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Flush Ink Performing Arts
Presents
THE
PLAYWRIGHTS
It also takes
an entire village to put on a show. Ours
is growing…
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Dori Appel |
Dori Appel is an award-winning playwright, poet, and fiction
writer. More than a dozen full-length plays, plus many one-acts,
shorts, and monologues have been staged as full productions or readings in
the Girl Talk and Hot Flashes, both
co-authored with Carolyn Myers, are published by Samuel French, and a number
of monologues are included in anthologies. Dori's collection of poems,
Another Rude Awakening, is forthcoming from Cherry Grove Collections in
2008. Dori’s play,
Treasure Hunt, was performed on the sidewalk in AJS III, and we were thrilled
to have her here from the State of |
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Shirley Barrie |
Shirley Barrie is a playwright from who has received two Chalmers
Awards and a Dora Award for her work. Her newest play, Beautiful Lady,
Tell Me…, a vaudeville musical murder mystery, will be produced at 4th
Line Theatre, Millbrook in August, 2007. Other recent
productions: the award winning one-act, Revelation (Alumnae New
Ideas, Toronto Fringe), Possession (Alumnae New Ideas) and two new
adaptations of old tales: Hansel and Gretel (Geordie Theatre)
and The Girl in the Flower Basket (Japanese Folklore Theatre
Productions). She was in Brianna’s Quest ~ (Act: I Scenes I&II), was read for She Speaks
2007. |
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Meny Beriro |
Meny Beriro was born in His works include Grosso Is In Jail (presented at the Samuel French
Short play Festival in 2005), A Love of Music (Creative Mechanics Stage This!
Semi-Finalist 2005), Climbing the Unisphere (public reading October 2006 at
Queens Theatre in the Park) and Twenty Broken Legs (staged reading by Mid
Life Productions, March 2006). Most recently his monologue, Worn, was presented by This Woman’s Work
Theatre Co. in January, 2007, and in February 2007, The National Anthem of
Mercury was presented by EndTimes Productions. Meny’s play, Shock, was performed
in a make-shift art gallery in AJS II. |
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William Bolden |
William Borden's plays have won
over 100 national playwriting competitions and have had over 300 productions,
at Actors Theatre of Louisville and in William’s play, QUARKS, was
performed in AJS IV, in the Rum Runner. |
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Michael Burgan |
As a freelance
writer, Michael Burgan has written more than 100 non-fiction books for kids.
He studied playwriting for one year in Alternate selection, 1999 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway
Short Play Festival (GIGO) Curtain Players 2005 Playwrights’ Festival, Appetite Theatre 2005 Bruschetta Festival, Chicago
(Bob’s Head and Toys in the Attic) Theatres Against War 2005 Freedom Follies, Around the Coyote 2006 Play Reading Series, Michael’s play is
Can Can’t was performed in a garbage dumpster AJS II. |
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Mark L. Burris |
Mark. L. Burris lives and plays in
He finds solace in nature and
spends much of his time outdoors. He is an armchair philosopher with a
fascinating, albeit cynical view on life. Mark L. Burris’s play, Banter, co-written with L.D.
Garver, was performed throughout
Asphalt Jungle Shorts I. |
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Ashley Burton |
Ashley is an actress, singer, dancer and educator who is an active member
of the Canadian Theatrical community. Ashley is a graduate of the Randolph
Academy for the Performing Arts where she was the recipient of the Eileen
Farrell Triple Threat Award. She is currently in her
second season at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival where she plays the
“Circus Kit Kat Girl” in CABARET
and also performed in OKLAHOMA
in 2007. Favorite past credits
include “Lisa” in MAMMA MIA,
“Jasmine cover/Harem Girl” in DISNEY’S
ALADDIN, “Angie” in the CTV television series INSTANT STAR, "Texas" in CABARET, and
"Rose" in LES BELLES
SOEURES. You might also recognize Ashley in the Milk Hip Hop
Commercial “Want Milk”. Her next upcoming television appearance will be
her character of Sholana Peach in THE LASTEST BUZZ IN '09. Ashley plans to
continue to write and perform in her own shows while continuing her work in
theater, film and television. She also takes great pride of her continual
work with the community of young aspiring performing artists. To learn more
about Ashley's work visit www.aburtongroup.com Ashley was the
producer, director and writer of her own work, NONA’S PARTY part of UNHINGED
performed in the gazeebo on Victoria Park Isand. |
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Robyn Buttrell |
Robyn Buttrell has
been playwright-in-residence at Robyn’s monologue, That Sinking Feeling, was performed
for She Speaks 2008. |
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Jennifer Cornish |
Jennifer Cornish has most recently
appeared as Martha in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia
