Podcast about Jimmy's new play and other cool things.
http://www.nytheatrecast.com/pcast/nythpod289.mp3
May 31, 2009
May 26, 2009
Next
Pretty Theft is over but don't despair. Here come some more shows of mine.
May 28-June 28, Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, FL, my short play Snow. (production #12 or so of this play)
July 10-26 Echo Theatre, St. Louis, MO, a production of Nerve (production #5)
June 16th, Jobsite Theater, Tampa, FL, a reading of Nerve
July 15-July 26, Doorway Arts Ensemble in the DC Fringe, Washington DC, a production Herbie: Poet of the Wild West. (production #1)
If you can't make any of those, but don't want to feel left out, Nerve and Food For Fish are published here and here. Also found at Amazon and other fine online bookstores.
Also I have a short play in the NYTR '09. Get your copy soon.
July 10-26 Echo Theatre, St. Louis, MO, a production of Nerve (production #5)
June 16th, Jobsite Theater, Tampa, FL, a reading of Nerve
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July 5-August 1, Essential Theatre, Atlanta, GA, a production of Food For Fish. (production #8)
July 15-July 26, Doorway Arts Ensemble in the DC Fringe, Washington DC, a production Herbie: Poet of the Wild West. (production #1)
If you can't make any of those, but don't want to feel left out, Nerve and Food For Fish are published here and here. Also found at Amazon and other fine online bookstores.
Also I have a short play in the NYTR '09. Get your copy soon.
May 23, 2009
another summer show
I also have a short play at City Theatre in FL opening May 28
http://www.citytheatre.com/in_theatres.htm
http://www.citytheatre.com/in_theatres.htm
May 20, 2009
your favorites please
In response (sort of) to the conversation going on over here I would like to make a list of some of my favorite female playwrights who I would like to see produced more. Please add your own favorites in the comments section.
In no particular order, an incomplete list
Kia Corthron
Annie Baker
Anne Marie Healy
Anne Washburn
Lisa D'Amour
Liz Meriwether
Liz Flahive
Bekah Brunstetter
Boo Killabrew
Kristen Palmer
Julia Cho
Crystal Skillman
Gina Gionfriddo
Lucy Thurber
Jenny Schwartz
Sheila Callaghan
Brooke Berman
who else?
also this summer
These folks are doing a couple short plays of mine in Chicago July 17-August 9
http://www.lightsouttheatre.org/
http://www.lightsouttheatre.org/
May 16, 2009
summer shows
Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pretty Theft.
Tonight and tomorrow, last two performances of Pretty Theft in New York. (production #4 of the play)
June 5-June 20 Echo Theatre, St. Louis, MO, a production of Nerve (production #5)
June 16th, Jobsite Theater, Tampa, FL, a reading of Nerve
July 5-August 1, Essential Theatre, Atlanta, GA, a production of Food For Fish. (production #8)
July 15-July 26, Doorway Arts Ensemble in the DC Fringe, Washington DC, a production Herbie: Poet of the Wild West. (production #1)
If you can't make any of those, but don't want to feel left out, Nerve and Food For Fish are published here and here. Also found at Amazon and other fine online bookstores.
May 15, 2009
May 13, 2009
from Move On
5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OBAMA'S PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE OPTION
The choice of a public health insurance plan is crucial to real health care reform. But right now, it's being smeared by conservatives and insurance-industry front groups. Here's what you really need to know:
1. Choice, choice, choice. If the public health insurance option passes, Americans will be able to choose between their current insurance and a high-quality, government-run plan similar to Medicare. If you like your current care, you can keep it. If you don't—or don't have any—you can get the public insurance plan.2
2. It will be high-quality coverage with a choice of doctors. Government-run plans have a track record of innovating to improve quality, because they're not just focused on short-term profits. And if you choose the public plan, you'll still get to choose your doctor and hospital.3
3. We'll all save a bunch of money. The public health insurance option won't have to spend money on things like CEO bonuses, shareholder dividends, or excessive advertising, so it'll cost a lot less. Plus, the private plans will have to lower their rates and provide better value to compete, so people who keep their current insurance will save, too.4
4. It will always be there for you and your family. A for-profit insurer can close, move out of the area, or just kick you off their insurance rolls. The public health insurance option will always be available to provide you with the health security you need.5
5. And it's a key part of universal health care. No longer will sick people or folks in rural communities, or low-income Americans be forced to go without coverage. The public health insurance plan will be available and accessible to everyone. And for those struggling to make ends meet, the premiums will be subsidized by the government.6
May 12, 2009
May 10, 2009
May 8, 2009
my actual bio
ADAM SZYMKOWICZ graduated in May of 2007 from The Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. In 2004, he received his playwriting MFA from Columbia University where he was the Dean’s Fellow. His work has been produced throughout the U.S., and in Canada, England, The Netherlands and Lithuania. His plays have been presented or developed at such places as MCC Theater, Ars Nova, South Coast Rep, Playwrights Horizons, LAByrinth Theater Company, The Lark, Kitchen Dog, HotINK, Theatre of Note and Studio Dante among others. Plays include Deflowering Waldo, Open Minds, Anne, The Art Machine, Pretty Theft, Food For Fish, Hearts Like Fists, Herbie, Incendiary, Old Fashioned Cold Fusion, Bee Eater, Temporary Everything, Susan Gets Some Play, Fat Cat Killers and Nerve. Several of his plays have been published by Dramatists Play Service. Szymkowicz is a two-time Lecomte du Nouy Prize winner, a member of the Dramatists Guild, the MCC Playwright’s Coalition and was a founding member of the Ars Nova Play Group. For more, go to www.adamszymkowicz.com.
