{"id":63,"date":"2014-11-25T20:19:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T01:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2015-01-13T01:24:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:24:39","slug":"heads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/?page_id=63","title":{"rendered":"Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drama \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 90 minutes \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 3 Men\/1 Woman<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MJ-You-have-to-tell-me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28\" src=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MJ-You-have-to-tell-me.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Heads&quot; by EM Lewis, world premiere production directed by Darin Anthony at the Blank Theater\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Heads&#8221; by EM Lewis, world premiere production directed by Darin Anthony at the Blank Theater<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A British Embassy worker, an American engineer, a network journalist and a freelance photographer are held captive in Iraq; as death draws close, each hostage must decide what he\u2019ll do to survive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201c\u2026provocative and wonderfully threatening.\u201d \u2014 Edward Albee<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201cBest of 2007\u2033 \u2014 LA Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-MVC-2012-Harold-and-Caroline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-MVC-2012-Harold-and-Caroline-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Heads&quot; at Missouri Valley College in 2012.  Harold and Caroline.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-MVC-2012-Harold-and-Caroline-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-MVC-2012-Harold-and-Caroline-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-MVC-2012-Harold-and-Caroline.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-96\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Heads&#8221; at Missouri Valley College in 2012. Harold and Caroline.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_39\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Alcyone-Festival-2009-Harold-holds-Caroline-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39\" class=\"wp-image-39 size-medium\" title=\"Heads - Alcyone Festival 2009 - Harold holds Caroline 2\" src=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Alcyone-Festival-2009-Harold-holds-Caroline-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Alcyone-Festival-2009-Harold-holds-Caroline-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Alcyone-Festival-2009-Harold-holds-Caroline-2.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHeads\u201d by EM Lewis at Halcyon Theater\u2019s Alcyone Festival in Chicago.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Publication: A scene from <em>Heads<\/em>\u00a0is published in the Smith &amp; Kraus anthology \u201cThe Best Men\u2019s Stage Monologues and Scenes 2009\u2033<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Productions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2015\u00a0\u2014 Theater for a New City\u00a0\u2014 New York City, NY<\/li>\n<li>2013\u00a0\u2014 Pittsburgh Rep\u00a0\u2014 Pittsburgh, PA<\/li>\n<li>2011\u00a0\u2014 Missouri Valley College\u00a0\u2014 Marshall, MO<\/li>\n<li>2009 \u00a0\u2014 And Toto Too Theater Company \u2014 Denver, CO<\/li>\n<li>2009 \u2014 The Alcyone Festival at Halcyon Theater \u2014 Chicago, IL<\/li>\n<li>2007 \u00a0\u2014 World premiere at The Blank Theater \u2014 Hollywood, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Readings, Awards and Development:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading \u2014 2009 Emerging Artists Theater \u2014 New York, NY<\/li>\n<li>Winner \u2013 2008 Francesca Primus Prize for an Emerging Female Theater Artist: EM Lewis, for HEADS<\/li>\n<li>Reading \u2013 2007 Chicago Her-Rah! Theater Festival \u2013 Chicago, IL<\/li>\n<li>Reading \u2013 2007 Great Plains Theater Conference, Long Play Lab \u2013 Omaha, NE<\/li>\n<li>Reading \u2013 2007 Kingfisher Cafe Reading Series at the Academy Theater \u2013 Avondale Estates, GA<\/li>\n<li>Semi-finalist \u2013 Beverly Hills Theatre Guild\u2019s Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition \u2013 Beverly Hills, CA<\/li>\n<li>Semi-finalist \u2013 2007 O\u2019Neill Playwrights Conference \u2013 Waterford, CT<\/li>\n<li>Winner\/Residency \u2013 Coe College\u2019s 2007 \u201cNew Works for the Stage\u201d Competition \u2013 Cedar Rapids, IA<\/li>\n<li>Reading \u2013 NYU\u2019s 2007 hotINK International Festival of New Plays (sponsored by Atlantic Theater) \u2013 New York, NY<\/li>\n<li>Staged Reading \u2013 The Blank Theatre\u2019s 2007 \u201cLiving Room Series\u201d \u2014 Hollywood, CA<\/li>\n<li>Reading \u2013 Boomerang Theater\u2019s 2006 \u201cFirst Flight\u201d reading series \u2013 New York, NY<\/li>\n<li>Reading \u2013 2006 ALAP New Works Lab at Pacific Resident Theatre \u2013 Venice, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_97\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-Pittsburgh-Rep-2014-Michael-and-Jack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97\" class=\"wp-image-97 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-Pittsburgh-Rep-2014-Michael-and-Jack-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Heads&quot; at Pittsburgh Rep in 2014.  