Woolf?" (KWLT), Sally in the premiere production of
Dianne Lococo's "Alien Guest", Penny in "Money and
Friends" and Alexa in "As Bees In Honey Drown" (Galt
LT). You may also recognize her as the itinerant bongo
player from "Asphalt Jungle Shorts III" with Flush Ink Productions,
and her readings in She Speaks 2008. Jennifer’s play, PERMIT ME PLEASE was performed in less
than a minute in AJS IV. |
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David Coxhead |
David Coxhead’s “Grammar Bum” is
based on his short story by the same name, which was published on the
now-defunct TrashNerd.com. He has
studied at He works as a boat captain in David’s play,
GRAMMAR BUMS, will be performed. |
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Nicholas Cumming |
Nicholas Cumming is a local theatre creator with a BA in Drama and
English from the Nick wrote COPY PROTECTION – part of
UNHINGED ’08 and co-wrote TIMED RELEASE with Katharine Mills which they performed
in UNHINGED ’09 at Exhibit Café. |
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Lea Daniel |
Lea Daniel was a
founding member of Theatre & Company’s Writers Bloc and PlayLab and is
currently a member of Pat the Dog playwrights’ collective. Her short play Highway
Robbery was produced as part of Theatre & Company’s May Playfest
(1999); Burn was part of May Playfest (2002); Heretic, a full-length play was chosen for
the Off-The-Page Series at Equity Showcase Theatre, Toronto (2003), for a
reading at The Cobblestone Festival, Paris, Ontario (2004) and was
work-shopped in 2006. Lea is an award-winning illustrator and writer of books
for children. Lea Daniel’s Colour Me Fuchsia (fragments) was part of
She Speaks 2007, and In The East a Glass of Water was performed in a green
space in AJS II. |
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Francine Dick |
Francine Dick lives
in Francine’s play, Down Memory Lane, was part of She
Speaks 2007. |
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Linda Eisenstein |
Linda Eisenstein’s plays and
musicals have been produced throughout the Fifteen of her short plays and
monologues have been anthologized by Heinemann, Smith & Kraus, Dramatic
Publishing, Penguin, Viking Press, and others. Linda is a member of the
Cleveland Play House Playwrights’ Unit, the Dramatists Guild of America,
Inc., ASCAP, and the Linda two plays, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE & BALANCING
ACT were performed outside the chapel in the City Hall, and in The Rum Runner
(a bar) – respectively, for AJS I, and we were thrilled when Linda came up
from Ohio to see. |
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Christine Emmert |
Christine is an
actress, playwright, director and theatre educator. She has been in the
theatre world for fifty years. Presently she is rehearsing a production of
Lettuce and Lovage in the Christine’s play, BOXING IT, was performed at She Speaks
2008, and THE AUDITIONS in She Speaks ’09.
What a pleasure to have her and her husband join us from |
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Tom Jacob Ewles |
Tom is an 18 year old student
from the East End of London, UK. Gripped with a fascination for entertaining
at a young age, he has aspired to become an actor or writer ever since. Or a
fireman. The first acting role he can remember undertaking was a lamppost,
but he’s moved onto more challenging things since then. As a writer he lists
his influences as Harold Pinter, Philip Ridley, Steven Berkoff, Samuel
Beckett, Oscar Wilde and strange people he meets on the streets of He completes his current
education courses in July and intends to take a year out before further
education in order to sleep, write, act, eat, and play more videogames.
Hopefully a drama school will take pity on him and let him enroll in 2009. Tom’s play, GENES, was performed outside the parking garage – good
place for a smoke - in AJS IV. |
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Lauren Feldman |
LAUREN FELDMAN is a playwright and performer
from Lauren’s play, FUNNY STORY, was performed in three locations in AJS
V. |
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T. Cat Ford |
T.
Cat Ford’s Pow’r In The Blood (New
Works of Merit Playwriting Contest, Appalachian Festival of Plays and
Playwrights), opened Barter Theatre’s 75th Anniversary season. As a collaborative member of Ms. Ford is a member
of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre’s Playwright’s Unit, the Actor’s Studio
P/D Unit and is a fellow of New River Dramatists. Cat’s play, GUT SHOT, was read in
She Speaks ’09, and we were thrilled to have her come up from NYC for the
event. |
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Catherine Frid |
Catherine Frid’s plays include The
Tango Player (Inspirato Toronto 10-Minute Festival), Fetish and Quest (Asphalt Jungle Shorts), and The Mess (She Speaks). Her one-act
drama Greater Good was
selected by 6th@Penn Theatre in San Diego, California, for
inclusion in the Human Rights Play Festival. She sits on the boards of
directors of Aluna Theatre and Flush Ink Performing Arts. Cate would like to
thank the many people who read versions of this script and gave feedback.
