Blog Posts - Lisa Dring

Speaking at LMDAxLASA event

10/4/2019

I will be speaking on a Playwrights Panel about "Surprises in Building a Successful Career" for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America and LA Stage Alliance's Connect & Collab event.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lmdaxlasa-connect-collab-tickets-74220263807

Hookman is open!

9/30/2019

Hookman is now running at California Repertory Company. I have loved directing these artists so much!

http://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cota/theatre/on-stage-now/

The Wicked One being taught at USC

9/4/2019

I am delighted to say that The Wicked One is being taught in Velina Hasu Houston's class, Asian and Asian American Culture on Stage & Film, at the University of Southern California. It is a tremendous honor that folks are studying my text at my alma mater!

Poem Published in Curator Magazine

8/19/2019

https://www.curatormagazine.com/lisa-sanaye-dring/song-for-trees/

5 Stars for Fempire at Edinburgh Fringe!

8/19/2019

'Best Quantum Physics Joke' of the Fringe by The Scotsman

Best quantum physics joke
“Why is Heisenberg’s wife angry? Because when he has the time he doesn’t have the energy.” Thank you Kirsten Vangsness, whose show Mess, about childhood trauma, the nature of time, and kittens, was full of lots of other funny things that only really made any sense in context, and sometimes didn’t make any sense even there, but in a good way.
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/andrew-eaton-lewis-gongs-that-really-matter-from-first-principles-to-final-apologies-1-4991403

FIVE STARS for Cleo, Theo and Wu:
"I left it thinking I need to bring every girl I know to see this show...It's very well written, it's very well performed with an incredibly talented cast."
Edinburgh Culture Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3VjHItJK9E

FIVE STARS for Mess:
"Her high-brow show is a groaning buffet of loop-the-loop logic and cosmic questioning; delivered in inimitable style."
Eddie Harrison, The List
https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/110145-fempire-mess/

FIVE STARS for Mess:
"It will blow your mind"
Edinburgh Culture Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtdZipYrQQM

FOUR STARS for Mess:
"Fempire: Mess is unique and unlike any other show you are likely to see at the Fringe."
Lucy Dison, Voice Maghttps://www.voicemag.uk/review/5998/fempire-mess-kirsten-vangness

FOUR STARS for Mess:
"A cascade of emotion and non-sequential events, like Pinter, this Mess is not so much to be analysed but experienced, a maelstrom of joy and anguish"
Michael Flett, SG Fringe
http://sgfringe.com/?p=3636

FOUR STARS for Cleo, Theo & Wu:
"An empowering and uplifting feminist fairytale, in her pillarbox red dress – with pockets! – Vangsness is the eye of the hurricane who brings focus to this restless raw energy, vulnerable and funny as Lucy"
Michael Flett, SG Fringe
http://sgfringe.com/?p=3590

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

7/27/2019

After a fantastic summer of rehearsals, Cleo, Theo & Wu and Mess are ready to take on Scotland!

https://www.assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/fempire-cleo-theo-wu-by-kirsten-vangsness

https://www.assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/fempire-mess-by-kirsten-vangsness

PUNKPLAY

7/25/2019

I read PUNKPLAY ten years ago and have loved it for the last ten years. I will be co-directing it with Matt Bretz in the fall at Circle X Theatre Co.

https://www.circlextheatre.org/coming-soon-punkplay

Joining East West Players' Writing Group

6/19/2019

EAST WEST PLAYERS ANNOUNCES ITS 2019-2020 PLAYWRIGHTS GROUP

East West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest-running professional theatre of color in the country and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is pleased to announce the second cohort of its Playwrights Group, providing space and artistic support over the course of a year for six writers of color. The 2019 program is led by playwright Alice Tuan and composed of writers from diverse backgrounds as part of EWP’s 54th Anniversary Season.
The members of the 2019 inaugural playwrights group are Inda Craig-Galván, Lisa Dring, Eric Loo, Anna Moench, Lina Patel, and Christopher Peña.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/East-West-Players-Announces-Its-2019-2020-Playwrights-Group-20190618

The Wicked One reading with Circle X!

6/12/2019

Interview with Hannah Wolf

6/7/2019

I am delighted to share this interview I did with Hannah about directing:

https://theatredirectors.tumblr.com/post/185428957476/lisa-sanaye-dring