I Interview Playwrights Part 920: Lauren Wimmer
Lauren Wimmer Hometown: Milwaukee, WI Current Town: Pittsburgh, PA Q: Tell me about Divorce Party. A: Melanie and Eugene, a freshly divorced couple, decide to throw a party …
Lauren Wimmer Hometown: Milwaukee, WI Current Town: Pittsburgh, PA Q: Tell me about Divorce Party. A: Melanie and Eugene, a freshly divorced couple, decide to throw a party …
W.M. AkersHometown: I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, home of Bobby's Dairy Dip.Current Town: Since 2006, I've lived in New York City, which must be home to something as notable as Bo…
Previews start this week! RARE BIRDS By Adam Szymkowicz Directed by Scott Ebersold Featuring: Robert Buckwalter, George Colligan, Joanna Fanizza, Tracey Gilbert*, Jake Glassman*, and …
PRODUCTIONS KODACHROME Production #1 of Kodachrome Portland Center Stage Portland, OR February 3-March 18, 2018 Rare Birds Production #1 of Rare Birds Red Fern Theater 14th Stre…
Noah MeaseHometown: Williston, VTCurrent Town: South Bronx, NYQ: Tell me about Omega Kids.A: Omega Kids is a play and also a comic book. The comic book called Omega Kids (which I…
Betty Shamieh Hometown: San Francisco. Q: Tell me about The Strangest. A: As a child of Arab immigrants who became an American playwright, I was always fascinated by the idea of …
Hollis James Hometown: Queens, New YorkCurrent Town: Manhattan, New YorkQ: Tell me about KYLE: A: KYLE is a comedy about addiction, destructive urges and the little …
Lissa Moira Hometown: Brooklyn Current Town: except for about 4 years in California, I'm a Brooklyn girl. At 14 ½, I found my way across the country and ended up in an arts commune in…
Jean Ann Douglass Hometown: North Providence, Rhode IslandCurrent Town: Brooklyn, NYQ: Tell me about your upcoming show.A: The Providence of Neighboring Bodies is act…
Over the years I've been fortunate enough to have development support and productions from various organizations. Some of my biggest supporters have included Ars Nova, The Juilliard Sc…
Dan FingermanHometown: Huntington, NYCurrent Town: Astoria, NYQ: Tell me about Boys of a Certain Age. A: "Boys of a Certain Age" is about four gay Jews spending the weekend together.…
PRODUCTIONS Marian or The True Tale of Robin Hood Production #1 of Marian Flux Theater Ensemble The New Ohio, NYC (This play was commissioned by Flux as part of Flux Forward) January 28-F…
Brian Parks Hometown: Birmingham, Michigan. Or Ann Arbor, if you want to start at the very beginning. Current Town: Brooklyn, New York Q: Tell me about your upcoming show. A…
Zachary Fernebok Hometown: Darnestown, Maryland Current Town: Atlanta, Georgia Q: Tell me about the Pirate Laureate series. A: In the world of Ephrata, the power of poetry t…
Laura Neill Hometown: Wrentham, MA Current Town: Brighton, MA Q: Tell me about Don't Give Up the Ship. A: Don't Give Up the Ship goes up at the Boston Center for the Arts w…
Augie Praley Hometown: Annapolis, Maryland Current Town: New York City Q: Tell me about Looking Back. A: Looking Back, It May Not Have Been Ridgefield High's Best Productio…
Dennis StaroselskyHometown: Brookline, MACurrent Town: Norwood, MAQ: What are you working on now? A: Like everyone, just throwing a lot of stuff against the wall and hoping some…
Mark Jackson Hometown: Placerville, California. Current Town: San Francisco. Q: Tell me about Messenger 1. A: It's a play close to my heart. Art Street Theatre had a great s…
Jonathan Dorf Hometown: Broomall, Pennsylvania (I wasn't born there, but I moved there before third grade and did most of my important growing up there). Current Town: Los Angele…
Seamus SullivanHometown: Glenside, PA.Current Town: Jersey City, NJ, by way of DC and LA.Q: What are you working on now?A: This month, I'm getting together with my friend Jason S…
Vicki Vodrey Hometown: Kansas City, MO but I travel to NYC often.Q: Tell me about Thank You Notes: Headed To Heaven W/ Flat Jimmy Fallon.A: Thank You Notes: Headed To Heaven W/ Flat Ji…
Natalie MargolinHometown: Los Angeles, CACurrent Town: New York, NYQ: Tell me about Tutus: A: Tutus is a play about a girl who poops in her tutu during her first ballet recital. It explores …
Adam Szymkowicz's play is a gender-bending, patriarchy-smashing, hilarious new take on the classic tale. Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise, and leads a motley gr…
Patrick Flynn Hometown: Wilmington, DelawareCurrent Town: Bethesda, Maryland. But I've also lived in Washington, DC, Alexandria, VA, Silver Spring, MD, Los Angeles, CA, and North Wales, PA.…
Pretty TheftI wrote it in 2004/2005. It was the first play I wrote after my grad school thesis play (Nerve) at Columbia. I took a class with Chuck Mee at the Flea and we were supposed to …