George Heymont of “My Cultural Landscape” and the Huffington Post gives “Demeter, or In the Silence of Tangerine Groves,” a rave review, citing its “sharp writing.” My thanks and acknowledgement of the superb directing and dramaturgical support of Michaela Goldhaber, and the wonderful cast, including Candace Brown, Jan Carty Marsh, Tavis Kammet and Louel Senores (who “almost steals the …
See four of my plays in three days
Okay, the sun, moon and earth are entering perfect alignment, sure — but this: this is an amazing opportunity! Four of my plays are premiering in San Francisco this holiday season. For one night only, Thursday, December 13, at 8 p.m., the SF Olympians Festival hosts a staged reading of my new play “Demeter: In the Silence of Tangerine Groves.” …
Upcoming Readings and Productions
I’m excited to announce four or five upcoming readings and productions still to come in 2012 (it’s been a great year)! I will have two one-minute plays in the One Minute Play Festival, “The Bereaved” and “Flash Cards,” curated by Dominic D’Andrea and hosted by the Bay Area Playwrights Foundation. I found a structure I liked and built two super-short …
In Brief
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” ~Maya Angelou
Strange Bedfellows in the OC Register
The Orange County Register says: “Happily, ‘Bedfellows’ does poke fun of every political persuasion and sexual orientation around, both real and stereotypical. The result is a wacky comedy for the early 21st century, steeped in the ever-juicy back-room wheeling and dealing that has always characterized American politics. In lesser hands, the play’s succession of zany scenarios and zippy one-liners would …
“Believers” press
I was interviewed by Charles Kruger for Theatrestorm.com, a website focused on SF’s local independent theatres. Read the feature here. The production was a Bay Area Arts Pick in the SF Chronicle and on sfgate.com on Thursday, August 2. “Patricia Milton has good comic chops and there are plenty of laughs to be found in this light-hearted romance. . . …
Podcasting about “Believers” with AJ Baker of 3GT
I met with my friend, the delightful Managing Director of Three Girls Theatre and fellow playwright A.J. Baker, to discuss the upcoming premiere of “Believers.” We open this week, and everything is coming together. Wednesday night’s rehearsal made me cry tears of laughter. AJ is a wonderful interviewer, and we had a blast, talking about the development of the play …
Believers video trailers!
I created several trailers from the fantastic photos Jim Norrena took for us. I think I’m pretty good at this. . . which I have never before tried to do. I tried to give each of them a little narrative that teases about the play’s plot, characters and theme, without giving too much away. Let me know what you think. …
In Brief
“The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances. ” Aristotle – Poetics
LA Female Playwrights Initiative Interview
I was interviewed via email about the process of fairy tale adaptation by Laura Shamas of the LA Female Playwrights Initiative. Laura is a writer and mythologist (see her website here), and the LA FPI is a grassroots resource and advocacy group for women playwrights in Southern California which Laura co-founded with playwright Jennie Webb. I jumped at the chance, …