Hello friends and loyal supporters!

Thanks to those who came out to the premiere of Voice of Reason last month. It was actually a fun time. Some of the notices below are last-minute, I know, but I've been busy!

On with the announcements!


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Readings are Fundamental I'm participating in two wonderful, upcoming staged readings that I wanted you to know about.  The first is Lost Tempo: A Jazz Play, written by my friend Cliff Odle, a current student in the BU Graduate Playwriting Program.  The reading is tonight, Sunday, April 15, at 7pm at Boston Playwrights' Theatre.  Here's Cliff's synopsis:

Willie "Cool" Jones is a semi-famous jazz saxophonist who has come home after a self-imposed exile in Europe.  He is lured back with the promise of ownership in a club, but finds that his past demons and the ever changing world of music compete for space with his ambitions.

I play Babs Rosenbaum, Cool's half-black/half-Jewish manager and girlfriend.  And I get to carry a switchblade.  Oh, yeah.

Next up is a reading of Crosswords by Jay H. Kaufman, at Wheelock Family Theatre this Friday night, April 20, at 7pm.  Crosswords, like Lost Tempo is a play rooted in rhythms and music, but this one follows a family trying to come to terms with their son's decision to enlist in the military after Sep 11th, and the consequences that ensue.  I play Miriam, a family friend.

By the way, for those of you who don't know, staged readings are an important part of the artistic process for a playwright.  They give writers a chance to see and hear their work performed by actors, perhaps for the first time, and experience an audience's response to the piece.  It's a critical step towards creating a play ready for full production.  Talkbacks will follow both readings, and I encourage you to participate, meaning please ask any questions you have and give voice to your reactions, because that information is invaluable to the playwright.

Movin' On Up: In November 2002, Suzan-Lori Parks sat down to work on her next play.  She finished it that same day, starting what would become the process of writing an original play every day for one year.  The result is a body of work known as 365 Days/365 Plays, which is being produced the same way it was written: roughly a play a day for a year, with the performances taking place in the week the plays were written.  Over 750 theater companies and arts organizations across the country are participating in the festival, including many Boston-area theaters.

I have the honor of collaborating with the Lyric Stage Company of Boston to help produce their week's worth of shows.  I'm directing two of the seven plays, which will all be performed this Friday night, April 20, following the 8pm performance of the mainstage show, Miss Witherspoon.  Admission is free.  Guests not attending the 8pm performance are advised to arrive in the lobby around 9:15pm, with doors expected to open around 9:30pm.  The plays are short, with all seven likely running around 30 minutes total.  Some of the plays are a little out there (one of my pieces involves two people who would rather talk to each other using sock puppets than face-to-face), but they've been great fun to work on and should be fun to watch, too.

Just One Film Premiere After Another: Many of you have been clamoring to know when On Broadway (the movie I shot last year with Joey McIntyre, Eliza Dushku, Will Arnett, and lots of other fabulous people) would be released in theaters.  Well, good news: that time is now!  The film is now making the festival circuit, beginning with a world premiere at the Independent Film Festival of Boston, which runs April 25-30.  Joey, Eliza, Will, and director Dave McLaughlin are all expected to come home to Boston to kick off the premiere in style.

I'm unfortunately going to be out of the country for the entirety of the festival -- off taking tea and cucumber sandwiches in London, of course -- so I'm counting on you guys to go see the flick and then send me detailed reports of how wonderful everything was.  The premiere itself is Thursday, April 26, at 8pm (already nearly sold out, I understand), with a second showing on Sunday, April 29, at 8pm.  Tickets are $9 for both dates.

Those of you outside the Boston area, hold tight.  I'll keep you posted on other festival cities and dates as I become aware of them, as well as any wide theatrical or DVD releases.


That's it for this edition.  Thanks for reading and thanks, as always, for your support!

Best,
Kortney Adams