Nerve in St. Louis
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Szymkowiczs_Dark_Romantic_Comedy_NERVE_Plays_6520_At_Echo_Theatre_Company_20090508
The bio is wrong, but I guess that happens. I never claimed any of those folks produced me.
Update: It's been fixed.
The bio is wrong, but I guess that happens. I never claimed any of those folks produced me.
Update: It's been fixed.
May 4, 2009
Hart
"I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no."
— Moss Hart
My friend Anna told me about this quote. It's a good one. I've always found it to be true.
blogroll et al
I just spent some time trying to fix the blogroll. If you are no longer on it and want to be please let me know. If you are now on it but don't want to be, please let me know that too. I think I did it right but I can't be sure. I read everything on google reader now anyway.
Pretty Theft is still up in NYC--two more weeks. Go if you can.
I am in MN again, unemployed reading lots of pilots and trying to figure out what to write next. how are you?
May 2, 2009
New York Theatre Review '09
Should be out any second now. Be sure to get your copy.
http://culturebot.org/2009/05/01/new-york-theater-review-2009/
http://culturebot.org/2009/05/01/new-york-theater-review-2009/
May 1, 2009
also coming up
June 16th, Tampa, FL
a reading of Nerve
http://www.jobsitetheater.org/jobside.asp
May 6, NYC
New York Theatre Review party
featuring a short play of mine
http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#Event/71093
a reading of Nerve
http://www.jobsitetheater.org/jobside.asp
May 6, NYC
New York Theatre Review party
featuring a short play of mine
http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#Event/71093
Apr 30, 2009
more reviews
Neighborbee
"I’ve never been involved in a bank heist but if I were, I could never be tasked with the role of Getaway Driver. I can’t navigate with any certainty when the car is required to do above 30 mph on a city street. Ask me to drive at break-neck speed through urban obstacles and then set you down at the end safely and I assure you: I can’t do it. But Adam Szymkowicz can … and in his new play Pretty Theft directed by Angela Astle he shows us how he navigates those narrow streets and dark alleys like a pro."
Just Shows To Go You
“…quirky-funny but generally unsettling play which is distinguished by a playful Mee-like collage surface and unifying undercurrents of sadness and of danger. I mean no disrespect to the theatrical economy of Angela Astle’s clarifying direction nor to the playwright when I say that the material could be easily shaped into a screenplay: it has indie-movie sensibilities and attitude.”
Flavorpill
“a sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and at times nostalgic coming-of-age story.”
nytheatre.com
“Adam Szymkowicz has written a play full of interesting people…The dialogue and humor in this play are excellent…It runs a lean, intermission-less 90 minutes and is very satisfying… This would be good theater for young women not only to see but also to perform.”
Apr 29, 2009
the breakdown
Pretty Theft, Flux Theatre Ensemble, New York, NY, April 23-May 17
Nerve, Echo Theatre, St. Louis, MO, June 5-June 20
Food For Fish, Essential Theatre, Atlanta, GA, July 5-August 1
Herbie: Poet of the Wild West, Doorway Arts Ensemble, Washington DC, July 15-July 26
I expect to see you at all the performances.
Apr 27, 2009
Early Reviews...more to come
NY Times
"disturbing but touching ... Mr. Szymkowicz writes quirky plays about contemporary topics like online dating and gender roles, but there always seems to be something — a knife, a rope, a dead body — in an unexpected place. In “Pretty Theft,” the undercurrent of danger goes beyond quirkiness; it’s more subtle and ultimately more horrifying. The play takes place in a terrifying world where reckless people get hurt, and so do more or less innocent bystanders."
Theatre Knights (& Daze): News & Reviews
"a near-flawless production that kept me spellbound from start to finish. Indeed, as the play ended, I found I needed several minutes to both dry my eyes and process the elegant beauty of what I had just witnessed."
Blogcritics Magazine
"To go with its jigsaw-puzzle structure and precision dialogue, Adam Szymkowicz's fine psychological comedy-drama Pretty Theft has pathos, sharp humor, a dash of horror, dancing, and many scene changes. It's the kind of play that demands an exceptional production, and that's just what it gets at the Access Theatre on lower Broadway."
Apr 23, 2009
Apr 20, 2009
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