tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55926009465865645402024-03-14T03:11:37.358-04:00Playwrights’ PerspectiveWe are Boston Playwrights' Theatre. This is our blog.lmcguirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271363840333156200noreply@blogger.comBlogger586125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-25150302762214063662014-07-16T00:16:00.000-04:002014-07-21T16:43:31.068-04:00What is happening here?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you've been watching this space (and I honestly feel bad if you have), you've probably been thinking, "Well, she usually takes a little break after the Marathon -- when everybody's feeling a little blogged-out -- but...what happened?" Or something like that. <br />
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Here's the deal: This blog, as it presently exists, is run on Blogger and has always operated separately from the BPT Web site. <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bu.edu/bpt/">BPT's new(ish, now) Web site</a></span> is built on the WordPress platform and soon -- very soon, we are told -- the site will include an integrated blog complete with the archive of everything you've seen here over the past (gulp) almost four years.<br />
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But it's taking some time.<br />
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Any new posts would just have to be imported to the new blog (and reformatted, along with about 600 others!), hence the break. This migration project is just one [very small] project on the massive production calendar of Boston University's Information Services & Technology division, which keeps BU running. Literally. (They're amazing -- <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bu.edu/tech/">read about them.)</a></span> And it's all pretty exciting so it's hard to be patient...but we must. They're slammed.<br />
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It will be worth the wait, I promise. The new blog will be easier to format (for us), easier to read (for you), and all the information you've read here will be in one (searchable!) place along with BPT's production history, photo archive, etc., to provide visitors the most comprehensive view of this place possible. The eventual fusion of our history (the Web site) and day-to-day (the blog) has been the goal since this version of <i>Playwrights' Perspective</i> launched in 2010.<br />
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I'm sorry for all the news and events I've missed lately; if we could have known more about what the exact timing of this project would be, I would've handled this transition a bit differently. But the good news is we should be up and running well before the new season gets going, with lots of interesting things to write about and see.<br />
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More soon.Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-3760346963196955382014-05-20T10:20:00.000-04:002014-05-20T10:21:10.207-04:00'Windowmen' awarded Outstanding New Script at last night's Norties<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Congratulations to all of the <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://nortonawardsboston.com/home/2014dateannounce/">winners</a></span> and nominees at last night's Elliot Norton Awards, but especially to Steven Barkhimer, whose <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://playwrightsperspective.blogspot.com/2013/10/foxhole-camaraderie-and-mid-night.html"><i>Windowmen</i></a></span> was awarded Outstanding New Script! <i>Windowmen</i> lead Alex Pollock received the Outstanding Actor award in the Small or Fringe category for his<i> </i>performance...and also for his stage turns in Company One's <i>The Flick</i> and Gloucester Stage Company's <i>This Is Our Youth</i>.Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-44352971398303369112014-05-12T13:13:00.001-04:002014-05-12T13:13:52.762-04:00BTM XVI -- thanks everyone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you to everyone who played a role (onstage or off) in the success of Boston Theater Marathon XVI yesterday! We hope you had an amazing time...we sure did!!!Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-61825030145383351152014-05-11T00:00:00.000-04:002014-05-11T00:00:04.270-04:00BTM XVI today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI! <a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/"><span style="color: #666666;">Tickets</span></a></span></i></b>Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-22706110277337159452014-05-10T00:00:00.000-04:002014-05-10T08:21:00.630-04:00Voices of BTM XVI: Abbey Fenbert<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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ten minutes long." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">- My Dad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">The basic criterion by which I gauge
all works of theater I create or consume is this: Am I bored now? A play can be
long, it can be slow, it can be quiet or experimental or sad — but like hell
does a play have the right to bore me. That’s offensive. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">We’re a civilization of zero time. If
my play’s dull, I’ve stolen your time and whittled ever so slightly at your
will to live and now you’re counting the vowels in the program and the tree
they killed to print it died for nothing and it’s all my fault.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">And we who hoard time will be skeptical
of theater in marathon form. But ask yourself the only question that matters:
Are you bored yet? At a festival like BTM, you cannot be bored. Your dad cannot
be bored. Every ten minutes, the world changes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">Lights up on a new landscape. A mystery,
a desire, wild language, wild jokes. There’s no time to count vowels, you’re
inhaling it all. A ten-minute play is theater in cupcake form. We adore them.
So digestible! So quick. Lights, blackout, laughs, all the feelings. Done. And
then… As we’re loving how quickly it all goes… The time will stretch. The
moments will matter. Ten minutes packed with mystery, desire, language and
jokes is not the same unit of time as ten minutes folding laundry or lost in a
Wikipedia rabbit hole. We’ll want it to go slower, and last longer, because
that’s why anyone makes plays in the first place — to hold time in place. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">And that’s an impossible, fatal feat.