Special thanks to Tony Harris, Ana Mulrooney and Don who taught her about
stock trading, the music business and life on the street; however the
characters in Dead Cat Bounce
are not based on these generous people. She sits on the board of
directors of Aluna Theatre in Catherine’s play, Fetish, was performed in AJS III, and Quest in AJS
IV. Her play The Mess, was read in She
Speaks, 2008. Also her play, DEAD CAT
BOUNCE was part of UNHINGED, produced by Cat Free Productions. |
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L.D. Garver |
Banter is L.D. Garver's first
play. He lives in Aside from writing, Larry enjoys
building things, collecting things, playing Texas Hold 'Em and watching the
Chiefs nearly win. L.D. Garver’s play, Banter, co-written with Mark L.
Burris, was performed throughout Asphalt Jungle Shorts I. |
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Paddy Gillard-Bentley |
Paddy Gillard-Bentley has been
involved in one aspect of theatre or another since her Mother, Tessa, was
four months pregnant with her, performing in Time Out For Ginger. Her full-length play, Shaking the Dew from the Lilies, debuted in Paddy is the Artistic Director of
Flush Ink Performing Arts and a former President of ICWP (International
Centre for Women Playwrights). Paddy’s plays online. Paddy’s plays Howard and the Snake (City Hall Stairs)
& About Surreal Life (Rum Runner) were in AJS I and Honey Meet the
Bickersons (throughout) & Well Bread (Kitchener’s City Hall) were in AJS
III & Ring Tone – fifteen or so feet below the sidewalk, was in AJS
IV. Opaque was read in She Speaks 2007
and Coaxing the Kitty in 2008. Quantum
Entanglement was part of UNHINGED, performed at ArtBar – Centre in the
Square. Final Scene of LIKE A TERRIBLE
BEAUTY was read for She Speaks ’09. MUCK
and INVOLUNTARY AD INTERIM were part of AJS V and WHITE NOISE was
performed by Arlene Thomas & Andrew Frey in Unhinged ’09. |
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L.H. Grant |
L.H. (Lee) Grant has written many
full-length and one-act plays. His work has been produced in Lee is also an artist whose
paintings have been exhibited in several galleries. Born in Lee’s plays 600 SECONDS, AJS I, MAN_WOMAN_MAN in AJS III and PIECES OF MIME in AJS IV –
practically everywhere. |
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Sherri Grubert |
SHERI GRAUBERT is a playwright and actress. Plays include: Johnny’s
Girl (Festival of New Plays, Prop Thtr, Chicago); The Adelaide Chronicles (nominated for Cherry Lane mentor
program, semi-finalist Mill Mountain Theatre); G.R.A.P.E.H.E.A.D.S (Last Frontier Theatre Conference, The
Drilling Company; WBAI Radio: THAW); Love
Dust (Sun Dog Theatre Company - Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry); The Vestibule (Festival of One Acts,
Neighborhood Playhouse); Last Word
(selected by Soho Theatre, London; staged reading TDC/78th St
Theatre Lab); St Croix (Clubbed
Thumb 50 States and More pageant); Ms.
Santos Dream after Reading Medea (TDC);Coffee &Prozac (selected by PFD in London); The Hundred Years’ War (TDC); The Secret of Dogs (Radio); King of the World, (Alcoholic Fringe,
Alaska) A Few Good Eggs (Words of
Choice) Penny Black (Invited to
PlayLabs, Great Plains Theatre Festival 2008, current finalist Women at
Plays(4)) Magnolia Day (Source
Festival, DC, 2008: Reading HB Studio Theatre) Gerry (The Drilling Company-Hero) Parental Consent (winner, Theatre Oxford) A Few Good Eggs(Words of Choice) Ginto & May (Current Semi-finalist, Shorter & Sweeter
Festival) The Millhouse Contract (semi-finalist,
Lakeshore 5th Annual 10 Minute Play Contest )Penelope (Ashpalt
Jungle, V) Dick Spacey and the Space
Detectives (Only Make Believe). Currently working on a new commission for
Only Make Believe, a sequel to Dick Spacey: Dave Space-Out. www.sherigraubert.info Sheri’s play, PENELOPE, was performed in AJS V at the
Rum Runner. |
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Reina Hardy |
Reina is a
playwright with credits in Once, Reina resolved
to see a show in every Chicago fringe venue during the course of a year. Her
failure is chronicled at wayoffloop.blogspot.com.
