MaineDrama: Making the Uncomfortable, Comfortable: September Newsletter

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UPCOMING PROJECT

MDP is looking for a few good women. We are preparing for our next project set to premiere in 2014 in the DC area! This collaborative project will feature 6 women, spoken-word artists discussing their love/hate relationship with their period! Yes, their period...the good, bad, ugly, and treacherous! If you know a talented woman, 18+, that would fit the bill, contact us at mainedramapro@gmail.com for more information! We’re excited about it…and we think you should be too!

FEATURED EMERGING
ARTISTS OF THE MONTH

Farah Lawal is an accomplished actress, poet, and playwright. She holds three Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Maryland-College Park in Theatre Performance, Criminology & Criminal Justice, and African American Studies. Farah has performed with various theatre companies including dog & pony dc, American Century Theater, 500 Clown, The Inkwell, and The Saartjie Project. She performed her one-woman show, So Do You Love Me Yet? in the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival and her poetry was published in the anthology, Liberated Muse Volume 1: How I Freed My Soul. Farah’s performances have been praised in The Washington Post,Washington City Paper, The Washington Examiner and DC Theatre Scene. Farah currently creates work with her theatre company, Wild Women Theatre and is a Resident Teaching Artist at an arts organization in Washington, DC. To learn more about Farah, please visit her website, www.FarahLawal.com or email her at farah@farahlawal.com.

Thony Mena is excited to be part of the expanding theatre family in DC. Born in Dominican Republic and raised in the DMV area, Thony appreciates being surrounded by the different people, art, and ideas that influence him everyday. He can be seen next as ensemble in Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Much Ado About Nothing. Recent credits include Forum Theatre's production of Clementine in the Lower Nine. Ensemble in Shakespeare Theatre Co. production of All's Well That Ends Well. Odd Act Theatre Group's production of Ice Cream Musical: The Non-Musical Musical at the London, Ontario Fringe Festival. Pointless Theatre's production of Minnie the Moocher. Theatre Slam 2.0, The Miseducation at the Intersections Festival in Atlas. Also, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in How The Money Goes. Arena Stage credits include ensemble in Ruined and the Edward Albee Festival in the staged reading of Finding the Sun. He performed at the Capital Fringe Festival in How the Money Goes and has done a staged reading at the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage festival for 24.7.365. He has also worked with MaineDrama Productions in their productions of Count It All Joy and Unheard. Thony has a BA in Theatre from the University of Maryland. Visit his website at www.ThonyMena.com or email him attmena52@gmail.com.

MAINEDRAMA PRODUCTIONS SUPPORTS...

MDP is working with Ambassador Theater on their upcoming show of Antiwords. The show will run from September 21-22, 2013. Václav Havel's celebrated single-act play Audience explores several existential themes. However, one line of questioning predominates: the issue of individual integrity, morality and responsibility. This thread can be traced throughout Havel's work, encompassing many connections such as “my work and my self, my self and my responsibility for my work, my self as an integral part of my work.” From these relationships derive the story ofAntiwords. Purchase your tickets online today!

We all live extremely busy lives, and sometimes we don't take the time to rehabilitate the pain we have experienced. It seems that there are not enough hours in the day to take the time to enhance our emotional, physical and spiritual state of mind. In this book, Kanika Tolver will provide not only her personal experiences, but also step-by-step instructions on how to avoid overdosing on your personal pain, people in your life, and the power you acquire. Check out her website to learn more about speaking engagements and how to purchase Life Rehab!

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