The Secret in the Wings
UPDATE: This production has been canceled. In the fall of 2020 I will direct The Secret in the Wings by Mary Zimmerman for the Department of Theatre at Eastern Illinois University.
Quantum Voyages III
This production moved to Zoom for a May 30th showing. Quantum Voyages, a performance piece created in 2018 with physicist Smitha Vishveshwara will see its latest iteration at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara in May, 2020. Stay tuned!
For Colored Girls…
This event has been postponed indefinitely. Last year, Karen Simms and I embarked on a journey with women in our community to explore Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. Over the course of nine months we wrote, painted, laughed, cried, engaged in spirited conversation and ate good food. What began as a way to gather and share has blossomed into an opportunity for a larger project. Local graphic designer Linda Kwon approached…
The Song of the Earth – Art, Science and Humanity
This production has been postponed indefinitely. Though I am sad we will not share all the work at the end of March, it has been a lovely experience working with the scientists and existing in the role of writer for a time. *** I am excited for the opportunity to once again meld my love of nature, science and performance by joining this incredible team. This piece will premiere in March, 2020 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.…
Cabaret
In a historical moment marching toward unimagined horrors, a sexually free cabaret emcee guides us on a journey through the lives of the naïve, the passive, the respectable, the nationalistic, the fervent and the optimistic while exposing the hypocrisy of the Nazi party’s decadence before its power crashes down upon them in 1930 Berlin. This joint production celebrates Krannert Center’s 50-year partnership with the School of Music, Lyric Theatre @ Illinois, Illinois Theatre, and Dance at Illinois. Krannert Center for…
Elephant’s Graveyard
Elephant's Graveyard - Dress Rehearsal (Photo: Latrelle Bright) Showing at the Parkland Theater 2nd Stage (Black Box Theater) Directed by Latrelle Bright The Sparks World Famous Circus had finally arrived! It rolled into the muddy humdrum town of Erwin in East Tennessee via the railroad carrying all the trappings of the spectacular—a Ring Master, a Ballet Girl, a Strongman, an Elephant on parade—and the town was filled with fervent enthusiasm. But, by turns horrific, the fervor turns in on itself…