Like a marathon. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I’m stoked to be attempting the
impossible in my first Boston Theater Marathon, and doubly stoked to work with
a Boston University all-star team. I’m finishing my second year in BU’s MFA
Playwriting program (about which my Dad has other pithy remarks); BU alum and
faculty member Emily Ranii is directing; and recent School of Theater grads
Eliza Fichter and David Keohane star. They are hilarious and delightful and
THEY WILL NOT BORE YOU. Thanks to everyone, and to Kate Snodgrass for making it
all happen. Fifty times.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! </span><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/">Tickets</a></span></span></i></b></div>
Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-19612251484448544572014-05-09T10:34:00.000-04:002014-05-09T16:10:00.494-04:00Voices of BTM XVI: Rick Park<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
good news: my play got accepted into the Boston Theater Marathon! The
bad news: I won’t be in town to see it. I’ll be at a graduation in
Tampa. This happened last year too: I got
a play in the BTM and had to be at a work conference in Las Vegas
(seriously). So I never got to see the magic of Maureen Keiller, Sarah
Newhouse and Dorothy Dwyer performing <i>From Your Mouth to God’s Ears</i>
directed by Allyn Burrows for Actors' Shakespeare
Project (although I was thrilled to hear it at their first rehearsal).
And now it is happening again—I will be lucky to see a run thru of <i>The
Doppler of My Heart</i> in a rehearsal room. But it’s not just seeing my
own plays that I will miss (again) this year.
There are so many other things that I always look forward to that I
will have to miss again. So here are ten things that I will miss by not
being at the Calderwood that <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_513106851" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span> in May:</span></span></span><br />
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Being asked to perform in one of the plays. As an actor as well as a
writer, I love being able to work on a new play, often with other actors
I have never worked with before, in front of the supportive crowd that
fills the seats in that theatre.</span></span></div>
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The excitement leading up to Marathon day. I live a block from the
Calderwood and I love seeing all the actors and directors I know buzzing
around the neighborhood, going to tech rehearsals, stopping and
chatting and getting excited for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_513106852" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>.</span></span></div>
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Walking in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_513106853" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>, supplies in hand (water, candy, a banana), and seeing so many theatre friends inside the Calderwood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
That rush when the lights go down for the first time and we hear the
announcement that the BTM is about to begin. Such promise in that
announcement!</span></span></div>
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Watching the stage crew change sets and lights seamlessly into the next
play. It really is amazing when you realize how little time they have to
get this all down correctly, yet there never seems to be a problem.
Kudos to Marc and the stage managers and lighting
and sound folks.</span></span></div>
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The eager chatter between hours, when we have that short little break to
run to the bathroom or stretch our legs, where we compare notes on what
we just saw and what touched us or delighted us or made us laugh.</span></span></div>
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Looking to see where Larry and Barry are sitting and wondering how much
foodstuff K. Alexa Mavromatis and Patrick Gabridge brought between them.</span></span></div>
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Seeing that actor you have never seen before light up the stage and make
you scramble to your program to find out the answer to “Who IS that?”</span></span></div>
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Seeing that play (or sometimes plays) where you kick yourself and think “Dang—I wish I had written that!”</span></span></div>
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Going into the party at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_513106854" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10 p.m.</span></span>
and being able to give Kate Snodgrass a big hug and try to let her know
in some little way how much she means to you, to the Marathon and to
theatre itself. This woman is unstoppable and we all owe her so much.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So,
since I won’t be there, I hope someone will report back to me on some
of things I’ll miss. And maybe everyone who reads this and goes to the
BTM can give Kate an extra big hug
from me.</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! <a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/"><span style="color: #666666;">Tickets</span></a></span></i></b></div>
Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-16425443213115338892014-05-08T07:22:00.001-04:002014-05-08T12:52:17.950-04:00Voices of BTM XVI: Stefan Lanfer<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Last year, we bought a
family membership to Boston’s <a href="http://www.mos.org/"><span style="color: #666666;">Museum of Science.</span></a> We’ve taken our kids there a
dozen times since. It is such a playground of the mind. There is so much to see
and do. Yet, without fail, whenever we go, my seven year old, James, drags one of
us, or all of us back to the lightning show, to that massive, whirring Van de
Graff Machine and its display of awesome electric power. He has seen it so many
times, he could give the presentation himself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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something irresistible about lightning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jon Jory, long-time
producing director at the <a href="http://actorstheatre.org/"><span style="color: #666666;">Actors Theatre of Louisville</span></a> has likened the
10-minute play to a “theatrical bolt of lightning.” This Sunday, at the
Calderwood Pavilion in Boston’s South End, there is <a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XVI/"><span style="color: #666666;">lightning in the forecast</span></a> -
10 hours of lightning strikes in the 16<sup>th</sup> annual (and my first) Boston
Theater Marathon. “It doesn’t last long,” Jory continued, “but its power can
stand your hair on end.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Jory was talking about
the audience experience of watching a masterfully-crafted 10-minute play. But
the truth is, Sunday marks the culminating storm of a long string of lightning
