Single Carrot Welcomes Artistic Team Of PETER PAN To Baltimore

Single Carrot's 11th season continues with an original LGBTQ+ adaptation of Peter Pan written by Joshua Conkel. Joshua and dramaturg Jolene Noelle will remain in Baltimore for the intensive workshop period through March 12, joining the team from Los Angeles and New York City respectively. Director Tristan Powell has relocated from NYC for the duration of the project and will be spending the next two months in Baltimore, rehearsing with a cast that is a mix of professional actors and community members. All three artists are working tirelessly to develop and finalize the script through workshops, rehearsal, and open community readings that invite feedback from Baltimore's LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations.

Joshua Conkel is a playwright, director, and TV writer. Plays include MilkMilkLemonade (Best Off Off Broadway Show of 2009-NY Press, published by Playscripts), The Chalk Boy (Published by Original Works Publishing), Lonesome Winter (co-written with Megan Hill), The Sluts of Sutton Drive, I Wanna Destroy You, Sprawl, The House of Von Macrame as well as countless short plays. He currently writes for Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events. His film Curmudgeons (directed by and starring Danny DeVito) has won countless awards at film festivals around the world.
Conkel's work has been seen all over the world and developed by The Management, Soho Rep, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Old Vic/New Voices, Dixon Place, The Flea and more. He lives in LA.

Tristan Powell is a director working across time-based arts. Her directing projects have included: Knot in My Name by Ita Segev, British Honduras Fantasy by Ariel Zetina, Titanic 1997 Iraq 2003 by John Glass Aldous, and her own dance-theatre works LGNA / VGNA and Jared & Ivanka, Live! (with Robert Kalas.) She has worked with Annie-B Parson, Pig Iron Theatre Co., Rady&Bloom, Stephen Brackett, Will Davis, and Philip Dawkins, and has performed or presented work at La MaMa ETC, Dixon Place, The Brick, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Center for Performance Research, and New Ohio Theatre. Tristan is a 2016 Leeway Foundation Arts & Change Artist.

Jolene Noelle is an NYC-based dramaturg, director, and story consultant specializing in new work development, devised work, and physical theatre. Additionally, she has been investigating the efficacy and application of the horror genre on stage, writing and producing a number of horror works, including co-founding NYC's Traumaturgy Productions and directing the company's newest plays Remains and Sunset Park. Recent projects include: Associate Director and Dramaturg on ACE, written and performed by Emmy Award-winning comedian Ted Greenberg (Philadelphia, Off-Broadway NYC); Dramaturgy on a "Mini-Muse" project featuring stage and film star Lynn Cohen; Dramaturgy on Julie (25f), a new adaptation of Strindberg's Miss Julie (Colorado Mesa University); Dramaturgy on the devised project Exposure (Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC); Dramaturgy on an original adaptation of Clarice Lispector's novella The Hour of the Star (Connelly Theater, NYC); and story consultancy on the upcoming webseries Tuesday Nights. Program Director: Theaterlab. MFA: Columbia University. jolenenoelle.com

ABOUT THE PLAY:

Peter Pan

A new adaptation by Joshua Conkel

Directed by Tristan Powell

Neverland is back like you've never seen it before in this modern take on a classic childhood story. From playwright Joshua Conkel (MilkMilkLemonade, Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events) comes a brand new version of Peter Pan, adapted in collaboration with Baltimore's LGBTQ+ residents and service organizations. Peter and Wendy must face down murderous pirates and the island's perils while grappling with questions of gender, sexuality, and performative identity. Familiar fantasy and true stories from Baltimore's LGBTQ+ community blend as those who have been rejected and devalued build a home for themselves and each other: a stronghold against normalcy where Peter, the Darlings, and all the Lost Boys can be themselves. World Premiere.

Upcoming Events:

Community Reading of Peter Pan

Wednesday, March 7 at 8pm

Join Single Carrot Theatre for the first public reading of Peter Pan. Baltimore is home to a diverse LGBTQ+ community and we need your help! Our LA-based playwright, Joshua Conkel, is back with a first draft of the work. Post-reading discussion will help us to create and shape Peter Pan to reflect the stories of the community. Come be a part of an incredible project! Refreshments will be provided. *In order to create and maintain safe space, we ask that only those who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community attend this event. Allies will be welcome to participate at other points in the process. *

Meet Playwright & Screenwriter Joshua Conkel

Sunday, March 11 at 3pm

Join Dramatists Guild of Baltimore and Single Carrot Theatre for a Q&A with Peter Pan playwright Joshua Conkel! Joshua Conkel is a Los Angeles-based playwright ("MilkMilkLemonade") who currently writes for Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events." He's in Baltimore working with Single Carrot Theater and Baltimore's LGBTQ+ residents and service organizations on a new adaptation of "Peter Pan." His short film "Curmudgeons" (directed by Danny DeVito) is touring film festivals all over the world. Come meet Joshua, learn about the Peter Pan project and what it's like writing for cable television. Refreshments provided. Free street and lot parking available. This event is sponsored by the Dramatists Guild Baltimore Region. You do not need to be a Guild member to attend.

WHEN:
Previews: Wednesday, April 25 &Thursday, April 26 at 8pm
Running: April 27 - May 20
Thursday- Saturday at 8pm
Sundays at 3pm

WHERE:

Single Carrot Theatre

2600 N. Howard Street

Baltimore, MD 21218

Entrance on 26th Street.
Free parking available in adjacent lot and on the street.

TICKETS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Tickets: $10-$29

Web: singlecarrot.com

Phone: 443-844-9253

Email: boxoffice@singlecarrot.com

Twitter: @singlecarrot

Instagram: @singlecarrot

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