“Enemies: Foreign and Domestic” has been nominated for Outstanding World Premiere Play for 2015 by Theatre Bay Area awards adjudicators. Other nominees in the category include “Pastorella” by Stuart Bousel, “Hookman,” by Lauren Yee, “Delicate Particle Logic,” by Jennifer Blackmer, and “Trailer Park Gods” by Nayia Kuvetakis. Nice to see four women playwrights getting nominations. What’s exciting is that Desiree …
Please enjoy this interview with KPOO host Marilynn Fowler. Her show is fantastic; catch her on Mondays. Visit the KPOO website, here. Get tickets for Moments of Truth, here.
Too exciting – “Moments of Truth” opens in a little less than three weeks! Here’s an audio clip of the composer/lyricist singing “Fallen.” It’s the first song in the show, a response to several artistic and career setbacks suffered by the main character. Photo by Jim Norrena, (from left) Danielle Thys and Tyler McKenna (members, AEA), and Bekka Fink.
The terrific cast includes Bekka Fink, Douglas Giorgis* and Tyler McKenna* and Danielle Thys.* Stage Manager: Tanya Telson*. Set Design: Jeff Wincek. Technical Direction: Brendan Lee. Costumes: Abra Berman. Props: Spiraleena Mason. Publicist: Lawrence Helman. Graphic Design: Deb Harrison. Producing Artistic Director: AJ Baker. Production Manager: Vanessa Ramos. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors …
I’m excited that “Believers” has been selected for the Paper Wing Theater 2nd Annual Summer Play Reading Series. Its intimate Paper Wing Theatre Fremont, located at 2115 N. Fremont Street, will be playing host to the public reading of 14 new plays written by Californian playwrights. With one Saturday rehearsal, the cast familiarizes themselves with the roles and they briefly …
3Girls Theatre will present a reading of my one-act comedy “Losing It” Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 2 pm at the Presidio Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. The reading boasts a stellar cast: Sally Dana (member, AEA), Louel Senores, Nathanael Card, and Cat Luedtke. “Losing It” follows the adventures of Win, a hard-charging executive at US Smells, Inc. …
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 …