http://cassandralewis.com Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:07:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm honored to have my short play, Terror Act, presented by The Rasaka Theatre Company as part of Remy Bumppo’s thinkTank Project at The Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater in Chicago from March 6 - 30. In Terror Act, an actor on his way to receive an award is detained in an ... http://cassandralewis.com/2008/03/23/terror-act/ This postcard was created by artist Lindsay Moore. Please note Dustin Charles replaced John Dalmon and Sean Boat was the set designer. I want to thank all of my friends and family for making last weekend the best time of my life. My play, Marked, a dark comedy that ... http://cassandralewis.com/2008/02/24/new-york-debut/ My play, American Family was produced as part of Sheherezade, a ten-minute play festival presented by Playwrights' Center of San Francisco. Over eight years, Playwrights' Center of San Francisco has staged an annual festival, Sheherezade, named after the Arabian Nights storyteller who stalled her execution by telling 1,001 stories ... http://cassandralewis.com/2008/02/10/sheherezade-viii/ This weekend I participated in a very inspiring playwriting workshop called, "Writing the Other." The class was taught by Betty Shamieh at Magic Theatre. She is a world-renowned writer born to Palestinian parents in San Francisco. This three-day workshop was offered for free as part of her ... http://cassandralewis.com/2008/01/27/writing-the-other/ The world lost a great community leader, one of the kindest and most spirited people I have ever met. He exuded warmth, inspired good times, and could make light of any situation. Brian McElhatton passed away January 8, and he will be missed by all. My thoughts ... http://cassandralewis.com/2008/01/13/brian-mcelhatton/ "The power of imagination makes us infinite." -John Muir http://cassandralewis.com/2007/09/03/muir-woods/ Schmap has included one of my photos in their new travel guide of Dublin. http://cassandralewis.com/2007/09/03/schmap/ Sanjay, the photographer of the picture above, took us out for the best Easter ever. Check out his flickr page for other great photos. Drew posted some hilarious footage and descriptions of the earlier events of the day (which I missed out on--I came out just in time for evening ... http://cassandralewis.com/2007/04/09/happy-easter/ "A guy can't even get shot in his own apartment by a dame without the whole town starting to buzz..." from Jacques Tourneur's 1947 film noir classic, Out of The Past. Out of the Past has just been added to my list of top ten favorite film noir movies. The ... http://cassandralewis.com/2007/03/20/out-of-the-past/ From the two-paragraph synopsis I was given before a pre-release viewing of Black Book, it sounded like it would be my kind of film. It's a thriller set in Holland during World War II about a beautiful Jewish singer, played by Carice Van Houten, running from the Gestapo and ... http://cassandralewis.com/2007/03/20/black-book/