Sunday, December 23, 2007

Preliminary Schedule of readings


St. Gregory of Nazianzus, fresco in Kariye Camii, Istanbul; St. Gregory (4th century, CE) was the first to articulate the concept of Limbo.

Here's a preliminary schedule of readings--everything subject to change, of course!
All readings are scheduled, although we're waiting for some to be fully confirmed. And unless otherwise specified, readings will be at 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 12 Gallery 202, Westerville, Ohio
Vicki Cheatwood, Dallas, Texas: For the Fourteenth Time
Emily Davis, Columbus, Ohio: Cappadocia
Shirley King, Benecia, California: Bingo
Stacey Lane, Miamisburg, Ohio: Lucy Dreaming
Andrea Lepcio, New York, New York: Get In The Car

Jan. 25 Ohio State University, New Works Lab
Katherine Burkman, Columbus, Ohio: E-Mails From the Dead
Maureen Brady Johnson, Oberlin, Ohio: Limbo
Nancy Gall-Clayton, Louisville, Kentucky: Terminal L
John Kuhn, Columbus, Ohio: The Edge
Rebecca Nesvet, Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Galileo in the Underworld

Jan. 30 Ohio State University, New Works Lab

Craig Abernethy,: That Day
Joe Feinstein, West Bloomfield, Michigan: Real Love
Karen Jeynes, Cape Town, South Africa: Go Home Affairs
Michael Kimball, Cape Neddick, Maine: Henny and Hitler in Hell
Lisa Soland, Granada Hills, California: The Other Shoe

Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania April 23-25 (coordinated by Dr. Michael Swanson)
Emily Cicchini, Austin, Texas: Passing Judgement Day
Christine Emmert, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Raft of Medusa – Post Modern
Joan Lipkin, St. Louis, Missouri Crab Cakes
Josh McIlvain, New York, New York: Conversation;
Steven Schutzman, Baltimore, Maryland: Theories in Limbo

Scheduled, waiting for confirmation of date
Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio
Jay Boyer,: Two Women, One Man, and a Bed
Kathy Coudle King, Grand Forks, North Dakota: Doin’ the Limbo
Mark Harvey Levine, Pasadena, California : Saver
Robin Rice Lichtig, New York, New York: The Straight and Narrow
Jan O’Connor, North Hollywood, California: The Daylight Zone

Ohio State University School of Music
Jean H. Klein, Virginia Beach, Virginia: Inside and Out
Paul Lockwood, Columbus, Ohio: The Waiting Game
Barbara H. Macchia, Plano, Texas: Texas Holding Pen
Jay Rehak, Chicago, Illinois: Last Call
Mary Steelsmith, Los Angeles, California: Slideshow with God


Scheduled, waiting for confirmation of date and place

Outside Ohio
Damon Chua, Los Angeles, California: Dogs Are Evil
Joan Lipkin, St. Louis, Missouri Crab Cakes
Kristine McGovern, Centennial, Colorado: Waiting for the Ice Cream Man
Gretchen C. O’Halloran, Vancouver, Washington: Aminazine
Ellen West, Portland, Oregon: All Through the Years

Western Ohio
Hortense Gerardo, Boston, Massachusetts: No Entry
Shirley King, Benecia, California: Locomotion
Joan Lipkin, St. Louis, Missouri: The Date
Cary Pepper, San Francisco, California: The Answer
Kathleen Warnock, Astoria, Long Island, New York: Wash It Out

Eastern Ohio
Sandra Hosking, Spokane, Washington: Fast Track
Hank Kimmel, Atlanta, Georgia: The Cycle of Death
Barbara Lindsay, Seattle, Washington: Holy Hell
Diane Rao, New Concord, Ohio: Limbo (Mezzo Dimenticato)
Kevin Six, San Diego, California: No Problem


Southern Ohio
Sue Brody, Brookline, Massachusetts: Shoot
Linda Evans, Tucson, Arizona: Ohio’s Dante
Bill McCann, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky: Hitler in Heaven
Jennie S. Redling, Suffern, New York: Broken Moon >
Sharyn Shipley: Coach and the Scout

Northern Ohio
Joe Feinstein, West Bloomfield, Michigan: One-on-One
Amy Lynne Holland, Lakewood, Ohio: Darkness, By New Faust
Jean H. Klein, Virginia Beach, Virginia: Limbo
B.W. Shearer, Melbourne, Australia: A Nice Night Out
Lisa Soland, Granada Hills, California: The Garden

Central Ohio
Shirley King, Benecia, California: Hold Tight
Donna Latham, St. Charles, Illinois: Skullduggery
Josh McIlvain, New York, New York: Conversation
Elena Naskova, Seattle, Washington: Beau Ideal
Kit Wainer, Albany, New York: As a Result of the Vatican Commission April 2007

Thursday, December 13, 2007

60 Plays Submitted!

sixty plays came in by the deadline yesterday (12/12/07)! We'll obviously need to do some work to schedule multiple readings and locations (a marathan reading of all the plays at one sitting may appeal to fans of Robert Wilson or Richard Wagner or Phillip Glass, but we'll do that only if there's an enormous groundswell of popular enthusiasm), and will both notify interested folks and playwrights, and post schedule here. In the meantime: here's the list of plays and playwrights. An astonishing range, and an astonishing range of what "Limbo" means!

