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My two-week residency at the Mudhouse in Crete is imminent! I’ll be working on my NCTC commission. Now called “Laws of Attraction,” it’s an LGBTQ romantic comedy that satirizes the self-help industry. It’s an outgrowth of my original proposal for “Unavoidable Admissions,” which I discovered I could not write as a comedy … and, in fact, had trouble writing at …
I’m excited to announce that BAMBOOZLED is scheduled for a world premiere early next year in Berkeley, California. During the season announcement event, here’s what I said: Fact: the US market for Confederate memorabilia is a billion-dollar business. I have always been fascinated by what we value, and what it costs us. That curiosity led me to research Confederate heirlooms …
There will be a Dramatists Guild Town Hall Tuesday, August 22, 7:30 pm at Potrero Stage, hosted by DG’s Director of Creative Affairs Tina Fallon. I’ll be on a panel with other playwrights talking about reacting to recent disastrous events. It’s part of 3Girls Theatre’s 6th Annual New Works Festival – Radical Hope & the New Resistance. Since all my …
Wanda Sabir writes for the Oakland Post and the SF Bay View Newspaper, and has her own website dedicated to the arts and the African diaspora. She reviewed the Off Broadway West Production of “Without Mercy” and conducted an hour-long interview with me about the play. Listen now: Wanda writes, “It is quite moving, the conclusion both unexpected and …
I’m honored to be featured in the Dramatists Guild Magazine, “The Dramatist;” in the Jan/Feb 2017 issue. SF Bay Area Rep Suze Allen interviewed me, and the profile/article is the result. What a cool way to start the new year! Yes, it is odd to be featured in “The Florida Issue,” but I’ll just enjoy the irony of it all. …
Just in from Theatre Bay Area Listings Editor Kim Cohan: Hearts of Palm Central Works at the Berkeley City Club Jul. 16-Aug. 14 From playwright Patricia Milton (2015 TBA Award Recipient, Outstanding World Premiere) comes Central Works’ 52nd world premiere: a political dramedy focusing on environmentally devastating palm oil production, its contribution to our current climate crisis and the human …
I’m excited to announce that “Believers” will be produced by Paper Wing Theatre Fremont in Spring 2016. From the theatre’s mission statement: “Paper Wing Theatre Company provides entertainment where questions of justice, morality, and humanity can be explored. We choose plays that challenge our moral and social consciences, inviting our audiences to be provoked, challenged, and stimulated. We maintain that …