strikes for fifty writers, fifty producing theatres, and hundreds of creative
artists over weeks, or months, or years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">We are storm chasers all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The first lightning
strike is the first flash of an idea that compels a writer to write, and to try
to catch lightning on the page. Mine came when, in the summer of 2012, I saw that curious
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/science/cern-physicists-may-have-discovered-higgs-boson-particle.html?_r=1&"><span style="color: #666666;">New York Times cover photo,</span></a> of a lecture hall full of dozens of grey-haired,
balding, bespectacled somebodies, raising arms in giddy triumph. And I tried to
make sense of the accompanying article about theoretical physics, and collisions of
sub-atomic particles in a multi-billion dollar underground tunnel, and
something called the Higgs Boson, dark matter, anti-matter, and the “God
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The next lightning
strike is a first reading. I had two last year at the Boston <a href="http://playwrightsplatform.org/"><span style="color: #666666;">Playwrights’ Platform.</span></a> One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Three Mississippi. Four… the flash was
faint and the rumble distant. But thanks to my fellow Platform member
playwrights, and their ideas for bringing it closer, my 10 pages took shape,
and my play’s Van de Graff started whirring louder and louder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Then came the flash of
a letter from Kate Snodgrass and the Boston Playwrights' Theatre. The creative life
is so full of thin envelopes, form emails, and long droughts of discouragement,
when a letter opens with “Congratulations!” Ba-BOOM! An artist’s hair stands on
end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Then comes the
gathering storm clouds of the first read through, of the crackling synergy of
producing theatre, director, and actors gathering for the first time around a
table with freshly-printed scripts, yellow highlighters, and pencils to probe
its mysteries and hypothesize ways to unleash its power.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">First read through, Stefan Lanfer</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.charlestownworkingtheater.org/"><span style="color: #666666;">Charlestown Working Theater</span></a> assembled my brave crew of storm chasers, who are now, in rehearsals,
racing into the heart of the weather system, of hot and cold fronts on a
collision course for Sunday, May 11</span><sup style="font-family: Arial;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> from noon to 10 p.m. in Boston
South End, for a lightning show you won’t want to miss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Stefan Lanfer’s BTM16
play is <i>Hadron Collision Therapy</i>, a
meeting of marriage therapy with particle physics and the Large Hadron
Collider. Follow Stefan on twitter at: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/stefanlanfer"><span style="color: #666666;">@stefanlanfer</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! <a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/"><span style="color: #666666;">Tickets</span></a></span></i></b></div>
Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-32997106270105856852014-05-07T00:00:00.000-04:002014-05-07T00:00:03.237-04:00BTM XVI's Warm-Up Laps this Saturday, May 10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Saturday's Warm-Up Laps -- readings of three full-length plays -- will feature <i>Romeo Chang</i> by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich at 12 p.m. (sponsored by SpeakEasy Stage Company); <i>Judith</i> by Julian Olf at 2 p.m. (sponsored by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and <i>One Day Earlier</i> by Constance Congdon at 4 p.m. (sponsored by Huntington Theatre Company). The Warm-Up Laps are presented in collaboration with The Boston Center for the Arts and their resident theatres in Hall A on the second floor of the Calderwood Pavilion. The readings are free and open to the public.<br />
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<i>Romeo Chang</i> by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich<br />
Jen is pregnant and dying. She seeks out Romeo Chang to help her stay alive long enough to have her baby. He was once a renowned Eastern-medicine healer, but these days he's got problems of his own: He's burned out, cynical, and finding inner peace in a bottle of Jack Daniels. The clock's ticking, but the chi's not flowing. Can Romeo pull off one more miracle?<br />
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<i>Judith</i> by Julian Olf<br />
Is she his assassin or his lover? A contemporary look at the legendary Judith and Holofernes on the eve of the destruction of the Israelites.<br />
<i><br />One Day Earlier </i>by Constance Congdon<br />
Einstein says, "Daran habe ich gar nicht gedacht," and Leo Szilard throws the question back at him, "And why had you never thought of it before?" The "it" is that atomic fission could happen and Einstein writes the letter to Roosevelt, telling him that a huge weapon could be built using it--and will, so the United States has to build the atomic bomb one day earlier than the Germans or the Japanese. Time? We didn't have any because this is World War II.<br />
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New to the Boston Theater Marathon this year – in collaboration with the Dramatists Guild of America – are the One-Minute Sprints. Ten one-minute plays will be read prior to each of the plays in the Warm-Up Laps. Playwrights were asked to write the shorts using the theme “Time is running out.”<br />
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We hope you'll join us!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: white;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! </span><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/">Tickets</a></span></span></i></b></span> Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-40810512361635659882014-05-06T11:07:00.000-04:002014-05-07T19:28:30.939-04:00BTM XVI running order announced!<style>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Toby Armour’s <i>Machsom Watch</i>, Lau Lapides Company </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Michele Markarian’s <i>Lies,</i> Fort Point Theatre Channel </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Brandon M. Crose’s <i>Going Viral,</i> Boston Actors Theater
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<span style="color: white;"><b><u style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">1:00 - 2:00 PM</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Charles Draghi’s <i>The Sin Eater</i>, Boston Playwrights’
Theatre</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Robert Brustein’<i>s The Press Assess…, </i>Suffolk Theatre
Dept.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Karla Sorenson’s<i> [Dis]Connected</i>, Commonwealth