Craig Abernethy, San Diego, California: That Day
Jay Boyer, Tempe, Arizona: Two Women, One Man, and a Bed
Sue Brody, Brookline, Massachusetts: Shoot
Katherine Burkman, Columbus, Ohio: E-Mails From the Dead
Vicki Cheatwood, Dallas, Texas: For the Fourteenth Time
Damon Chua, Los Angeles, California: Dogs Are Evil
Emily Cicchini, Austin, Texas: Passing Judgement Day
Emily Davis, Columbus, Ohio: Cappadocia
Christine Emmert, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Raft of Medusa – Post Modern
Linda Evans, Tucson, Arizona: Ohio’s Dante
Joe Feinstein, West Bloomfield, Michigan: One-on-One
-----.: Real Love
Nancy Gall-Clayton, Louisville, Kentucky: Terminal L
Hortense Gerardo, Boston, Massachusetts: No Entry
Paddy Gillard-Bentley, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Extreme Unction
Amy Lynne Holland, Lakewood, Ohio: Darkness, By New Faust
Sandra Hoskings, Spokane, Washington: Fast Track
Karen Jeynes, Cape Town, South Africa: Go Home Affairs
Maureen Brady Johnson, Oberlin, Ohio: Limbo
Michael Kimball, Cape Neddick, Maine: Henny and Hitler in Hell
Hank Kimmel, Atlanta, Georgia: The Cycle of Death
Kathy Coudle King, Grand Forks, North Dakota: Doin’ the Limbo
Shirley King, Benecia, California: Hold Tight
----: Bingo
----: Locomotion
Jean H. Klein, Virginia Beach, Virginia: Inside and Out
----: Limbo
John Kuhn, Columbus, Ohio: The Edge
Stacey Lane, Miamisburg, Ohio: Lucy Dreaming
Donna Latham, St. Charles, Illinois: Skullduggery
Andrea Lepcio, New York, New York: Get In The Car
Mark Harvey Levine, Pasadena, California : Saver
Robin Rice Lichtig, New York, New York: The Straight and Narrow
Barbara Lindsay, Seattle, Washington: Holy Hell
Joan Lipkin, St. Louis, Missouri: The Date
-----: Crab Cakes
Paul Lockwood, Columbus, Ohio: The Waiting Game
Barbara H. Macchia, Plano, Texas: Texas Holding Pen
Bill McCann, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky: Hitler in Heaven
Kristine McGovern, Centennial, Colorado: Waiting for the Ice Cream Man
Josh McIlvain, New York, New York: Conversation
Elena Naskova, Seattle, Washington: Beau Ideal
Rebecca Nesvet, Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Galileo in the Underworld
Jan O’Connor, North Hollywood, California: The Daylight Zone
Gretchen C. O’Halloran, Vancouver, Washington: Aminazine
Cary Pepper, San Francisco, California: The Answer
Diane Rao, New Concord, Ohio: Limbo (Mezzo Dimenticato)
Jennie S. Redling, Suffern, New York: Broken Moon
Jay Rehak, Chicago, Illinois: Last Call
Steven Schutzman, Baltimore, Maryland: Theories in Limbo
B.W. Shearer, Melbourne, Australia: A Nice Night Out
Sharyn Shipley: Coach and the Scout
Kevin Six, San Diego, California: No Problem
Lisa Soland, Granada Hills, California: The Garden
-----: The Other Shoe
Mary Steelsmith, Los Angeles, California: Slideshow with God
Bara Swain, New York, New York: Womb Mates: On the Waterfront
Ella Veres, New York, New York: Lint Picking
Kit Wainer, Albany, New York: As a Result of the Commission April 2007
Kathleen Warnock, Astoria, Long Island, New York: Wash It Out
Ellen West, Portland, Oregon: All Through the Years
Alan Woods, Columbus, Ohio: Limbo, Ohio

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Another update--

Thirty-nine plays in hand now, and a week to go. Still nothing on carnival, although 'Limbo' has taken some interesting twists in various plays--

Sent out a call to local (Central Ohio) theatre folks for help, given the volume of plays submitted. Any others farther away who can help as well, more than welcome!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Update!

Twenty-seven short plays submitted so far for the Limbo project--so it looks pretty certain that we'll need more than one night for readings, particularly since the goal is to read all of them. And the deadline is ten days away still--

And some interesting takes on Limbo in what's come in already! Nothing dealing with Caribbean dances yet, however!