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Jul 31, 2007
capitalism
meantime, you can find them at the links below.
F4F
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109666.html
Nerve
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3821
and also available Deflowering Waldo:
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3728
Susan Gets Some Play--get your tickets now.
Susan Gets Some Play in this summer's NYC Fringe Festival Presented by Stage Fright Productions Writer: Adam Szymkowicz Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel Starring: Jorge Cordova, Kevin R. Free, Susan Louise O'Connor, Danny Deferrari & Travis York.
SAT 8/18 @ NOON- 1:20
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198010
SUN 8/19 @ 9:15-10:35
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198025
THUR 8/23 @ 4:45 – 6:05
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198027
FRI 8/24 @ 9-10:20
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198034
SUN 8/26 @ 1:45 – 3:05
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198036
Jul 30, 2007
torture
wiki wiki
read this--I didn't write it
We have the best opportunity we've ever had to get this country off of polluting energy like oil and coal and onto real clean alternatives. This will not only help curb the climate crisis, but save consumers money and create new jobs. Seems like a slam dunk, right?
But some in Congress are still willing to do the bidding of the oil and coal industry and vote down bills that would undercut their stranglehold on our economy. We need to tell Congress now to do what's right for the American people, not continue business-as-usual.
I signed a petition urging Congress to vote for to give solar and wind the support they need to assure a clean energy future. Can you join me at the link below?
http://pol.moveon.org/cleanenergyfuture/
Thanks!
Jul 28, 2007
monologue from the opening of a new play
The patient had died. That much I remember. His wife was wailing but I couldn't hear her. Because you were there and everything else melted away. "Let's have a drink," you said with your face like a plate. And we drank and we drank and we went to your place and we made love like normal people. And it continued that way for days, weeks, years. I can't say for sure.
I'm not sure I can pinpoint the second, the moment you grew tired of me. I can't pinpoint the moment I became what I am. Your body was like liquor and I couldn't get enough of it, couldn't spend a night without you. I didn't know you weren't drunk on me. I didn't see the signs. I should have seen-- How could I have missed the diagnosis? How could I have avoided the bald shock, the morning discovery, to wake up and find your note.
And now I can't remember anything except you. You will pay. Everyone will pay. You will all pay dearly.
Jul 27, 2007
from Patrick
99 cent Sundays at soho rep!!!
Available online or at the box office.
Some of my favorite shows in the past few years have been at Soho Rep.
Like these shows for example:
Take advantage of this amazing deal. And while you're there, take in some adjmi or two headed calf (both of which I reccomed highly) and the writer director lab always has some great stuff too. And Jenny Schwartz is the bomb!
Next year in New York theater is looking pretty great what with Playwrights Horizons and Second Stage. Anyone have a season roundup? What else is going on next year?
Jul 26, 2007
from Hal's blog
It makes me curious - how will these writers adapt to the larger than downtown spaces? And the older more experienced and larger budgeted theaters: how will they adapt. "
politics and quotes
Jul 25, 2007
visual dramaturgy
Jul 24, 2007
healthcare
times article
Jul 23, 2007
Jul 21, 2007
Susan Gets Some Play--get your tickets now.
SAT 8/18 @ NOON- 1:20
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198010
SUN 8/19 @ 9:15-10:35
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198025
THUR 8/23 @ 4:45 – 6:05
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198027
FRI 8/24 @ 9-10:20
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198034
SUN 8/26 @ 1:45 – 3:05
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=198036
http://www.fringenyc.org/basic_page.asp?ltr=s
Jul 20, 2007
Jul 19, 2007
oh, you
I am a nice pretty girl. I am coming to your town soon. Can we meet up and maybe have ice cream? I like pistachio. Don't reply to this email. It is not my email but someone elses. Don't ask why I am using someone else's email. Email me direclty at Jimmycomtois@comtoisxxx.org
Jul 18, 2007
cast and director from reading of Searching last night in LA
Lit Dept
Jul 17, 2007
URGENT IMMEDIATELY
I am the prince of a country you have never heard of.
