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.

Last night

I was on a panel (along with Bixby Elliot and Winter Miller) talking to current playwriting students at the New School about what to do after you leave grad school. I hope we said the right things. I think we did. I'm in a regrouping, revising, holding pattern right now. I don't know what my next project is and that always drives me a little crazy. I'm not writing and I'm not working on a production and that makes me feel a little like I'm not really a playwright. Which was why it was nice to talk about how I am a playwright last night. And what I do to be a playwright and how much work goes into not just the writing but the marketing and networking. It was oddly encouraging to talk about how discouraging it can be at times.

Get your tickets now

Kristen Palmer's long awaited play

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

tax cut for middle class

damn!! Go Obama!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a1FeXDS3utrg&refer=home

"Obama, 46, is the first Democratic candidate to propose a
comprehensive strategy for overhauling the tax code. In the speech to
the Tax Policy Center today, he portrayed the current system as overly
complex and skewed toward helping the wealthy at the expense of the
middle class. "

"The plan would also simplify tax filing for many Americans by having
the Internal Revenue Service provide pre-filled tax forms using
financial data it receives from employers and banks. The service would
be available to filers without complex taxes, or those with only wage
and bank-interest income."

"Obama has also proposed repealing President George W. Bush's income
tax breaks for households earning more than $250,000 a year to pay for
a plan to offer health insurance to more Americans. "

h/t freeman

http://matthewfreeman.blogspot.com/

Last night

I had a rountable reading of my new screenplay at MCC that went surprisingly well. (Thanks talented Actors! Thanks S +J +M!!!) A lot more was working than I thought was working which I was happy to see. I also saw all the problems I have to fix. I'm surprised as much of it works however considering how fast I wrote it. Also, according to the actors, I am successful at creating the imagistic scenes that are found in screenplays but not so much in plays. I was happy to hear that and also that's the hardest part for me so it's good to know that it's working. Now have to figure out how to fix what's broken.

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