Reina is a 2003 graduate of Reina’s play, CELESTIAL LIQUOR, was part of She Speaks ’09. |
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Diane Rao Harman |
Diane Rao Harman is
a playwright, director and dramaturg living in New Concord, Ohio, where she
serves on the faculty in theatre at Diane is treasurer
of the Ohio Theatre Alliance and a member of the International Centre for
Women Playwrights. A member of the Ibsen Society of America, Diane writes the Diane’s play, CALLING FIVE-SEVEN-FIVE was performed in
various places around Victoria Park in AJS V. |
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Jean Kristen Hedgecock |
Jean
Kristen Hedgecock’s work has been performed in She lives and writes
in Jean’s
play, SNOW EVERYWHERE DESCENDING, was part of She Speaks ’09. |
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Laura Henry |
Laura Henry’s full
length plays have been produced or work-shopped at theatres across the
country, including OpenStage Theatre & Co., Centenary Stage Company, Echo
Theatre and Urban Stages. Laura has
received fellowships from Cornerstone Theater Company, the Edward F. Albee
Foundation and the Dramatists Guild and has been a finalist for the Princess
Grace Award. She is a graduate of the MFA playwriting program at the Ano 1868 has been
previously seen in the DNA short play festival, produced by the University of
Idaho/Idaho Repertory Theatre (USA), the Harrowgate Theatre ( Laura’s play, Año 1868, was performed behind the Mayfair Hotel in AJS
I. |
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Brett Hursey |
Brett
Hursey's comedies have appeared in theaters across the country including
venues in He's also had over
twenty off/off-off Broadway productions in Brett lives in the
hinterlands of Brett’s play, STRAIGHT TALK, was performed at the Rum
Runner in AJS V. |
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Yohanan Kaldi |
Yohanan Kaldi began to write for the theatre
some years ago, mainly libretti for operas, like: THE BIG BAKERY ROBBERY – opera buffa (based on two short stories
by Haruki Murakami); winner of the 2007 International Libretto Competition of
NetzZeit Vienna, The Luzerne Theatre (Switzerland) and OperaGenesis (ROH2),
London. Music: Misato Mochizuki ( A word on TOWERING PASSION: his
son, Ruven drew Yohanan's attention to a newspaper article on a Parisian
woman, who has married the Yohanan - born in Yohanan’s play, TOTEM, was performed in AJS IV and TOWER
OF PASSION in AJS V. |
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Grace Kary |
Grace Kary is a graduate of Ryerson’s media arts program
in The Sun is a Neon
sign is her first full-length play.
She has had a short play has been produced in Grace’s play, The Sun is a Neon Sign, was read at She
Speaks 2007, and A Grave Familiarity, was read at She Speaks 2008. |
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Nancy Kenny |
NANCY KENNY is thrilled to have
her work presented in Kitchener-Waterloo again after her last short play, Buds,
was first staged as part of She Speaks. An actor and playwright based
in Nancy’s play, BUDS, was read for She Speaks ’09 & BLIND
DATE was performed in the Rum Runner at AJS V. |
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Hank Kimmel |
Hank Kimmel is a founding member
and President of Working Title Plawywrights, an Atlanta-based theatre company
dedicated to the development of playwrights and new plays – http://www.workingtitleplaywrights.com
One of his goals is to have his
work produced in 50 states, and he is more than halfway to his goal.
More info: http://ww.hankkimmel.com Hank’s Play, MIS==CHARACTERIZATION, was performed in AJS IV at the KW
Book Store. |
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Shirley King |
Shirley lives in Shirley’s play, THE ORANGE WHISTLE, was performed on the
fifth floor of a parking garage in AJS I and NAME GAME was read in She Speaks
2008. NO DICE was part of AJS V –
performed on the stairs of a rehab centre. |
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Gary Kirkham |
Gary Kirkham is a playwright, actor, filmmaker,
et al. His play, Queen Milli of
Galt, won the Samuel French Canadian Playwriting Competition and will be
part of the 2007 Blyth Festival Season.
