Great Scenes from American Kitchen Sink Theatre

  My first venture back into the rehearsal hall has been dynamic and challenging.  How does one tell a story considering COVID-19 best practices for safety?  Embrace the distance.  With scheduled programming up in the air, Illinois Theatre landed on an idea that would allow for feasible creative vigor - Great Scenes from American Kitchen Sink Theatre.  It has been a long time since I have directed "just" a scene from a larger work.  Therein lie the second challenge.  How does…

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The Nourish Project

I am overjoyed to be participating in this lovely project.  Join us for a little nourishment. The Nourish Project explores the idea of how we feed ourselves. Using music, dance, and poetry curated through a framework of the five senses and four natural elements, The Nourish Project hosts a space for audiences to follow their curiosity and explore their own paths during the experience. The event hopes to offer replenishment for the soul and invites people to find a moment…

Renewal

We are sad that we will be unable to pursue the original idea for a production of Mary Zimmerman's The Secret in the Wings but we are delighted for the challenge of creating a new theatre piece for the virtual world. RENEWAL We are in the midst of a storm. Some things are in need of repair. Some things are worn out. Some things are run-down. Some things are broken. Some things need to die in order for new things to live…

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…