Sisyphus was never so hilarious!
The greatest gift for a playwright: to hear her words lifted off the page in ways that are surprising, exciting and effing hilarious. Or in other words: MARTHA WOLLNER. I was honored to have Martha read my monologue “Sisphyus’s First Torture” at Playful Substance’s signature event Pithy Party. And she KILLED IT. Her read - cold, mind you, she received it 10 minutes before she read - was an actual master class in acting, shifting levels, and leaving it all on stage.
Pithy Party shows off the works-in-progress of Playful Substance’s Writers Groups. I loved hearing the words of my fellow pals and playwrights, in the hands of game actors.
I was also delighted to hear the short version of Columbus, Our Idiot Hero, brought to life by Playful Substance community (and two more members of the Wollner fam)! They did a beautiful job with this wacky script which I’m currently developing as a full-length play.
Always excited to be in Playful Substance’s company - the work being done by my fellow writers is insane, hilarious and takes risks. Join us sometime!
Martha Wollner bringing Sisphyus back from the dead - oops!
The intrepid explorers of Columbus, Our Idiot Hero, including Marco Polo, Rodrigo del Triana, Bartolome de las Casas, and of course the idiot hero himself, Christopher Columbus.