So excited to begin rehearsals for THE MOST DANGEROUS HGHWAY IN THE WORLD. Directed by my friend Evren Odcikin, and produced by the wonderful people at Golden Thread.
This is the culmination of three years of development, and I could not be in better hands.
The play runs May 6th-May 29th at the Thick House. More info here.
Press release out today for the 2015 Emerging Writer Group‘s Spotlight Series of readings produced by the Public Theater. My play THE FORCINGS will be read April 13, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz.
Description of THE FORCINGS…
Company man Ernie Ledezma is the public face of Exxon in Mexico. As his family gathers at his vacation home in coastal North Carolina, seventeen anti-fracking activists remain missing in Mexico. The truth behind their disappearance will set off a chain of events with shocking repercussions for Ernie and his entire family. A contemporary riff on Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, The Forcings depicts a tragedy of power, self-delusion and civilization barreling towards extinction.
Some pics from a recent trip to Veracruz to research my play THE FORCINGS.
I just returned from a week long retreat at SPACE on Ryder Farm with some of my colleagues from the Emerging Writers Group. I spent my hours digging my heels into my newest play, THE FORCINGS, which will be presented next spring at the Public Theater. Wonderful trees, food and company.
My play THE MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD, set along a treacherous highway in Afghanistan, is one of six scripts selected for the NNPN’s annual National Showcase of New Plays. The NNPN holds a unique and necessary place in the universe of new play development in this country. I’m honored to be a part.
About the Showcase: The National Showcase of New Plays is a traveling new-play festival that presents the country’s best unproduced plays in staged reading format to an intimate gathering of theater professionals. With artistic leadership from most of our 29 Core Member and 45 Associate Member Theaters in attendance, the Showcase creates a unique, invaluable opportunity for production-ready scripts to be heard by the people most willing to produce them. In addition to artistic and managing directors, we invite a group of 100 playwrights, literary managers, playwright agents, and other colleagues from around the country to network with us on behalf of the plays and playwrights we present. All scripts are read blind. The vast majority of the scripts read at the Showcase go on to professional productions within and outside the Network.
For three weeks this month I will be traveling to Veracruz, Mexico to research a new play I’m writing with the Emerging Writers Group at the Public. I’ll be talking to academics, farmers and young people about climate change and President Peña Nieto’s overhaul of energy laws which will soon allow US companies to enter the fracking game in Mexico.
“Resistance” is a short film I directed, co-wrote and produced with my collaborator Joe Egender back in January. Here are some stills pulled from the rough cut:
