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© 2010 Donna Latham

Updated December 02, 2011

 

Donna Latham's plays have been earning major applause from coast-to-coast!  The latest news can always be found here!

 

 

 

December 2011

A jolly review for Proverbs from Mike Wood at Queensbuzz.com !

Unity Stage Theatre's Figgy Pudding Fest, December, 2011:

...A couple of couples reciting some pretty funny sayings like, “if you want to be praised, die” or “if you want eternal criticism, marry”or “a good husband is healthy and absent.” There are plenty more, but in keeping with the holiday spirit I’ll leave you with one more, “a dog has no possessions, but is seldom dissatisfied.”

Read more at:

http://www.queensbuzz.com/figgy-pudding-short-play-fest---cafe-marlene-cms-854

 

 

November 18 - 20, 2011

Break legs to the actors at California's Taft Union High School!

Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive? goes up November 18-20:

http://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/newsnow/x1627415553/TUHS-presenting-The-Life-and-Times-of-the-Typical-High-School-Girl

 

 

 

November 30 - December 3, 2011

Proverbs goes up at Unity Stage Company's Figgy Pudding Program in NY!

Performance Time/Dates: 8 PM -- Wed. Nov. 30, Thurs. Dec. 1, Fri. Dec. 2, Sat. Dec. 3 

Performance Venue: Cafe Marlene   41-11  49th Street  Sunnyside, NY  

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 15 & 16, 2011

Check out these great shots from the La MaMa 50 Block Party! Coyote's Moon was part of the festivities.

http://newyork.timeout.com/things-to-do/own-this-city-blog/2096599/photos-la-mama-50-world-block-party

Watch this great video from the NY Times!

http://eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/street-scenes-puppets-and-banjos-at-la-mamas-block-party/

 

June 26, 2011

The full-length play Three by the Sea is now published by Brooklyn Publishing!

http://www.brookpub.com/default.aspx?pg=sd&st=THREE+BY+THE+SEA&p=2104

 

 

June 3 - 19, 2011

Be Bold, Be Bold, a creepy spine-tingler directed by Millie Collins-Schwartz, runs in Summer Chill, an evening of one-acts at Geneva Underground Playhouse in Geneva, Illinois.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click here!

 http://www.guptheatre.org/show_201101_summchill.html

 

Extry, extry! Read all about Be Bold, Be Bold at GUP!

http://triblocal.com/geneva/community/stories/2011/05/playhouse-chills-with-evening-of-one-acts/

 

 

 

 

 

May 26, 2011

Proverbs goes up in Frog With Fangs' opening night in Columbus, Ohio!

http://www.fakebaconproductions.com/upcoming-shows.html

 

 

 

April 2, 9 & 10, 2011

Three by the Sea will be produced by the Wilmington Drama League in Wilmington, Delaware,

in April, 2011! http://wilmingtondramaleague.org/

 

Pillow Plays Presents...

Three by the Sea

Written by Donna Latham · Directed by Catherine Thomas

Saturday, April 2, 10 am and 2 pm, Drama League Lobby

Saturday, April 9, Woodlawn Library, Wilmington

Sunday, April 10, Newark Library, Newark

 

 

Yaaarr! The Pillow Players present three sea yarns in a mystical and funny 45-minute play perfect for kids 10 and under. As always, all performances are free!

 

Extry, extry! Read all about Three by the Sea on Broadway World! 

 

Read the New York Times Listing

 

Read the Review on the Happiest Medium!

 

March 5 - April 10, 2011

 

THREE BY THE SEA, a new children's show, receives its world premiere at The Looking Glass Theatre in NY!

Directed by Julia Martin

Saturday: 12pm and 2pm

Sunday: 2pm and 4pm.

http://thelookingglasstheatre.homestead.com/

 

From the Looking Glass Theatre--A patron review of Three by the Sea:

"This was a great show for the kids. My three children were completely captivated by the three stories. 

Even my three-year-old, who typically doesn't stay quiet at the movie theaters, was focused and engaged. 

The stories and the actors were great. The adults could be heard laughing throughout, so it really was a show for the entire family."

 

"A delightful and funny trio of short plays, wonderful characters, beautifully inventive lighting and sets. 

Loved the magical realist puppetry as well. Lots of fun all in all!"

 - Audience comment posted on Theatermania.com.

 

January 23, 2011

SACK OF GRIEVANCES goes up in F.A.C.T.'s Words & Wine reading series.

