OK...Been gone a while. But with good reason! My first original play Keep Me was produced, this was also my directorial debut! The experience was one of pure reward, to see what was in my head, created into breathing life. Big thanks to my amazing cast, crew & producers! I had the privilege of this production going up at the historic Theater Guild of Ancon in Panama for its 61st season.
Enough about me...I am not the highlighted playwright, Roger Kumble would be he. Kumble graduated from Northwestern University in 1988, and began his career as a playwright and director in 1993 with the Hollywood satire Pay or Play, which garnered him the LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Comic Writing. His second play, 1997's D'Girl, starring David Schwimmer, earned him four Dramalogue Awards. In 2003, Kumble competed his Hollywood trilogy with the critically acclaimed Turnaround, again starring David Schwimmer, which sold out its entire run in Los Angeles. Kumble made his feature-film-directorial debut with 1999's box office hit, Cruel Intentions. This screenplay transposed the French classic to modern New York. He followed with the comedies Sweetest Thing, and Just Friends, two of my favorites. The New York Post agrees, they made it into their top twenty underrated films of the decade!
His new creation stays with his Hollywood themed trilogy. Girl's Talk is a play about a once Hollywood writer's struggles as a stay at home mom. This play was produced in April at the Lee Strasberg Theater starring Brooke Shields. CHECK OUT THE REVIEW HERE
I love finding multi-faceted artist. I found him as a playwright, and in the end discover he has had his creative hand in three movies I thoroughly enjoy. This is a reminder to me as an artist how I am not limited to one craft, but that when we are artists, we create in all spectrum's.