His one act play, Look, was adapted into a short film staring Mike
Peng and Alan Sapp. His newest play, Falling: A Wake, will premiere at the
Registry Theatre Gary Kirkham’s plays BETH AT 50 (behind The Mayfair
Hotel), & LIVE NUDE MANNEQUINS (in a shop window) were performed in AJS
I. BETH AT 50 was revived for Asphalt
Jungle Lederhosen. |
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Tamara Knezic |
Tamara Knezic, from Toronoto, likes to mix it up. In 2006 she edited the content for the
Pride Toronto website, worked on the Journal for the Association in Defense
of the Wrongly Convicted and work-shopped a play she wrote called
"Willfully Blind". She's excited about having her newest play included
as part of the ICWP's staged readings on International Women's Day
2007. Tamara’s play, THE DEATH OF SUZIE LAU - was part of She Speaks, 2007. |
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Kathleen Kramer |
Kathleen Kramer is a playwright, actor, and poet. She
lives near Some of Kathleen's
shorter works have been featured in a creative writing curriculum at Two of Kathleen’s plays, BAD FEET (in the queue) and ALLEN FUNT IS
DEAD (at the Cenotaph) were performed in AJS II. We were thrilled to have her and her
husband join us for an evening from NY. |
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Jae Kramisen |
Jae
Kramisen, a Jae
is also an actress and solo performance artist who performs her own one woman
shows. This is the first presentation of Shatter and Jae would like to thank
everyone at Flush Ink for believing in her work. Jae Kramisen’s play, SHATTER, was part of She Speaks ’09. |
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Andrew Lakin |
Andrew Lakin has been performing on stage and designing lights in the
K-W region for over a decade. He is delighted to be a founding member of Lost
& Found Theatre, where he has performed in Vigil and Cotton
Patch Gospel, designed lights for Eleemosynary, and directed The
Anger in Ernest and Ernestine. He has also recently performed with MT
Space and the Perimeter Institute. Other favourite productions include The
Foreigner, Cherry Docs, Three in the Back...Two in the Head,
Waiting for Godot, and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, all at
Theatre & Co. Other lighting designs there include Red Lips, A
Walk in the Woods, Proof, and Mary's Wedding. In his spare
time, Andrew writes, spends time with his wonderful wife Joanne and their
Yellow Lab puppy Lucy, and he is looking forward to his next big challenge in
life... becoming a father! Andrew Lakin’s play, SENTINEL, was performed at the corner of King
& Frederick Streets. in AJS III, and in his own words, it was its Galactic Premier! |
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Mark Harvey Levine |
MARK HARVEY LEVINE'S
plays have been produced all over the world.
Evenings of his work, such as "Cabfare For The Common Man",
and "C'est Levine" have appeared in His plays have also
appeared in Mark’s play, TAKE OUR PICTURE, was performed beneath the
Clock Tower in Victoria Park for AJS V. |
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Em Lewis |
EM LEWIS is a member of Moving Arts Theater Company, the
Alliance of LA Playwrights, the Ellen’s play, LEND ME A MENTOR, was performed inside KW
Book Store in AJS III. |
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David Lewison |
David’s plays and one-acts have
been produced by companies including Theatre Neo, Company of Angels,
Chautauqua Theatre Alliance, and the Turnip Theatre Company. A graduate of NYU and AFI-CAFTS. David also co-wrote the award-winning comedy
short, "Dora Was Dysfunctional."
Acting credits include "Vanilla Sky," “My Wife and Kids,”
“LAX,” and “Side Order of Life.” David’s plays, CRAZY & WALKING DISTANCE, where performed in AJS
III, one began with the actress screaming from behind some bushes, the other,
at the Delta Inn. |
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Robin Rice Lichtig |
Robin Rice Lichtig has authored over 40 plays, taught
playwriting in Other publishers
include: Dramatist, Brooklyn, Bakers, JAC.
Member: Dramatist Guild, International Centre for Women Playwrights,
League of Professional Theatre Women. Synopses of available scripts at http://www.dramamama.net Robin’s play, Seducing Ramona, was part of She Speaks ’09. |
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Christopher Lockheardt |
Christopher
Lockheardt is an amateur playwright and has the bank account to prove it. His
wise and beautiful wife suggests that if he cashed the royalty checks
received from generous theaters rather than framing and hanging them in his
study, he might then be able to afford from time to time to buy her a drink
at a really nice bar. \ Christopher’s play, LUKE MEETS CHARLENE AT A REALLY NICE BAR, was
performed at the Delta Inn, a really nice bar, for AJS II. |
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J. Brian Long |
Though born in He is author of a volume of
poems, The Singing of the Wheels:
Poems from Somewhere Not Far (Wind, 2004) which was nominated for the
Kentucky Literary Award. He has served as a reader for the
Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel, and is a columnist and freelance
contributor for the Knoxville News-Sentinel. His work has also been published
in various magazines and literary journals. Brian’s play, TWO, was performed in and around the City Hall in AJS
III. |
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Melissa Major |
Melissa
Major grew up in rural Although her focus
is on writing, she also makes a habit of parading around in other hats, such
as the intricate director's hat, the inventive actor's hat and the illustrious
poet's hat. Recent credits include a
physical reading of Unicorn Horns for Nuit Blanche Toronto
(Playwright/Performer), stage managing several shows for the Ashkenaz
Festival at the Harbourfront Centre (Uprising: A Ballet by Donna
Greenberg; The Wandering Jew; & Blue Cows & Green Ducks),
the Toronto Fringe Festival production of Art is a Cupboard
(Playwright) & playing the role of dog/grandma in Puzzled Man (New
Ideas Festival, Alumnae Theatre). On a personal level,
she enjoys cycling, painting and conducting obscure psychological research in
her spare time. She has an extremely delightful family. Unicorn Horns was produced in the
IDEA 2007 World Congress of theatre this July in Melissa’s play is DOUBLE-EDGED WORD, was performed in the Legion
parking lot, with a bit of a run first, for AJS II. |
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Mary Alice Mark |
Mary
Alice Mark’s plays for young actors on social issues have been produced by
New York Children’s Theatre, Miami Beach Community Theatre, Quest Theatre and
Institute of West Palm Beach, Florida, Prairie Players Youth Theatre, ( Her poem, Walls can be read on the social justice pages of Artists for
Peace, Justice and Civil Liberties at www.taparts.org. Mary Alice lives with her family
in Mary’s play, REVISITED, was performed from the second floor of a
parking garage, and on the sidewalk for AJS III. |
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Lynda Martens |
Lynda has been
playing around with acting and directing in Lynda is honoured to
be included as a part of the She Speaks' showcase of women writers. She
is a member of ICWP. Linda’s play, JUST FOR ME, was read in She Speaks 2008. |
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Kristine McGovern |
Kristine
McGovern graduated from the As a recovering journalist,
Kristine enjoys the freedom of playwriting and being able to make up quotes
as needed. She now edits books from her Centennial, Her son, Matt, is a college
freshman majoring in history.
