Out of Time & Place

Official Book Launch Event, 3 Dec. 2010

Alexis — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:56:45 +0000

The editors and writers of Out of Time & Place are thrilled to announce that our official book launch event will take place at the Drama Book Shop.

The event will feature readings and discussion by the following playwrights: Bekah Brunstetter, Carla Ching, Alexis Clements, Christine Evans, Charity Henson-Ballard, Lynn Rosen, Crystal Skillman and Andrea Thome.

In addition, special guest Erin Courtney (writer and professor) will introduce the evening, and WP Artistic Director, and all around champion of the female voice, Julie Crosby will moderate a panel discussion in which the playwrights will share their process and the life of these plays, highlighting their creative challenges from the first spark of inspiration through to production.

These presentations by the writers will be followed by a Q&A lead by Julie Crosby.

Book signing and wine reception to follow!

Details:
3 December 2010
5.00-7.00pm
Drama Bookshop
250 W. 40th Street, New York, NY (map)
Free, no reservations required.

Click here to learn more.

World Premiere of Conversation (Vol. 2), September 9-12, 2010

Alexis — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:57:30 +0000

The world premiere production of Conversation, featured in Volume 2, written and performed by Out of Time & Place co-editor Alexis Clements, will take place this September at the 2010 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

Copies of Volume 2 will be on sale at each performance.

Learn more about the show here:
www.theconversationbegins.org

Show Details:
9, 11, 12 Sept 2010 at 8.00pm
10 September 2010 at 6.30pm
Ethical Society (basement)
1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Tickets: $15, $10 for students and those under 25

Get your tickets now!

Festival Box Office: 215.413.1318 or www.livearts-fringe.org

Bekah Brunstetter

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:21:56 +0000

[writer] Bekah Brunstetter’s plays include OOHRAH! (Atlantic Theater), Miss Lilly Gets Boned (Lark Playwright’s Week) and You May Go Now (A Marriage Play) (Finborough Theatre, London; NY IT Award for Best New Play) She is working on commissions for Naked Angels, Ars Nova, and the Roundabout Underground. Member: Primary Stages Writer’s Group, Women’s Project Lab, At Play Productions. MFA, The New School for Drama. www.bekahbrunstetter.com

Carla Ching

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:20:05 +0000

[writer] Born and bred an Angeleno, Carla Ching’s full-lengths include TBA (2g/Milagro Theater-CSV), Dirty (Finalist: 2006 Cherry Lane Mentor Project and 2008 Victory Gardens Ignition Festival), Big Blind/Little Blind (Ma-Yi Labfest 2008) and The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness (NAATF workshop 2009). Shorts include “Dissipating Heat” (finalist for the 2005 Heideman Award from Actors Theatre of Louisville) and “The Further Adventures of Little Goth Girl.” Member: Ma-Yi Writers Lab and Women’s Project Lab. Fellowships: 2008 Urban Artists Initiative fellowship, 2009-2010 Teachers & Writers Collaborative Fellowship. Nominee: 2009 Wasserstein Prize. MFA, Actors Studio Drama School. Artistic Director, 2g.

Alexis Clements

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:19:05 +0000

[editor, writer] Alexis Clements is a writer, performer and pamphleteer currently based in Brooklyn, NY. She has received a Dramatists Guild Fellowship, the 2004 Washington Theater Festival Literary Prize, two Puffin Foundation Artist’s Grants, and a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant. Productions include: Place ReImagined (NYC); Your Own Personal Apocalypse (NYC); The Interview (Edinburgh Festival); and Pieces (Washington, DC & Iowa City, IA). Publications include: selected plays in KNOCK Magazine, short stories in US and UK collections, and articles in Nature, The Brooklyn Rail and The Guardian. MSc, Philosophy & History of Science from the London School of Economics & Political Science. BA, Theatre Studies, Emerson College. www.alexisclements.com

Nadia Davids

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:17:30 +0000

[writer] Nadia Davids is a South African playwright and scholar. She has written five plays, including At Her Feet (2002) and Cissie (2008). Her work has been produced in Africa, Europe and North America and is studied at a range of universities on all three continents. She is the recipient of a Fleur de Cap Theatre Award (Best New Director, 2003) and was nominated for the Noma Award (2007), two African PEN Awards (2006, 2009), and a Fleur de Cap Award (Best New South African Play, 2009). She teaches at Queen Mary, University of London.

Laura Eason

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:16:26 +0000

[writer] Laura Eason is the author of fifteen plays, original work and adaptations. Produced full-lengths: Sex with Strangers (Steppenwolf, Chicago), When the Messenger is Hot (59E59, NYC; Steppenwolf; Theatre Schmeater, Seattle), Area of Rescue (Andhow Theatre, NYC), Around the World in 80 Days (Baltimore Centerstage; Kansas City Rep; Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Hartford Stage), and Rewind (Side Project, Chicago), among others. Publishing: Playscripts, Smith & Kraus and Broadway Play Publishing. Affilations: Affiliated Artist, New Georges, NYC; Women’s Project Lab, NYC; Ensemble Member and former Artistic Director, Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago. Originally from Chicago, Laura lives in Brooklyn, NY. www.lauraeason.com

Christine Evans

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:14:30 +0000

[co-editor, writer] Christine Evans’ productions include multi-award winning Trojan Barbie (American Repertory Theatre, 2009; Playbox Theatre, U.K. 2010); Weightless, Mothergun and All Souls’ Day (Perishable Theatre); Slow Falling Bird (Crowded Fire, San Francisco; Metro Arts, Brisbane) and My Vicious Angel (Belvoir St. Theatre; Adelaide International Festival, Australia). Honors include the RISCA Playwriting Fellowship, two MacDowell Colony Fellowships and the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award. Christine is a Fulbright alumna, holds an MFA and PhD from Brown and teaches playwriting at Harvard. Her plays are published by Theatre Forum, NoPassport Press, Smith & Kraus and Samuel French (2010). www.christine-evans-playwright.com

Charity Henson-Ballard

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:12:18 +0000

[writer] Charity Henson-Ballard, actor and emerging playwright, lives in New York where she is a member of Rising Circle Theater Collective. She received her Master’s in English with a concentration in Renaissance Literature and Psychoanalytic Theory from UMASS Amherst, and a Master’s of Fine Arts in Acting from NYU. Charity conducts actor coaching and playwriting workshops using critical approaches to language performativity and the utilization of the complete actor instrument. Her current projects include Pete the Girl and Muddy the Waters (full-length), which was originally showcased at the World Financial Center in collaboration with Women’s Project and River to River Festival, 2009. www.charityhensonballard.com

Kara Manning

Alexis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:10:26 +0000

[writer] Kara Manning’s plays, including Mind the Gap, Killing Swans, afterdark, and Sleeping Rough, have been performed or developed via the Royal Court Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Playwrights Horizons, Rattlestick, NYTW, LAByrinth Theater. She is the 2007 recipient of the Princess Grace Award in playwriting. Member of the Women’s Project Lab and MCC Theater’s Playwrights Coalition. Playwright-in-residence with the Royal Court Theatre’s International Residency, Page 73 Productions’ 2008 Yale retreat and Women’s Project’s 2009 Voice & Vision retreat. Recipient of the 2000-2001 Jerome Foundation, Affiliated Writers Program grant. Graduate of Columbia University’s MFA playwriting program.