Last Night, and the Trip Home

Bout de Zan and Pepito help me pack.

The Mysterious Case of the Incident in the Alley.

*Packing.  Cleaning.  Screams in the alley -- which turned out to be someone filming a movie.

*Looking over the apartment with Madame.

Saying au revoir to Bout de Zan and Pepito.

*Catching the plane.




The Peruvian Village in my plane.

*There is a Peruvian Village in the back of the plane.  No, really.  An entire Peruvian Village!  And they're sitting in my seat.

I'm tired, from the staying up and cleaning, and the rape and pillage in the alley, and madame, and then getting to the airport on time.  Too tired to try to figure out what to do about the Peruvians in my seat.  But luckily, their spokesman comes over and calls up a flight attendant, which results in me getting my seat switched from a middle seat in the back to a window seat in the middle, with an empty seat between me and the other gal (who was also displaced by the Peruvians).  Lucky us, in an otherwise full plane!

I drift off, dreaming about why the Peruvian village is flying from Paris to New Jersey.



Home again, home again.

Home again, to my own sweet baby Joe.

Photos of FLIGHT

Rob Nagle and Maya Parrish in "Sing Me That Leonard Cohen Song Again," directed by Emilie Beck. "I wouldn’t come here unless I really needed it, Alex."

Richard Ruyle and Daria Balling in "Six Bottles of Heineken After the Silverado," directed by Julie Briggs. "I brought you home because you seemed kind. And age appropriate..."

Casey Nelson and Richard Ruyle in "Reveille," directed by Julie Briggs. "I have to be there at 0700."

Laura Buckles and Jon Amirkhan in "This Isn't About Love," directed by Michael Shutt. "I always fall for women who are unassailable..."

(Photo to Come)

Michael Lorre, Helen Slayton-Hughes and Stephanie Erb in "Leonard's Voice," directed by Darin Anthony. "What are you doing out here, Leonard??"

Peter James Smith, Stephanie Erb and Michael Shutt in "The Incident Report," directed by Lee Wochner. "I'm just trying to find the truth here."

Go here to see more lovely pictures of our production of FLIGHT -- all the shows -- taken by photographer Jay Lawton! Love my actors!! Love my directors! Love my stage manager and producer and designers! Everybody has worked so hard to make the show a success.

Go to www.movingarts.org for tickets and info to FLIGHT (my plays) and all the other fun and fabulous events in Moving Arts' One-Act Play Festival!

Wednesday, October 21st and Wednesday, October 28th at 8pm

FLIGHT: AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS BY EM LEWIS

Sex, violence, love and Leonard Cohen songs... come check out the show!

• Leonard's Voice
• This Isn't About Love
• Sing Me That Leonard Cohen Song Again
• Reveille
• The Incident Report
• Six Bottles of Heineken After the Silverado
  

Join us for a post-show wine and cheese reception with the playwright.

Presented at: Son of Semele Theater, 3301 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90004

FLIGHT opens Wednesday night...

On Wednesday, October 14th, FLIGHT opens -- an evening of six of my short plays, directed and acted by a bunch of my favorite directors and actors. We've been having a lot of fun putting this together, led by top-notch producer Kim Glann. I hope Los Angeles folks can come check it out!

• Leonard's Voice, directed by Darin Anthony
• This Isn't About Love, directed by Michael Shutt
• Sing Me That Leonard Cohen Song Again, directed by Emilie Beck
• Reveille, directed by Julie Briggs
• The Incident Report (a world premiere), directed by Lee Wochner
• Six Bottles of Heineken After the Silverado, directed by Melissa Thomas/Julie Briggs

Putting together an evening of short plays by a single playwright is an interesting business. One hopes that there will be enough different styles and types of story and sorts of characters to make it a fun night for the audience... It's odd to see what crops up more than once -- love and violence, guilt and responsibility, fear and desire...

Info and tickets can be found at www.movingarts.org. Three nights only!! Come on out and see what we're up to.