I Interview Playwrights Part 817: Matt Herzfeld
Matt HerzfeldHometown: Shaker Heights, Ohio (we put the "swing" in swing state)Current Town: Brooklyn, New YorkQ: Tell me about The Improbable Fall, Rise, & Fall of John Law.A: &nb…
Matt HerzfeldHometown: Shaker Heights, Ohio (we put the "swing" in swing state)Current Town: Brooklyn, New YorkQ: Tell me about The Improbable Fall, Rise, & Fall of John Law.A: &nb…
Romana SoutusHometown: Kyiv, UkraineCurrent Town: Brooklyn, New YorkQ: Tell me about Hyena.A: HYENA is interactive one-woman show about the beast within. The protagonist, Hy, exa…
Hearts Like Fists Production #25 of Hearts Like Fists La Feria High School La Feria, TX Opens March 10, 2016 Production #26 of Hearts Like Fists Theatre Threshold, Cal State University, L…
My wife wrote an essay about her father dying when she was 17 while she was playing Emily in Our Town. It's all about why we do what we do. The escapism and the catharsis. …
Jenny Rachel WeinerHometown: I grew up in South Florida, or as I affectionately call it "Hot New York". It's the part of Florida where all the Jews from the Northeast retire to. Curren…
Emilie Collyer Hometown: Melbourne, Australia Current Town: Melbourne (with a welcome trip to New York!) Q: Tell me about The Good Girl. A: The Good Girl is set in a …
Danny Ashkenasi Hometown: Berlin, Germany Current Town: Brooklyn, New York Q: Tell me about Speakeasy. A: "Speakeasy " John and Jane's Adventures in the Wonderlan…
The Adventures of Super Margaret https://www.playscripts.com/play/2782 (My youth play) It was first produced at Oddfellows Playhouse ( I know the AD) and now all those kids …
Matt CoxHometown: Rowlett, TX Current Town: New York, New York Q: Tell me about Puffs.A: Puffs is the story of the other kids in the class of 1998 who attended a certain famous m…
Photo by Laura ColellaCasey LlewellynHometown: Boston, MA (specifically Brookline and Jamaica Plain)Current Town: Brooklyn, NYQ: Tell me about O, Earth. A: O, Earth is an explora…
James Anthony TylerHometown: Las Vegas, Nevada Current Town: Harlem, NYC and Minneapolis Q: Tell me about Dolphins and Sharks? A: "Dolphins and Sharks" is a play that started o…
photo by MONIQUE CARBONI Eric BogosianHometown: Originally I come from Woburn, Massachusetts about ten miles northwest of Boston. Used to hang out at the Burlington Mall. We were the first "…
Stephen Kaplan Hometown: Northridge, CA - home of the '94 Northridge earthquake. My high school had to cancel our production of Into the Woods because our auditorium was so damaged and there…
I wrote 3 full length plays this year. Two of them were commissions, one from Texas State University which will go up with them in 2017 and the other from my friends at Flux Theater En…
Hearts Like Fists Production #24 of Hearts Like Fists St. Francis High School St. Francis, MN Opens January 29, 2016 Production #25 of Hearts Like Fists La Feria High School La Feria, T…
Tatiana Suarez-PicoCurrent Town: Los Angeles, CA and Brooklyn, NY Q: What are you working on now? A: A play about a woman who finds a dead child in a trash bag-- that's …
Kevin MullinsHometown: Watertown, Massachusetts. Current Town: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Q: Tell me about your upcoming shows. A: I have two shows coming up this year in Bost…
Year I started writing plays: 1997 Number of long one acts and full lengths written: 40 (Well, I almost have the 40th written) Number of long one acts or full lengths produced at…
Hearts Like Fists Production #23 of Hearts Like Fists Maxwell Heights Secondary School Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Opens December 9, 2015 Production #24 of Hearts Like Fists St. Francis High …
Ryan Fogarty Hometown: Bay Shore, NY Current Town: Sunnyside, Qns Q: What are you working on now? A: I'm currently working on a few plays. The first is Code: Anchor which is…
Suzanne Bachner Hometown: New York CityCurrent Town: New York CityQ: Tell me about The Good Adoptee.A: It is the true story of my search for my origins in the face of sealed rec…
Mêlisa AnnisHometown: Cardiff, Wales. Current Town: Brooklyn, NY.Q: What are you working on now?A: I like to spin plates. Where to start…? I'm working on a new…
Daria Miyeko MarinelliHometown: Hartsdale, NY Current Town: Astoria, NY Q: Tell me about Untameable. A: Untameable is an immersive diamond heist play. Ten Actors, Three Locatio…
Cheryl L. DavisHometown: Mt. Vernon, New YorkCurrent Town: New York, New YorkQ: What are you working on now?A: At approximately 6:14 p.m., on my plate is (are?): Brid…
Jess Foster Hometown: Sidney, Maine Current Town: Canton, MA Q: Tell me about Hard and Fast. A: Well, here is the synopsis: "Roger, a struggling mechanic, has a real passion …