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CAST AND TEAM OF BACHA BAZI (BOY PLAY) (l to r): Jessie Dean, Rommel Sulit, Tony Vo, Sean McIntyre, Jacques Colimon, Neal Bledsoe, Sevan Kaloustian Greene, Ed Iskandar & Gabriel Jason Dean
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Bacha Bazi (Boy Play)
directed by EPBB artistic director,
Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
After a successful workshop production earlier this year at the University of Texas-Austin for which it received an Austin Critics’ Table Award Nomination for the David Mark Cohen Best New Play Award, Bacha Bazi (Boy Play) was further developed at the end of May and December at New York Theatre Workshop. The play is currently under option with Davenport Theatrical.
Stay tuned for more info as this play progresses.
Just released from Dramatic Publishing!
The Transition of Doodle Pequeño
It's Halloween in Southern California, the Santa Ana winds blow fiercely and nothing is as it seems. This multiple award-winning play for all ages is about two young boys who become friends in spite of their differences. It examines the consequences of misused language, provides insight into the lives of Mexican-immigrant children and interrogates the issues of gender-identity and homophobic bullying.
Stay tuned for more info about upcoming productions.
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(l to r) Daniel Corey, Vanessa Bradchulis in
Source Festival Production of Qualities of Starlight, Washington DC 2012.
Photos by C. Stanley Photography
Qualities of Starlight
at Vortex Rep in Austin, TX
directed by Rudy Ramirez
May 25 - June 15, 2013
“…a well-crafted…engaging drama…Qualities of Starlight registers as a welcome find.”
–Washington Post
“…well-structured and poetic…plays out in a chorus of beautifully interlaced dialogue…burrows down to the roots of estrangement, but finds hope along the way.”
–Washington City Paper
“ …a dark, yet comedic exploration of family bonds, love, loss, forgiveness, and whether we all really turn into our parents despite our best efforts not to….If you’re looking for a night filled with family dysfunction, theoretical astronomy, and a look at the strength of bonds of love and family, go check it out!”
– DC Metro Theatre Arts