The Lark in residency at
July 17 - 22, 2007
Ten playwrights spent the week in a writers' retreat on the beautuful Vassar College campus in Poughkeepsie, NY, meeting daily to share work. These are some of the exciting projects the Lark playwrights developed:
ALIENS by Saviana StanescuA story of the American dream and its everyday nightmare based on the true stories of people engaged in green card marriages and illegal immigration.
AMERICAN CAR – Chantal Bilodeau & Catherine Leger (a translation project)
Eight characters cross paths around a dead body, a hit and run and a botched wedding ceremony. Everyone wants to be part of the festivities, everyone wants a slice of the cake and to escape, at last, a pervasive restlessness and sense of emptiness. But nothing is simple in a world where humanity is caving under the weight of its own greedy and capricious survival instinct, in a world where everything can be bargained and nothing is free.
Explores ancestral lineage, and stretches the line between the early 20th century folk music of Rembetika in Greece and Hip Hop today. Same ethos, different geography. Standing in the long line of tradition, what is our responsibility now based on who and what came before us? Because it’s all Greek to me, how can I bridge the gap between Ancient and modern Greece, and why is there a difference? Is being a poet, an orator, a philosopher in the blood? What would Aristophanes laughingly say? Or Aristotle think? Studded to the sounds of Zorba’s Dance, the remix, see ancient dialogues at the Lyceum with Anaxamander and in the kitchen with Hercules, the modern day hero-big brother. A Greek comedic-tragedy set in New Jersey, about home, familial love, and the longing for a land never seen.
PUDDY TAT – Lynn Rosen
SLATE – Kristopher Diaz
An aging record producer decides her swan song will be to create the world's greatest Pop Princess, piece by piece. Tina Girlstar is a musical story of the destructive power of desire and the redemptive possibilities of true talent.
In addition, Ian Cohen, Rajiv Joseph and Arthur Kopit worked on new projects and
Anton Dudley further worked on CITY OF...
And Larkees John Eisner, Suzy Fay, Andres Munar,
and Jennifer Dorr White were also in residency to support the playwrights' work.
