With Lunar New Year celebrations, Valentine’s Day elaborations, and Ash Wednesday genuflections in the rear view mirror and the opening of our new play, HONOR, looming, I am presuming upon your screen time and the space in your already crowded inbox to recommend to you the work of three extraordinary actors: Alinca Hamilton, John Blaylock, and Ed Altman. Writing, directing, and producing seven plays in 5 years has taught me many lessons, but the most important one is that actors bring a play to life; text is foundation; acting provides the actual structure, and acting of that text is what people come to see and hear. The new existence of a play created by actors’ actions can be astonishing, but that effect comes from their hard work and high talent. Not all actors (and not all playwrights, of course) are equal.
My extraordinary luck has brought me actors who astonish me with their ability to enliven – and sometimes usefully alter – the words I (and in four of those plays my dear friend and co-playwright Joe Queenan) have written. Astonishment, gratitude, humility, joy are all reactions that I have had working with the three actors in our latest play HONOR, which will have performances at The Chain Theatre in Manhattan February 16th, 21st, and 24th. Alinca, John , and Ed spark vivid and provocative associations as they parse and pronounce their own definitions of that title word: Honor.
To experience their dynamic work, you can purchase a ticket using the discount code
‘HONOR‘ at this link. But even if circumstances preclude your attendance, I wanted as many people as possible to know about these three actors in this play. They make theater live!
Thanks for reading this blog post. I promise to read yours anytime you feel moved to hoist one.
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