Coming in the New Year of 2021–the Year of the Ox–is our brand new short opera, FIRECRACKERS, commissioned by White Snake Opera in Boston. FIRECRACKERS (composer Guang Yang, librettist Paula Cizmar) will be presented as a workshop performance in January, with a full World Premiere production in December 2021. Details…
In May, West Edge Opera presents SNAPSHOTS, a performance of scenes and excerpts from brand new operas–and we’re happy to announce that a scene from I N V I S I B LE, music by Guang Yang, libretto by Paula Cizmar, will be presented along with the works of such…
UNDERGROUND was first presented on Thursday, July 2, 2020 with Jason Delane Lee playing James, Jeanne Sakata playing Anna, and Aaron Lyons playing Bo. UNDERGROUND was shown on the Pandemic Play Re-Play from July 3 – July 10.
DELIVERY premiered on June 30, 2020 with Mia Ellis playing Reyna, Bonnie Bailey-Reed playing RoseEllen, and Veralyn Jones playing The Voice. Available on the Pandemic Plays RePlay from July 3 – July 10.
Details will be coming soon re: how to sign up to attend the Pandemic Plays event, produced by Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble. We recorded my two short pieces, DELIVERY and UNDERGROUND, last week with two stellar casts directed by Gregg Daniel. Just a few recordings to go and then the…
LA Theatre Works’ production of SEVEN was in the middle of a 27-city tour of the U.S. when the pandemic closed down theatre venues across the country. But LATW thought it was important for people to have access to our play during the time of quarantine–and so they are making…
To start off the new decade, my collaborator, composer Guang Yang, and I were so very fortunate to have I N V I S I B L E, our short opera, included in the Eurydice Found Festival, presented by LA Opera, on January 16, 2020. The opera was one of…
Nothing thrills me more than to see my plays getting out into the world–on their own. When someone discovers one of these works thoroughly on their own and gets passionate about it and then takes it to production, that is a thrill. It is also truly rewarding to find out…
Meet the playwrights of the Climate Change Theatre Action “LA – At the Intersection,” which will be performed Saturday November 9 at 2 pm at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles in partnership with Visions and Voices. The consequences of climate change in Los Angeles (and most urban areas)…
When Carol Mack called me and asked me if I wanted to join her and be a part of a documentary play project about women human rights workers who risked their lives to make better conditions for other women, I jumped at the chance. So did Ruth Margraff, Susan Yankowitz,…