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Check these out! “Local playwright Patricia Milton makes dialogue zesty: Each line, however economical, uncovers something cringey, zany or piquant about a fast-talking character.” SF Chronicle Datebook “an exceptional comedy that simultaneously entertains, educates, satirizes and surprises…with top-notch acting and Gary Graves’ skilled direction” E.Mendel, Berkeleyside “Come and see how the Bubble bursts…through a unique comedic lens” P. Morin, Theatrius …
Central Works premieres my comedy “The Engine of Our Destruction” on Saturday, October 14, at the Berkeley City Club. Featuring Chelsea Bearce, Louel Señores, Michael Tuton, and Jan Zvaifler, it’s a comic look at attempts to enforce or regulate AI ethics. The play centers on Kamiri (Chelsea Bearce), new Chief Ethics Officer at Bubble, Inc., whose mother is named Chair …
Coming up at Central Works October 14, my latest comedy is a satirical look at developer bias and shoddy AI. Kamiri is the newly-hired Chief Ethics Officer of a mega-tech company named Bubble, where Artificial Intelligence promises to open up a whole new world of technological possibilities. But when Kamiri discovers that Bubble is developing a new wearable device intended …
W. B. Yeats, ‘Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors’ What they undertook to doThey brought to pass;All things hang like a drop of dewUpon a blade of grass. This is Yeats’ poem in its entirety, written in the 1930’s. It is posted in gratitude to my own subconscious.
Here’s a new marketing video for “Escape from the Asylum:” enjoy!
“After my daughter’s birth, I couldn’t take care of the house right any more. My husband told me a maid would be better than me, that I was crazy. He took me to the hospital for ‘observation.’” ~Carmen, quoted in Women and Madness by P. Chester, PhD. “My husband told me to get shock therapy, that my multiple sclerosis symptoms …
… opens March 19! Get tickets. You can read about it here. In 2019, Central Works premiered the Victorian Ladies Detective Collective–three determined “lady” sleuths fight crime and prejudice in Victorian London. Now they’re back at it! A famous female explorer has been committed to Belfry, a notorious asylum for the mentally ill. Has her unscrupulous husband had her falsely …
In “Escape from the Asylum,” Victorian detectives Katie and Loveday practice self-defence skills using umbrellas. Women used hatpins to defend themselves, until the hatpins became so deadly the longer ones were banned. So it was brolleys to the rescue! Here’s a video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYUxTHoOfok
Subscriptions for Central Works 2022 Season are now available, as are individual tickets for my world premiere madcap mystery, Escape from the Asylum. Get tickets here. Buy Season subscriptions here.
My comedy mystery play, Escape from the Asylum, will premiere in March 2022 (if the pandemic permits) at Central Works Theater in the the Berkeley City Club. Directed by Gary Graves, it will feature Chelsea Bearce, Alan Coyne, Danielle O’Hare, and Jan Zvaifler. Can the lady detectives escape the madness of the patriarchy? 1895 London: When Loveday, Katie, and Valeria …