actors
Photo by Sam BurbankPaz Pardo is a prolific writer, actor, and director whose name you might recognize from her play Duct Tape Girl and Fetish Chick Conquer the World [/blog/art-music/duct-tape-girl-and-fetish-chick-conquer-the-world-a-heartfelt-play-about-queer-superheroes] , performed in Park Slope living rooms in early 2013. With her one-woman show Perpetual Motion (which takes on
cuddle magic
It’s no secret that Ditmas Park is an oasis for talented and ambitious New Yorkers in all sorts of industries. Here are a few neighbors with news to share: * The National [http://americanmary.com] is playing tonight at the Prospect Park Bandshell [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/bandshell]
amanda miller
Ditmas Park local and Third Root [http://thirdroot.org/] yoga instructor Amanda Miller is currently performing One Breath, Then Another: An Interactive Yoga Show [http://www.onebreaththenanother.com/] as part of the Dream Up Festival [http://www.dreamupfestival.org/] from Theater for the New City [http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net/]. The
Adrienne Kapstein
Wanda’s Monster [http://www.wandasmonster.com], a musical for kids directed by Ditmas Park resident Adrienne Kapstein [http://www.movementtheaterstudio.com], was recently reviewed in Time Out New York Kids [http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/things-to-do/blogger-series-serena-norr-of-momtrends-on-wandas-monster] as part of their Blogger Series. Momtrends [http://www.momtrends.com] managing
playwrights
Local playwright Stefanie Zadravec [/blog/art-music/see-the-plays-that-are-keeping-playwright-stefanie-zadravec-very-busy] received accolades from The New York Times Michael Sommers [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/nyregion/a-review-of-the-electric-baby-at-two-river-theater-company.html?_r=1&] last week for her latest work, The Electric Baby [http://szadravec.com/index.php/page/plays]. Sommers writes: > The imperceptible
Annie Baker
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Ditmas Park resident David Lindsay-Abaire [https://twitter.com/lindsayabaire] was recently selected as the inaugural writer-in-residence for the first Horton Foote [http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/theater/05foote.html?pagewanted=all] Writer’s Retreat, awarded by the Horton Foote Legacy Project. According to Playbill.
playwrights
Samuel Wagner sent along this update about neighbor Rachel Wagner and her play Kids These Days [/blog/art-music/meet-teen-playwright-rachel-wagner]: > The play has advanced to the Final round this Wednesday at the Riant Theater. She has beat out a few notable entries including a play directed by a CUNY theater
playwrights
16-year-old neighbor Rachel Wagner has written her first play and is looking for a little help. Called Kids These Days, it’s been accepted to The Riant Theatre’s Strawberry One-Act Festival [http://www.therianttheatre.com/index.php?n=strawberry_one-act_festival] this August, where she has the chance to