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Don’t Hold Your Breath: The Rug is BACK
You’ve asked, you’ve begged, you’ve waited. And now, you’re gonna get it.
The Bushwick Dominatrix Erotix Asphyxiation BDSM Play is coming back to the stage for ONE NIGHT ONLY in this workshop run at the Chain Theater. As a part of the Emerging Artists Spark Festival, we are proud to present The Rug: A Grief Comedy on Thursday, September 25th at 7 PM.
Sam Besca and Balfour Clark take the lead as Amy and Liam, a young couple whose world is suddenly rocked by the death of a family member. And coping with the loss of a parent is always hard, so who’s to blame them for taking up some unorthodox methods? I mean, what would you do if your mother were suffocated by a Bushwick Dominatrix?
This week, I wrote…
Is That Your Resume or Are You Just Happy to See Me? How to Network Like a 24-Year-Old Italian Man with No Apparent Fear of Rejection, Death, or Prision
I don’t know if it’s because I’m American, because I’m a woman, or some heinous little cocktail of the two (my therapist would call it “internalized misogyny;” my father would call it “liberal guilt”), but when it comes to my career, I always look before I leap. An admirable quality, or so I was taught. Move boldly, but strategically. Do the work, send the invite, shake the hand, don’t get blacklisted— eventually the ladder will lower. I thought that was as fast as things could possibly go.
And then this motherfucker…
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About
Me
Electra Artemis is a New York City-born and raised Playwright and Screenwriter. She holds a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College, where she majored in English and minored in Astronomy.
She is a founding member of the Resident Dilettante production company and has written and produced several plays in New York and abroad. Her work has been shown in the Emerging Artists Spark Festival in New York City, and her play, How to Build a Gate, was recently featured as a finalist in the Soho Playhouse Lighthouse Festival. She’s excited to be revisiting an old favorite, The Rug: A Grief Comedy, for the Emerging Artists Spark Festival’s Fall season, and is equally thrilled to be joined by an incredible team of familiar and fresh faces.
Her new short film, To The Floor, is coming out of post-production and is currently being submitted to festivals.
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