Shakespeare Company</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Richard Dresser’s <i>Love, Dad,</i> American Repertory
Theater</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Marc Clopton’s <i>Ashley’s Lament,</i> Firehouse Center For
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Greg Lam’s <i>Giving And Taking</i>, Speakeasy Stage Company</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Maggie Kearnan’s <i>16 Gigs</i>, Marblehead Little Theatre </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Nate Krieger’s & Gus Vivieros’s <i>The End</i>, Wheelock
Family Theatre </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">David Susman’s<i> Film Appreciation,</i> Mill 6
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<span style="color: white;"><b><u style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">4:00 - 5:00 PM </span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Stephanie K. Brownell’s<i> Eskimo Pie</i>, Elements Theatre
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Working Theater</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Janet Kenney’s<i> Things To Do On Saturday</i>, GAN-e-meed
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Shari D. Frost’s <i>Bang For The Buck</i>, New Repertory
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Cecelia Raker’s <i>Webbed Hands</i>, Imaginary Beasts </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Emily Kaye Lazzaro’s <i>The Duck’s Auto-reply,</i> Bridge
Rep. Of Boston </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Gregory Hischak’s <i>Fracking With Walt Whitman,</i> Off The
Grid Theatre Company </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Sean Farrell’s <i>What’s In The Box?,</i> Bad Habit
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<span style="color: white;"><b><u style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">7:00 - 8:00 PM </span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Elisabeth Burdick’s <i>All The Way To Wonderland</i>,
Huntington Theatre Company<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Amy Adler’s <i>Six Piece Chicken McNuggets,</i> Improv
Boston </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Mary Sue Price’s <i>The Shifferdecker Electric Park,</i> The
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Peter M. Floyd’s<i> Too, Too Solid Flesh</i>, Hovey Players</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Israel Horovitz’s <i>Finally...</i>, Gloucester Stage Co.
& Barefoot Theatre Company</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><b><u style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">8:00 - 9:00 PM </span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Richard Schotter’s & Phil Schroeder’s <i>The House Of
All Alone</i>, Boston Center For American Performance</span></span></div>
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Theatre</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Lisa Kenner Grissom’s <i>Drinks Before Flight</i>, Theatre
On Fire </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Stephen Faria’s <i>Checkout Dinosaur</i>, Open Theatre
Project </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">John Minigan’s <i>The Maltese Walter,</i> Argos Productions </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><b><u style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">9:00 - 10:00 PM </span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Gary Garrison’s <i>The Ties That Bind</i>, New Urban Theatre
Laboratory </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Abbey Fenbert’s <i>Geniuses</i>, Underground Railway Theater </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Bill Rebeck’s <i>Angel Hair</i>, Simple Machine</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Haley Jakobson’s <i>Deep Love Of Nightgowns</i>, Stoneham
Theatre </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Jack Neary’s <i>Lifetime Achievement,</i> New Century
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: white;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! </span><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/">Tickets</a></span> </span></i></b> </span></div>
Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-22491855705727873222014-05-06T06:59:00.001-04:002014-05-06T06:59:30.375-04:00Voices of BTM XVI: Hortense Gerardo<style id="dynCom" type="text/css"><!-- --></style>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Boston
Theater Marathon, like its namesake running event, has become a rite of spring
to the theatrical community, thanks to the vision and sustained excellence in
stewardship of its founder, Kate Snodgrass. I've never run a marathon, but I do
like running in short bursts. Three miles at a time, tops. In high school I was
on the track team, and I liked running low hurdles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hundred meters. And I was fast, but I kept
undercutting my time because I couldn't help looking behind when the baton was
being passed to me in the relays, or looking to the side in a heat when someone
was about to pass. I think those bad habits are emblematic of the way I used to
approach my work as a playwright.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It's good
practice to study the work of the great playwrights from the past and to
continue to be inspired by the playwrights whose work you admire; the
equivalents of looking behind and to the side, at it were. However, if you're
always looking back, or looking to the side, you are not concentrating on the
need to "keep moving forward!” as my coach used to say. Like the focus
needed to ignore the pack and keeping your eye on the finish line. So, I learned
a valuable lesson from my track days which I can apply to my work to this day: a
certain amount of wherewithal is needed to ignore what has come before and
around you in order to dig down to hear your own voice as a writer.<span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: comment;"> </span></span></span>But
there's something to be said about not being able to ignore the pack, and
perhaps this is where being a good hurdler and being a good writer parts ways. Part
of good writing entails not being able to ignore the pack, but rather, paying
very close attention to the "thing-ness" and "what-ness" of
the creatures within it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Having a
10-minute play accepted into the Boston Theater Marathon produces the same
endorphin high I felt in high school after winning a race. There is no doubt
that it's a tough application process that includes part crapshoot, part luck. And
there's no denying that it's disappointing when your play doesn't get in, which for me,
is the case more often than not<span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a class="msocomanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5592600946586564540#_msocom_2" id="_anchor_2" name="_msoanchor_2"></a><span style="mso-special-character: comment;"></span></span></span>.
