Moon Mami Writes

Man, oh man! Time is flying and it is less than a month until my second play debuts. I am more than thrilled, definitely anxious, nervous and every other feeling in between. The ladies and I have a few more rehearsals until the shows run July 20-25 and there is still so much left to do! You can buy tickets to the play now by checking out the play's website at http://www.amokrunning.wordpress.com/ and then clicking on the BUY TICKETS link or clicking on the link below. Thank you soooo much in advance for checking out the play:-) The soundtrack to the play Running: AMOK will be on sale this coming Friday, July 9 on Bandcamp.com. You can listen NOW to sample tracks from the soundtrack on http://www.liberatedmuse.com/ . The songs "LeShell's Song", "Something Else" and "I Wanna Be You" are uploaded on http://www.liberatedmuse.com/ for a listen and were recently performed at the teaser show for the play that was held on June 24 at Annie's Art...

The dates and location for my play Running: AMOK 's run in the Capital Fringe Fest this summer have been released! Venue: The Apothecary Venue Address: 1013 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Performance Dates/Times: Friday July 9 @ 10pm Sunday July 11 @ 1:15pm Thursday July 15 @ 7:30pm Saturday July 17 @ 11am Tuesday July 20 @ 10pm

So, my play "Running: AMOK" is becoming a living and breathing artistic creation. I had a rehearsal with the cast this past Saturday and the growth I've seen already in the character development is amazing. Lyn Artope, the actress who plays one of the supporting roles has totally shocked me moreso than anyone else because she is not a performer at all. While most of the actresses in the play are singers and/or actresses, Lyn is a human resources professional, mother of two and wife who tried out for the part on a whim. She is already off book and is amazing. All of the actresses are awesome. I feel so lucky to have them as part of this cast. We took some photos after rehearsal so I can begin putting together our media kit. Here are some of the shots I may work with. My daughter is excited about the play and looks forward to the ladies coming to our house to rehearse. One of the actresses usually brings her daughter who is around the same age as my little one, so they ...

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have ideas pouring out of me at every minute of the day. I dream about new ideas-- from new play ideas, to new activities to do with my daughter and the other children I work with. This year, I've been about putting my ideas into action in ways that support the causes I believe in most. Earlier this year, I took part in DC Arts Advocacy Day which was my first official foray into policy advocacy and this summer I am going to be producing my second play which specifically speaks to my platform issue of late-- equity issues regarding women and families. My play "Running: AMOK" will debut this summer in the Capital Fringe Fest in Washington, DC and will feature some the best vocalists in the DC area who happen to be great women as well. I was particularly pleased that three of the main characters are actually mothers in real-life who also are performing artists. On the play's website, I started what I call The BAM Network which s...

( In photo: Me & the ladies of the theater company The Saartjie Project about a year ago performing "Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty". I was singing my song "All of Me". Since leaving the Saartjie Project, I've been pushing forward my new play "Running: AMOK") Ok, it's almost midnight and I am still up, on a high from tonight's auditions and subsequent casting of almost all of the characters in my play, Running: AMOK . The actresses are stupendous and I can't wait until we dig into production! Our first rehearsal will be in April. The cast has the next month to memorize their lines at least by 30% so that they will be partially off book for when we rehearse for the first time. I want them to spend some time with the script, allowing it to marinate before we dig in. We have scheduled a staged reading and an outdoors concert in the park singing the songs from the play before the play debuts in full-length in the Capital Fringe Fest...

So, my new play Running: AMOK will be in this year's Capital Fringe Fest and I'm excited. Yesterday, auditions began for the play and my former bandmate Quineice was the perfect choice for the character LESHELL. Quineice is an amazing vocalist but yesterday, I had first-hand knowledge on how amazing an actress she is. She took the character LESHELL and turned her into a flesh and bone person and it was so thrilling to watch the transformation. I am stoked! Auditions continue this week and here's hoping that I can cast the remaining characters soon so we can get started on production. I found out also yesterday that the exhibit I had been accepted in, the Making Herstory exhibit, was no longer including me in the exhibit because I missed the two hour window frame to bring in my painting. I was very disappointed at first, especially given that they were extremely disorganized in articulating information and very last minute with giving details on when and where to drop off th...