Roy Battocchio's,
NO ROOM AT THE Holiday INN,
originally featured at PlayGround-LA, will now be part of a Christmas Evening
of Comedy with additional pieces added for a full evening. His one-act, The Beach (part of his full-length,
SURPRISES), recently was a winner in Theatre West's prestigious competition,
Ellen Idelson Award, and will run at TW in November. The entire play has
just been published by JAC Publishing and Promotions.
Dean
Farell Bruggeman's SuperMom
(PlayGround-LA, October 2012) was produced in North Hollywood in July 2013 as
part of Eclectic Company Theatre's 10th Annual Hurricane Season New Play
Festival & Playwriting Competition.
Ron
Burch’s The Origin of Lewis Hackett (PlayGround-LA, October 2012) was
produced in the 2013 Shorts Festival by The Red Brick Road Theatre
Company, June 27-30, 2013, directed by Emily Heller. The play will be published
in "The Best 10-Minute Plays 2014," Smith & Kraus Publishers,
December 2014. Ron’s ROMEO AND JULES was part of the Gay Play Series (GPS) at
the Ringwald Theatre (Ferndale, MI), June 22-23, 2013, directed by Gary
Lehman.
Kathleen
Cecchin is on the verge of shooting her short film PAM. She has
also added to her play Pinocchia
last seen at the PlayGround-LA's "Best of" offering last Spring.
John Corcoran saw his play The Kid in the Trunk (PlayGround-LA,
February 2013) performed June 20 at The Other Space Theater at the Actors
Company in Hollywood, and is looking forward to PlayGround-LA’s second season
in Los Angeles this Fall. In his spare time he’s working on a couple of full
length projects and trying to find the doctor who cloned Ron Burch.
Andrew
Crabtree is currently producing a docu-series for GQ magazine and
his most recent writing/directing project, Planning Ahead, is an official selection for
the Los Angeles No Budget Film Festival to be screened this September.
Forrest Hartl's short film The Whexican, starring Alejandro
Patiño, will make its world premiere at the 9th Annual Tucson Film & Music
Festival. His web series, Men Folk, continues to mystify its viewers on Vimeo with the
help of PlayGround-LA alum Tahmus Rounds.
Karen
Howes spent most of last season finishing up her MFA in writing
and graduating in June. Her play The
5564 to Toronto, which had its first staging at PlayGround-LA ,went on
to win a spot in the Six Women's Playwright Festival, Jersey Voices and Ten by
Ten in the Triangle at ArtCenter Live where it was one of ten out of 750
submitted plays chosen for production. She is so very grateful to PlayGround-LA
for providing her with the incentive to write such a fun play. It truly is a
playground for writers.
Tom Misuraca’s KEEPING THE WOLF FROM the door was stage read at Drama West
in Los Angeles in June. It was directed by and starred Hettie Lynn Hurtes of
local NPR station KPCC. Next week, an excerpt from his play, THE eBOOK OF LOVE,
will be produced at Distilled Theatre Company's Playoffs!
Season 2 begins on October
14 (topic announcement on October 4). Join us at the Season 2 Kick-Off on
Sunday, September 15 to learn what’s new for Season 2! http://blog.playground-la.org/2013/08/playground-la-season-2-kicks-off.html
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