We shot this video for “Transition” but ended up not using it in the final show. I now present it to the p73 blog. Enjoy!

directed by Tommy Smith and Reggie Watts
shot by Austin Elston
sound by Emily Gallagher
editing by Joby Emmons
featuring Dana Acheson, Jess Adcock, Afreen Akhter, Raniah Al-Sayed, Ben Beckley, Aaron Cedolia, Dan Cozzens, Mary Guiteras, Nicholas Hoover, Chris Illing, Mark Karafin, Nick Lewis, Christopher Loar, Michael Markham, Stas May, Sylvia Mincewicz, Nana Mensah, Kyra Miller, Aimee Mullins, Erica Newhouse, John Pizzolato, Jessica Pohly, Livia Scott, Jen Taher, Han Tang, Geraldine Visco

We sent out an email to our subscribers today, announcing a couple of great stuff.  If you didn’t get the email, (a) you should subscribe to our email list and (b) you should read the post below. 

In the meantime, some cool news from present and past fellows:

- Tommy Smith‘s on the West Coast working on “Transition” with Reggie Watts.
- Krista Knight (2007) is off to get her MFA in playwriting from UCSD.  We’re very sad about this.
- Jason Grote (2006) just opened his play “Maria/Stuart” at the Woolly Mammoth in DC.
- Quiara Hudes (2005) is hard at work on a multiple exciting (top secret) projects.  Also, she’s moving back to NYC (which makes us very happy).
- Kirsten Greenidge (2003-2004) just got back from her residency at Sundance this summer.

Lots going on with our fellows.  And below’s the text of our message.  Enjoy.

“Dear Page 73 Friend,

We’re not going to lie: We’re pretty heartbroken to see this summer end.  But, at the same time, we can’t wait for the start of fall!

Here’s why (in no particular order — cue the trumpets):  Dan LeFranc, SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE, Tommy Smith, SEXTET, and Interstate 73.

 

1.    DAN LEFRANC.  We’ve known Dan for about two years now and are thrilled to team up with award-winning Soho Rep to produce Dan’s play SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE directed by OBIE Award-winning director Anne Kauffman (God’s Ear; The Thugs).  Not only will this be the world premiere of SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE, but also it will be Dan’s first professional production.

 

When we first read SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE, we were blown away by this fast, anxious and funny play that looks at how a lifetime can pass in the sixty miles between a boy’s soccer practice and his divorced father’s new apartment.  Performances are November 25 to December 21.    Stay tuned  for more information about the world premiere of SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE!

 

 

2.    TOMMY SMITH.  This October, get your socks knocked off by a workshop of SEXTET by 2008 P73 Playwriting Fellow Tommy Smith. 

Structured liked a choral piece, SEXTET  looks at the obsessive, devouring and doomed love lives of composers Carlo Gesualdo, Peter Tchaikovsky and Arnold Schoenberg and at the destructive effects of their single-minded artistic pursuits.  The workshop features a cast of 9 and will be directed by Davis McCallum (Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue; Queens Boulevard).

 

3.    INTERSTATE 73.  After last year’s successful launch of our newest program “Interstate 73″, this October, we’re going to start work with new Interstate 73 members Sarah Hammond, Josh Malmuth, Molly Rice, Matt Schatz, Tommy Smith and Cori Thomas.  Keep your eyes open for public presentations of new works by these extraordinary six writers.

See?  It’s going to be a great fall.

We’re also proud to announce that Page 73 is the recepient of a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.  This grant will go towards enhancing Page 73′s infrastructure and will help Page 73 expand its contributions to early-career playwrights…”

A device that simulates the effects of being in another dimension.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamachine

Dream Machine from Tommy Smith on Vimeo.

I am a regular collaborator with Reggie Watts on experimental theatrical/filmic ventures. In this clip, Reggie plays for a fundraiser for New York Theatre Review 2008. I appear briefly at the start. This was in October 2007. (Oh yeah, and the 2008 NYTR comes out in Spring, edited by the unstoppable Brook Stowe, featuring a ton of great essays and plays, including my own WHITE HOT and an interview I did with Reggie about our UTR piece DISINFORMATION.)