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scooping the darkness emptyTwo-act Drama / 4W, 4M Ella grieves her mother’s death by breeding roses in an untended garden on Houston Street. She scoops the dirt of New York City to discover Weimar, Germany, a plaque dedicated to Fred Rosenstiel, The Green Guerillas, Paul Celan and her heart. Production and Development History: Commissioned by The Joseph Papp Public Theater (Reading, 2004) Peter DuBois (Director); Reading: Seattle Women’s Playwriting Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre (2006) Allison Narver (Director)![]() the doll playsThree-act Drama / 11 W, 1 M At the moment of her passing, Aunt Len revisits her life through the collection of dolls that fill her Harlem brownstone. We see Aunt Len’s dismay at the entropy around her, her love for the dolls and the sanctuary she finds in their remarkable stories which are moments of culture frozen forever like their painted-on smiles, and retold endlessly, like the limited range of a modern doll’s pull-string voice. Production and Development History: Actor’s Express Theater (World Premier, 2002) Peter DuBois (Director); Reading: Joseph Papp Public Theater, New Work Now Festival (2000) Joseph Papp Public Theater, Peter DuBois (Director); Workshop Production/Reading: New Works for a New World Summer Playlab, New World Theater at The University of Massachusetts (1998) Heather Henson (Director)![]() belly: three shortsthree shorts / 5 W
![]() maya in the citiesTwo-act Dark Comedy / 6M 6W mixed race (Double Casting) Written in English with a hint of German,French and Italian. Guided by Josephine Baker’s ghost and frontline memories of her Korean War veteran father, Motherless Maya goes on a quest through Europe, before its landscape is altered by the fall of the Berlin Wall. With a tape recorder around her waist and a knapsack on her back, Maya discovers the high value of fine American English elocution on the European human market and the dark side of traveling solo. Her place of origin: New York, New York. Her destination: The Venice Film Festival. Stops in between: Dakar, Australia, Scotland, England, France, Holland, India, The Sudan, Korea and Japan. Production and Development History: Trinity Repertory Theater / Brown University Sternberg New Plays Festival (1997) Peter DuBois (Director); Reading: Yale Cabaret (1998) Wier Harmon (Director) ![]() the bride who became frightened
a narrative dream play in seven voices
7W / multi-racial/generational cast
Multi-generational dream narratives in seven voices inspired by the eponymous painting by Frida Kahlo. Kahlo’s is at the fulcrum of tales depicting journeys (some taken from newspaper headlines, others adapted from interviews with women) towards and away from marriage. Together forever?
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