welcome...
...to the website of Paula Cizmar, an award-winning playwright whose work often combines poetry and politics to get at the heart of a matter. Her plays have been produced all over the world. Here you'll find information about upcoming performances, past productions, and new plays, plus news and reviews, photos, and thoughts, always changing, always growing.
ELEMENTAL – Arts Action Gallery
For fun, here are some views of ELEMENTAL – Earth, Water, Air, Fire, a project we started to build as one of the prototypes for our Conference of Fire (C o F) program. ELEMENTAL is designed to introduce kids and families to the function of fire in nature; for example, did you know that giant…
JANUARY Premieres in New York
MULTISTAGES is presenting the world premiere Off-Broadway engagement of Paula Cizmar’s JANUARY, directed by MultiStages Artistic Director Lorca Peress. A play about the aftermath of traumatic violence, JANUARY performs as part of THE FEMME COLLECTIVE four-week residency in repertory at The Theatre at the 14th St Y. Performances began Thursday, January 11, and continue through…
JANUARY – The Cast!
The world premiere of JANUARY is in rehearsals–and the cast is superb. Alinca Hamilton as Lauren; Darlenis Duran as Maya; Veronica Cruz as Joyce; Jed Peterson as Henry. JANUARY by Paula Cizmar. Directed by Lorca Peress. Production Stage Manager Mel Ashby-Hunt. Artistic Company includes Jan Hartley: Projection Design; Sun Hee Kil: Sound Design; Kia Rogers:…
ideas and issues
and thoughts about life, justice, culture, and the way we can all try to make a better world. that's the goal. keep on keeping on.