My short solo-performance work, Valentine's Day, will be part of the 2008 Philly Fringe Fest. Originally produced by Red House Arts (Austin, TX) in February 2007 (originally performed by actress Melissa Ann Rentrop and directed by Chris Humphrey) as part of The Last Castrato Valentine's Extravaganza, the revised work will be produced by The Burn Ward Theater Company and directed by collaborator and partner-in-crime, Andrew J. Merkel.
Valentine's Day is about a woman, Opal, who decides every Valentine's Day if she's going to kill herself. This year, she makes lists, she makes pizzas, she rollerskates, and she's afraid of hula-hoops.
The Burn Ward is a theatrical group/outgrowth from a handful of talented, enthusiastic students/alums/dragons from Drexel University. I look forward to working with and getting to know these folks.
In addition to Valentine's Day, we will be producing two works from local Philly writer Eamon R. McIvor-- Mittens Descending, and Big Red Button.
The good times will be in view of the public on September 5th and 6th at 7pm and 10pm each night-- more production details forthcoming.
In the meantime, I look forward to getting back to work on a short piece I have alot of affection for and to continuing to get to know and work with more Philly artists.
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ROMERO
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About Me
Biography
Greg Romero is a playwright and theater artist, originally from Louisiana. His plays, site-specific projects, and experimental live events have been presented in U.S. cities of New York, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Dallas, Austin, Denver, Washington DC, Louisville, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Anchorage, as well as internationally in Victoria, British Columbia and Kingston, Jamaica.
Romero's collaborations with electronic music composer Mike Vernusky have been produced live in New York, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Austin, and Baltimore, while also receiving airplay in Toronto, Ontario; Manchester, England; and Zurich, Switzerland.
Romero has been a semi-finalist for the Princess Grace Award, twice a finalist for the Heideman Award, and nominated for the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theater Artist. He was selected as the first-ever Resident Writer of the ArtsEdge Residency as well as one of three writers to inaugurate the Philadelphia Dramatists Center/Plays & Players Playwriting Residency.
His works are published by Heinemann Press, YouthPLAYS, and Playscripts, Inc. and he is a proud alum of the WordBRIDGE Playwrights Lab and The Last Frontier Theater Conference.
Romero received a BA in Liberal Arts from the Louisiana Scholars' College and an MFA in Playwriting from The University of Texas-Austin where he held the James A. Michener Fellowship.
Romero's collaborations with electronic music composer Mike Vernusky have been produced live in New York, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Austin, and Baltimore, while also receiving airplay in Toronto, Ontario; Manchester, England; and Zurich, Switzerland.
Romero has been a semi-finalist for the Princess Grace Award, twice a finalist for the Heideman Award, and nominated for the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theater Artist. He was selected as the first-ever Resident Writer of the ArtsEdge Residency as well as one of three writers to inaugurate the Philadelphia Dramatists Center/Plays & Players Playwriting Residency.
His works are published by Heinemann Press, YouthPLAYS, and Playscripts, Inc. and he is a proud alum of the WordBRIDGE Playwrights Lab and The Last Frontier Theater Conference.
Romero received a BA in Liberal Arts from the Louisiana Scholars' College and an MFA in Playwriting from The University of Texas-Austin where he held the James A. Michener Fellowship.
Published Works
Delaware Mudtub and the Mighty Wampum; YouthPLAYS, 2014.
Of Plastic Things and Butterfly Wings; YouthPLAYS, 2013.
Two Bubbles; Playscripts, 2008.
The Eulogy; Heinemann, 2003.
Of Plastic Things and Butterfly Wings; YouthPLAYS, 2013.
Two Bubbles; Playscripts, 2008.
The Eulogy; Heinemann, 2003.