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.

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