What’s a “work-in-progress?” Well, it means I’ll probably change it a gazillion times after you see it at The Kennedy Center and in two years time I’ll finally believe it’s finished – no more rewrites – and promise my husband – No More Rewrites - and then suddenly while waiting in traffic in my minivan, my two boys into another argument about whose turn it is to play the Wii, I will decide: it’s not finished yet. But at least you can say you saw the play first – in the raw.
What’s a staged reading? This means actors will sit on the stage and read the play. No sets, no costumes, no frills. But really great acting and surprisingly entertaining.
Who’s Women’s Work Writers Group? Right now we’re five fabulous women playwrights in DC who decided to band together to get our work out there. We don’t grovel to Artistic Directors to produce our work, but we have been known to wine and dine a few super-terrific Artistic Directors in the DC area. We’re producing two theater pieces on September 5 – mine at 9pm, and a wonderful new play by Shelley Gillon ““Crawling from the Ashes of September 11,” a touching piece based on a sister’s memoir of her brother’s death in one of the planes that crashed on September 11.
What’s a One Act Play? Quick answer: it’s short and sweet. The play will probably be over in thirty minutes. But wait! I need you to stay for the post-show discussion. That’s where you’ll give me feedback on what you liked/disliked about the play (don’t worry, I will be heavily sedated on Advil so I can take it!). We’ll also have what I expect to be a lively discussion on motherhood. Unless no one has anything to say about motherhood, which if that’s the case I better know now before I start spending the midnight hour sending out a few thousand emails to theaters across the country to produce this play.
What’s free? Oh wait, I think you know what that means! As my Jewish grandmother would say: How can you not go to something that’s free?
Here are the details on the performance for those poster-challenged people:
Michelle Obama: Taskmaster by Karen Brody
The Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage Festival
Saturday, September 5, 2009
9pm
Terrace Theater
It’s FREE! (so no excuses!)
For more information direct from The Kennedy Center click here.
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Karen YOU ROCK!! So creative - I love it and can't wait to see how it evolves. Though I'm past the days that you are currently in I can relate - I did it too and there's another world out there for single mothers. Also, thought I would give you a heads up so that you aren't disappointed many years from now - parenting NEVER ends, the piles of laundry may but the role, especially the worrying part. is always there!
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