I am very rich but I have some problem involving
politics I won't go into and you won't understand
because you are American and very gullible (and
ignorant).
Please send me your social security number. We are
looking for someone in America to give a lot of money
to. It is not illegal but we are not in America and
for some reason need to be for some reason.
Hurry. The fate of my country hangs in the balance.
I need to send you lots of money. What is your bank
account number?
Felicitations,
Please Hurry,
Ruler of Small But Rich Country
P.S. you like to purchase also some Viagra? or penny
stocks? they are going up. Just like the last one I
told you about.
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from last night
HERBIE:
Back row: Rich Pierrelouis, Monroe Makowsky, Bill Robens, Darrett Sanders
Front row: Kelsey Wedeen, Gina Garcia Sharp, Lisa Clifton, Pat McGowan
ANNE:
Back row: Lauren Letherer, Mandi Moss, Rebecca Larsen
Front row: Ron Morehouse, Steven Biggs
Jul 16, 2007
starting aug 3
seventeen steps removed from "Castration Anxiety"?
Wikipedia knows. In this brave new world of instant
gratification where the internet can live in your
pocket, one group of writers has created a
mini-marathon of short plays that surf the wikipedia
wave through seventeen related entries.
Written by Ars Nova's 2006-2007 Play Group Writers:
Mike Batistick, Evan Cabnet, Ron Fitzgerald, Liz
Flahive, Sam Forman, Etan Frankel, Kyle Jarrow, Nick
Jones, Barry Levey, Carly Mensch, Elizabeth
Meriwether, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rachel Shukert, Mat
Smart, Aurin Squire, Adam Szymkowicz and Beau Willimon
Directed by: Evan Cabnet, Michael Goldfried, Maria
Goyanes, Meredith McDonough, Shira Milikowsky and
Moritz Von Stuelpnagel
Jul 12, 2007
Jul 11, 2007
charging theaters to read plays
below this one.
Dear Theatre:
Attached please find my submission to your festival.
As you may or may not know, I charge $15 for
the opportunity to consider my plays for production.
I understand you charge $10 to submit for your
festival, which means if you would like to read my
play, you will owe me five dollars whether or not
you choose it.
Thanks so much.
P.S. Reading this cover letter just cost you $1.75.
Open Letter to Theater Companies Who Charge Fees
Thank you for your invitation to send my script for
you to read and consider for production.
Unfortunately, I see you charge a submission fee. I
don't send scripts to theatres who charge fees. In
fact I have begun charging fees myself. You see
administrative costs being what they are, I can no
longer afford to continue to let people read my plays
for free.
Not only are things like paper and staples and
internet access expensive but the rising cost of
health care and my insane student loans from
playwriting school have made it impossible for me to
continue to offer my literature for free. I assure
you, however, that my work is of the highest quality.
I will be charging 20 dollars per page. Please let
me know what play(s) you would like to read and send
along your payment to the above address. (I also take
paypal) I will respond in a day or two with the
requested pages. If you find this is a play you want
to produce, (and I know you will) please contact me
for rights and I will consider if you are a producing
organization I wish to be associated with.
Thank you. I look forward to working with you.
Yours in solidarity and in the theatrical community,
Adam Szymkowicz
Jul 10, 2007
in LA
New works by Taylor Negron, Emmy/Obie winner Rosalyn Drexler, Coleman Hough (Steven Soderberg's BUBBLE and FULL FRONTAL), Jason Grote, Ken Urban, Jacqueline Wright, Adam Szymkowicz, Ron Allen, Joshua Fardon, Bryn Manion, Tommy Smith, Pat McGowan, Barbara Wiechmann, Katherine Murphy, B. Walker Sampson, Erik Patterson, Caridad Svich, Aaron Henne, Jon Tuttle, Tom Sime, Henry Ong, Boo Killebrew, Terry Tocantins, Carson Kreitzer and Tom Beyer will be represented.