Michael and Jack.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-Pittsburgh-Rep-2014-Michael-and-Jack-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-Pittsburgh-Rep-2014-Michael-and-Jack-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Heads-Pittsburgh-Rep-2014-Michael-and-Jack.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-97\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Heads&#8221; at Pittsburgh Rep in 2014. Michael and Jack.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reviews from the world premiere production<br \/>\nat the Blank Theater in Hollywood, CA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013Charles McNulty for LA Times * \u00a0THE BEST OF 2007 \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Top 10 List &#8211; \u00a0&#8220;EM Lewis\u2019 beautifully acted hostage drama, set in war-torn Iraq, left out the political preaching,\u00a0but slowly opened up into a metaphor suggesting both the necessity and futility of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CRITICS CHOICE! \u2013David Ng for LA Times<br \/>\n\u201cEM Lewis\u2019 new drama at the Blank Theatre Company, tells a story so topical that it feels as if the play was co-written by CNN\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GO! \u2013Deborah Klugman for LA Weekly<br \/>\n\u201c\u2026the question of who we are beneath our posturing lands with such force, it jangles the nerves long after the play has ended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CRITICS PICK! \u2014 Gerri Garner for American Radio Network<br \/>\n\u201cLewis\u2019 story is a sobering dose of reality, that is almost unbearable, it seems so real\u2026 tremendous chemistry between Gabriel and Nash, and Eckhouse and Broderick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don Shirley for LA CityBeat<br \/>\n\u201cEM Lewis\u2019s harrowing horror story\u2026 isn\u2019t about Iraq \u2013 it\u2019s about a descent into total vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Les Spindle for IN Magazine<br \/>\n\u201cEM Lewis\u2019 hard-hitting new play sears with a disturbing sense of gritty realism\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CJ Johnson for the Los Angeles Journal<br \/>\n\u201c\u2026a charging, intensely intimate 90 minutes\u2026 intelligent and often acerbic dialogue makes for a succulent feast of a script.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_30\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Denver-C-H-what-about-me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-image-30 size-medium\" title=\"&quot;Heads&quot; by EM Lewis, produced in Denver by And Toto Too Productions, directed by Susan Lyles.\" src=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Denver-C-H-what-about-me-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Denver-C-H-what-about-me-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heads-Denver-C-H-what-about-me.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHeads\u201d by EM Lewis, produced in Denver by And Toto Too Productions.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reviews from the Denver production\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 1.7;\">by And Toto Too Theater Company:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DENVER POST: \u201c\u2026a gripping fictional drama that raises important questions about our times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NORTH DENVER TRIBUNE: \u201cHeads shows us four people, each put in an unbearable situation, each reacting differently but appropriately for who they are. The four actors convincingly deliver the raw emotions of fear, anger, desperation, despair, and denial \u2013 but also something more \u2013 a deeper look at our own humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DENVER EXAMINER: \u201c\u2026I am still haunted by the images that played out on the intimate Denver Victorian stage\u2026. Heads is not easy to watch. The material is difficult, terrifying, and often heart wrenching \u2013 and this is the point. If you are looking for an evening of theatre that will get you thinking, that will leave an indelible impression long after the show has ended, and that will move you to tears \u2013 then this is for you\u2026. In a season filled with bright musicals and silly comedies \u2013 Heads is a welcome, intelligent, and moving drama that is a must see.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Multimedia:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eYX_0-0HFio\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to watch a video trailer for the Denver production of <em>Heads<\/em> on YouTube.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drama \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 90 minutes \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 3 Men\/1 Woman A British Embassy worker, an American engineer, a network journalist and a freelance photographer are held captive in Iraq; as death draws close, each hostage must decide what he\u2019ll do to survive. \u201c\u2026provocative and wonderfully threatening.\u201d \u2014 Edward Albee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}