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What's cookin' in the Lab. . .

We're on summer break!

[Summer 2010] - Brad's writing a new solo show, Swearingen's laying low and doing the occassional freelance gig, Ruth is reading potential projects and Hernandez is working on a script about relationships. We're also figuring out how to fund-raise better, ask for grants, reshape our mission and basically give ourselves a general overhaul.

Here's what was up last in the DFW area...

CHOP written and performed by ATL Artistic Director Brad McEntire. Played at Addison's Out of the Loop Fringe Fest, the College of Santa Fe and the Phoenix Fringe Festival - Spring 2010.

Playwright and performer Brad McEntire World Premiered his twisted little one-man show at Addison Water Tower Theatre's Out of the Loop Fringe Festival. CHOP then headed off to represent North Texas at Arizona's Phoenix Fringe Festival. Along the way he stopped in New Mexico to present the show at the College of Santa Fe and chat with theatre students there. He also ate griddlecakes and saw some other great solo shows. He's taking what he learned on his feet from this "development tour" back to the drawing board and hopes to have a CHOP 2.0 out at the end of 2010.

CHOP concerns a man at a loss about what to do with himself, plagued with a profound sense of isolation from the busy, happy, productive people in the city around him. A chance encounter with a mysterious tattooed woman introduces him to a unique subculture of amputation fetishists and what might turn out to be his true calling. Details on the play here.

"For anyone who's ever felt themselves to be lost in the modern day Labyrinth of office cubicles, sinking ever deeper into a life of irrelevance, CHOP proves that meaning can come from the most unexpected places. The same can be said of Brad McEntire's engaging performance, turning a story about a loner's introduction into the world of amputation fetishists into a universal tale about finding one's own place in life."

~ Martin Dockery, Storyteller and Solo Performer, Creator of THE BIKE TRIP

VOLUME OF SMOKE was a sucess. Thanks for all that came out to see the show. For the wrap-up, visit here.

Thanks to everyone who came out to see HELLO HUMAN FEMALE! Winner for Best New Play by the DFW Theatre Critic's Forum, Listed as a Top Ten of 2009 by the Dallas Voice, and featuring Jeff Swearingen and Becca Shivers, Best Comic Actor/Actress winners for the Dallas Observer's Best of 2009!

And just in: CONGRATS to Arianna Movassagh and Jeff Swearingen for snagging Best Actress/Best Actor at the 2010 Column Awards!

See some press coverage of HELLO HUMAN FEMALE: The ReMount on TheatreJones.com or Gay List Daily or Critical Rant & Rave. or Gay List Daily or Cri

In Other News...

~ For the very latest, check out blog.

~ The workshop performance of I HAVE ANGERED A GREAT GOD went over really well in Austin on Feb. 5th. Look for a full-length version in 2011 from ATL.

~ Operation: TEN * LOUSY * BUCKS is still going on. Be part of it! Click here.

~ Artistic Director Brad McEntire has his first collection of plays published. Click here.

~ Audacity is on KERA's Art & Seek... click here.

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