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">But I think
over the years I've come to realize that, whether or not my work gets accepted,
I'm still going to write, and I'm still going to submit to the Marathon,
because for me it is no longer just about the metaphorical finish line of
having one's play accepted. In the challenging economic times of the last few
years I have come to really appreciate being part of a larger effort to raise
funds for the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund. Also, it's just a heck of a
lot of fun being part of the Marathon Weekend events to cheer on the other
playwrights, directors, actors, tech crews, stage managers and volunteers who
make it all happen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">This year,
in an effort to give more writers a chance to be a part of Marathon Weekend,
Kate Snodgrass, Alexa Mavromatis and I have inaugurated the One-Minute Sprints
as part of the Warm-Up Laps the day before the BTM. The One-Minute Sprints are
one-minute plays that will be read without a stage reader or props, by
professional actors who will be on hand for the Warm-Up Laps. One-Minute
Sprints were accepted on a first-come first-served basis, until we reached
thirty plays – the maximum number given the time constraints on the day of the
Warm-Up Laps. As their name suggests, they will run fast. And they will serve
as an encouragement to the playwrights out there who might not have received an
acceptance for the Boston Theater Marathon, to just keep running…keep
writing…keep running.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/">Tickets</a></span> </span></i></b> </span></div>
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Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-36283210159666288522014-05-04T07:05:00.000-04:002014-05-04T07:07:06.452-04:00Voices of BTM XVI: Lisa Kenner Grissom<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am thrilled to be back at the
Boston Theater Marathon and so honored to be among the cadre of talented writers,
directors, actors, stage managers—and everyone behind the scenes—who make this
Boston theatre tradition happen. I was born in Boston, raised in Swampscott, and
have stomped on many of Beantown’s grounds from Brighton and Brookline to Newton
and Cambridge. To have my work performed here, where my friends and family can
experience what I do, is truly a dream come true. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">In reflecting on this year’s
Marathon, I was reminded of the first time I met Kate Snodgrass. It was the
summer of 2010 at the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive, a ten-day
immersive writing workshop led by some of the finest dramatists and theatre
professionals in the country including Gary Garrison, Mark Bly—and Kate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kate was there for less than 36
hours. Why you may ask? She broke her ankle on the first day and had to head
back to Boston. Everyone was in a bit of shock over the incident. All the
writers were buzzing with questions. First, and most importantly, is she gonna
be ok?! Then, we just got here! She just got here! What are we going to do
without Kate?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">On the steps of The Kennedy Center,
we gathered en masse and one by one gave her a hug before she went on her way. Imagine
fifty (or more) eager playwrights, essentially strangers to her, waiting to say
hi and bye at the same time. Kate smiled throughout and graciously wished us
well although she had met us for, like, a minute. There's something about that
moment that has always stayed with me: Kate in the back of a cab headed for the
airport, probably in a great deal of pain, taking the time to connect with each
of us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">When I decided to attend Lesley
University for my MFA in Creative Writing for Stage and Screen, I was excited
to work with Kate. In my first semester I had the opportunity to work with her
on ten minute plays. I had written one a few years prior and it wasn’t very
good. I didn’t really understand the form. Kate gave me, no joke, about thirty
ten minute plays to read and respond to. And it was then that I came to appreciate
what a ten minute play can do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Plays are a little like paintings. Indulge
me for a moment: think about a Picasso—let’s say a Tony Kushner full-length;
now think about a Rembrandt—let’s say a David Ives short. Both take you places,
but in different ways. The Picasso mural, vast and epic; the Rembrandt scene, no
less epic, but contained. Simmering. In the Rembrandt, a tiny smudge of ochre
becomes the candle that illuminates a dark world. The artist had to mix the
paint to create the right shade and place it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just so</i> in order to get that effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">In a ten minute play, the writer’s
color choices include the placement of a comma, a startling stage direction, an
arresting word. Placed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just so</i>, these
choices can change everything. And they do. At the BTM, audiences get to
experience a whole lot of remarkable paintings in one incredible event. So thank
you, Kate, for encouraging us to make bold “color choices” on the page, for
elevating the ten minute play to an art form, for gathering us en masse to
create theatre together at the Marathon. And last but not least, for always making
the time to connect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/">Tickets</a></span> </span></i></b> </span></div>
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complications of writing a ten-minute musical (or any musical, for that matter).