Kristine was delighted to be part of the Asphalt Jungle Shorts. Kristine’s play, FOR WANT OF A SHOE, was performed at the Delta Inn,
in AJS II. |
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Josh Mcilvain |
Josh McIlvain is pleased to be making his He is from He is a playwright,
editor, and the songwriter/frontman for the band Sexcop. Josh’s plays, MODERN
DANCE & BENCH PLAY, were both performed in AJS III. One with a writhing actor on the wheelchair
ramp in front of the City Hall, and another in the Rum Runner – Walper
Terrace. |
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Katharine Mills |
KATHARINE MILLS most recently
appeared as Milli in Galt Little Theatre's production of Queen Milli of Galt. Other recent performances include stalking
the Asphalt Jungle in various guises, appearances in Poor Tom Productions' I Can't Imagine Tomorrow and Still Life In Leather, and
What!sInThere? Productions' Children's
Crusade and Copy Protection
(the latter of which was included in Unhinged 2008). She
is a poet, designer, and painter, studies singing, movement, and clown, and
is perpetually fascinated by the interconnectedness of everything. Katharine co-wrote
TIMED RELEASE with Nicholas Cumming. |
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Jenni Munday |
Jennifer Munday was
in Burlington – she normally lives in Australia, and because she was, we had
the privelege to work with her in She Speaks, as well as Asphalt Jungle
Shorts II. She has only recently braved the art of
playwriting with some very small pieces and a larger work that is the product
of her doctoral research on 'adapting the novel for live performance, VitaBrevis. Her Masters research
and earlier professional performance work centered around creating
performances in unusual places - her performing group, Elbow Room's last work
was Tom's Women, by Geoffrey Sykes – a series of female monologues based on
the paintings of an Australian artist, Tom Roberts. Her works also
explore and include aspects of technology. Jenni’s play, ON THE EDGE was part of She Speaks 2007. |
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German
Munoz |
He currently lives near German’s play, YES-NO was
performed in AJS IV at the chess tables in front of the City Hall. |
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Julian Olf |
Julian
Olf teaches and directs theater at the For more on the subject of his
work, click here Julian’s play, THE ASSIGNMENT, was performed in a
parking lot for AJS III. |
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Judith Pratt |
Judith
has worked as an actor, director, theatre professor, and reviewer. Her plays have been produced in Judith
is member of Wolf’s Mouth Theatre Collective, the Dramatists Guild and the Judith’s play, THE WINDOWS, was read in She Speaks ’09,
and we were thrilled to have her come up from |
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Lindsay Price |
Lindsay is the primary writer for Theatrefolk, an independent publishing company
that sells original and adapted scripts to high Lindsay’s play, MAN
OF MY DREAMS, was performed in a make-shift fortune teller’s shop in AJS I. |
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Isabel Russell-Ides |
Isabella Russell-Ides (Cosmo & Gigi: Existential Lovebirds)
is an award winning playwright and poet & urban legend: Lie on your belly
on any warm sidewalk in In 2005, she founded My Way productions (thus becoming
a writer/producer). My Way staged
four plays by Isabella: Isabella’s play is COSMO &
GIGI: EXISTENTIAL LOVEBIRDS , was performed throughout AJS II. |
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Francesca Sanders |
Francesca Sanders is
an award winning playwright who hails from She’s been a
Finalist for the Rosenthal New Play Prize, Seattle Rep’s New Work Festival,
Ojai Playwriting Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, JAW (just add
water/West,) New Harmony Project, Play Labs (Playwright’s Center Minneapolis)
and has had readings or productions from Bangalore, India to North Dakota. “The juggling that Sanders does with reality and
illusion is deft and skillful. A terrific piece of theatrical writing.” “A
captivating new play.”- NY Theatre.com “A very talented playwright” The Oregonian Francesca’s monologue – A BIG
FRONT PORCH – was performed in AJS IV at the top of a tannery. |
