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| February 27, 2010 |
 Clearly, I have been lax about updates. So here we go!
First of all, THE ROYAL FAMILY was a complete treat to work on. An insanely
talented and kind company made that one a very special experience, and I'm
so grateful to have worked on it. Thanks to all of you who got to see it!
Thanks, too, to the folks who saw my subsequent directorial gig, DADDY, a
new play -- the first, in fact -- by Dan Via, who was also in the show. The
production (and I) got a slew of nice reviews. My direction was praised as
"clear and unpretentious" (BroadwayWorld) and "smart" (nytheatre.com);
"Hilder keeps the action moving, escalating at an appropriately involving
speed" (Show Business Weekly), and "There's lots of laughter, lover, anger,
sadness and even fear...Hilder not only makes it happen, he helps elevate
the play" (CentralJersey). "Daddy is a triumph for all three actors, as well as
director David Hilder, who gets extra credit for packing so much great stuff
into a fast-moving 95 minutes" (DishMiss.com). Rah.
And now comes Wet Ink! Last year, Reverie Productions decided to mount a
week of new play readings and workshops, work that had been generated in
Reverie's playwrights' lab and found through their annual Next Generation
Playwriting Contest. The festival was such a hit that it's back again, and I'm
involved in three evenings of the work.
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| THE ROYAL FAMILY is about to open. |
 This Thursday, the 8th, will mark the official opening of the Broadway
revival of Kaufman & Ferber's The Royal Family at the Friedman
Theatre. I'm the assistant director on the project, and to say it's been a joy
is to understate massively. A fantastic cast, crew and production team have
made this show one for the books. I hope you all have a chance to see it. At
this time, tickets are on sale through November 29. Visit www.mtc-nyc.org
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| August 11, 2009 |
 Much to report.
First of all, User 927 by Katharine Clark Gray is the winner of the 2009
Next Generation Playwriting Contest! As you may remember, I directed the
Finalist reading of User 927 in June. Thereafter, it was selected as this
year's winner. I couldn't be happier for Katie or more proud of that reading.
Second, I directed the excellent Miss Mary Dugan by Manuel Igrejas for
the Fresh Fruit Festival in July. A wonderful time -- two great actors, a
charming and delightful script, and a talented (and sane!) playwright.
Absolute fun from beginning to end.
Third, I'm elated to announce that my short play Just exactly like is a
finalist for the 2009 Heideman Award at Actors Theatre of Louisville's
National Ten-Minute Play Contest! Some of the finalists are chosen to be
presented in Louisville either in January or March; I won't know anything
about that until about the end of the year. But right now, I'm grateful,
excited, and happy as a clam.
And last (for now), today was the first rehearsal for Manhattan Theatre
Club's upcoming Broadway revival of Kaufman & Ferber's The Royal
Family, directed by Doug Hughes and assistant directed by...me! The cast
is astounding (Rosemary Harris, Jan Maxwell, Tony Roberts, John Glover, Ana
Gasteyer, Larry Pine, David Greenspan, and Caroline Clay, to name a few),
the design team is peerless (John [...continue] |
| May 24, 2009 |
 Happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone. I've directed two readings this
month already -- Dan Via's DADDY and Colleen Cosgrove's FAMOUS IN
JACKSONVILLE. So what's next? A reading!
Katharine Clark Gray's USER 927 is a finalist for Reverie Productions' Next
Generation Playwriting Contest. All the finalists will receive readings; I'm
directing Katie's. The official blurb:
Leah and her 14-year-old daughter Deena have fled the big city for rural
Indiana to make a new, safer life for themselves. Then Deena disappears,
and technophobe mom must plug back in to seek the culprit. Will the
person she's hunting be found online, or a bike ride away?
The play is a work of fiction based on one real and very disturbing internet
search log, and let me tell you, it's gripping from start to finish. The
crackerjack cast will include Kelly McAndrew, Jenny Seastone Stern, Kristin
Wheeler, Jake Paque, Lynne McCollough, Dane DeHaan, Keith Randolph
Smith and Gerry Lehane.
So please join us on June 10 at 7pm at LAByrinth Theatre Co.'s LABspace,
307 W. 38th Street (just off 8th Avenue), 16th floor. The suggested donation
is $5, and to make a reservation (a very good idea) send an e-mail to
reserve@reverieproductions.org. Be sure to mention USER 927 in your
subject line and/or message.
You can get information on the whole reading series -- and believe me,
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