“You got to walk it by yourself…”
The Owens Valley.
My latest play.
Thanks Maya Para, Joie Golomb, Scott Adkins, Gabe Miner, and BAX for a crazy (and fun) 24 hours.
And my rockstar team: director Melissa Moschitto, Nancy Ramirez (as Anna), and Luke Forbes (as James).
“I stand, revealed at last.”
What began with the birth of a god is not yet finished. The debt has not been paid; the Gods themselves are still owed.
“Dost know thy lineage? Nay, thou know’st it not,/ And all unwitting art a double foe/ To thine own kin, the living and the dead;/ Aye and the dogging curse of mother and sire/ One day shall drive thee, like a two-edged sword,/ Beyond our borders, and the eyes of that now/ See clear shall henceforward endless night.”
The next play in my Thebes cycle is on its way. Look for readings in your neighborhood this spring and fall.
“Who are you?!”
“We’re….Batmen.”
Adam Szymkowicz is a mad man — a mad man playwright with a dream to interview every playwright he can get his hands on. So he’s not a mad man you have to be scared of. He’s the good kind of mad man, like Edison or Bell or Einstein or…Batman.
That’s it: Adam Szymkowicz is the playwright Batman.
And I’m his latest interview.
Check out his work too while you’re at it. His play Incendiary has 3 more performances at Wishbone Theatre Collective in Chicago.
New headshot. I’m going for “serious, but still a fun guy to hang out with, and maybe a little bit mischievous.”
Hi all,
The production in LA is going very well, and everyone except for this guy is very excited about it. Yes, that’s what is known in the review world as a “pan;” but I can’t help it if I’ve sullied the Greeks with things like sex and swearing. I’m sure they were all pretty puritanical, didn’t fuck around or stuff like that. That must be why their myths are all so dull.
Anyhow, there are 3 performances left. Tonight’s is sold out but there are still tickets left for Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2. They are available here. But be quick. There aren’t many left.
And if you attempt to buy tickets but find them all sold out, come to the theater anyway. We’ve had no-shows at every performance, so if we can, we’ll squeeze you in at the last moment.
I will be at all performances, so I hope to see you there.
P.S. Thoughts on that head-shot? Funny background, but that’s my backyard so it seems…appropriate(?)
In other news of the strange and wonderful, I spent the weekend of May 5 trodding the cobblestones of my past.
My alma mater, Knox College, invited me back to judge their annual student playwriting award. I got to talk big and present some of my work. It was pretty cool. But the best part was that I got to meet with 11 of the 12 entrants–30 minute 1-on-1 classes basically, and it was just so exciting to be working as a teacher again, talking with these young writers about what we do and how we can do it better. I said it to the profs beforehand, and I meant it: it was no easy task picking the winners. Congrats to all. I hope I get to go back sooner rather than later.
View pics of the event here.
Down in the face of God is a real boy at last.
The play opened Friday night to a sold out house, rave reviews, and (apparently) a party that Dionysus himself would have approved of. I fly to LA Tuesday and I’ll be there for the final 2 weeks of the run so come out, see all the hard work AthroughZ put in, and experience this amazing production.
Click here to get your tickets, and get ’em soon! It’s a small house and a very limited run. This coming weekend, May 24-26, is the time to go! For one, I’ll be there and seeing the full production for the FIRST TIME EVER. Also, tix are going fast for the final weekend and we need bodies for those middle shows. And finally, if you don’t attend…..you will be cursed and you won’t know how to deal with that because you haven’t see my play.
Sneak peak time……
See you all next weekend.
AthroughZ has started releasing behind the scenes interviews with some of the actors in Down in the face of God.
Here’s Christina Jun, who plays Ora, the only girl in town who’s in her 20s because the gods keep her alive in order to have their way with her every night.
And here’s Matt Harbert, who plays Ham, the enforcer and last supplicant to RE, the God of War.
The trailer has arrived.
Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Then get yourself to Los Angeles for the limited run.
The World Premiere of Down in the face of God.
Written by Tim J. Lord.
May18 – June 2, 2012.
Studio/Stage Theatre in L.A.
Presented by AthroughZ Productions. Directed by Caitlin Hart. Movement & Choreography by Doug Oliphant. Featuring Dan Amerman, Sam Bianchini, Andie Bottrell, Matt Harbert, Christina Jun, Eric Martig, Lauren Terilli, and Meredith Wheeler.
Just read AthroughZ’s status update on the book of faces:
“Commencing 24 hour countdown to the online premiere of the trailer for Down in the face of God!”
This was posted about an hour ago, so check out AthroughZ’s website
tomorrow around 5:30pm (EDT) to see it. And I’ll be sure to share it here as well.
I hope you all are as excited as I am.
I did an interview for Working Theater regarding my 10 minute play, “Bureau of Land Management,” which will be part of the 3rd annual Directors Salon. Check it out, here.
Tim J. Lord 