent in the cast: Gyda Arber, Lynn Berg,Audrey Crabtree, Rasheed Hinds, Robert Honeywell, Iracel Rivero,Alyssa Simon. Orchestrations by Matt Van Brink. Developed with Sue Morrison. Written and composed by Robert Honeywell. Directed by me. August, 2008 April, 2008 Working
on
a new piece with my old friend and collaborator Ian
W. Hill.
Also preparing for a filmed performance with Trav S.D., and for
co-directing Robert Honeywell's fall piece, a political cabaret
as yet
untitled. March, 2008 Notes
from Undergroundcloses this Saturday. I wish we could extend our run.
We're completely sold out, but there
are
a small number of tickets released each night at 7:45 to
walk-ins. February, 2008 Notes
from Undergroundopens
on Friday, 15 February. I'm terribly proud of this one.
Startling,
intense, funny. Also, the tagline "limited and uncomfortable
seating"
is not hyberbole. Reserve in advance, and don't come if you're
claustrophobic.  Lit by fire! And bile! Update: The Voice and nytheatre.com and The Brooklyn Paper love us, Time Out and Backstage don't. Divisive! Dostoyevsky would be so proud. October, 2007 I'm
participating in week 45 the 365
Days/365 Plays
project. Two pieces I've directed (!) are at the Public Theater
on
Sunday, 14 October. Tickets
are free. June, 2007  May, 2007 Come
see me in The
Pretentious
Festival (blog,movie).I'm in two shows - Lisa
Ferber & Paul Nelson's
new musical Dinner at
Precisely 8:13 and a theatrical lecture entitled Every
Play Ever Written: A
Distillation of the Essence of Theatre. The former
is delightful,
the latter is the most important play ever produced.Ahem.Tickets. March, 2007 Would
that all photo
shoots were this fun. The Brick
Theater's Pretentious
Festival, as photographed by Tim
Brown. ) ) ) ) ) Goofballery above committed by me, Robert Honeywell, Berit Johnson, and Jason Robert Bell. February, 2007 WICKETS
has closed. It was a
great success, with support from donors, industry and the
public. No
official reviews, as a 4-day run isn't very editor-friendly, but
some reactions can be found here
and here. January, 2007  WICKETS.Created by Clove Galilee and Jenny Rogers. Thursday - Sunday, January 25 - 28th. HERE Arts Center. December, 2006 Wicketstickets
on sale now! With only 4 performances (and only 55 seats), the
show is
already selling out. And how could it not? - it's Fefu
and her Friends
set on a jetliner. You, the audience, sit inside
a plane
(first, business, or coach - arrive early for your choice). We,
the actresses,
are your stewardesses,
and we perform the play around you while serving drinks and
snacks. We
have drink carts, safety demonstrations and feminist
discourse.
Watch video
of me from August's showing. November, 2006 Mountain
Hotel.
Identity is a small price to pay for happiness.
(Update: President
Havel changed
his
mind about his own play after visiting our
production.) October, 2006 how
to disappear completelyperforms Friday & Saturday, November 3rd
& 4th, in Baltimore at the Creative
Alliance. Still Life is having its premiere on Sunday, 29 October at the Anthology Film Archives as part of the Sinister Six. It was a risky and difficult project; please do come. September, 2006 I've just started
work on Vaclev
Havel's The
Mountain Hotel, an English-language premiere in
Untitled Theatre Co. #61's Havel
Festival. I'm filming Daniel McKleinfeld's Still Life. I play a schizophrenic woman in the middle of a breakdown. I'd say it's Oscar bait, but 8-minute art films don't get noticed by the Academy, do they? August, 2006 Greed:
A
Musical
Love $tory returns!
After
our hit run during
The $ellout Festival in July, Lindy, Anna Nicole, Joyce, Yeats and
J.
Howard Smith come back for another go around. See me in the
performance
that landed me in Time Out. Wickets. It's Fornes' Fefu and her Friends ... on a plane. I play Fefu, your head stewardess, in this deconstruction/adaptation set on a 1970s jetliner. You sit in coach, business or first class. The actresses are your stewardesses. We wear outfits. We serve drinks and snacks. Indeed. HERE/Mabou Mines artists Jenny Rogers and Clove Galilee are the masterminds and this is only the first showing in what will be an 18 month development process. Two nights only at P.S.122 - Aug 26 & 28. Call 212.529.8696 for reservations. I've started rehearsal for the dance(!) theatre piece how to disappear completely with Sarah Seely's acclaimed company movement addiction. We'll perform in Baltimore in November and here in New York in 2007. July, 2006 Greed
has closed.
I'm taking a nap. June, 2006  Greed: A Musical Love $tory. Rapturousreviews. Perplexed audiences. Good times. Come to The Brick Theater for The $ellout Festival and see me hold the stage for 68 minutes of singing, dancing, accounting fraud, existential crisis, and boobs. Also, Irish poetry. Also, Chinese food. Also, "one of the best new musicals in town..." May, 2006 Very exciting. Come
to the Metropolitan Museum to see me sing with Steve Ross in A
Tribute to Dietz &
Schwartz. I'll be appearing alongside Steve, KT
Sullivan
and Jean Brassard. I'm sinking my my teeth into some gorgeous,
and
largely forgotten, music. May 16, 8pm. Tickets
at 212-570-3956. February, 2006 Richard Foreman's Symphony
of Rats
and Film
is Evil: Radio is Good
in rep at The Brick Theater. Great reviews,
most markedly in the later, where I'm dubbed a "fascist
temptress." |
