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The New Conservatory Theater Center in San Francisco has announced its 2020/21 Season, and the world premiere of “The Law of Attraction” is a part of it! We are scheduled to open January 15, 2021. Pandemic permitting. The show is sandwiched in between “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and “The Glass Menagerie,” so no pressure, I guess. Here’s the marketing …
Central Works Theatre has announced its 30th (!) Season, and Bystanders is one of the four plays that will premier there in 2020. It promises to be a kick-ass season, which includes a musical. Central Works produces only new plays. In 2019, three of four plays produced were written by women; next year, their playwright gender parity is 50/50. While …
On Memorial Day, Marilynn Fowler of KPOO Radio in San Francisco interviewed Chelsea Bearce and me about “The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective.” We had a lot of fun! Find out which of us worked in an office with a serial killer, and which of us has been doing theatre since she was eleven. Listen Here:
For most of my plays, I create a dramaturgical resource site on Tumblr. The site contains links to resources, inspiration, and research that I used in writing the play. For “The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective,” I read a lot of books, so I am providing links to the books and quotes from them. Visit my tumblr site for more.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Jovelyn Richards of KPFA, who interviewed Off Broadway West Artistic Director Richard Harder and me about “Without Mercy,” playing at the Phoenix Theater through March 25. Her show is called “Cover to Cover,” airing Wednesdays at 3:30 pm. Please have a listen!
My family drama, “Without Mercy” will premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco, February 24 – March 25, 2017. It is being presented by the award-winning Off Broadway West Theatre Company. Directed by Richard Harder Performed by Sylvia Kratins (Joanna), Niki Yapo-Held (Bethany), and Ian Walker (Sam), with David Skillman (Sam/alternate) Learning that her missing daughter has been murdered, …
because counter-terrorism begins at home… Enemies: Foreign and Domestic is a darkly comic intersection of foreign “black ops” and family politics. Meg Mahoney arrives at her mother’s home smoldering with resentments, ready to have her pain acknowledged at last. But her family won’t recognize her grievances. What’s more, her mother’s Muslim caregiver activates Meg’s fear and hostility. The prodigal daughter’s …
“Believers” (with a different title, and in Turkish) is slated to premiere in Istanbul in October, onstage at the Talimhane Theatre. More as we get closer. This will be my first full-length produced outside the U.S.
“A stunningly intelligent and politically provocative dramedy . . . Milton’s tightly-crafted play is a tense family drama with overtones of government abuse as well as family violence. . . Enemies: Foreign and Domestic inaugurates the 25th season of world premieres from Central Works with a bold new piece of theatre guaranteed to challenge any audience’s comfort zone.” – George Heymont, …
We’re in the final throes of rehearsal for Enemies: Foreign and Domestic at Central Works in Berkeley, CA. So much gratitude for the amazing creative team, including Director Gary Graves, and our outstanding cast and crew. I can’t wait for opening! Here’s my program note: “The philosopher John Stuart Mill, arguing in 1869 against The Subjection of Women, wrote that …