BTM XVI -- thanks everyone!

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!!!

Final weekend of Windowmen

Demonio does not want you to miss Windowmen! The final weekend of performances starts tonight. A limited number of tickets are still available here and on Goldstar.com. Hope to see you!

BTM XV -- thank you!

Thank you to everyone -- onstage and off -- who contributed to the success (and fun!) of Boston Theater Marathon XV. We hope you had as great a time as we did. See you next year!

Home at BPT for the holidays

Deborah Lake Fortson, MJ Halberstadt, Colleen Hughes

A few photos from Monday night's annual Holiday Donor Thank-You Party at BPT. What a fun night!

Alumni news, in brief:

Cliff Odle is “equal parts cuddly and calculating” in the New Rep production of David Mamet’s Race…

“I never forgot what it’s like to be 10” – Karen Zacarías on playwriting, to the Orlando Sentinel. Her play Chasing George Washington (with music by Deborah Wicks La Puma) is onstage at Orlando Repertory Theatre until Nov. 18…

Leslie Dillen is opening the THEATERWORK (in Santa Fe, NM) season as Dorothea in Lee Blessing’s Eleemosynary…

Another kind of storytelling: Narrative designer Jonathon Myers talks to Gamasutra about adapting Games of Thrones: Ascent for Facebook…

Final week!

Demonio wants to be sure you remember that this is the final week of Jaclyn Villano’s The Company We Keep. If you haven’t had the chance to catch it yet, there are $10 fee-free tickets available tonight, Friday, and Sunday. Don’t miss out!

Alumni news, in brief:

Not one, but two opportunities to celebrate the talents of Steve Barkhimer this week: On Sept. 13, Bark opens in Stoneham Theatre’s Lumberjacks in Love, and the following night his Blood Rose Rising: Immaterial Girl (which he co-wrote with Ben Evett) opens at Naga in Cambridge…

Melinda Lopez takes a bow this week in The Mother F**ker with the Hat at SpeakEasy Stage…

Hey, Game of Thrones fans: Here are some screen savers of the landscapes from Disruptor Beam’s social game Game of Thrones Ascent, for which own Jonathon Myers is narrative designer and writer…

Walt McGough’s Priscilla Dreams the Answer will soon be published by Playscripts…

Luchadores make their entrance at 'Chad Deity'

Photo: Special thank you to wrestler-wrangler Ginger Lazarus

Demonio poses with fellow members of la Federación de Luchadores de Plástico (Providence chapter) last week, after a performance of Company One’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. Naturally, they loved it! From left: Demonio, Angry X, Chuckles, Esqueleto, and Frogman.

Emerging America!

El Demonio Rosa loved Johnny Kuntz's The Hotel Nepenthe, part of this weekend's Emerging America Festival (a collaboration of the American Repertory Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston). Don't miss the chance to savor the performances of the play's original award-winning cast!

Demonio gets "Smashed"

 

I’ve said it here before, and I’ll say it again: I’m a sucker for a fun marketing idea. And, you know, Demonio is obsessed with this show before it’s even started really, so of course he had to try it. Like, five times, because we deserve to live in a world where Mexican wrestlers pay homage to Lena Horne. It’s Friday, so Smash yourself.

Alumni news, in brief:

Zayd Dohrn and his wife Rachel

Zayd Dohrn's Outside People opens tomorrow night at NYC's Vineyard Theatre, in a co-production with Naked Angels. Check out the trailer...

This article from The Washington Post has a great quote from Karen Zacarías...

Walt McGough got some love from The Boston Globe...

Molly Smith Metzler is in rehearsal for the South Coast Repertory production of her Humana hit Elemeno Pea...

Werner Trieschmann shared a year-end recap of playwriting-related activities on his great-looking blog, and Anna Renée Hansen compared playwriting with open-heart surgery on the New Rep blog...

A look at some of what puts the oomph in OMPF

Demonio Rosa heads inside 

The Greatest Story Never Told?

What gift did Demonio bring?

Bloggy cheer

Where's Demonio?

As things begin to get holiday-quiet, it’s fun to check in on some of the other blogs on our blogroll (to the right) and see what folks are doing. What have people been posting about lately?

Emily Kaye Lazzaro shared a little of what’s on her cutting room floor. John Kuntz posted some gorgeous photos from the photo call from The Balcony, which he directed recently at The Boston Conservatory. John Greiner-Ferris just turned three (as a playwright), and reflects on his advancing age. And Colleen Hughes is celebrating the season with her roundup of Bad Santas.

And speaking of other blogs, don’t forget to watch the One-Minute Play Festival blog for posts from some familiar faces (including this one by Israel Horovitz and this one by Natalia Naman) and more about this exciting event...coming to Boston on Jan. 7, 8, and 9.

Demonio, Cha Cha -- this one's for you!

Alumni news, in brief:

El Demonio Rosa and Cha Cha Picante high-five it on their way in to see Walt McGough's Priscilla Dreams the Answer...

One-act plays by Michael Parsons (House Rules) and Peter M. Floyd (Beleaguered), and ten-minute plays by Colleen Hughes (The Button) and MJ Halberstadt (Peggy's Properties) will be presented at KCACTF's Region 1 competition. The event will be held in Fitchburg in January...

Alumni news, in brief:

El Demonio Rosa pauses to wave on his way in to catch part two of Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brother/Sister Plays at Company One...

A gaggle of alums was commissioned to write one-minute plays for the first-ever Boston One-Minute Play Festival (a co-production of the NYC-based One-Minute Play Festival and BPT) including William Fancher, Peter M. Floyd, Deirdre Girard, Anna Renée Hansen, Heather Houston, Colleen Hughes, Dan Hunter, Emily Kaye Lazarro, K. Alexa Mavromatis, Matt Mayerchak, Walt McGough, Ronan Noone, Rick Park, John Shea, Donna Sorbello, and John Zakrosky, Jr. All told, the January event will feature 70 plays by alums and other favorite Boston-area playwrights. Watch this space for much more on this exciting event...

Alumni news, in brief:

Cha Cha Picante celebrates Deirdre Girard at her play The Christina Experiment...

A launch party and concert will be held at BPT to celebrate the publication of Dan Hunter's new book Iowa? It's a State...Of Mind on Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. The evening will feature delicious food by Sivika Pon Hunter, as well as book excerpts and songs written and performed by Dan Hunter. Please RSVP to attend. Books are also available for purchase online...

Alumni news, in brief:

El Demonio Rosa and Cha Cha Picante enjoy the preshow at Theatre on Fire's Mojo

Lydia Diamond's Stick Fly opens on Broadway in previews this Friday. Here's a look at the load-in. And, in case you missed it, the cast and creative team in conversation at WNYC's The Greene Space...

Hey, iAddicts: You can download and play a game produced and designed by Jonathon Myers! Check out Candescent for your iPhone or iPod...

Kate Snodgrass' Haiku was a winner for some North Carolina students... 

John Greiner-Ferris has McCraney envy (Don't we all?)...

Director Melanie Garber talks about Walt McGough's Priscilla Dreams the Answer on the Fresh Ink blog...

Only quiet snacks allowed at the theatre. Johnny, I couldn't agree with you more...

Alumni news, in brief:

Luchadore Cha Cha Picante in D.C. for Karen Zacarías' The Book Club Play...

Monica Bauer's My Occasion of Sin is a finalist for the Abingdon Theatre Company's Christopher Brian Wolk Playwriting Award... Urban Stages will also host a staged reading of the play on Nov. 21...