As you may know, my monologue “Kitty’s Prescription,” directed by Rachel Bublitz, and performed with feline imperturbability by Martha Rynberg, was recently featured in an evening of solo performances. “Women in Solodarity: Cat Ladies,” was produced by All Terrain Theatre and played to sold-out houses in April. The show was a part of the international Home Theatre Festival, where plays …
The definitive “Hamlet”
In this 1963 BBC video interview, Peter O’Toole, Orson Welles and veteran thespian Ernest Milton compete to present the definitive analysis of ‘Hamlet’. Love this intense scrutiny of an entirely fictional character.
“After Frank” plays the Exit Theater in Sheherezade 13
After Frank — directed by Laylah Muran and featuring Kate Jones and Karen Offereins — is part of a very entertaining and thought-provoking line-up of new short plays in Sheherezade 13, co-produced by Wily West Productions and Playwrights Center of San Francisco. It runs through the end of April at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco. Read the TheatreStorm article …
“Moments of Truth” in development
The concert reading of “Moments of Truth” under the auspices of 3Girls Theatre was gratifying and educational. We attracted an intelligent, generous audience which nearly packed Tides Playhouse in San Francisco.The after-show talkback was extremely helpful, and we’re strategizing our rewrites for another reading April 20 at the Central Works Writers Workshop, where the work is being developed. See the …
“Moments of Truth” reading
Wednesday, March 6, at 7 pm, at Tides Theatre in San Francisco, a FREE reading of a chamber musical about love, lies, and art: MOMENTS OF TRUTH, Book by 3GT Associate Playwright Patricia Milton (me), and Music and Lyrics by Caroline Altman. In “Moments of Truth,” Nan is a successful painter who is devastated by the abject failure of an …
“Whores of Lost Atlantis” at The Showdown
I’m participating in Wily West’s “The Showdown,” an evening of short plays with a very short turnaround. Eight playwrights were given topics to write about, and just six days to write a short play. My play, “A Whore’s Life, ” is competing with a play on the same topic by the very funny Kirk Shimano. Wily West is a terrific …
“Bill Roll” reading at Southern Railroad Theater Company
My new short play, “Bill Roll,” will be read by the company of the Southern Railroad Theater Company (SRCT) in an evening of short play readings Monday, January 21, 2013. My friend Ann Thomas will act in the play, accompanied by Eric Nelson and Robert Cooper. The piece will be directed by Mercedes Segesvary. “Bill Roll” involves love and a …
“Tangerines” Review
George Heymont of “My Cultural Landscape” and the Huffington Post gives “Demeter, or In the Silence of Tangerine Groves,” a rave review, citing its “sharp writing.” My thanks and acknowledgement of the superb directing and dramaturgical support of Michaela Goldhaber, and the wonderful cast, including Candace Brown, Jan Carty Marsh, Tavis Kammet and Louel Senores (who “almost steals the …
See four of my plays in three days
Okay, the sun, moon and earth are entering perfect alignment, sure — but this: this is an amazing opportunity! Four of my plays are premiering in San Francisco this holiday season. For one night only, Thursday, December 13, at 8 p.m., the SF Olympians Festival hosts a staged reading of my new play “Demeter: In the Silence of Tangerine Groves.” …
Upcoming Readings and Productions
I’m excited to announce four or five upcoming readings and productions still to come in 2012 (it’s been a great year)! I will have two one-minute plays in the One Minute Play Festival, “The Bereaved” and “Flash Cards,” curated by Dominic D’Andrea and hosted by the Bay Area Playwrights Foundation. I found a structure I liked and built two super-short …