Playwright Donja R. Love, FIREFLIES, Atlantic Theater Company 2018

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Donja R. Love, 

Linda Gross Theater, Atlantic Theater Company

2018

FIREFLIES

Written by DONJA R. LOVE

Directed by SAHEEM ALI

KHRIS DAVIS (Charles)

DEWANDA WISE (Olivia)

ARNULFO MALDONADO (Scenic Designer)

DEDE AYITE (Costume Designer)

DAVID WEINER (Lighting Designer)

JUSTIN ELLINGTON (Sound & Original Music)

 ALEX BASCO KOCH (Projection Designer)

RAJA FEATHER KELLY (Choreography).

CODY RENARD RICHARD (Production Stage Manager).

SARA SAHIN (Assistant Stage Manager)

Playwright Larissa Fasthorse, The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Playwright Horizons, 2018

Playwright Larissa Fasthorse, 

The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Playwright Horizons, 2018

The Thanksgiving Play

by Larissa Fasthorse

Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel

FEATURING

Jennifer Bareilles — Logan

Jeffrey Bean — Caden

Greg Keller — Jaxton

Margo Seibert — Alicia

Scenic Design: Wilson Chin

Costume & Puppet Design: Tilly Grimes

Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd

Sound Design: Mikaal Sulaiman

Production Stage Manager: Katie Ailinger

Assistant Stage Manager: Jenny Kennedy

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Playwrights Realm Playwright Jonathan Payne, The Red Stairs, Juillard, 2018

Playwrights Realm Playwright Jonathan Payne, The Red Stairs, Juillard, 2018

WALLACE

I’ll tell you a story about a friend of mine, before you all go. Long before he started receiving services, he had hit rock bottom. Spent nights on the streets wondering how he might take his own life. And one night he found it. He would walk into a hotel on the Lower East Side, take the elevator all the way to the top, and jump. And he did that. He jumped. And he died...for a minute. Now he suffers unbearable pain, but at least he can walk. Barely. And now he has services; therapy, a nice little studio apartment to call his own, a doctor, and when he recently caught COVID, he realized he had a new lease on life. He had never been so scared to die. For once in his miserable life he told me he wanted to live. 

I hope this works..?

The Artist Connie Reyes, 1983 x

The Artist Connie Reyes, 1983The Artist Connie Reyes 1983

married to Ronnie Bladen

published in the Brooklyn Rail

There was Connie Reyes A Tribute to Connie Reyes-Corrigan (1929–2006) by Margrit Lewczuk, Bill Jensen,

THANK YOU. CONNIE

You showed us that a cat’s life was not so bad.

You said everything you do is about art.

You gave us all the courage and permission to be ourselves.

You could always see the absurdity of this life. 

you taught us the Umbrella Dance.

You made your sculpture move to the Tenor of the Time, Freedom and counterpoint. 

You taught us to laugh in the face of Tragedy.

You showed us that in Big Business a small fly can make a difference. 

You helped us remember the price of a skill saw blade. 

You did not pass us the Torch, you threw it at us.

With You went a great era. We will carry on.

by Margrit Lewczuk Bill Jensen

Empire State Building and the Front End Loader, 2017 x

Empire State Building and the Front End Loader, 2017

Ford Model T, Brooklyn, 2017x

Ford Model T, Brooklyn, 2017

Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis at Riverside Drive (Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument) 2018 x

Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis

 at Riverside Drive (Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument) 2018