Girlysounds, Italian Psych, and Noise, Oh My!

October 5, 2018

Here’s a round-up of some of the work I’ve done for Phoenix New Times over the last month. It includes a NIN concert review, an interview with one of the Valley’s best local bands, and essays on Liz Phair, Italian occult psychedelia, and noise-rap.

Nine Inch Nails at Comerica Theatre: Cold and Black and Infinite Sadness

JPEGMAFIA’s Noise Rap Isn’t Easy Listening, It’s Essential Listening

Kristina Moore on Summer Dread and kolezanka’s New EP

Father Murphy Bury Themselves On Their New Album

Liz Phair Isn’t Afraid To Be Girly

 

 

Burn, Babies, Burn

October 1, 2018

Yesterday was the closing performance of The First Annual Bookburners Convention at Space55. Bookburners was my second full-length play, and I could not be happier with how director Dennis Frederick and the cast (Sky Donovan, Dayna Renee Donovan, Amy Jean Page, Megan Holcomb, Marcella Grassa, Tessa Geelhood, and Julie Peterson) brought my script to life.

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And I wasn’t the only one who was pleased: The show got some pretty strong write-ups from local critics.

BEHOLD!

YabYum Music + Arts: The First Annual Bookburners Convention Lights Up Space55

Downtown Devil: Curtain Critic: The First Annual Book burners is a dark humor delight

Broadway World Phoenix: Space 55 Presents THE FIRST ANNUAL BOOKBURNERS CONVENTION

Valley Screen and Stage: The First Annual Book Burners Convention – Theatre Review: Space 55 Theatre

Bookburners Of The World Unite And Take Over

September 8, 2018

My latest full-length play, The First Annual Bookburners Convention, opened last night at Space55 theatre in downtown Phoenix! It’s a play that’s inspired by my time working in used bookstores around the Valley; It’s also inspired by John Keel’s The Mothman Prophecies, Twilight Zone reruns, Richard Linklater movies, the music of Sandy Denny, Lovecraft, and Borges. It runs from Sept. 7-30 (Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm). If you’re in the Valley (as a resident or visitor) and you’re looking to spend a mind-altering, hilarious, and spooky night at the theater, come down to 18th Ave & McDowell and check it out.

Online tickets available here:

https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/31495/1535774400000

(If you’re buying tickets for tonight or tomorrow’s show, put the promo code BOOKS in at checkout for a discount)

And if you want to get a taste of the process behind the play and see some rehearsal photos, check out this piece that Hardest Working Man In AZ Show Business Serene Dominic wrote about the show for Phoenix New Times:

Phoenix New Times: The First Annual Bookstore Convention Turns Bookstore Work Into a Supernatural Romp