Exposition is dead. Long live Exposition.
In 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 too severely injured to photograph.)
Come see for yourself what all the bruises are about.
Retirement. Ah well.
Exposition. In which we attempt to undermine narrative by removing meaning from language. Also, pretty dresses. 19 to 21 November.
Not awkward.
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.
Two readings - one for old friend Trav S.D. and Caveman Robot and one for Jerry Polner and Michael Criscuolo.
I am dancing again with Sarah Seely's company, From the Desk of Sarah Seely, and this time we're in Brooklyn. Here's our awesome video - come on out to Triskelion and see.
You can't tell, but I'll be wearing pasties. And a gas mask.
Audrey Crabtree as Patty O'Pattycake. Photo by Ken Stein.
Lord Oxford Bring You the Second American Revolution, Live! opens Thursday 23 October! More production photos here.
Poster illustration by Jeff Lewoncyzk.
Spell has closed, and rehearsal for Lord Oxford Presents the Second American Revolution, Live! 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(!)
Notes from Underground closes 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 7:45pm to walk-ins.
The Voice and nytheatre.com and The Brooklyn Paper love us, Time Out and Backstage don't. Divisive! Dostoyevsky would be so proud.
Notes from Underground opens 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!
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.
Every Play Ever Written is a hit! The Times call us "gleefully funny" and nytheatre.com raves.
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.
Would that all photo shoots were this fun. The Brick's Pretentious Festival, as photographed by Tim Brown.
Goofballery above committed by me, Robert Honeywell, Berit Johnson, and Jason Robert Bell.
Created by Clove Galilee and Jenny Rogers.
Thursday - Sunday, January 25 - 28th. HERE Arts Center.
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.
Mountain Hotel and The Brick. Identity is a small price to pay for happiness.
(Update: Really thoughtful review at nytheatre.com. And President Havel changed his mind about his own play after visiting our production!)
Gyda Arber, Fred Backus, Danny Bowes, Bryan Enk, Robert Honeywell, Heath Kelts, Devon Ludlow, Michael Marion, Alanna Medlock, R. David Robinson, Alyssa Simon, Moira Stone and Art Wallace.
how to disappear completely performs 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.
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?
