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Online. The Tank hosts Staging Film for a private screening of 3 SF pieces: Domesticity, This Thing of Ours, 16 Words or Less. Post screening panelists include Rebecca Atkinson-Lord, Meghan Finn, Chisa Hutchinson, Alex Basco Koch, Caridad Svich, & Monica Vilela.
Online. I've had the pleasure of making some really fun, innovative websites lately. Check them out! Online. The Tank (my partners in crime for both The Muse Project and Staging Film) won an Obie. I <3 The Tank and I am grateful to them, especially Meghan Finn. Congrats to all. Online. I am in an informal, private reading of a new play (The Good Sisters) by Patricia Lynn, directed by Jacob Titus. The cast includes Jocelyn Kuritsky, Artemis Pebdani, Gail Shalan, & Sam Tilles.
Online. I had the privilege of getting a sneak peek of The Subject last year. The Subject is a thrilling film, making its premiere at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. It’s written by Chisa Hutchinson, a wildly talented playwright and screenwriter, who has contributed work and support to Staging Film. It’s directed by the endlessly perceptive Lanie Zipoy, a longtime Muse advocate and advisor. It stars Emmy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis and Jason Biggs in completely engrossing performances. It also features Vanessa Aspillaga who was a Muse in 2018! Follow the film on the festival circuit here. Prior to the June 11th screening, I interviewed director Lanie Zipoy and star Nile Bullock on Zoom/Facebook Live. Check out our conversation below.  Online. Several theater initiatives and/or companies I am affiliated with have issued statements supporting Black Lives Matter. It's not enough by any stretch, and it can feel and look like performative activism; but, then again, I tend to think all activism is performative until it's not. All said, statements are a start and here is the statement we put out from The Muse Project (some language and grammar adjustments continue to be made to this statement since its original publication to more accurately reflect and correct The Muse Project's goals, intentions, and values). It's more glaring than ever that American theater continues to be dominated and led by mostly white (and, of course, cis-male) voices, and this needs to evolve. My plan with The Muse Project has been and is to get the organization into a well oiled place within the next few years, incorporating passing the torch to new, diverse and inclusive actress-leadership. Thanks to all my non-Black friends & colleagues who are standing in solidarity with our Black artists, colleagues, audience members, & advocates. And thank you to all my Black friends and colleagues - who are inspiring artists, activists, & humans. #BlackLivesMatter
Emmy winner Erin Cherry sat down with Kyra Miller for The Muse Project in December 2019 to discuss her career, her Emmy win, and her hit show: After Forever. Check out the full interview! Online. DPS Playwright Ken Urban introduces the original Off-Broadway cast of his play The Awake featuring performances by Maulik Pancholy, Andy Phelan, and Lori Prince for DPS On Air. I loved being in the premiere of this play back in 2013 with Maulik, Andy, Lori, Jeff Biehl and Dee Nelson. (And below Ken's DPS On Air segment is a scene from the play that we shot with me and Lori). Enjoy! NYC. I am a guest panelist for Seeing Rape, a program featuring new writing from students at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC. Other panelists include: Adrienne Truscott, Jennifer Baumgardner, Karina Aybar, Colleen Cilwick, Musarrat Lamia, & Euxhenia Hodo. The panel is moderated by Shonna Trinch and Barbara Cassidy. FaceTime. The wonderfully talented Sammy Tunis (photographer, actress, musician extraordinaire) took some snaps of me in quarantine wearing my favorite shade of yellow. Check out more of her work here. #quarantinephotos #greatphotographers #womenartists #ladyskills |