When I think about people writing songs together, I think of Elton John and
Bernie Taupin faxing lyrics and music back and forth to one another. What’s
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least me and Richard aren’t sharing a small flat in England somewhere like
those guys were in the beginning. It’s a lot like passing notes back and forth,
though. He writes a few pages, I score as much as I can. We actually did start
in the same room together at the beginning, which was great. But that was in
January and most everything after that has been shared electronically.</span><br />
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the biggest challenge – although an enjoyable one – is that each of us is
trying to tell the same story through a different voice. And writing the story
as we go. So the text starts us out, and the music opens up other possibilities
or maybe adds a depth to the character and we have to respond to that. It’s
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like you say, but it has less to do with the logistics than with
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">RS: The process only works, in the same room or afar, if there is the right chemistry between the composer and lyricist. It's really a question of telepathy or two people being on the same wavelength, understanding and respecting each other's ideas and impulses and being willing to say, "Yeah, you're right, that doesn't work. Let's try it this way.”<br /><br />This musical is different from the songs in <i>The Sussman Variations</i> which were, one, just independent songs and, two, written in the style of a fictional composer. This piece is written in our own voice, and our two voices have to work as one.</span></div>
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never collaborated with someone who wanted to get to the truth of the story (or
lyric, or what have you) in such a similar way. So it was completely
harmonious. The challenges are normal and to be expected because you want so
much from your characters. I would say that the hardest thing was getting to a
satisfying end that both resolved the scene and left the door open for more to
come. We had an ambitious idea of a big final song that was putting us way over
time, as well as making too big a statement, perhaps. An interesting thing
happened – we set the lyrics aside and wrote dialogue . . . and the dialog
sang! It was really something sweet.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">RS: The idea of putting the big song idea aside and setting the dialogue instead is something that shows the difference between the way a word person--me--thinks and the way a composer does. Phil could see that the simpler, understated dialogue could work as well, or better, than a formal song because the music would sustain it. And he was right. For me, the more I work with gifted composers like Phil, the more I learn about the peculiar and thrilling chemistry that can exist between words and music if you remain open to all possibilities. Music has a power that totally transcends the power of words and that is why I love to work in this form and with a composer as sensitive and gifted as Phil. <b> </b></span></div>
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much to work with Phil after our experience with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Sussman Variations</i>. It just felt right. I was also
interested in writing about aging (which I am) and the relationship between a
daughter and an aging, but frisky, father. And also about
mortality. There was something intimate about their relationship that I
thought would lend itself to a kind of chamber musical. Then I thought of the
idea of a funky blues number for the Dad and that was it. I couldn't wait
to hear that song. The more we work on the piece, the more musical
possibilities seems to present themselves and the challenge of squeezing all of
it into ten minutes was exhilarating and showed us how much we could accomplish
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and I had lunch in early December and we said, “Okay, we've been talking about
this for a year, it’s time to write a song.” And before I knew it, he’s sending
me scripts with five or six songs and it looks terrific. He’s written great
lines, great sensibility, some things that really “land” as they say. It
obviously was really flowing from somewhere, which was, I think, a reaction both
to aging (which we all are) but also to something about a sense of legacy. What
will we leave as an imprint that gives hints to the experience of being alive
in 2014? As for this story, and music – Richard once said in class, “If you’re
gonna write a musical, there’d better be something to sing about!” and I think
he’s absolutely right about that. We have a mini-musical with two characters
who find themselves at a precipice, with more than a few misgivings, and it’s
time to get to the bottom of it all. What more could you ask for!</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/">Tickets</a></span> </span></i></b>
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Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-56524506054129362012014-04-30T08:09:00.000-04:002014-04-30T18:33:06.923-04:00Guess who's Cumming to dinner?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Look who ended up seated right next to guest of honor Alan Cumming at dinner on Monday night, when the award-winning actor/director/producer/activist was in town to speak about his life and career in Metcalf Hall. Cumming's papers are now <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/archives-cc/app/details.php?id=8942&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fphpbin%2Farchives-cc%2Fapp%2Fbrowse.php%3Fletter%3DC%26sort_column%3Dcomposite_name%26sort_direction%3DASC%26per_page%3D10%26offset%3D80%26set_page%3Dnext">part of the collection</a></span> at BU's Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Willkommen!<br />
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Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-47589279436140892062014-04-29T09:42:00.000-04:002014-05-07T07:45:54.485-04:00Voices of BTM XVI: David Susman<style>@font-face {
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Last year was my first experience with the Boston Theater
Marathon. I loved it, of course. A full day of theater—what’s not to love? It
was a privilege to see my play staged alongside works by playwrights I’ve
admired, and to be part of Boston’s theater community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">But I didn’t fully understand or appreciate the magnificence
of the event. I was a novice, and I was caught up in my own wide-eyed
enjoyment. Since then, I’ve learned a few things. I’ve learned that a play
festival—even a “regular” one, a small one—has a hundred moving parts. I’ve
learned that a festival organizer has to be, all at once, a logician, a
visionary, a personnel director, a motivator, a taskmaster, a promoter, a
cheerleader, and a hell of a hard worker. I’ve learned that 53 plays in ten
hours is insanely ambitious. Lunacy, really. It shouldn’t be possible. But it
happens every year, and happens wonderfully. The fact that proceeds are given
to an excellent cause only makes me love it more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">This seems like the right place to acknowledge my debt to
Kate Snodgrass, and not just for her extraordinary leadership of the Marathon.
