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coyote katie's return

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Working with Route 66 Rodeo (Abduction of Becky Morris, FringeNYC 2012) again on Coyote Katie's Return by Alison Crane, directed by Bradley Campbell

Everyone loves a taxidermist. And what's not to love about Roy, a hairy, awkward, possibly psychotic taxidermist living on the fringes of Oklahoma City? Despite his commitment to solitude, he finds an unlikely connection with Ruby, a psychiatric nurse with a checkered romantic past. Their awkward attempt at romance is threatened when Roy’s past staggers onto his doorstep, dragging the truth behind a 30-year-old urban legend along for the ride.  This truth leads us into the highly sanitized hands of Dr. Holbrook, an ambitious psychiatrist who wants to seize this discovery to make a difference in the lives of many.  A recently deceased cat, a taxidermy menagerie, and a wasted Dorito casserole all present their own complications in this quirky love story of bestial proportions. 

August 9–23 ONLY 5 SHOWS.
SOLD OUT OPENING & CLOSING NIGHTS
FringeNYC 2014 Venue #14: 
The Black Box @ Sheen Center
18 Bleecker Street 
(6 to Bleecker Street; BDFM to Bway/Lafayette)

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this lingering life

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Co-producing & acting in This Lingering Life 
by Chiori Miyagawa, directed by Cat Miller


We all exist in a complex web of relationships, determined by emotions and actions from this life and previous lives.

At turns poignant and hilarious, This Lingering Life looks at the human condition through the Buddhist concept of Karma and explores the deep human desire to create meaning out of circumstances and suffering. 

Taking place in the present time, except when it happens in an ancient era, the play follows the journeys of a woman with tragic hair, feudal warriors, a mother whose son was kidnapped, a blind beggar, dead lovers, a pathetic old man in love with a teenager, a boy whose father is an arrow, and other sentient beings as they seek answers to Life’s biggest questions.

HERE Arts Center
145 6th Avenue 
(Enter on Dominick St. One block south of Spring St.)

Friday, September 12–Saturday, October 4
WED–SAT at 7:00 p.m.
SUN at 2:00 p.m.
(no show Wednesday October 1)


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DOGGEDLY DETERMINED.
SINGLE-MINDED FOCUS.
AMBITIOUS.

Those are the roles where I fit best, where I'm most in my comfort zone.

Think of:
  • L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (Guy Pearce) a police detective doggedly determined to get to the truth & root out corruption, even if it means destroying the case that made his career. 
  • DEXTER (Michael C. Hall) a man whose single-minded focus on bringing killers to justice leads him to hide the facts from the police department he works for—so he can kill them himself. 
  • MAD MEN (Vincent Kartheiser) a young ad man so ambitious he blackmails his father-in-law to get his business for the firm and nab the promotion.
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photo: Rob P. Cohen makeup: Jody Formica
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