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Congratulations Susan Louise O’Connor

A special congratulations to Susan Louise O’Connor for her great reviews in the New York Times and Backstage for her Broadway debut in Blithe Spirit. It’s wonderful to see such a talented, warm-hearted Indie theatre (Nerve, The Silent Concerto, Never Swim Alone) actor achieve recognition on the GWW. Choice pull quotes: “Susan Louise O’Connor is…

See Christina Shipp in Belles

Hey there! Did you love Flux’s own Christina Shipp as Rosaura, Bottom, Zara and Time (etc.)? Then check her out in Heiress Productions’ Belles at The Lion Theatre from March 19th through April 12th. If you do, you might just make her smile – and look at what a sweet smile she has (awww) ((That’s…

Rob Ackerman on Volleygirls

Are you missing Rob Ackerman while he’s away in SF at A.C.T? Then check out this great entry in the A.C.T blog about his writing process for Volleygirls. Bump, set, spike!

More Pictures from our Third Food:Soul

(Pictured: Michael Davis, Scott Ebersold, Brian Murray, Christina Shipp, Jake Alexander, Erin Browne, Isaiah Tanebaum, Cotton Wright) Our amazing cast, director and playwright, minus the lovely Polly Lee and AD Kyle Fox. (Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum) Did we mention there was food? (Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum) The program, the audience, the magic (can you spot two Davids?)…

Food:Soul – Erin Browne’s Narrator 1

(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Polly Lee, Jake Alexander, Michael Davis, Christina Shipp) WHAT A NIGHT!And long overdue. After our first two Food:Souls – Adam Szymkowicz’s Pretty Theft and Jason Grote’s This Storm Is What We Call Progress – somehow a year snuck by and we were, well, ravenous.Luckily, our third Food:Soul featured Erin Browne’s Narrator…

Check out Catherine Porter as Hillary Clinton

Did you love to fear that fierce widow of the Dust Bowl Myrtle, memorably played by Catherine Porter in Angel Eaters? Well, for two shows this week she’s playing another formidable woman – Hillary Rodham Clinton. Check it out at Dixon Place! And if you don’t, well…Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

The Lark Has A Blog

One of our favorite play development centers now has their very own blog – here’s to many more posts!

More Battle of the Bards Pictures

These are courtesy of Molly Pearson at Partial Comfort Productions – thanks, Molly! (Michael Davis as the God of Television tries to seduce the crowd away from the wiles of Cotton Wright, the God of the Internet) (Packed crowd at the Canal Room) (The winners of the critic’s choice and our goodly hosts, Partial Comfort…

Two for Tuesday

Looking for something to do this Tuesday night? Well, you could see a reading of Johnna Adams’ Sans Merci directed by Jessi Hill at the New Group featuring Judith Ivey. After all, this is the play that lovingly destroyed me only a month or two ago in a reading at APAC. It is an extraordinary…

Cast Announced for Pretty Theft

(This cool season poster above was created by Kelly O’Donnell for the Battle) We have a cast for our upcoming production of Pretty Theft, and it’s a great mix of Members, friends, and new folks. Playwright Adam Szymkowicz, Director Angela Astle and myself worked very hard on achieving a consensus, and the rewards of that…

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