LPTW Member Projects and News: April 2023


Micro Shorts
Drama Works, Old Saybrook, CT
May 19 & 20 at 7:30pm and May 21 at 3pm
Submitted by Teresa Mella Fogel
A production of 10-5 minute plays
Get your tickets here
 

“Welcome to Clowntown”
The Tank / 312 W. 36th St., NY, NY 10018
April 21-May 13, Fri-Sat at 7PM EST, Sun at 3PM EST
Submitted by Lorca Peress
 
This solo piece written and performed by Tanya Perez, directed by Lorca Peress, dives into the bizarre and cantankerous mind of Pixie the Clown. Part birthday party, part therapy session, this mad-cap adventure blends storytelling about a Latina trying to make ends meet with Pixie’s irascible monologues about how to fix the world. Adult content.

Get your tickets here

 

First Online With Fran:
Naomi McDougall Jones: Defying Gravity
Submitted by Frances McGarry
 
​Naomi McDougall Jones is an award-winning storyteller, and thought leader for bringing gender parity to cinema. A long-time advocate for bringing parity to film, both on and off screen, she has spoken at film festivals and conferences around the world and written extensively on this subject.
 
Listen Here

Additionally, First Online With Fran’s There’s No Place Like Art has been selected to be part of Amazon Podcast’s podcast directory! Yes, the show is included in the directory but starting Monday April 10th, it’ll be featured as part of an Arts collection for about a week. 
 
Check it out here
 
If you are interested in being featured on the podcast, then please contact me. How does your work address social issues to heal and raise awareness?

Published by malinism

Malini is a native New Yorker who has been involved in the arts for her entire life. She's served the theatre in many aspects of which she's very proud – actress, director, producer, stage manager, costume designer, prop designer, theatre reviewer, publicist and most recently writer/monologist. She received her BA in Theatre Arts and English Literature from Baruch College and her MFA in Directing from the Actors Studio Drama School. In 2003, Malini and her husband, Ian, created Black Henna Productions with a handful of innovative artists. Every member of the company collaborates on every piece, either writing, acting, directing, designing, or filling any other role that fit their own personal skills with a commitment to bring new, exciting, and challenging theatre to the world. She is an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women. Malini received the Woman of Distinction Award for her contribution to Media, Arts and Culture from the City of New York in 2008. She is also a Person of Godspell which ran at Circle in the Square on Broadway from 2011-2012.

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