Here’s a Flickr slideshow of production photos from the Cowley College production of my adaptation of “The Snow Queen” in December, 2019, directed by Nick Albrecht. I especially dig the rocky trolls and Hagatha’s stylin’ footwear. According to the Courier Traveler, over 1500 students in the Arkansas City, KS area saw the show!
Director Jenny Kokai on Mastodons
This was my first pandemic era live performance and I wanted to do something boldly theatrical ensemble based with a huge challenge– a 9 foot puppet operated by 4 puppeteers. For me, the heart of this play was about a person who has been told she is too big, too impractical, too much and needed […]
Daniel Nass and I Creep You Out
Would you like some chills up your spine? Check out this eerie recording of “…And the Sound is Thunder” music by the delightful Daniel Nass and text by me, performed by LSU’s Constantinides New Music Ensemble. When we wrote this piece back in 2018, it was orchestrated for flute, harp, and voice, and I’m really […]
Jess Stomps Through Weber State
Would you look at that adorable graphic? Weber State in Ogden, Utah was the first university production of …Mastodons in November, 2021. Directed by Jennifer A. Kokai (who’s also a fabulous playwright), the production featured a very snuggly mastodon, stuff falling from the ceiling (which I love), and some excellent student actors. They also have […]
Theatre Lab Review Round-Up
Reviews are coming in and Jess the Mastodon is making quite an impact in South Florida! “A Mastodon Not Easily Forgotten” While the imaginative, sometimes humorous piece features visual eye candy and attention-grabbing sound effects, the play also deals with mature themes. They include purpose, belonging, tolerance of differences, and the importance of dreams. With […]
Theatre Lab Mastodons Trailer
Running September 4-19, 2021 at Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University. Tickets available here. ๐๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐-19 ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ-๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด (๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ) ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ […]
First Read Through
It’s 11:06 and in 24 minutes, the team at Theatre Lab will start the first reading of Mastodons.
ZooMastodons!
How do you bring a mastodon into your theater? How do you bring a mastodon into your theater when we’re in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and you can’t physically be in the same space with one another? Well, if you’re director Matt Stabile of Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, […]
The Ever and After in Action
Take a look at these pictures of Theatre Pro Rata’s 2019 production of The Ever and After! Photos by Charlie Gorrill. Directed by Sofia Lindgren Galloway, featuring Bethany McHugh, Ankita Ashrit, Richard “Doc” Woods, Grant Hooyer, and Travis Bedard.
The Ever and After starts Rehearsals
Theatre Pro Rata’s world premiere production of “The Ever and After” is underway and we’ve been having a lot of fun in the rehearsal room.