Lindsay Harris-Friel |
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The story so far: Lindsay has studied writing with Doug Wright, Michele Volansky, and at the Great Plains Theatre Conference with Edward Albee, Arthur Kopit, Romulus Linney, Will Eno and Dr. David Crespy. She has served as a script reader for the Literary Departments of the McCarter Theatre and The Wilma Theater, and maintained a weekly reading and discussion workshop for playwrights at the Brick Playhouse. Her plays Hanging and Seven Margaritas have had site-specific productions in the 2004 and 2003 Philadelphia Fringe Festivals respectively. She lives and works in Philadelphia. Holy smoke, Minneapolis loves Traveling Light. Graveyard play 'Traveling Light' makes for perfect weekend night from MinnPost.com by Ed Huyck. Want some behind the scenes info? Marianne Combs of Minnesota Public Radio interviewed me, director Natalie Novacek, producer Carin Bratlie, and Susan Weir of the Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery. Twin Cities Theatre Connection interviewed David Beukema, Wade Vaughn and Carin Bratlie about the show and the process. Traveling Light will be produced in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Theatre Pro Rata in July, 2010! Directed by Natalie Novacek and starring David Beukema, Wade Vaughn, Rachel Finch and Shannon Troy Jones. The Layman’s Cemetery 2945 Cedar Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55407 Tickets: $14-$41 Sliding Scale Cash or Check only Box Office: 612-874-9321 Performance Dates: July 9 - 28, 2010 Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:00 P.M. TRAVELING LIGHT has press! Theatre Workshop has action for the audience. Thanks, Northeast Times and Philly.com! Philadelphia Theatre Workshop has selected Traveling Light for the Second Annual Playshop Festival, March 7-22, 2009. Rebecca Wright will direct. Please don't miss this unique experience! Usher In Your Playwriting Success, or How To Score Free Theatre Tickets! New article over at Forplaywrights.com Self-Producing for Playwrights, a new article by Lindsay, is up over at Forplaywrights.com. Reviews are in! Hanging is one of the plays in Shelterbelt Theatre Company's FROM SHELTERBELT WITH LOVE, in Omaha, Nebraska, January 17 through Valentine's Day, 2008. Bob Fishbach of the Omaha World-Herald writes that Hanging "successfully mixes comedy and drama", and Kim Bousquet of the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil calls Hanging an "intense look at love." GREAT WORK, SHELTERBELT! Send me e-mail at lyharris @ gmail. com. |
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