NOTEwood occurs once a year at Theatre of NOTE and is the touchstone used by the company in picking its season. This reading series will be the basis for the theatre's 2008 season. All readings are curated and feature actors from Theatre of NOTE. The public is invited to attend free of charge. WHERE : 1517 N. Cahuenga (just north of Sunset/next to Chan Darae) - Hollywood, CA 90028 ADMISSION : FREE OF CHARGE!
PARKING INFO : Validated parking at Arclight Cinemas ($3.00 all evening) The Plays : THIS CONTRACT LIMITS OUR LIABILITY - READ IT by Joshua Fardon, 1001 by Jason Grote, THE OTHER STORIES by Coleman Hough, EYE MOUTH GRAFFITI BODYSHOP & 20 PLAYS IN 20 MINUTES by Ron Allen, GLANCING AT THE WAR & DIAGNOSIS by Coleman Hough, FORCE : WANDERLUST by Bryn Manion, WHITE HOT by Tommy Smith, 2 HUSBANDS by Ken Urban, FILM by Patrick McGowan, HOLY MOTHER OF HADLEY, NEW YORK by Barbara Wiechmann, KING LEAR IN 90 MINUTES FOR SIX PLAYERS by Tom Beyer, HERBIE - POET OF THE WILD WEST by Adam Szymkowicz, ANNE by Adam Szymkowicz, DRUG OF CHOICE by Katherine Murphy, PRETTY THEFT by Adam Szymkowicz, SILENT STEPS - A PLAY WITH McGUFFINS by B. Walker Sampson, SEARCHING by Adam Szymkowicz, HE ASKED FOR IT by Erik Patterson, STEAL BACK THE LIGHT FROM THE VIRTUAL by Caridad Svich, CURRENT by Aaron Henne, FREAKSHOW by Carson Kreitzer, LUNA by Jason Grote, THIS STORM IS WHAT WE CALL PROGRESS by Jason Grote, HOLY GHOST by Jon Tuttle, YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE by Roslyn Drexler, BLOODLETTERS by Tom Sime, OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD by Rosalyn Drexler, SWEET KARMA by Henry Ong, AIR CONDITIONING by Tommy Smith, TRULE LOVE WAITS by Boo Killebrew, THEY'RE JUST LIKE US by Boo Killebrew, FORCE : CONVERGENCE by Bryn Manion, FEED THE MONSTER by Terry Tocantins, UNTITLED JACQUELINE WRIGHT PROJECT by Jacqueline Wright and LE CANARD GRIS (YOGA BITCH) by Taylor Negron.
FRIDAY, JULY 13 10:30PM: THIS CONTRACT LIMITS OUR LIABILITY - READ IT by Joshua Fardon/curated & directed by Kiff Scholl
SATURDAY, JULY 14 12PM: 1001 by Jason Grote/curated by Hiwa Bourne & Lisa Liang/directed by Stephen Carver 2PM: THE OTHER STORIES by Coleman Hough/curated by Ron Morehouse/directed by Coleman Hough 4PM: EYE MOUTH GRAFFITI BODYSHOP & TWENTY PLAYS IN TWENTY MINUTES by Ron Allen/curated by Justin Alston/directed by Jemal McNeil 5PM: GLANCING AT THE WAR & DIAGNOSIS by Coleman Hough/curated by Hiwa Bourne/GLANCING- directed by Guy Zimmerman & DIAGNOSIS-directed by Coleman Hough
SUNDAY, JULY 15 12Noon: FORCE: WANDERLUST by Bryn Manion/curated & directed by Lauren Letherer 2PM: WHITE HOT by Tommy Smith/curated & directed by Ron Morehouse 4PM: 2 HUSBANDS by Ken Urban/curated & directed by Karen Martinson 6PM: FILM by Pat McGowan/curated & directed by Pat McGowan 8PM: HOLY MOTHER OF HADLEY NEW YORK by Barbara Wiechmann/curated & directed by Julia Prud�垍omme 10PM: KING LEAR IN 90 MINUTES FOR SIX PLAYERS by Tom Beyer /curated by Julia Prud�垍omme/directed Tom Beyer