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Brendan Schaefer |
Brendan is glad to be back on
stage after years of absence from the limelight. Brendan completed his
bachelors degree in Theatre Arts at the Brendan currently works for
Habitat for Humanity Canada, and lives with his wife, Sarah, and two boys,
Aidan & Faolan, in a quirky old farmhouse outside of New Dundee. Brendan’s play, BLITZ, was co-written by Bruce Wolff and
performed in front of the fountain at the City Hall - AJS II. |
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David Schrag |
David Schrag started
acting in the first grade and had dreams of winning an Oscar, Emmy, or Tony
until his senior year at Harvard. Then, having been rejected twice by the
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, he realized he might need to do something else to
earn a living. Sixteen years later, he was pulled back into the theater, this
time on the other end of the script. “Not On My Watch” premiered at the
Devanaughn Theater Company’s Dragonfly Festival in While not writing
plays, David is an information technology consultant for small businesses in
the David’s play, NOT ON MY WATCH, was performed in the
rotunda at the City Hall for AJS III. |
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Peter Snoad |
Peter
Snoad is a writer and actor whose plays have been read and produced
throughout the Peter’s play is - MY NAME IS ART – was performed in a
make-shift art gallery for AJS II. |
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Donna Spector |
Donna
Spector’s play GOLDEN LADDER (Women
Playwrights: Best Plays of 2002 , Smith & Kraus) was produced Off
Broadway in 2002 at the Players Theatre, as was her first play, ANOTHER
PARADISE, in 1986. This year GOLDEN LADDER was produced by She has been a finalist in the Beverly Hills/Julie Harris, Mill
Mountain Theatre, Herbert Mark Newman and Theatre Unbound contests, a
semi-finalist in the Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project and short-listed in
the BBC/British Council International Playwriting Competition. Her play
SHORT-TERM AFFAIRS is in 35 IN 10: THIRTY-FIVE TEN-MINUTE PLAYS (Dramatic
Publishing) and was
the winner in the Palm Springs National Short Play Fest, a finalist in ATL
National Ten-Minute Play Contest and produced at Playwrights Circle in Palm
Springs, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, and Actors on the Verge, NYC. She has
been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and her poems, stories, scenes and
monologues have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. Donna’s
Website Donna’s play, SHORT-TERM AFFAIRS, was performed in a
make-shift office and part of AJS I. |
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J. J. Steinfeld |
Fiction writer,
poet, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives in His short stories
and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and periodicals
internationally, and over thirty of his one-act and full-length plays have
been performed in Canada and the United States, including the full-length
plays Acting Violently, The Franz Kafka Therapy Session, and The
Golden Age of Monsters, and the one-act plays Godot’s Leafless Tree,
The Waiting Ends, The Entrance-or-Not Barroom, No End in Sight, Flowers for
the Vases, The Word-Lover, Laugh for Sanity, A Murderous Art, Back to Back,
Freesias in Whiskey, The Heirloom: An Evidence Play, and God’s Work. J.J.’s play, BACK TO BACK, was
performed with a couple tied to a tree in AJS IV. |
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Roger Sumner |
ROGER SUMNER is excited to be back on the street for his fifth consecutive AJS show. You may have seen him downtown
recently with Warmer in the Living Earth Festival or on stage in KWLT's
well-received "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead." He also just
sort of turns up a lot. A dedicated dilettante and confirmed niobiumaddict, Roger likes to play with words,
sharp objects, improvised musical instruments and gravity. ROGER is excited to have the world premier of his
play be part of Asphalt Jungle Shorts. Roger’s play, BUS MOOR, was performed in front of the
bus terminal for AJS V (and on a bus for spOtlight) |
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Bara Swain |
Bara Swain was
pleased to be part of this year’s SHE SPEAKS!
