On February 26th, 2015, I will be presenting "Two Plays by Rosalyn Drexler at The Rose Art Museum: Room 17C and Lobby." More information below.
The Theater Arts Department will be producing two plays by Rosalyn Drexler to coincide with her exhibit in The Rose Art Museum this semester. See below for information on PERFORMANCES, THE EXHIBIT, and the PLAYWRIGHT.
Room 17C and Lobby
By Rosalyn Drexler
Directed by Alicia Hyland
Performances will take place at the Rose Art Museum.
Rosalyn Drexler’s "Room 17C" melds Kafka’s Metamorphosis with Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman" by plonking Linda Loman, now a traveling salesman, in a squalid motel room with cockroach. Will Linda give in to the temptations of the road or be pulled back to her husband at home?
"Lobby", a tragicomedy that takes place in the lobby area of the Chelsea Hotel. Its lead characters, Oscar Wilde and Blanche DuBois, struggle alongside the junkies, derelicts and artists who then inhabited the famed establishment. While Oscar nobly suffers his fall from stardom, Blanche yearns for the sort of romance that can only exist outside of reality.
Rosalyn Drexler exhibit in The Rose
Rosalyn Drexler bio
Rosalyn Drexler was one of the early artists to mine American kitsch and pop culture for her practice. In the early 1960s, Drexler created paintings by collaging images from B-movies, tabloids, and pulp novels directly onto her canvases, before painting over them in a cool, flat style with acrylic paint. These works were exhibited alongside paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and others in the “First International Girlie Exhibit”, an early exhibition of the Pop movement. Her life has been as multifaceted as her subject matter; Drexler was a professional wrestler, novelist and playwright, and has written, among other things, an adaptation of the screenplay Rocky.
Readings and Events
Alicia Hyland
On October 17, 2013, I will be reading at the Mason's Road Issue 7 Reading and Launch Party in Fairfield, CT.
My short story, "The Remainder," is forthcoming in Issue 7: Point of View. I will either be reading from my novel in progress, Growing Up Girl, or a new short story, "On the Anniversary of the Suicide of Mr. Wedgeford," which is forthcoming in an issue of Fwriction: Review. You will have to show up to find out which it will be! Details below.
On March 14th, 2015, I will be presenting a reading of Caridad Svich's play "Luna Park". Join us for the reading and stay for a talkback with the playwright!
Reading of "Luna Park" by Caridad Svich
Directed by Alicia Hyland
Merrick Theater, Spingold Theater Center
In the dog days of summer, seven twenty-somethings spend a semi-enchanted day in a grand park by the sea, where old music and new love collide. It is a perfect day until public tragedy affects them all. A comic drama about friendship, love, loss, and bombs.
On November 15th my new play "Never, Ever Empty the Bucket" will be presented as part of Climate Change Theater Action at Brandeis. More info below.
Here is a link to the American Theater Article on the Climate Change Theater Action initiative:
Drop in the Bucket
A Series of Five-Minute Plays on Climate Change November 15th, 2015
11:00am-12:00pm, Spingold TheaterBrandeis Department of Theater Arts is participating in an international movement to produce plays related to the issue of climate change in November and December of 2015. To date over a 100 theaters and universities are participating worldwide. Below is information about the Brandeis event and on the international movement that we are a small part of.
In Collaboration with Climate Change Theater Action, No Passport, The Arctic Cycle, Theatre Without Borders and ArtCOP21
50 PLAYWRIGHTS, OVER 20 COUNTRIES, AND 100 EVENTS
– a series of worldwide readings and performances intended to bring awareness to, and foster discussion around, climate change during the months of November and December 2015. A joint venture between NoPassport, The Arctic Cycle and Theatre Without Borders, this action is in support of the United Nations 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) taking place November 30-December 11, 2015.
A collection of 1-5 minute plays, poems and songs by 50 writers from all six livable continents, curated by Caridad Svich (playwright, 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement & NoPassport), Chantal Bilodeau (playwright, recipient Woodward International Playwriting Prize & The Arctic Cycle) and Elaine Avila (playwright, recipient Disquiet International Literary Program Playwriting Award & Theatre Without Borders), has been made available to collaborators worldwide
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