MONDAY, JULY 16 5PM: HERBIE POET OF THE WILD WEST by Adam Szymkowicz/curated & directed by Lisa Clifton 7PM: ANNE by Adam Szymkowicz/curated & directed by Rebecca Larsen 9PM: DRUG OF CHOICE by Katherine Murphy /curated & directed by Lisa Clifton
TUESDAY, JULY 17 5PM: PRETTY THEFT by Adam Szymkowicz/curated & directed by Rebecca Larsen 7PM: SILENT STEPS, A PLAY WITH MACGUFFINS by B.Walker Sampson/curated & directed by Lisa Clifton 9PM: SEARCHING by Adam Szymkowicz /curated & directed by Terry Tocantins
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 5PM: HE ASKED FOR IT by Erik Patterson/curated and directed by David Bickford 7PM: STEAL BACK LIGHT FROM THE VIRTUAL by Caridad Svich/curated & directed by Stephen Carver 9PM: CURRENT by Aaron Henne/curated & directed by Mark McClain Wilson
SATURDAY, JULY 21 11AM: FREAKSHOW by Carson Kreitzer/curated by Blaire Chandler/directed by David Wilcox 12:30PM: LUNA by Jason Grote/curated/ directed by Scott McKinley 12:35PM: THIS STORM IS WHAT WE CALL PROGRESS by Jason Grote/curated & directed by Lisa Liang 2:30PM: HOLY GHOST by Jon Tuttle/curated/ directed by Phil Ward 4:30PM: YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE by Rosalyn Drexler/curated & directed by David Conner
SUNDAY, JULY 22 10AM: BLOODLETTERS by Tom Sime/curated & directed by Lynn Odell 12NOON: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD by Rosalyn Drexler/curated & directed by Rebecca Larsen 2PM: SWEET KARMA by Henry Ong/curated by Hiwa Bourne/directed by Terry Tocantins 4PM: AIR CONDITIONING by Tommy Smith/curated & directed by Inger Tudor 6:PM: TRUE LOVE WAITS by Boo Killebrew/curated & directed by Michelle Hilyard 6:15PM: THEY'RE JUST LIKE US by Boo Killebrew/curated & directed by Lisa Clifton 8:15PM: FORCE: CONVERGENCE by Bryn Manion/curated & directed by Lauren Letherer 10:15PM: FEED THE MONSTER by Terry Tocantins curated & directed by Terry Tocantins
MONDAY, JULY 23 7PM- MANTIS AND DEATH COLLECTIONS by Jacqueline Wright/curated & directed by Jacqueline Wright 9PM: LE CANARD GRIS (YOGA BITCH) by Taylor Negron /curated & directed by Kiff Scholl
still in MA
quote of the day
of us with computers to elegantly express our
importance."
Matthew Freeman
http://matthewfreeman.blogspot.com/2007/07/interview-with-author-advertising.html
Jul 9, 2007
discounts for Sam and Betty at NYTW
THE BLACK EYED,
the New York Premiere of a new play
written by Betty Shamieh, directed by Sam Gold.
Tickets for all performances July 17 – August 19 are
just $35 each (reg. $50).
Use code BEBLG28 when ordering.
To purchase tickets, call TeleCharge at (212) 947-8844
or visit
http://www.broadwayoffers.com/go.aspx?MD=2001&MC=BEBLG28
New York Theatre Workshop also offers both Student
Tickets and CheapTix Sundays.
CheapTix Sundays: All tickets for all Sunday evening
performances at 7pm are just $20 each! Tickets are
available in advance but must be purchased at the NYTW
box office on a cash-only basis.
Student Tickets: Full-time students with a valid
student ID may purchase $20 tickets for all
performances (subject to availability). Limit one
ticket per ID. Tickets must be purchased in person and
require an ID at the box office.