Venues for her plays include the Dubuque Fine Arts One-Act Play
Festival (IA), the Festival of Women Playwrights (MO), Playwright's Round
Table (FLA), Y.E.S. Summer Shorts International Festival (ND), Samuel French
Off-Off Broadway Festival (NYC), Resilience of the Spirit Festival (CA), NYC
15 Minute Play Festival, Flint City Theater Short Play Festival (MI), Puttin'
on the Ritz (NJ), and the Turnip Theater Featured Writer Series (NYC). Through grant support, Bara premiered
ten original plays and two dramatic readings of fiction at the Kaufmann
Theater, Bara’ play, GRAVEYARD SHIFT, was read at She Speaks
2008, and she did some wonderful fund-raising for The Canadian Cancer Society
from all the way over there. |
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Molly Best Tinsley |
MOLLY BEST TINSLEY, in an episode of sanity, left the
strain of teaching creative writing at the Her dramatic work
has been a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Conference and the
Heideman award, among other prizes. Her first full-length production,
“Fission,” by Live Girls! Theatre, was selected runner-up for AJS V presented the opportunity for a
world premier for Molly’s play, RETURN OF THE CAN-CAN. |
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Werner Trieschmann |
Werner Trieschmann, who lives somewhere in the wilds of
Little Rock, Arkansas, has lived on the margins of the playwriting world so
long he's forgotten how the whole sorry mess got started. Mind you, he's been
fortunate and happy to see his plays performed on a lot different stages in a
lot of different cities from Los Angeles to New York and (his favorite)
Albuquerque. He's also had his plays published by Playscripts, Dramatic
Publishing Company and Original Works Publishing. Anyway, Werner is just
stupid enough to keep on going despite all the evidence to the contrary. For
some reason, he seems to really dig it. If you would like to read more of his
work, you can e-mail him at wtrieschmann@arkansasonline.com and he'll be
more than willing to share scripts, stories, recipes, etc. Werner’s play, SPIT, was performed at the City Hall
Fountain in AJS IV. |
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Kit Wainer |
Kit Wainer has been an actor for more than fifty years and a
playwright for a lot less. She has created & performed in several
one-woman shows An excerpt from her
play, Therapy Therapy is in
“Audition Arsenal” and her first full length, multi-character play,
Queermonsterfreak, is in preproduction now at home in Ithaca. Kit’s
play, RASPUTIN’S ORGAN, was part of She Speaks ’09, and we were thrilled to
have her trek to K. Town for the event. |
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David Wiener |
David Wiener’s work
has been performed in theatres across the He completed a
literary internship at La Jolla Playhouse and then served as that theatre’s
Dramaturgy Associate for the 2007-2008 season. He is also a performing arts
writer and has been published in Cahiers
du Cinema, The Journal of the Royal Photographic Society of David’s play - BRIDE ON THE ROCKS, was performed in the
Rum Runner in AJS IV. |
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Michael G. Wilmot |
Michael Wilmot is a writer/actor based in Michael is very pleased and
excited to be part of Asphalt Jungle Shorts and is a member of the
Playwrights Guild of Canada. Michael’s play, A SIMPLE QUESTION, was performed at the Kava Bean in
AJS V. |
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Shirley Wilson |
Shirley Wilson is a member of
Playwrights Forum in Last year, her play, Ruby Lee and Johnny was a Finalist in
Regent Theater’s One Act Play Festival and was produced in Feb. ’06. She has
had a staged reading of “Private Music” at the Generic Theater in Shirley’s play, SCENE
FIVE, was performed on the busiest intersection in downtown Kitchener, King
& Queen, for AJS III. |
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Alan Woods |
Alan Woods is the director of the
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at The Ohio
State University, where he serves on the faculty of the Department of
Theatre. A widely-published theatre scholar, his most recent work has
focused on popular entertainment and the perpetuation and effects of
stereotyping. He was named a Fellow of the College of the American
Theatre at the His dramaturgical materials have been used in theatres throughout Alan’s play, LAST CALL, was
performed at the Rum Runner in AJS I. |
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Bruce Wolff |
Bruce Wolff was more surprised
than anyone to be among this group of actors in the first Asphalt Jungle
Shorts. Since then, he’s participated
as an actor in She Speaks, Asphalt Jungle II and now he is back again, and
feeling quite at home on the stage, wherever the stage might be. He still holds a secret dreams of a return
to the glory years of writing, producing and acting in high school
productions. Bruce’s play, BLITZ, was co-written by Brandon Schaefer
and performed and performed in front of the fountain at the City Hall - AJS
II. |
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Dwayne Yancey |
DWAYNE YANCEY is a journalist by profession and a playwright by avocation. Most of
his work is aimed at schools, and his most frequently produced scripts are
one-acts such as "Hamlet on Spring Break" and "Macbeth Goes
Hollywood." He's also had two full-length scripts produced, with a third
scheduled for production this summer. When he's not writing plays, Yancey is
a senior editor with The Roanoke Times, the daily newspaper in Dwayne’s play, A NICE, RELAXING CUP OF TEA, was performed at The Kava
Bean in AJS V. |
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