Kate and I have never formally met, but she jumpstarted my efforts as a writer.
She visited Playwrights’ Platform, the cooperative I had recently joined, and
gave a lecture that motivated me to start my work in earnest. Up until that
point, I had been <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thinking</i> about
writing plays, vaguely planning, but hadn’t produced a word, untrusting of my
own vision and voice. Kate gave practical advice. She directed us to Gary
Garrison’s indispensable <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A More Perfect
Ten</i>. She cited a short play she liked, a piece so innovative and unexpected
that it cracked things wide open for me. (The play, for the record, was Shawn
Sturnick’s <i>Solomon, A Life</i>.) It was exactly what I needed. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Go ahead and start</i>, the message seemed
to be. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Take some chances. Play with form.
Mess around. You might just find what you’re looking for</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">That was two years ago, and I’ve been writing steadily
since. Some of my pieces have been lousy, but some have been good. And when
they’re good, I know it immediately, because I feel the same small buzz, the
same ripple of electricity, that I felt reading Sturnick’s play. I’ve been lucky
enough to get some stagings, but none have been quite as special as the Boston
Theater Marathon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Last year’s Marathon
was an experience unlike any other for me. I was giddy as I drove home from it.
That was me you saw on I-93 North, hurtling along in the left-hand lane,
gesticulating grandly as I sang with the radio. This year, I plan to drive even
faster, and sing louder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Don't miss Boston Theater Marathon XVI on May 11! <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Boston-Theater-Marathon-XV/">Tickets</a></span></span></i></b></span></div>
Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-937920389286709122014-04-24T00:00:00.000-04:002014-04-24T00:00:10.928-04:00Alumni news, in brief:<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://nortonawardsboston.com/2014-nominees/">The nominations for this year's Elliot Norton Awards</a> include nods to Steven Barkhimer (<i>Windowmen</i>) and Peter M. Floyd (<i>Absence</i>) in the Best New Script category. <i>Windowmen</i> is also nominated in the Outstanding Production, Outstanding Ensemble, and Outstanding Design categories; Alex Pollock is also nominated for his performance in <i>Windowmen</i>...</div>
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Ronan Noone's short film <i>The Accident</i> (based on his ten-minute play <i>I Glue You</i> and starring Mary McCann and Andrew Rothenberg, above) was an official selection for the Boston International Film Festival earlier this month, and is also an official selection for the <a href="http://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=24070~f1e5aa30-a72f-4be8-84d2-d14598d9c606&">Montclair Film Festival</a> next month...<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://playwrightsperspective.blogspot.com/2011/09/spy-play.html"><i>The Farm</i></a></span> by Walt McGough is included in the Smith and Kraus anthology <i>New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2014</i>...<br />
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A <a href="http://www.stageandcinema.com/2014/04/17/boxers-and-briefs-vii/">very nice shout-out</a> to Gregory Fletcher's <i>Roast Beef and the Rare Kiss</i>, part of Artistic New Directions' <i>An Eclectic Evening of Shorts: Boxers & Briefs</i> this month...<br />
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And...even as we prepare for this year's BTM, the Community College of Rhode Island presents <a href="http://www.ccri.edu/marketing/news_events/2014/april/players.html">a bill of student-directed short plays</a> this weekend -- by Patrick Gabridge, Gary Garrison, Lisa Kenner Grissom, Terrence Kidd, K. Alexa Mavromatis, and Cassie M. Seinuk -- from BTMs past...Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-83008492068192251252014-04-23T14:00:00.000-04:002014-04-23T17:17:55.390-04:00HBD, WS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-49616046514294545042014-04-22T08:54:00.002-04:002014-04-22T08:59:29.397-04:00Winning weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Current MFAs (and friends!) display their awards on the terrace of the Kennedy Center last weekend. L-R: Lesley University's Cassie M. Seinuk, NYU's Nick Carr, and our own Abbey Fenbert and Stephanie Brownell. Not pictured: Steven Barkhimer and Michael Parsons. <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://kcactf.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-michael-kanin-playwriting-awards.html">Read more.</a></span><br />
