Photo by Jesse Herendon of our show at the Breaking + Entering Collaborative’s Rooftop Readings Series!
I directed a (fully staged because that’s more fun and dynamic) reading of Squishy Emotional Insides, a new play written by playwright Mehrnaz Tiv, who I met in TAG, a writer-director group run out of the Tank Theater. Together, we’re bringing this dromedy about band kids applying to college after a traumatic adolescence to Breaking and Entering Collaborative + the Maker’s Ensemble’s Rooftop Readings Series in July, and Tank’s LimeFest in August. This piece is starring Mohammad Saleem, George Copeland, Tasiya Roseborough, Rozz Srabi, Maribelle Flint, and Alex Scelso, sound design by Sriram Iyer, and graphic design by Minna Lee. So far, we’ve been Covered in Staff Picks Week 56, where writer Laia Comas said “As a former band kid (alto sax), this is the representation we need. Brought to you by Mehrnaz and psycho urbanist deviser collaborator Sabina who has a particularly keen eye for creating tensions between danger and safety, I am eagerly awaiting the “seniors of the Ruby Valley High School Jaguars Marching Band, victims of an elementary school shooting in 2006” as they parade by.”
Fun fact: I did play the saxophone in fourth grade (because I felt cool being a Girl playing a Boy Instrument), but for the most part, I was not a band kid (not enough opportunities for attention and praise) and opted for drama club instead.
