LAURA ZAM
 
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New News...(scroll down for performance schedule) New book in the works. HOW I GOT RICH IN YEAR, USING THAT SECRET: A BOOK FOR BELIEVERS, SKEPTICS, AND SLACKERS. New play, based on my book. HOW I GOT RICH IN A YEAR, USING THAT SECRET. Workshop production took place this past July as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. DC Solo Performance Lab Ongoing This six-week workshop teaches students how to create first-person narratives for the stage. Given twice a year, the Lab is great for writers, actors, storytellers, adventurers, and anyone with a tale to tell. Beginners and more advanced students welcome. Current schedule level i -- Spring 2009. Stay tuned for dates. Level I September 8 - October 15, 2008 Click here for more info or to register! Art and War Recovery Project Launch of the COLLATERALLY DAMAGED Project. This new initiative pairs my one-person play COLLATERALLY DAMAGED with presentations made by genocide survivors. The inaugural even was on April 13, 2008 at Busboys and Poets in DC. This performance was a benefit for the Burundi Schools Project, a non-profit providing resources to schools in Burundi, Africa, a nation recovering from genocide. After the play, Dr. Elavie Ndura, founder of the Burundi Schools Project talked about her work and her experience with genocide in her native Burundi. Recent Performances I currently have three plays I am touring: HOW I GOT RICH IN A YEAR, USING THAT SECRE; COLLATERALLY DAMAGED; and THE HOLOCAUST: A STORY OF HOPE (this is a version of COLLATERALLY DAMAGED for middle and high schools). Recent shows at Columbia University, The Association of Jewish Theatre Conference, The National Press Club, and The US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Full performance list below. 2008 SCHEDULE and Events JANUARY performances Around DC THE HOLOCAUST: A STORY OF HOPE is schools version (Grades 6-12) of COLLATERALLY DAMAGED that I am performing via Young Audiences of Maryland. Columbia Academy (Hope) Jan. 28 Columbia, MD @ 2pm Heather Ridge School (Hope) Jan. 30 Frederick, MD @ 8:30 and 9:30 am february performances Around DC Redland M.S. (Hope) Feb. 1 Rockville, MD @1:40 pm Benefit for Anahata International, a new non-profit bringing yoga to war trauma survivors. Excerpt of Collaterally Damaged. Click link above for more info. Feb. 15 Washington, DC 7:30 pm McDonogh School (Hope) Feb. 20 Frederick, MD @ 8:30 and 9:30 am MARCH performances New York Columbia University Mar. 14 I presented at a conference on oral history and performance, which will include an short performance of COLLATERALLY DAMAGED. Around DC Shirlington Library Mar. 16 COLLATERALLY DAMAGED in its entirety -- and it’s free! Click here for info: Arlington, VA @ 3:00 pm April performances Beltsville Adventist School (Hope) April 2 Beltsville, MD @ 9am Busboys and Poets (DC) April 13 Michigan MAy performances Association for Jewish Theater Conference Detroit, MI May 18 june/July Development and workshop production of new play HOW I GOT RICH IN A YEAR,USING THAT SECRET: A PLAY FOR BELIEVERS, SKEPTICS, AND SLOBS. July 17, 19, 20, and 24. THE HOLOCAUST:A STORY OF HOPE performed at the Maryland ARtist Teacher Institute July 13 Old News... COLLATERALLY DAMAGED is performed at The National Press Club Presented by The National Theatre Click here to see stellar reviews in the Washington Post MON., CTOBER 1, 2007 @ 6:00 and & 7:30 pm The National Press Club 529 14th Street, NW (13th Floor) Washington, DC 20045 (14th and F) Tickets free!! Tix are given out starting 30 minutes before the show. No reservations or advance sale. COLLATERALLY DAMAGED was performed in the Capital Fringe Festival on: FRI, JULY 20 @ midnight SAT, JULY 21 @6:30 pm SAT, JULY 28 @ 9:30 pm SUN JULY 29 @ 5:30 pm Check out an interview about the show in the Washington City Paper. Warehouse Arts: The colosSeum 1021 7th Street, NW Washington, DC (Across the street from the New Convention