Lambda Finalist Reading at Bluestockings

The headline says it all, but you can find complete information here! The basics are:

25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalist Reading

Tuesday, May 14th @ 7:00 p.m. – Free

Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington

As you know, I’m utterly thrilled that Thunder Above, Deeps Below and Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them were nominated in the 2013 LGBT Drama category. I will be there with bells on! And since my nominated works are plays (obviously), I’m trying to round up a few surprise guests to help me read my work.

Come join us!

One Door Closes, Another…

… has a 12-year-old girl shooting a pellet gun through it.

Here’s more of the very positive press for the Philadelphia production (which just closed) to encourage folks in the Pacific Northwest to see the Seattle Public Theatre’s production of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them (which just began!).

Theatre Confetti’s ‘Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them’ (Broad Street Review, March 23, 2013)

Theatre Confetti is On Target with EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM (Phindine, March 13, 2013)

Theatre on the Qt! An Exclusive Interview with A. Rey Pamatmat (Queer Times, March 15, 2013)

SPT will be having some special events as well, so check out everything they have in store for Edith. At the same link, you can also buy tickets and read an interview with Seattle’s Kenny and Edith!

And Right Now is Happening Right Now

…Almost.

My reading in South Coast Rep’s NewSCRipts series is tonight, and we’ve been plugging away on a play of intense emotional density… I don’t know how else to describe the work we’ve done. So you’ll just have to come and see it!

Take a look at the previous post for details or just click here!

And Right Now in NewSCRipts

Back from Philly! Thanks for the good times, everyone!

Up next for me is a workshop and reading of And Right Now as part of South Coast Rep’s NewSCRipts series. The play is a commission for SCR, an earlier draft of which had a wonderful first reading at The Lark last spring. I’ll be heading west this Friday, we’ll rehearse all week, and then I’ll see you Monday night! Right…?

And Right Now

by A. Rey Pamatmat

directed by Shelley Butler

Daniel is a writer, fresh out of college and looking for a job. Linda is an émigré from the Philippines who married, had children, and achieved her lifelong dream to open a local bookstore. It turns out to be the same one Daniel loved as a boy—and what begins as an everyday job interview becomes much more as Linda and Daniel realize that their connections go far deeper than a shared love of literature. Together they will have to face the trauma of their pasts—but can they find forgiveness?

with Alex Knox and Marcella Pabros-Clark

At South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA

Monday, March 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM

Click here for tickets and information.

And Right Now was commissioned by South Coast Repertory and was developed at The Lark Play Development Center, New York City

Double the Finalist Fun

Both Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them and Thunder Above, Deeps Below have been named finalists for the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards! I’m absolutely thrilled (despite the fact that there’s now zero possibility that both plays will get the Award, because I’m competing against myself. Just kidding. Mostly…). You can find a full list of finalists and purchase tickets to the Lammy reception, ceremony, and after-party at the Lambda Literary Foundation site.

In addition, here’s a bit of advance press for the Philadelphia production of Edith being mounted by Theatre Confetti. I’ll be in town tomorrow for the opening performance and post-show reception, and then I’ll be participating in two post-show talkbacks on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. For tickets and complete information, click here.

Theatre Confetti Presents Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, Opening March 7 (Uwishunu, March 4, 2013)

Theatre Confetti’s Latest Explores Young, Gay Love (Philadelphia Magazine, March 6, 2013)

Bi Jean Ngo and Theatre Confetti’s EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS… (The Examiner, March 1, 2013)

Barrymore Winner Makes Theatre Confetti Directorial Debut (South Philly Review, March 7, 2013)

Edith, Edith, Everywhere

There are a few productions of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them happening across the U.S. in the coming months. First up is Stage B Theatre Company’s production in Richmond, VA, which opens this Saturday, February 23rd.

Theatre Confetti in Philadelphia, PA is next with a production of the play starting on March 7th. I’ll be down in Philly for the opening night party on March 8th and for a couple of talkbacks after the Saturday and Sunday performances on the 9th and 10th. Come see the show and say hello, if you’re around!

Later in March, Seattle Public Theater is opening a production of Edith on March 28, rounding out our gunslinger’s springtime fun.

If you’re in Richmond, Philadelphia, or Seattle, go see the show! And feel free to let me know what you thought by commenting here or by sending a message to info@areypamatmat.com. Obviously, I can’t be involved with most productions of the play at this point, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious as to how it was being received.

House Rules in Ma-Yi’s LabFest

There will be a new reading of my most recent play-in-progress as part of Ma-Yi‘s Winter LabFest this weekend. As with all LabFest readings, this is your chance to get in on a piece’s development as it’s being born. So come see my play about death (but in a funny way) at the very beginning of it’s life.

