Monday, November 26, 2018

Bent But Not Broken: The ARC's Are Here!

Hello Friends,

Here is a helix of the Advance Reader Copies of BENT BUT NOT BROKEN!




BENT officially releases on March 15 online and in Los Angeles. Something wild in New York on April 16. And lots of other things before, in-between, and after at other locations across this great land of ours.

When the time comes, you can get to the purchase links at https://heliotropebooks.com or www.doncummings.net.

Thank you, to everyone, who helped to make this book possible. It takes more than a village. It takes cities, bravery, and magic-that-I-don't-even-know-where-it-comes-from. And readers like you.

"No one ever died from Peyronie's Disease." --The Doctor
"Of course, no one knows the cause of every suicide." --Don Cummings


Happy Holidays!



Tuesday, November 06, 2018

THE WATER TRIBE @ ESTLA Launchpad, Friday, November 16 @ 8

Hello Friends,

Please consider coming to the fully staged reading of THE WATER TRIBE at Ensemble Studio Theatre--LA. The cast is amazing. The play runs less than 90 minutes without intermission. Part of this season's LAUNCHPAD--for plays that are "good to go on their feet." It's a great festival and I encourage you to see as many of the evenings as possible.
The director and the cast for THE WATER TRIBE are out-of-control.


W/ Hannah Prichard, Christopher Reiling, Amir Abdullah, Simone McAlonen & Jayne Taini

EST-LA 
3269 Casitas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90039

Tix:


The Water Tribe
Claudia and Johnny are intelligent but without intellectual or social context. They want to get married but they need a tribe to witness their very existence. Claudia is an orphan with a cousin, Sonia, who does nothing to help Claudia secure her future. Johnny is half an orphan, with his mother, Sydelle, doing what she can to be loving. Brian, a former co-worker of Claudia, provides a measure of balance and grounded advice. But when things go wrong with this new tribe, Claudia turns to give Johnny what she thinks he craves: an adult circumcision. When that fails, too, Claudia is left to fend for herself. Nearly obliterated by circumstances, Claudia and Johnny fight to find connection and home.

A STATEMENT FOR NOW:

Being alone is the fast condition of birth. Then, there is so much to do to make sure you survive, hopefully with the help of others. You must pay attention. And you must choose wisely if you have the chance to choose. Possibly, you will not die alone in the streets. We must understand our precarious condition. I wrote this play while experiencing consistent personal rejection because of my age, abilities, sensibility and gender. Then, I looked at young people and saw they had it even worse as power consolidates, that money no longer flows freely, that this world is often harsh and ready to dismiss. Everyone on earth needs a chance to find their power and freedom. No matter how limited, anything is a start. Actually hopeful, I think we can do well—whether as a lover of some form of religion, secular-humanism, or nothing-at-all. Our ability to see each other as valuable and as worthy of belonging is what we have, biologically. It is real, actionable, and requires only the smallest shift of open-heartedness.