Tom Stoppard did it to Hamlet so we decided to do it for George Bernard Shaw’s play, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.” Everyone knows the profession that Mrs. Warren followed. No one remembers what her daughter, Vivian, did. (Just as no one remembers what Rosencranz and Guildenstern did when they visited Elsinor, beyond being school chums of the Danish Prince. Vivian […]
The quick summary that is found in the final scene of our play. The Lady Dressed in Black, whose presence is usually avoided, comes to explain the story and suggest where it will all end. Cast: HWMS22475 Produced, Written and Directed by David Alan Grier
HWMS is in a network of alternative theatres. One of our closest partners is San Francisco Recovery Theatre. Twice a year, they do a show called “Night At the Blackhawk”. SFRT Artistic Director and HWMS cast member, Geoffrey Grier, talks about the show. Host: Michelle Thomas Hanson Guest: Geoffrey Grier An HWMS Production HWMS26910
It’s a meeting of “shoulds.” They are eyes you should have known. A face that should be familiar. A voice that sounds like others you have heard but yet has its own cadence and timbre. This is the consequence of a having a randy father, a father who believed that he somehow deserved more than one family and that […]
“How close have you ever come to death.” It began as an exercise in a writer’s workshop but sparked a bigger debate. Most people chose to avoid the question and answer the less profound question “How badly have you ever embarrassed yourself.” The initial question remained unanswered and this is our attempt to find a response, Four characters. All […]
“One Hen. Two Ducks. Three Squawking Geese.” And the rest is silence. Eight Chatbots, trained in latest, most efficient ways, undertake to teach a human being how to use a microphone. In the process, they rediscover the classic “1940 National Broadcasting Corporation Radio Announcer Test”, conflate it with the canonical “12 Days of Christmas”, run roughshod through […]
A short from our new show “Pinky and Beta Read Roberts Rules of Order.” Technically, it is a short from “behind the show.” We’re using shorts to develop the characters, to explore how they operate in a different environment. Pinky and Beta are the comic relief of the new show. The expected characters who behave in unexpected […]
How close is close? A desert. A forgotten conflict. A pair of lost souls. One trying to make a make as daring scientist. The other trying to be forgotten as a loyal soldier. Neither can get what they want nor can they fulfill the needs of the others. One name trying to be made. A second one trying to be […]
Abandoned and forgotten A notebook? – In the box. Half eaten box of candy? – In the box. Expensive fountain pen. – In the box Umbrella, after umbrella, after umbrella. – In the box. The items abandoned at the end of an board. Participants anxious to catch their flights and perhaps a little forgetful about what they brought. […]
A rainy night in Ireland, as if there is any other kind of Irish night. An American businesswoman and her advisor – Irish, perhaps, or Polish plausibly or Gujrati more likely, stride through the sheets of water to get an early glimpse of a company that is a possible take-over target. The businesswoman, Rosemary Hawley, had been […]