12 dollar tix for first week of departures

http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=DEP

Bush and Upholding Human Rights

http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/george_bushs_devotion_human_rights

h/t isaac

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/

argh...Chicago makes me admit to lameness

I've been meme tagged again. this time by Paul (or Adam or Bries apparently) http://prekk.blogspot.com/ for a meme written by Marisa http://chainsawcalligraphy.blogspot.com/ List 5 things that certain people (who are not deserving of being your friend anyway) may consider to be "totally lame," but you are, despite the possible stigma, totally proud of. Own it. Tag 5 others: 1. I'm an Eagle Scout. enough said. 2. I don't deal well with blood. I sometimes faint (or vomit) after blood is taken from me and sometimes I can't watch blood being taken from other people or pets. 3. in 8th grade, me and another white kid did a production of a David Henry Hwang play in which we were supposed to be Chinese railroad workers. 4. I own a binding machine. 5. After talking to someone for a little while I can guess (9 times out of 10 correctly) if they are an only child, youngest, oldest etc. oh...tagging people. Freeman, Johnna, Ruben, Malachy, Callaghan

this week

http://www.preludenyc.org/

the prelude festival. Check it out if you can.

from MCC --this sunday

What do you think of when I say “Autumn”? Changing leaves? Apples? Sweater weather? Fading tans and impending snow? What about “readings of work by five amazing writers”? No? Well, it should be. That’s what it means at MCC. This fall we are thrilled to welcome five new writers to the MCC Playwrights’ Coalition – Anton Dudley, Ashlin Halfnight, Dan LeFranc, Adam Szymkowicz, and Kathryn Walat. To celebrate these additions to our literary family, we’re devoting our first PlayLab of the season to showcasing their amazing work. Because, if you don’t already know their writing, they’re really awesome, and you totally should. (In case you want to get a head start, their bios are below.) Please join us: Sunday September 30th, 5pm work by new Playwrights’ Coalition members: Anton Dudley, Ashlin Halfnight, Dan LeFranc, Adam Szymkowicz, and Kathryn Walat with: Steve Boyer, Nick Cordileone, Susan O’Connor, Heidi Schreck, Tobias Segal, and Rufus Tureen Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College 25th Street between Lexington and Third (closer to Lex, on the south side of the street) Bring friends, and join us afterwards for food & drink. Apple picking can wait. Hope to see you there! Jaime

in an email from Johnna Adams: Working on my new plays, but getting the distinct feeling that they will all be noted in my biographies as "minor works." I think about stuff like this. i wonder what I'm leaving behind and if any of it will have lasting power. I also wonder if one knows when one is writing something great. My friend Larry says yes but I'm not so sure. I never quite get the response i expect. What do you think?

today

As you may know, I work at Columbia.

Today, the Iranian president is here. the protestors are also coming.

Should make for an interesting day.

Departures

D e p a r t u r e s

Written by: Kristen Palmer
Directed by: Kyle Ancowitz

Produced by: Blue Coyote Theatre Group
Performed at: Access Theatre Gallery Space

Cast of:

K e i r a K e e l e y *
"I'm always worried about hurting you and now I'm leaving and I can't
wait – but I don't want to go – but – I can't think anymore here
– I
can't think-"

&

T r a v i s Y o r k*
"I fall in love then throw my heart to the girl let her squeeze the
blood out of it and return it to me – like a piece of roadkill."


Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Early summer 1995.
Two character play takes place in 1995 during 24 hours at an English
University. Cara, an American student, is returning to the US and
leaving Andrew, her Northern Irish boyfriend, behind...possibly
forever.

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Access Theatre Gallery Space
380 Broadway at White Street
(off Canal ACE, NQRW, 6)

October 4th-October 28th 2007
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday's
8PM
Running Time Approximately 70 minutes.


Tickets:
www.smarttix.com
212.868.4444

Details:
bluecoyote.org


AEA showcase
*appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

who exactly is running this country?

Now the senate is condemning free speech? Great job, guys. It would be one thing if it wasn't true, but now we need to waste senate time publicly admonishing people for daring to call propoganda propoganda? When are our representatives going to start representing us? I'm with Chris Dodd: "It is a sad day in the Senate when we spend hours debating an ad while our young people are dying in Iraq. Now that the Senate has twice voted on this ad, it is time to move on and vote to end the war."

repost and addition--Plays You Should Know

http://aszym.blogspot.com/2007/04/plays-you-should-know.html Also Everything Will Be Different by Mark Schultz The Mistakes Madeline Made by Liz Meriwether The Venus de milo is Armed by Kia Corthron God's Ear by Jenny Schwartz Now That's What I Call A Storm by Ann Marie Healy and some I'm sure I'm forgetting.