The NYTW box office is located at 79 East 4th Street
(between Second Avenue and Bowery) and is open Tuesday
- Saturday from 1pm - 6pm.
great post--excerpt below
h/t
http://lucaskrech.livejournal.com/153697.html
We are faced with utterly shameless men. Cheney and
the rest are looking our representatives right in the
eye and saying "You don't have the balls to take down
a government. You don't have the sheer testicular
fortitude to call us lying sonuvabitches when we lie,
to stop us from kicking the rule of law and the
Constitution in the ass. You just don't. What's beyond
that abyss -- what that would do to our government and
our identity as a nation -- terrifies you too much. So
get the fuck out of our way."
And to a great degree, the White House is right. You
peel this back, and you reveal that the greatest
country in the world has been run, for the last six
and a half years, by men who do not give a shit about
the Constitution, or fair play, or honesty. No, not
just run by corrupt men, or bribe-takers, or
adulterers or whatever, we could handle that --no we'd
be admitting It Went Wrong.
There is a sizeable population in America that just
does not, cannot wrap their head around the fact that
the President may be a Bad Man who does Bad Things.
He's President of America. We're Americans. We're the
good guys. Remember, the Nixon mythos in America is
that the system worked. "See, in America, even the
President is not above the law."
Jul 8, 2007
Jul 7, 2007
retreat in MA
hoping to have it done monday but it stretches on and
on as i reject previous plot points and search for
missing plot points. I'm getting to know the
characters and gradually the story is coming into
focus but I'm so impatient to start writing it I can't
stand it. Maybe by the end of the day I'll be close
enough to just start banging it out.
Frustrating. Still a couple important things missing.
And i clarify one character and then my main
character is all of a sudden getting lost. arrgh.
I'll get there.
Jul 6, 2007
cut from Susan gets some play
And another thing, where is the love for the funny
girls. It's like all the movie stars are so bland
these days. It's like society tells girls not to be
funny, but to just be pretty and boring so then they
can be like the pretty and boring girls in films with
no personality who are just waiting for the guy to
come along and like carry them away. I say bring back
the personality.
this sunday
Sunday, July 8, 6pm
A community gathering in support of
AEA Showcase Reform
Classic Stage Company
136 E. 13th Street (between 3rd/4th avenues)
JOIN the conversation and help build a stronger, more
united Off-Off
community... come and be counted!
STOP BY for 5 minutes or an hour
LEARN about the ART/NY White Paper on AEA Showcase
Reform
MEET Off-Off-Broadway organizations united in support
of code reform
SIGN the simple petition (if you haven't yet done so
at
www.nyc99.org)
SHOW that the broad and diverse membership of the Off
Off Broadway
community -- actors, producers, directors, designers,
YOU --
welcomes a new approach to code reform, one that
sidesteps the
culture of complaint to articulate points of mutual
benefit for
actors and producers.
An Off-Off-Broadway that gains the flexibility to
operate at its
full potential will be the foundation of a theater
community at
large that is artistically and economically healthy.
Join us!
Learn more at www.nyc99.org.
See you at the gathering!
Coalition for Code Reform
Jul 5, 2007
Sunday The First of july 2007
engaged... to be married. i proposed and she said
yes. and so now we are engaged.
Jul 4, 2007
Stalker in Ray Bans
In the Garden
Shooting hoops
Between Smith and Court
You will see me at the Y
You will notice me on the street
I always nod politely
You always look at your feet
It'll be raining
And you're hanging around the first floor
Getting wet and smoking
And looking at my door
Stalker, I know it's cold out
Stalker, I know I sold out
Stalker, I won't change my routine
Stalker, I hope you know what that means
You will find me
In the Garden
Shooting hoops
Between Smith and Court
You will see me on the corner
You will notice me on the stoop
Reading DC comics
And eating stale fruit loops
It'll be snowing
But you're going to go out there in a hat
Breathing steam and freezing
And looking at my cat
Stalker, I know I'm not cool
Stalker, I went to public school
Stalker, you can't be here for me
Stalker, I appreciate the company
You will find me
In the Garden
Shooting hoops
Between Smith and Court
Jul 3, 2007
xyz
No cell phone reception but the wifi is plentiful and
distracting.
Exciting thing happened on sunday. I'll tell you
soon.
in the meantime, go here and pretend you read my book.