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Congratulations, all! (And thanks for the photo, Steph!)Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-77700583379221960152014-04-18T00:00:00.000-04:002014-04-18T00:00:02.985-04:00Poe Returning to Boston<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In case you haven't seen the clay model of the new Edgar Allan Poe statue, to be installed in Poe Square this fall. <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.bostonpoe.org/">Read more.</a></span> Thanks Jake!Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-7465211276489989462014-04-09T00:00:00.000-04:002014-04-09T00:00:01.232-04:00Opening night for 'Becoming Cuba'!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy opening night to Melinda, Bevin, and the Huntington's <a href="http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/2013-2014/becoming-cuba/"><i>Becoming Cuba</i></a> team!Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-71444788057821758012014-04-08T21:32:00.001-04:002014-04-08T21:32:40.736-04:00'Windowmen' wins IRNE for Best New Play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congratulations to all of last night's IRNE winners and nominees, but especially to Steven Barkhimer, whose <a href="http://playwrightsperspective.blogspot.com/2013/10/foxhole-camaraderie-and-mid-night.html"><i>Windowmen</i></a> won Best New Play in the Small/Fringe Company category! (Photo: Christopher McKenzie via Instagram)Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-34379645797784239192014-04-03T00:00:00.000-04:002014-04-03T10:11:48.861-04:00'Absence' in NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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BPT's <i>Absence</i> team reunited in NYC last week for a reading at Manhattan Theatre Club. Here, they nosh at legendary haunt <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://joeallenrestaurant.com/Joe_Allen_welcome.html">Joe Allen</a></span> (clockwise from L): Beverly Diaz, Cheryl D. Singleton, Anne Gottlieb, Megan Schy Gleeson, Joanna Merlin, Kate Snodgrass, Kippy Goldfarb, Peter M. Floyd, Bill Mootos, and Russell Garrett (not pictured: Dale Place).<br />
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Thanks for the photo, Cheryl!Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-86730604259163300022014-04-01T00:00:00.000-04:002014-04-01T00:00:09.312-04:00New BTM branding unveiled!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Dramatists Guild New England and Boston Playwrights' Theatre are co-hosting the One-Minute Sprints as part of the annual Boston Theater Marathon (BTM) weekend.<br /><br />What’s a One-Minute Sprint? It’s a one-minute play on the theme of “TIME IS RUNNING OUT” that will be read by four very talented Bostonian actors(two men, two women). It’s great fun and a chance to hear many different voices.<br /><br />WHAT | The One-Minute Sprints (a.k.a. one-minute plays) as part of the BTM Warm-Up Laps readings at the Boston Theater Marathon<br />WHEN | Saturday, May 10, 2014<br />WHERE | The Calderwood Pavilion, Deane Rehearsal Hall (2nd Floor) </span><br />
<a name='more'></a>Beginning Saturday, April 5, submissions will be accepted on a first-come-first served basis for thirty (30) one-minute plays to be presented prior to the Warm-Up Laps readings at the Calderwood Theatre on Saturday, May 10, as part of the Boston Theater Marathon events. The one-minute play readings (a.k.a. The One-Minute Sprints) will be read by professional actors beginning at 11:50 a.m., 1:50 p.m., and 3:50 p.m. before each full-length play reading. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Submissions will be accepted on April 5 beginning at midnight, sent to Hortense Gerardo AND Kate Snodgrass with the subject header: ONE MINUTE SPRINTS – YOUR LAST NAME to: ONEMINUTESPRINT@gmail.com<br /><br />Playwrights will be notified when their plays have been selected.<br />Only one submission per playwright, please.<br />Running time no longer than one-minute.<br />Cast no larger than 4: two female and two male actors will be available for the readings.<br />There will be no set, no props, and no stage directions will be read.<br /><br />Afterwards, we will repair to the Beehive Bar at 6 p.m. for hors d-oeuvres courtesy of the Dramatists Guild. Please RSVP to hgerardo@dramatistsguild.com for the Beehive event so that we have enough food! For directions to The Beehive: http://www.beehiveboston.com/ <br /><br />We look forward to seeing your Sprints!<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />Hortense Gerardo<br />Regional Representative - BOSTON<br />The Dramatists Guild of America<br />Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-72284073873392693452014-03-26T10:58:00.000-04:002014-03-28T21:15:09.937-04:00'Burning' wins 2013 Boston My Theatre Award for Best New Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Burning</i> reunion: (L-R) star Mal Malme, playwright Ginger Lazarus, and assistant stage manager Will Carter at last night's Boston My Theatre Awards. (According to Mal, the fine ensemble work of this group even extended to this photo -- it was Will's phone, but she hit the button. Great job, guys!) <br />
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Congratulations Ginger!!!Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113964695613352564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592600946586564540.post-34184095403336638762014-03-26T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-31T09:54:46.944-04:00Plays and playwrights of BTM XVI<style>
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