House Rules

Or, F*cking the Dude and Drinking Sh*t

by A. Rey Pamatmat

directed by Charlotte Braithwaite

Rod knows the game is fixed. JJ hates his hand. Twee doesn’t think winning is enough. Momo’s learning the rules. And why the hell is Henry still playing? Two pairs of siblings (and some guy named Henry) panic when they realize their parents won’t always be around holding all the cards.

With Alexis Camins, Alexandra Hellquist, Liz Malarkey, Michael Rosete, and Michael Vitaly Sazonov

Part of the Ma-Yi Writer’s Lab’s LabFest at the Theater at St. Clements, 423 West 46th St. (bet. 9th & 10th Aves.)

Saturday, February 23 @ 3:00 pm

All LabFest readings are FREE. To make reservations, RSVP to: mayilab@gmail.com.

I Would Like to Thank…

…the queers.

Happy 2013, everyone! And thanks for keeping up with my work and with me.

To start off the new year, I am extremely proud to say that my plays have received three nominations for two prestigious LGBT awards! Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them has received a GLAAD Media Award Nomination for Artists at Play‘s 2012 production and a Lambda Literary Award Nomination in the Oustanding LA Theater and LGBT Drama categories, respectively. And — as if that wasn’t enough — Thunder Above, Deeps Below has also received a Lambda Literary Award Nomination for LGBT Drama.

As you can perhaps guess, I am so honored to be recognized by the LGBT community and thrilled that they continue to embrace diverse voices. I am also thrilled for and grateful to everyone at Artists at Play for putting up a top notch production of Edith and Samuel French, Inc for publishing both Edith and Thunder.

I’ve got a couple of things coming up, that I’ll post about in the coming week. Until then, click here for a full list of GLAAD Media Award Nominations and here for a full list of the Lambda Literary Award Nominations.

A Spare Opening!

Tonight is the night!

After a wonderful and well-received preview last night, the PPAS senior class is taking the stage as we open A Spare Me tonight in the PPAS Auditorium. It was a lot of fun bringing this weird sci-fi world to life, and even more fun seeing audience reaction. I hope you’ll join us this weekend.

Just remember that there are only 4 performance, so get your tickets now.

A Spare Me

by A. Rey Pamatmat

directed by Pat Diamond

With resources, people, and time running out, humanity puts everything it has left into one final generation of children. Selected for their genius and furnished with everything they could require — including genetically engineered spare life forms — they are entrusted with securing humanity’s survival and saving its depleted home. But when both children and spares uncover the dark secrets behind their own existence, they set out to prove they have minds of their own.

Featuring the Class of 2013 in the Waterwell Drama Program at the Professional Performing Arts School

Presented by Waterwell at the PPAS Auditorium, 328 West 48th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)

Wednesday, November 14 – Saturday, November 17 @ 7:00 pm, Matinee on Saturday, November 17 @ 2:00 pm

$20, $10 for non-PPAS students, and PPAS students see the show for free

A Spare Me Premieres Next Week!

As mentioned previously, Waterwell commissioned me to write for the senior class at New York’s Professional Performing Arts School via their New Works Lab. Well, the fruits of our labors are ready to be plucked, so I hope you’ll join us next week for A Spare Me. Information on the show is below, and you can buy tickets here.

It has been a really fun project, and I’ve relished the opportunity to write for such a large cast. There are many full ensemble scenes in this puppy (16 kids!), a few 9-ish character scenes, and plenty of scenes with 4 or 5 folks. In a world where the 2 to 3 person scene has become the default, it’s been both challenging and thrilling to stretch different muscles and to see them come to life. It’s also been a real surprise working with these kids. They’re a talented bunch who are eager to put on a great show for you all. Please come reward them for their efforts with your applause!

I’m sorry that I didn’t post this sooner, but with Internet outages, losing a week of rehearsal, and doubling up on all of last week’s meetings with this week’s, things have gotten a bit nutty in post-Superstorm Sandy land. I hope that you’re able to make it, and I look forward to seeing you there.

A Spare Me

by A. Rey Pamatmat

directed by Pat Diamond

With resources, people, and time running out, humanity puts everything it has left into one final generation of children. Selected for their genius and furnished with everything they could require — including genetically engineered spare life forms — they are entrusted with securing humanity’s survival and saving its depleted home. But when both children and spares uncover the dark secrets behind their own existence, they set out to prove they have minds of their own.

Featuring the Class of 2013 in the Waterwell Drama Program at the Professional Performing Arts School

Presented by Waterwell at the PPAS Auditorium, 328 West 48th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)

Wednesday, November 14 – Saturday, November 17 @ 7:00 pm, Matinee on Saturday, November 17 @ 2:00 pm

$20, PPAS students see the show for free