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From The Chicago Tribune: "On Thursday, Broken Nose Theatre announced its seventh season, featuring a world premiere and two Midwest premieres... The third show will be the Midwest premiere of Yussef El-Guindi’s dark comedy “Language Rooms,” directed by Kaiser Zaki Ahmed (April 19 – May 18, 2019). When a rumor spreads through the office that he may not be as loyal to America as he lets on, Ahmed works double-time to prove that he's the most dedicated employee at this particular Homeland Security detainment facility.  LANGUAGE ROOMS
Written by Yussef El-Guindi Directed by Kaiser Zaki Ahmed Runs April 19 – May 2018, 2019
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 Congratulations to Jami Brandli and all the winners of the 2018 Play LA Prize! JAMI BRANDLI’s plays include Technicolor Life, S.O.E., M-Theory, ¡SOLDADERA!, Sisters Three, Through the Eye of a Needle, Medusa’s Song, O: A Rhapsody in Divorce,and BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!) which was named in the 2014 Kilroys List. Her work has been produced/developed at New Dramatists, New York Theatre Workshop, Launch Pad, The Women’s Voices Theater Festival, Chalk REP, Great Plains Theatre Conference, The Lark, among other venues. Winner of John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award, Holland New Voices Award, Ashland New Plays Festival and Aurora Theatre Company's GAP Prize. Finalist for the 2016 PEN Literary Award for Drama, Playwrights’ Center Core Writer Fellowship, Princess Grace Award and the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference; nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. This year, BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!) receives a joint-world premiere with Moxie Theatre and Promethean Theatre, ending with Moving Arts’ production this fall at Atwater Village Theatre. Sisters Three will receive its world premiere with The Inkwell Theater in December, and Through the Eye of a Needle also received its world premiere at The Road Theater this past spring. A proud member of The Playwrights Union, the Antaeus Playwrights Lab, and The Dramatist Guild, Jami teaches dramatic writing at Lesley University's low-residency MFA program. She is represented by the Robert A Freedman Agency and Gramercy Park Entertainment and is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Humanitas’ PLAY LA. Festival Information  The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell comes to Studio 54!9/8/2018  The Lifespan of a Fact
Based on the true story of D'Agata's essay What Happens There, The Lifespan of a Fact follows Fingal, who has a small job: to fact-check articles for one of the best magazines in the country. His boss has given him a big assignment: to apply his skill to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author D'Agata. But now Fingal has a huge problem: D'Agata made up a lot of his article. What starts professional quickly becomes profane. Written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell Based on the book by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal Preview Sep 20, 2018 Opening Oct 18, 2018 Closing Jan 13, 2019 TICKETS Gordon Farrell is a playwright, screenwriter, and video game designer. He has directed theatre in San Francisco and New York, holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, and has been on the faculty of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for over 20 years. Plays he has written have been presented at Primary Stages and the 13th Street Repertory Theater in New York, the Yale School of Drama, Tour de Force and William Shakespeare & Friends in San Francisco, and The Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo. He was also on the team that created the Empire Earth video game franchise and currently works as lead writer on the MMORTS game "Medieval Kingdom Wars." In his spare time, he wrote and co-produced "Why The Hell Is She Asking Me That?!"  The Squirrel Plays by Mia McCullough "is a vital production for those in search of feminist theatre .""The Squirrel Plays could so easily have been a heavy-handed approach to abortion, made ridiculous by the unusual metaphor of squirrel infestations. Those looking for a preaching, angry play, however, will have to look elsewhere at the Fringe. The Squirrel Plays carries off its concept with subtlety and aplomb... What is normally an unavoidably hard hitting, sober subject is elevated in The Squirrel Plays by a refusal to allow the theme to supress other shades of emotion – tenderness, humour, even boredom, all find their place in the play." Maya Little, Cherwell "The double meaning has been carefully crafted so that the ridiculousness of the entire situation is made darkly comic throughout. There is a delightfully scathing parody of the American constitution itself, cheekily sheathed in a neighbourhood vote. There are also painfully sad moments. Amy Reitsma captures Sarah’s heartbreak at hearing the squirrel’s heartbeat through the walls of her house with quietly devastating poignancy." CJ Bulford, Theatre Weekly "Many productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year discuss female freedom of choice, but few do so as creatively as The Squirrel Plays... The Squirrel Plays is a vital production for those in search of feminist theatre at the festival. Part of the Main have created a sharp and polished performance that captures a wide spectrum of opinions on abortion without lecturing the audience. It’s complex yet comprehensible." Carla van der Sluijs, BroadwayBaby "In exploring the role of men in issues of female reproductive rights McCullough raises yet another issue so pertinent in the current political climate. The Squirrel Plays is a sensitive and timely analysis of the issues surrounding female reproductive health and bodily autonomy." Grace Lavender, The Skinny "McCullough’s writing has managed to take an extremely polarising, taboo subject and inject strong comedy into its core. The metaphor of squirrels allows enough distance for the audience to find the plays light-hearted and entertaining while still maintaining the knowledge of the subject’s sensitivity." Matthew Cleverly |
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