Center) Space is limited! ORDER TICKETS HERE. COLLATERALLY DAMAGED will be performed at the National Theatre on MON, OCTOBER 1 @ 6:00pm and 7:30 pm Tickets are free. Click here for directions DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities just awarded me a Small Projects Program grant for my newest project -- a book of essays entitled MY MOTHER VACUUMS HER NOSE AND OTHER WAR STORIES. Writing/Storytelling Workshop started on-site at Walter Reed Army Medical Center -- for wounded soldiers and their families. Click here to read article in Stripe, the newspaper for patients and staff at Walter Reed. COLLATERALLY DAMAGED had a reading at Theater J on January 12, 2007. COLLATERALLY DAMAGED won Honorable Mention in The Virtual Theatre Project’s 2006 “The Pen is a Mighty Sword” international playwriting competition. Check back here for reading in L.A. as a part of that competition. STUPID FRAILTY was performed at The National Theater in Washington, DC on March 12, 2007. STUPID FRAILTY was part of Inaugural Capital Fringe Festival this past summer. Click here for reviews. COLLATERALLY DAMAGED had a reading at Kennedy Center (Page to Stage Festival) on Sept. 3. Stay tuned for further development of this new play. Documentary featuring the stories of homeless women...in the works. A PIECE ABOUT PEACE, a new solo play for K-12 students about peace building. Touring starts September, 07. 2007 SCHEDULE JANUARY Columbia, MD January 5 Performance of COLLATERALLY DAMAGED at Howard County High School Drama Festival. Washington, DC Theater J January 12 Reading of new play COLLATERALLY DAMAGED at Theater J. Friday, January 12 @ 3 pm. Washington, DC Theater J January 21 Participation in Mining Memories: Women Writing About Their Mothers, part of the Artistic Director’s Round Table discussion concerning the play SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS by Laura Shaine Cunningham. January 21 @ 5 pm. MARCH Washington, DC The National Theatre March 12 STUPID FRAILTY is performed as part of the Monday Night at the National series. Monday, March 12 @ 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Free! April New York City Ongoing Washington, DC Started research for new play NORMA WHY, a one-person play based on the life of Norma Mindell. JULY Washington, DC Capital Fringe Festival July 20-29 Warehouse Arts -- The Colosseum COLLATERALLY DAMAGED is performed as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. Dates are: Fri, July 20 @ midnight Sat, July 21@ 6:30 pm Sat, July 28 @9:30 pm Sun, July 29 @5:30 pm Click here for ticket and venue information October Washington, DC The National Theatre October 1 COLLATERALLY DAMAGED will be performed as part of the Monday Night at the National series. Monday, October 1 @ 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Free! October thru December Maryland Young Audiences of Maryland Ongoing A version of COLLATERALLY DAMAGED, called THE HOLOCAUST: A JOURNEY OF HOPE, will performed in schools throughout Maryland as way to expose middle and high school students to the story of the Holocaust. 2006 SCHEDULE JUNE Washington, DC Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. June 10 Reading of new play COLLATERALLY DAMAGED Sat., June 10 @ 2 pm. JULY - August Washington, DC Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. July 8 TAMI TELLS IT ALL, a new 10-minute play, had a reading as part of an afternoon of new, short works from Woolly’s Playground Playwrights. Sat., July 8 @ 2 pm. Capital Fringe Festival July 20 - 30 Sweet Mango Cafe July 9 - Aug 2 STUPID FRAILTY made a return engagement to Washington this summer, including new material! Click on the venues above for complete information. And click here for reviews from last summer’s performance. september Washington, DC The Kennedy Center September 3 COLLATERALLY DAMAGED had a staged reading as part of the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival. 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