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| Aiming For Sainthood (Full Length Play) |
| Developmental History |
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• “Aiming for Sainthood” is anticipated to be produced in the late winter of 2010 by Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater (a recipient of the Regional Theater Tony Award) in their new Studio Theater in a series of solo works.
• It was also developed at Chicago Dramatists, where I am a Resident Playwright and was performed as a staged reading in 2008 directed by Coya Paz, Artistic Director of Theatro Luna.
• Most recently it was chosen to be part of Millennium Parks “In the Works” development project supported by a grant from The Boeing Company Charitable Trust to be performed as a staged reading at the Pritzkier center on March 22, 23, 24 2010.
• “Aiming For Sainthood” was commissioned by 16th Street Theater in Berwyn, Illinois, under the artistic direction of Ann Filmer, where it was performed as a series of readings for the Words In Motion-Festival in July, 2008.
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| What Does the Sun Sound Like (Full-Length play) |
LA Garland Award- Solo Performance
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Victory Gardens Fresh Squeezed Series- Chicago, Il (2008)
Artistic Director: Dennis Zachek
Ojai Solo Series- Theatre 150, Ojai, CA (2003)
Artistic Director: Kim Maxwell Brown
Blue Sphere Alliance-Los Angeles, CA (2002)
Artistic Director: Anthony Barneo
HBO Workspace- Los Angeles, CA (2001)
Producer: HBO
Saint Louis Center for Contemporary Art, St Louis, Mo. (2001)
Curator: Joan Lipkin
West Coast Ensemble Theater- Los Angeles, CA. (2001)
Artistic Director: Les Hanson
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Til Deaf Do Us Part (One-Act Play)
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Fillet of Solo- Live Bait Theater-Chicago Il (2007)
Artistic Director: Sharon Evans
· Five Best solo shows 2007, Windy City Times |
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Or Forever Hold Your Peace (One-Act play)
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· LA Theatres Ovation Award Nominee- Solo Performance
· Theatre Pick- LA Weekly
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“Losin It” A night of one-acts- Court Theatre- Los Angeles, CA (2004)
Producer:Wendy Kamenoff, Jersey Girl Productions |
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| Solos In Harmony IV- Love faith & Clarity- Blue Sphere Alliance Theatre- L.A., CA (2003) |
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| Additional performances of my solo plays |
| · Palmdale Cultural Arts Center,CA |
· 2007 Estrogen Fest- Chicago |
| · Grand Rapids Community College |
· Bakersfield College, CA |
| · Tiffany Theatre, L.A., CA |
· National Center on Deafness- CA |
| · Tell-a-bration- Ntl. Storytelling Conference |
· Sacred Heart Academy, Pasadena-CA |
| · Cypress College, CA |
· LA Women’s Theatre Festival- (3 years) |
| · California Theatre Educators Association |
· International CODA Conferences- Miami, Mich., CA, Wash. DC |
| · NoHo Arts Festival, Hollywood-CA |
· National Registered Interpreters of the Deaf Conference |
| · California State University, Northridge |
· Santa Monica Playhouse-CA |
| · Greater Los Angeles Assoc. for the Deaf |
· Michigan State University |
| · Los Angeles County Arts Festival- CA |
· UCLA, CA |
| · National Conference on Family & Community Violence |
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| With these gigs I traditionally teach workshops and engage in a talkback with the audience (2005-2008) Partial list |
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Slice of Rice, Frijoles & Greens
*Honored with the National White House Award for the Initiative on Race
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I perform excerpts of my solo work with “Great Leap’s” nationally touring theatre company, which is designed to bridge cultural borders through the Arts. We also conduct “Telling Our Stories” workshops & residencies at theatres, colleges and with local communities throughout the country. |
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| · Las Vegas Cultural Arts Center |
· Gavilan College, CA |
| · California Arts Council, |
· Japanese American Cultural Center, LA |
| · Smith College, Mass |
· Everett College, WA |
| · Rochester Institute of Technology, NY |
· Whittier College, CA |
| · Gallaudet University, Washington, DC |
· Palmdale Playhouse, CA |
| · Ohio State University, OH |
· Catherine Ferguson Academy, Detroit, Mich |
| · Carlton College, MN |
· California Lutheran College, CA |
| · Oberlin College, OH |
· Wright State University, OH |
| · University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse |
· University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| · Buffalo State College, NY |
· University of Texas, Austin |
| · University of California, Montery, CA |
· Cypress College, CA |
| · Grand Valley State University, Mich |
· California State University, Dominquez Hills |
| · David Hwuang Theatre, LA, CA |
· University of Wisconsin @ Madison |
| · Sonoma State University, CA |
· Mount Saint Mary College, CA |
| · California Poly, San Luis Obisbo, CA |
· Rio Hondo College, CA |
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| WORKS IN PROGRESS: |
| "Anonymous Donor" - Full length traditional play. A troubled daughter conceived through a sperm donor navigates though explosive family relationships in search of her identity. |
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| WORKS ON THE BACK-BACK BURNER |
| "Chronic" - Full length Solo play - The third play of the Trilogy. A socio-political look at disability in our culture through the prism of aging parents and dancing with depression. A comedy |
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| Storytelling/Readings & Spoken Word Events |
| Chicago; Victory Gardens Literally Sexy, Walk of Shame, 16th Street Theater, Funky Tuesday, Speakeasy- Speakhard, Tellabration, 2nd Story |
| Los Angeles; Tasty Words, Word Nerd, Cornucopia, HBO Workspace, Every Picture Tells a Story, Theatre 150, LA Women’s Theater Festival |
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| Stories |
| Time to Turn Over, I Haiku Do You?, Homecoming Malaise, The Bully, Subby, What Does the Sun Sound Like? Kicking the Habit, JFK and Me, Show Me the Money, Or Forever Hold Your Peace, Cleaning the Junk Drawer, A Girls Guide to Love and Other Extreme Sports, Zipless |
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| Published Essays: |
· Show Me the Money, The Week Behind, October 12, 2007
· Cleaning the junk Drawer, The Week Behind, April 27, 2007
· Speaking with a Deaf Person, Making Lemonade for Free, 2000
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| Memberships & Affiliations |
· Resident Playwright- Chicago Dramatists (2006- Present)
· Artist in Residence- 2010 Quad Cities Arts Program, Rock Island, Illinois (2010)
· Artist in Residence- 2008 16th Street Theater, Berwyn, Illinois, (2008)
· SAG, AFTRA, AEA |
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