Joria Mainstage

260 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10018

Kelly Griffith & Andrée Lambertson, Co-Producers

 

 

December 2 - 5, 2010

 

Proverbs runs in Dynamic Characters, Dramatic Situations at Circle Theatre Players, Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Averill Park, NY!

http://slca-ctp.org/OneActs.htm

 

Saturday & Sunday, October 30 & 31, 2010

 

Lillian Ribiero performs Coyote's Moon at Art Harvest Hamilton Square

232 Pavonia Ave

Jersey City, NJ

 

2:30 PM

 

 

 

Saturday, October 2, 2010

 

Lillian Riberio of gaia Studio performs "Coyote's Moon" for the Jersey City Artist Studio Tour!

 

Jersey City Museum

315 Third Street

Jersey City, NJ  

 

2 - 3pm - Theatre Games for Kids - facilitated by Lillian Ribeiro 

"Coyote Moon" by Donna Latham, performed by Lillian Ribeiro and puppet friends, Little Rabbit and Coyote.

 

In this trickster tale, Little Rabbit relies on her wits when hungry Coyote slinks up.

 

Click here for more info:

http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/calendar.cfm?calDate=2010,10,29

 

June--August 2010

Hey, Minnesota friends, what's summer without a traveling puppet wagon?

COYOTE'S MOON will be performed by the Columbia Heights Puppeteers.

Grab your family, friends, and a blanket and head off for free morning shows! Check page 6 for dates and times: 

http://www.ci.columbia-heights.mn.us/departments/pdf/RecreationBrochure2010Summer.pdf

 

June 10 - 13, 2010

Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive? runs at The Looking Glass Theatre Forum,
June 10-13, New York! http://thelookingglasstheatre.homestead.com/Forum.html

 

June 2010

The one-act play CORNER CRITICS is now available at YouthPLAYS.
http://youthplays.com/plays/view/102

 

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Like plays? How's about wine? You're in luck!

Come see MyFace in a staged reading at F.A.C.T. (Friends Always Creating Theatre)
WORDS & WINE Reading Series. Sunday, March 28 at 3:00 p.m., at Joria Mainstages,
260 West 36th Street - 3rd Floor, New York.

Click here for the F.A.C.T. flyer.

October 14 - 18, 2009

MyFace will run in the EstroGenius Festival at the Manhattan Theatre Source
from October 14 to 18! http://www.theatresource.org/index.htm.

See the schedule of performances at  http://www.theatresource.org/estro/components/short_plays.html.

 

October 13, 14, 21, and 22, 2009

Proverbs and Paddy and the Mermaid go up on a double-Irish bill at Odyssey Stage Theatre, in Chapel, Hill, North Carolina. This calls for a proverb! “Proverbs cannot be contradicted.” Word.  For more information, go to this link.

October 3, 4, 10, 11

The Train Track Ghosts, a spooky tale set in Wayne, IL, appears at Ghost Stories in the Park in the Dark. Join the spooktacular Summer Place Theatre at Naperville’s Riverwalk Grand Pavillion to get your scare on! Read all about it: http://summerplacetheatre.org/2009Season/GhostStories/tabid/1087/Default.aspx

July 13, 2009

Read the Daily Chronicle article about Paddy and the Mermaid at the Stage Coach Players first playwriting competition.

 

June, 2009

Paddy and the Mermaid  is runner up in the Stage Coach Players first playwriting competition in DeKalb, Illinois.  Visit http://www.stagecoachers.com/ for more information and a schedule of performances this fall that may include Paddy.

 

May, 2009

Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive? went up at Piano Fight's Short Lived in San Francisco. 
http://www.pianofight.com/PianoFight.html
http://www.pianofight.com/Stage/Entries/2009/5/28_ShortLived_2.0_-_Round_4_Results.html

 

January 30 - February 20, 2009

Proverbs ran in Racine's smash "Snowdance Comedy Festival," an interactive extravaganza.  Brrrr!  She'll venture from one tundra to another for the show.

 

June 30, 2008

Proverbs was a finalist in the One Page Play Contest at the Irish-American Heritage Center’s Auditorium Stage on July 12, 2008. Performances begin at 6:45, and judging follows. Arrah, the lass will be in the audience! Read all about Irish Fest here: http://irishfestchicago.com/default.aspx  Read about the performances here on Page 5 of the Irish American News August 2008: http://www.irishamericannews.com/Images/ian_0808web2.pdf

2007 - 2008

An Honorable Mention Award in the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild's Marilyn Hall Awards for Youth Theatre.
www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org/present_winners.html