<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Red Speedo Archives - Cultural Attaché</title> <atom:link href="https://culturalattache.co/tag/red-speedo/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://culturalattache.co/tag/red-speedo/</link> <description>The Guide to Arts and Culture events in and around Los Angeles</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:56:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title>Dana H</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/03/dana-h/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/03/dana-h/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 04:36:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[The East Coast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Doll's House Part 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deirdre O'Connell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hillary and Clinton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Les Waters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lucas Hnath]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Red Speedo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Christians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vineyard Theatre]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=5720</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Vineyard Theatre - New York<br /> <br /> Now - March 29th<br /> <br /> STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/03/dana-h/">Dana H</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lucas Hnath is one of the hottest playwrights around. His play <em>Hillary and Clinton</em> recently played on Broadway with Laurie Metcalf as Hillary and John Lithgow as Bill Clinton. In 2017 his <em>A Doll’s House, Part 2</em> was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. <em>Red Speedo </em>found the playwright winning the Obie Award for Best Play. His play <em>The Christians</em> appeared locally at the Mark Taper Forum in late 2015 into 2016. He’s a playwright with a lot on his mind. Center Theatre Group gave the world premiere of this new work by Hnath called <a href="https://www.goodmantheatre.org/DanaH?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=P20DanaH.ProductionRelease&utm_content=version_A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Dana H</em></a> in June. Now <em>Dana H</em> is opening at the <a href="https://www.vineyardtheatre.org/dana-h/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vineyard Theatre</a> in New York where it will run through April 11th.</p> <p><em>Dana H </em>finds the playwright focusing on a story very close to home. The play is based on his own mother’s experiences when she was held captive for five months in Florida by an ex-convict with whom she was working as a psych ward chaplain. Hnath’s mother, Dana, gave interviews to Steve Cosson and the playwright used those interviews as the source for his one-woman play.</p> <figure id="attachment_5745" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5745" style="width: 1920px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-5745 size-full" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz.jpg" alt=""Dana H" by Lucas Hnath is based on his mother's own experiences." width="1920" height="1080" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz.jpg 1920w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dana-H-Craig-Schwartz-747x420.jpg 747w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5745" class="wp-caption-text">Deirdre O’Connell in “Dana H.” (Photo by Craig Schwartz)</figcaption></figure> <p>Deirdre O’Connell plays <em>Dana H</em>. She is best-known locally for her performance in Lisa Kron’s <em>In the Wake</em> at the Kirk Douglas in 2010. New York audiences know her from a multitude of performances including Annie Baker’s <em>Circle Mirror Transformation </em>for which she won Obie and Drama Desk Awards for her performance.</p> <p>Les Waters, former Artistic Director of the Actors Theatre of Louisville, directs this production. He was the director of the Mark Taper Forum production of <em>The Christians</em>.</p> <p><em>Dana H</em> is 75 minutes without an intermission. There is a warning that due to strong depictions of violence and dark themes that the play is recommended for ages 16 and over.</p> <p>Read our interview with Deirdre O’Connell about her experiences with <em>Dana H</em> <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/19/deirdre-oconnells-atypical-acting-challenge/">here</a>.</p> <p>For tickets go <a href="https://ci.ovationtix.com/34342/production/1021146" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p> <p>Photo of Lucas Hnath courtesy of NYU/Tisch where Hnath is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dramatic Writing.</p> <p><em>Update: This post has been updated for its run at the Vineyard Theatre in New York.</em></p> <p><i>2nd Update: This post has been updated reflecting the extension of the run at the Vineyard Theatre</i></p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/03/dana-h/">Dana H</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/03/dana-h/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>