id theater news

id Theater is extremely proud that SUICIDE, INCORPORATED by Andrew Hinderaker will be produced at the Roundabout Underground Oct. 14 – Dec. 23, 2011. Tickets are now available at http://www.roundaboutunderground.com/

Andrew developed SUICIDE, INCORPORATED at the 2008 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.

Check out id Theater co-Artistic Directors Jeni Mahoney’s article on The New Play institute’s HowlRound! http://www.howlround.com/2011/08/28/the-horton-lens-by-jeni-mahoney/

Check out the first in Jacob Coakley’s series of articles dedicated to play development programs, featuring Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and The Playwrights Foundation in San Francisco: http://stage-directions.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1952&Itemid=39

We just learned that FAITH by James McLindon – developed at the 2008 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference has been named the winner of the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award. Congrats James!!!

id Theater is saddened to share the news of the death of Kathy Troutner who has been a great friend to id and to the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference for so many years. Kathy was a powerhouse and an inspiration, I wish I had half the energy today that she had at 89. I feel very fortunate to have had some truly wonderful conversations with Kathy this spring as we were planning for the 2009 Conference. Kathy very generously housed some of our artists at her home in McCall, but our conversations touched on a million different topics: scuba diving, medicine, family, flat-screen televisions, bikes, gardening, love, animals, water pipes, the future and how it shifts without our permission from one thing to the next. Kathy was actually quite close to Ben’s grandparents and Ben and I always enjoyed having dinner with her and her wonderful husband Earnie and hearing her great stories about the days when a cabin on the lake was really just a cabin.

Kathy passed away on August 10th, my sincere apology my tardiness in this posting. Our love goes out to Earnie and all of Kathy’s kids and grandkids, many of whom are also our dear dear friends - and her entire family -

Kathy was a great lover of the arts and supported many arts organizations, including ours. We thank her for her support and for her friendship and for her honesty… she was a truth teller. She will be greatly missed.

- Jeni Mahoney

id Theater is saddened to share the news of the passing of Earl Francis Brockman. Earl was the company photographer for the first 4 years of the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and has been a supporter for all of id’s activities since 1997. During our early conferences Earl shared his talent taking pictures of rehearsals, the company photo in front of the Alpine Playhouse and occupying a front row seat at our readings to get that perfect shot. During that time he switched from film to digital photography, embracing the change from a medium he had been working in all his life. As his health declined in the last several years he was not able to be present for the full time we were in Idaho, but would frequently visit for a reading or two while we were in McCall. Our condolences go out to his wife Frances Ford and all of his children and grandchildren. We will miss his smile in the front row. You can find some of the photo’s he took for id in our photo gallery under 2002, 2003 & 2004. The McCall Star-News full obituary can be found at http://www.idtheater.org/pdfs/earl.pdf

Just popping on to bring you happy new year wishes and catch you up the latest news from the id family.

Fantastic news from the NEA – that they’ll be funding us again in 2009. You can only imagine how huge our sigh of release was!!!

We’re thrilled to report that BLACKOUT by Evan Sesek, which we were honored to work on this summer at the Playwrights Conference will be featured in the region VII American College Theater Festival! Congrats Evan – very well deserved indeed!

Currently we’re up to our ears in new play submissions for the 2009 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and couldn’t be happier!

Now that the site is up and running – we’ll be doing our best to update this blog and so all you id-iots and Devils out there, keep us up-to-date so we can share all your good news with the rest of the blogesphere!

Hello friends and supporters of id Theater!

We are thrilled to welcome you to our brand new web-site!  Over the past few months id Theater has been working with talented web-designer Jim Ford to create a web-site that better reflects what id is all about.

You’ll find information here on all of id’s programs – Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Bridgeworks and our Sit In!

Take a look around! See all the new things and then come back for more as the site will continue to evolve over the next few weeks!

We look forward to staying in better touch with you through all the new features we’ve implemented and to seeing you at a reading soon!

Paula, Jeni & Sheila