Solas Nua and Fishamble’s
Show In A Bag Sharing
Readings of new works-in-progress
in partnership with Eaton DC
WHEN: Saturday, September 6th at 4:00pm
WHERE: Eaton (1201 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005)
PRICE: Free to attend
Show In A Bag is a newly launched program that offers an opportunity for DMV area performing artists to create a solo show with dramaturgy from Solas Nua and Dublin’s Fishamble: the new play company. The aim of this 6-month long program is to offer performers support to develop a solo script to tell a unique story with a small scale production that they can perform anywhere.
Join us as our inaugural recipients of Show in a Bag, Jordan Brown and Rebecca Ballinger, share their scripts through this works-in-progress sharing!
ABOUT THE INAUGERAL RECIPIENTS
Rebecca Ballinger is a DC-based actor and comedian who has appeared in Solas Nua’s productions of The Playboy of the Western World, The Honey Trap (HHA Nom: Supporting Actor, Ensemble), and Summertime, as well as play readings of Off the Books and Sauce. She has worked with Studio Theatre, Keegan Theatre, 1st Stage, Constellation Theatre, NextStop Theatre, Faction of Fools, Imagination Stage, and Adventure Theatre. Rebecca started writing comedy with the UMD sketch comedy group, Sketchup. Her writing has been published several times for the theatre satire site, Broadway Beat, and awarded first place at the DC Improv comedy club. Rebecca has co-written four comedy shows produced by NextStop Theatre and Creative Cauldron and also co-created the web series Rebecca and Becca in Space, which was awarded a grant by the Mason Arts at Home Fund. She also does stand up sometimes butlikeforfun? RebeccaBallinger.com
Jordan Brown is an actor and creative artist in the DMV. Previous shows include: Keegan Theatre: Hand To God (Timothy); Adventure Theatre: Ken Ludwig's Twas The Night Before Christmas (Amos/Amos of Kansas); Washington Stage Guild: My Children! My Africa! (Thami Mbikwana), How He Lied To Her Husband (Her Lover); Folger Theatre: The Winter's Tale (Florizell u/s, Autolycus u/s); Constellation Theatre: Is God Is (Scotch u/s, Man u/s); Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: As You Like It (Silvius, Charles), Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio); Rorschach Theatre: Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea (Ralmond), She Kills Monsters (Steve); Perisphere Theatre: Time Is On Our Side (Curtis); Theatre Prometheus: The Pliant Girls (Kem). Visit Jordan's website at www.jordanbrownactor.org, or his Instagram: @cut2jordan.
ABOUT THE DRAMATURGS
Gavin Kostick is Literary Manager at Fishamble, working with new writers for theatre through a variety of courses, script development workshops and award-winning schemes. Gavin is also an award-winning playwright. His works have been produced nationally and internationally. Favourite works for Fishamble include The Ash Fire, The Flesh Addicts and The End of The Road. Works for other companies include This is What We Sang for Kabosh, Fight Night, The Games People Play and At the Ford for RISE Productions and Gym Swim Party with Danielle Galligan in co-production with The O'Reilly Theatre. He wrote the libretto for the opera The Alma Fetish composed by Raymond Deane, performed at the National Concert Hall. As a performer he performed Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: Complete, a six hour show for Absolut Fringe, Dublin Theatre Festival and The London Festival of Literature at the Southbank. He has recently completed a new version of The Odyssey, supported by Kilkenny Arts Festival.
Mekala Sridhar (she/her) is a DC based theatre director, playwright, and producer. Mekala’s artmaking is grounded in creating radically inclusive work, and building community through theatre is central to her practice.
She has served as artistic consultant on new work development projects like The One Show at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and The Beatrice Project at Folger Theatre. Select directing credits include Nothing You Desire (workshop) at Atlas Arts Lab, A Wake At Singh's (workshop) at Prologue Theatre, Frederick Douglass Project (reading) and Hakawatis (reading) at Solas Nua. Select associate directing credits include Public Obscenities at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theatre For A New Audience, Metamorphoses and Twelfth Night at Folger Theatre.
Mekala holds a BA in Theatre, Literature, and Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College and received additional training from Moscow Art Theatre School and Accademia dell’Arte.
ABOUT FISHAMBLE
Fishamble discovers, develops and produces new plays of national importance with a global reach. It has toured its productions to audiences throughout Ireland, and to 20 other countries. It champions the role of the playwright, typically supporting over 50% of the writers of all new plays produced on the island of Ireland each year. Fishamble has received many awards in Ireland and internationally, including an Olivier Award.
