Entries by Peggy McKowen

2010 ACTING COMPANY

I am thrilled to announce the 2010 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL ACTING COMPANY: Kurt Zischke: Mr. Shine and Mr. Rumple in THE EELWAX JESUS 3-D POP MUSIC SHOW; and Martin in WHITE PEOPLE. Clare Schmidt: Meredith in THE EELWAX JESUS 3-D POP MUSIC SHOW. James Rana: Abdel-Hakim Taliq in INANA. Margot White: Esme in THE EELWAX JESUS […]

IN HER OWN WORDS

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig in her own words talking about her new play LIDLESS: “The first thing I started with was a cast size. I like ensemble plays, and I like odd numbers on stage, so I set out to write a play with a cast of five, where each character was integral to the story. […]

LIDLESS AT 2010 FESTIVAL

“People should not be allowed to haunt other people”cries Bashir, the tortured former prisoner of Guantanamo Bay in LIDLESS, the new play by Frances Ya- Chu Cowhig. LIDLESS is receiving simultaneous World Premiers in England and in the United States at the Contemporary American Theater Festival. The Yale Drama Series awarded its third annual David […]

eelwaxjesus 2010

EELWAX Jesus began as a simple collaboration of two actors improvising songs. Those actors Lee Sellars and Max Baker were from Opp, Alabama and London, England. They met doing a play in Skokie, Illinois in 1992. Lee Sellars has appeared in many CATF productions. He grew up amid the Southern-based rhythms of Country, while Max […]