A Reply to a Letter, in re: The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY *to be read in an Irish Brogue* Dear Beauty Queen of Leenane, It is Hayley Huntley and I'm writing from Reno on account of I'm still here leftover from Thanksgiving,…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:00pm on December 1, 2016☆⚑

To Urinetown, With Love by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY high school boyfriend broke up with me in a Barnes & Noble Starbucks a few days after my mom and I saw Jesus Christ Superstar. He delivered the bad news, we said go…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 3:45pm on November 16, 2016☆⚑

Charm and the Business of Being You by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY friend is going through a breakup right now. That friend is also acting in Philip Dawkins' Charm at Celebration Theatre right now. When I asked, he told me it was ok…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 4:46pm on September 15, 2016☆⚑

Figuring Out D Deb Debbie Deborah by Hayley Huntley

by HALEY HUNTLEY Deb Debbie Deborah doesn't make sense. Jerry Lieblich's play skirts logic, defies pattern, and resists resolution. It knows it's doing those things, though, and you catc…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 7:10pm on August 25, 2016☆⚑

Futility & Necessity & Church & State by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY the lights came up on Church & State at Skylight Theatre, I felt pressure to stand up and clap. This was no ordinary do-I-or-don't-I standing ovation dilemma " p…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 7:46pm on July 29, 2016☆⚑

You Could Cut This Tension with That Kitchen Knife, in My Mañana Comes by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY up: "Cod, risotto, risotto." Jorge swings the plates from the kitchen to the busboys' table, clinking ceramic dishes on metal. Peter (the unofficial leader of the busbo…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:03pm on May 31, 2016☆⚑

I Saw You Do That, in The Revisionist by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY favorite part of acting " doing and watching " is the stuff in between the lines. They call it stage business (not to be confused with show business) " an actor's movem…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:01pm on April 12, 2016☆⚑

What Happens in Bed, Stays in Bed by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY set for Sheila Callaghan's Bed, playing now at the Echo Theater Company, is a total mess. From the second you walk into the theatre, the set and all the play's props ar…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 4:15pm on February 19, 2016☆⚑

What Outside Mullingar is All About (Trust Me, I Know) by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY the same day I saw John Patrick Shanley's Outside Mullingar at the Geffen Playhouse, Adele released her new album, 25. By then, though, a couple of Adele's singles h…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 3:26pm on November 25, 2015☆⚑

A Catalogue of Apologies, Appropriate or Otherwise by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY walked away from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate, now playing at CTG's Mark Taper Forum, repeating a certain line in my head, the way you'd hum a song on the way…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 1:00pm on October 13, 2015☆⚑

Misunderstanding Chinglish in the Best Way Possible by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY once saw a production of Urinetown: The Musical at an amphitheater in Carson City, Nevada. It was summer in a desert, so when it began to rain in the second act, that w…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 7:28pm on September 22, 2015☆⚑

Caring, All the Sudden, in Failure: A Love Story by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY this scene that crash lands in the middle of Failure: A Love Story. It comes out of nowhere. It could almost not be in the play at all " it wouldn't confuse the plot " …

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 3:35pm on August 21, 2015☆⚑

Picnic Gets Physical at Antaeus by Hayley Huntley

My favorite part of seeing live theatre is the conversation that happens afterward at a restaurant down the street. Fueled by coffee, french fries, strong emotional reactions, and bold op…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:07am on August 7, 2015☆⚑

Astro Boy and the God of Comics Brings Live-Action Drawing to the Stage by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY many pages make a play? In the case of Natsu Onoda Power's Astro Boy and the God of Comics, the answer is eight. When Sacred Fools set out to produce the Astro Boy W…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 7:11pm on July 20, 2015☆⚑