THE RAINBOW Next Month in Michigan

Next month, the students at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan will be putting on my play The Rainbow as part of their Studio Theater Showcase.

The showcase will be playing from Thursday, May 3rd to Saturday, May 6th. Gerard Dzuiblinski is directing the showcase, which will be in the Studio Theater (F-161) on the college's Dearborn campus on Evergreen Road.

The Rainbow is included in the anthology The Best American Short Plays: 2012-2013, published by Applause. Two monologues from the play are also collected in Best Monologues from the Best American Short Plays, Volume Three.

A couple years ago, 21st Ward Theater Company in Philadelphia produced a site-specific production of the play in Gorgas Park. The play was originally performed at the American Globe in New York in 2012 as a part of their short play festival.

Best of luck to all those involved in the HFC production. Wish I could be there to see it!

THE RAINBOW in Philly this weekend!

This is it! The weekend my short play The Rainbow makes its Philadelphia premiere in Gorgas Park.

Prognosticators are predicting fair weather for tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to seeing the 21st Ward Theater Company perform my own work along with Aaron Sorkin's Hidden in the Picture and a devised piece called Potato Salad written by company members.

The show starts at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, and there will be an additional showing at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. The plays are free and open to the public. For more information, go here:

Theater in Gorgas Park

My Labor Day Play

Happy Labor Day to everyone!

And as it so happens, later this month the 21st Ward Theater Company in Philadelphia will be producing my play The Rainbow--about two people having a picnic on Labor Day!

The venue for the production? Gorgas Park. And admission is free. The performance will also include the short plays Subtraction by Kevin McFillen and Hidden in the Picture by Aaron Sorkin.

In the original production of The Rainbow, the two people in the play were a man and a woman, but director Nicole Miller Marks (with my permission, of course) has decided to cast two women in the roles. This necessitated a name change and tweaking a few lines, but I'm interested in seeing how it works and if the dynamics change at all.

The performances will be on Saturday, September 17th at 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 18th at 2:00 p.m. The actors will be Kristen Danley and Cassandra Alexander.

I'll be at the Saturday performance. If you have any interest in attending, check out 21st Ward Theater Company's Facebook page here:

21st Ward Theater Company

THE RAINBOW coming to Philadelphia

Mark your calendars! On September 17th and 18th, my short play The Rainbow will be performed by 21st Ward Theater Company in Philadelphia.

The play is set outside in a park, and the production will be site-specific, outside in Philly's Gorgas Park. Nicole Miller Marks, founder of 21st Ward Theater Company, has been inspired in part by New York Classical Theatre, which brings free theater to New York City parks in the summer. Now, Philadelphia audiences will have access to something similar, but 21st Ward's first production will involve contemporary plays rather than classics.

The performance on Saturday, September 17th is scheduled for 6:00 pm. The performance on Sunday, September 18th is scheduled for 2:00 pm. Cast and crew have not been announced. Two other plays will also be performed with The Rainbow. Which ones? Find out later! (The company might still be arranging for the rights to the other plays, but trust me--it sounds like The Rainbow will be in good company.)

By the way, Dev Bondarin directed the original production of The Rainbow at the American Globe in 2012. The play is included in the anthology The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013 published by Applause.

There's another even bigger announcement coming up, but papers aren't signed yet. Keep reading this blog, though, to find out about an upcoming World Premiere next spring!