Excited to share my lil 10-minute play YOU ME HE with Atlantic Theatre Company’s Evneing Conservatory.
A Play About Eye Contact Over Three Decades at La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival
My 10-minute commision A Play About Eye Contact Over Three Decades will be playing at La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival October 17-20.
Faster Than Bullets Published in The Dionysian
Faster Than Bullets has been included in Issue 3 of The Dionysian.
This Isn't New at The Museum of Human Achievement
anxious 20yr olds asked me to write a few monologues for their dance show "This Isn't New."
Come check it out: May 13 & 14th at the Museum of Human Achievement!
Golden at The New Works Festival
Along with 105, I co-wrote the libretto for Golden, an immersive mini-opera with Michael Zapruder.
Golden is a cutting-edge chamber opera that combines acoustic and electronic sounds, powerful voices and evocative immersive elements to tell the true story of a family whose belief in a magical golden object is tragically destroyed by the forces of technology.
It premiered at The Cohen New Works Festival, April 10-14, 2017 at The University of Texas at Austin. It was directed by Margaret Jumonville.
Photo: Lawrence Peart, Courtesy of The University of Texas at Austin
Faster Than Bullets at HERE Art Center's Sanctuary
Faster Than Bullets was presented at Here Arts Center on February 14, 2017 as part of Sanctuary, presented by Less Than Rent Theatre.
The reading featured Amanda Salazar and Leslie Malaika Lewis with Harrison Densmore directing.
Faster Than Bullets a Semi-Finalist in NYCPlaywrights' Women in the Age of Trump
Faster Than Bullets has been named a Semi-Finalist in NYCPlaywright's Women in the Age of Trump.
The Sonnets Project at UT
Director Graham Schmidt asked me to step on to be Playwright-in-the-Room for the devised piece, "The Sonnets Project."
“The Sonnets Project” is an immersive, site-specific storytelling experience that invites audiences to consider, “If you had a chance to make a statement as you crossed over into the next life, what would you say?” Infused with music, dance, physical theater, and tons of love, “Sonnets” takes as its springboard the life of Wendy Johnson, a character from Jose Rivera’s play, "Sonnets for an Old Century." This is a performance about what we hold on to, and what we are able to leave behind, in an imagined waiting room between this life and the next.
The Sonnets Project ran from November 16-18th, 2016 at The University of Texas at Austin.
Director: Graham Schmidt
Playwright-in-the-Room: Daria Miyeko Marinelli
Scenic Designer: Iman Corbani
Lighting Designer: Alex Hanna
Costume Designer: Lirit Pendell
Ensemble: Miles, Agee, Jacob Basquez, Darlesia Carter, Jose Alejandro Figureoa, Oluwaseun Samuel Olayiwola, Elise Peterson, Tori Robertson, Hunter Sturgis, Oktavea Williams
The One You Feed Reading at 440 Studios
Right before heading off to grad school, we did an awesome reading of The One You Feed at 440 Studios. Kristan Seemel directed, and Rachel Lin, Rachel Christopher, Olivia Jampol, Geany Masai, Fedna Jacquet, Annie-Sage Whitehurst, Maki Borden, Inés del Castillo, and John Racioppo brought the piece to life.
Faster Than Bullets at Going to the River
Kana Hatakeyama and Isabella Sazak in Faster Than Bullets' debut at The Oneness Project.
Faster Than Bullets is part of the 2016 Going to the River Festival!
It will be performed on Wednesday, July 16th, at 7pm at Ensemble Studio Theatre, with the talents of Leslie Lewis and Amanda Salazar, with Elizabeth Van Dyke directing.
Coax Me at Rising Circle's "Love in Living Color"
A short piece I wrote called Coax Me is being performed as part of Rising Circle's Spectrum Series, "Love in Living Color." The event will be happening on February 9th, at Jimmy's No. 43.
It'll be featuring the talents of Oladimeji Akinwande, Siho Ellsmore, Kevin R. Free, and Matthew Barbot, with Kana Hatakeyama directing.
Would be delighted to see you all there!
Who I Killed For You at The Flea
A Serialized Version of Daria's Red Runs The Stories, called Who I Killed for You is playing at The Flea as part of #serials! It's starring Crystal Arnette, Hye Young Chyun, and Brendan Sokler, with Kristan Seemel directing.
You can catch it this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 11pm. It will be awesome.
And maybe next week, IF it gets voted back.
Come out and support!
Faster Than Bullets at The Oneness Project
Faster Than Bullets will be presented on July 26, 2015, at Access Theatre as part of The Oneness Project, an collection of theater dedicated to social justice. The piece examines how to right a wrong, and asks what superheroes look like when justice itself is a murky term. Faster Than Bullets will be directed by Erin Daley, and features Kana Hatakeyama and Isabella Saka.
Red Run the Stories read as part of plumage.'s End of Season Readings
Red Run the Stories was presented at my place as part of plumage.'s End of Season readings, on July 12th, 2015.
Elana McKelahan directed, and Irene Rivera, Gerrit Thurston, Cristina Pitter, Ugo Anyanwu, Eliza M. Simpson, and Michael Rosete read.
After You (Published) in Bare Fiction
After You in 10x10 In the Triangle
After You will be going up in Carrboro, NC as part of 10x10 In the Triangle, a short play festival presented by The Arts Center. Show runs July 10th-26th.
Here's the whole line-up!
* Broken by James McLindon directed by David Berberian
* Work by Catherine Castellani directed by Tamara Kissane
* As We Knew It by L. Robert Westeen directed by Hope Alexander
* Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? by Jack Karp directed by Monet Marshall
* Alban’s Garden by Rich Espey directed by Brook North
* Two Mothers at a Roadside Cafe by Allan Bates directed by Gregor McElvogue
* Couples Therapy by Matt Crowley directed by Meredith Sause
* After You by Daria Miyeko Marinelli directed by Laurel Ullman
* The Third Person by Dan Borengasser directed by Jules James
* Stop/Frisk by Rich Rubin directed by Lormarev Jones
After You a Semi-Finalist in the 10 by 10 in the Triangle Short Play Festival
After You was named a Semi-Finalist in the 10 by 10 in the Triangle Short Play Festival in Carrboro, NC!
The Louboutin at plumage.'s 5-10: Still Winter!
The Louboutin was presented at plumage.'s 5-10: Still Winter on March 9, 2015.
It featured Irene Rivera & Rachel Lin and was directed by Eric Powell Holm.
It was an evening of 6 10-minute plays featuring the talents of the plumage. writers. It was a packed house and evening full of connective lines and references to the cold. Thanks to everyone who came out!
We're Devising: American Mythology
It's happening. Elana McKelahan of Highly Impractical Theater and I are teaming up to bring you an amazing immersive devised piece of theater. Coming to a theater near you, likely in Spring of 2016. Or so. We'll see.
But until then, check back here for updates/photos/and snippets as we work to bring you a piece of theater all about our American values, mythologies and history. It's going to be insane, unbelievable, and a whole lot of everything. Much like our nation itself.