*MOBRO makes best ’25 Best Jazz Albums of the Year’ by Wondering Sound.
*A long review/description of the piece on Bird is the Worm jazz blog.
*Learn more and listen to the newly compiled 15 minute MOBRO sampler at www.mobromusic.com.
Governor’s Island Residency with LMCC.
Starting August 1st, through mid-December, I’ll be working out on Governor’s Island, have a Process Space Studio Residency from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. There will be public “Open Studio” events on Saturday/Sunday September 27-28, and on Friday, December 12th, during which we artists-in-residence will present work.
This is My Office featured in Chance Magazine.
This Is My Office‘s fall production with Playco is one of the shows presented in Volume 3 of Chance Magazine , which “[looks] at the world through the lens of theatrical design.” There is a great spread featuring Drama Desk Nominee David Barlow, focusing on the terrific work of set designer Andrew Boyce, lighting designer Tyler Micoleau, costume designer Kaye Voyce, and director Davis McCallum. It was a great team, one that I really loved working with. (And while I’m at it – let me sing the praises of our amazing sound designer Peter John Still!) Chance is a really cool magazine, and the photos, at least the ones I’ve seen thusfar, really capture some interesting tones from my play.
Mobro!
I’m thrilled to report that the studio recording of MOBRO, my collaboration with the jazz saxophonist John Ellis, is now available on itunes, and on our newly redesigned website: www.mobromusic.com. Tickets are also available for live performances of MOBRO on May 30 and 31 at The Jazz Gallery. You can read an interview with John and me here.
The Two Tanyas – workshop and reading at New Dramatists
My script for one actress, The Two Tanyas, will be workshopped at New Dramatists next week as part of their Creativity Fund workshop. There will be a reading of the piece on the 27th at 3pm. This is a play I’ve been working on for a while. It was formerly entitled “The Dowager”. Recently, I’ve been collaborating with the actress Florencia Lozano, and the director Erik Pearson.
A Brief Summary of 2013
2013 was a busy year. Among my activities:
-A production of This is My Office, my off-Broadway debut, with The Play Company, perhaps the most personally and artistically satisfying endeavor of my career.
The Subcontractor
A short video about the “This is My Office” production with Playco.
This Is My Office to open in November with The Play Company
I’m thrilled to be collaborating with The Play Company on This Is My Office, am particularly excited to be part of a season that includes new plays by Jonas Hassen Khemiri and Toshiki Okada, writers whose works I greatly admire. This production will be site-specific, in a non-theatre space in midtown. David Barlow is playing “Andy”, and Davis McCallum is directing.
You can read more about the production on The Play Company’s website. I recommend getting tickets early; due to the nature of the piece, audiences will be kept small.
A reading of Don’t You Fucking Say a Word
The cast is set for the upcoming public reading of my latest play, Don’t You Fucking Say a Word, at New Dramatists – May 10th at 3pm. It’s a super-talented group, people I’m excited to be working with, in all but one case for the first time.
DON’T YOU FUCKING SAY A WORD
By Andy Bragen
Directed by Erik Pearson
Cast: Mark Alhadeff, Hannah Cabell, Mike Crane, and Sue Jean Kim
Friday, May 10th at 3pm at New Dramatists, 424 West 44th Street
Don’t You Fucking Say a Word is a play about love and hate, about friendly and not so friendly competition. Three sets of tennis and one unforgettable fight as seen through the eyes of two women.
RSVP with New Dramatists via phone: 212-757-6960.