MY FRIEND, THE OCTOPUS (2022)
When a mysterious man washes up on the shore of a small Maine beach at the end of summer, one woman’s life is instantly changed as she wades between truth and illusion.
“The play is about love, loss and friendship — and their causes, which forces us to reflect on who we are, how we treat people and why we must reckon with the dangerous parts of ourselves.”
HAMLET (2021)
A new adaptation by John Grimmett using Shakespeare’s words
John Gielgud often described the trouble of playing Hamlet, as if it were two roles in one. What if there were two Hamlets? With the titular role portrayed by twin brothers, the true inner struggle of Hamlet is seen in a world ravaged by a pandemic where we all struggle to connect.
FROM YES TO YES AGAIN (2017)
Eddy is no idiot -- if that's what you think. In this adaptation of Georg Büchner's Woyzeck, audiences are taken to the hot American south where inner violence works its way outward.
23 DECEMBERS (2016)
As a young girl, Ella considered herself a motherless child when her mother abandons her after a week at grandma's house. Years later, Ella discovers a box in her father's closet which holds the secret as to why her mother left. Marked by Christmases and birthdays and ideas of perfect mothers, Ella sets out to find her... and to find herself.
Commissioned by the Red Door Theatre Company, Pasadena, TX.
“John is the definition of artist in that he works for the joy of creation. He directs, acts, writes, composes, and designs all because he must.”
LIL' MISS LOVELADY (2011)
In 1984, the annual Lil’ Miss Lovelady Pageant is, perhaps, the most talked about event of the year in Lovelady, Texas: just ask Emma James, who has won the pageant the last five years. And everyone knows that Emma James (but more likely her crazy mother, Candy) will stop at nothing to retain the title and the crown, the town’s most coveted possession. The contest becomes complicated, however, when Mary Beth Vickers – Candy’s rival from high school ever since a tragic incident at their senior prom – decides to disguise her son, Bubba, as a girl to run against Emma in the pageant! Aided by her best friend, Brandine, Mary Beth sets out to cast Candy into the shades of disgrace and knock Emma off her throne through a series of unfortunately hysterical and gender-bending events.
“The show has a solid script that is anchored by a very funny and inspired performance by none other than the playwright. The story also took some risks with the material… there are some surprising moments of understanding: the theme that is at play here is being true to the person you really are and doing in life what you love to do.”