Get SLIMED In My New Play For Zoom!

Like any other playwright right now, I'm trying to figure out how theatrical narratives are best served by an online environment. Rather than trying to replicate that magical feeling of sitting in a tightly packed performance space and watching a story unfold, what are the virtues of hybridization? How can we use the restrictions of an online format to our advantage?

Enter Mixily Presents, a new arts initiative that invites playwrights to do that very thing. Six playwrights, including myself, were commissioned to write new work specifically for Zoom. All of the plays will be performed in an evening called Beyond the Frame: Five New Plays For Zoom this Saturday at 8 p.m. EST. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available here, with all proceeds going toward The Actors Fund and the Center For Disease Philanthropy. 

For my part, Susan Myburgh and I created a little something called "Slime Season," where an ASMR slime video goes awry as the performer tries to reconnect with her emotions. Part of what excites me is that we don't know if we've perfected the art of Zoom Theatre. Don't get me wrong—I absolutely love what we've created. But it feels like such new territory. Which is, of course, very exciting. Hope to (virtually) see you there on Saturday!​