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BWW Interview: Paige Vanzo of WOMAN V. INTERNET at CMAP Says It's Piece of Theatre Unlike Any Other in Detroit!

Woman V. Internet, the 2016 Audience Favorite Detroit Fringe Forward Festival winner, opens this weekend at Carrie Morris Arts Productions (CMAP) for a limited engagement is a poignant and somehow hilarious look into our cultural mirror. The show explores what it means to be a female in online and public spaces. It's just sort of a ridiculous look of the things that happen to women when they get behind the screen, said Paige Vanzo, playwright and director. I honestly just got tired of being angry hearing and seeing the comments so I just started writing. Inspired by the Gamergate controversy, and using real text from chat rooms and forums, the show follows one woman who travels down the rabbit hole looking for answers only to find it changes her life in absurd, hilarious and painful ways.
WOMAN V. INTERNET Responds to Recent Scandals at CMAP

As the lid is being blown off the Harvey Weinstein, Louis CK - and now even Matt Lauer - scandals, a local playwright is bringing similar issues to the stage here in Metro-Detroit. WOMAN V. INTERNET, written and directed by Paige Vanzo is a poignant and somehow hilarious look into our cultural mirror.
WOMAN V. INTERNET Responds to Recent Scandals at CMAP

As the lid is being blown off the Harvey Weinstein, Louis CK - and now even Matt Lauer - scandals, a local playwright is bringing similar issues to the stage here in Metro-Detroit. WOMAN V. INTERNET, written and directed by Paige Vanzo is a poignant and somehow hilarious look into our cultural mirror.
CMAP Detroit Announces DFFF 2017 Winners and Upcoming Fall Shows

CMAP's jam packed, 12-show-long, 2017 Detroit Fringe Forward Festival was a huge success! CMPA thanks all 45 of the participating artists, 175+ audience members, volunteers and advisory committee, and the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs in support of their efforts.
Puzzle Piece Theatre Brings Lanford Wilson's LEMON SKY to Life

Puzzle Piece Theatre invites audiences to Ferndale February 3 - 19 for Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky. A piercing headache grips Alan (Jeffrey Miller) as he steps off the bus from Nebraska to San Diego. He squints through the pain to see a man in a white sportcoat waiting for him. His father, Douglas (Sergio Mautone) - the man he hasn't seen in 12 years.
Puzzle Piece Theatre Brings Lanford Wilson's LEMON SKY to Life

Puzzle Piece Theatre invites audiences to Ferndale February 3 - 19 for Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky. A piercing headache grips Alan (Jeffrey Miller) as he steps off the bus from Nebraska to San Diego. He squints through the pain to see a man in a white sportcoat waiting for him. His father, Douglas (Sergio Mautone) - the man he hasn't seen in 12 years.
Puzzle Piece Theatre Brings Lanford Wilson's LEMON SKY to Life

Puzzle Piece Theatre invites audiences to Ferndale February 3 - 19 for Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky. A piercing headache grips Alan (Jeffrey Miller) as he steps off the bus from Nebraska to San Diego. He squints through the pain to see a man in a white sportcoat waiting for him. His father, Douglas (Sergio Mautone) - the man he hasn't seen in 12 years.
Theatre Nova Continues Michigan Playwrights Festival This Week

After the success of Theatre Nova's inaugural Michigan Playwright's festival in December 2015, they are pleased to announce the dates of the added second week.
Theatre Nova to Continue Michigan Playwrights Festival This May

After the success of Theatre Nova's inaugural Michigan Playwright's festival in December 2015, they are pleased to announce the dates of the added second week.
2015 Detroit Fringe Theatre Festival Reveals Lineup

The 2015 Detroit Fringe Theatre Festival is proud to announce its Festival lineup which includes 20 performances of 10 minute plays, full-length plays & musicals, and staged readings over the course of four days. The festival will highlight the work of over 50 Michigan artists and more than 15 Michigan writers with 7 out of state guests.
Meadow Brook Theatre Receives Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Grant

Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) was recently awarded a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs (MCACA) to support a collaborative project led by a team of MBT's young professionals. The grant is a program of the New Leaders Arts Council of Michigan (NLACM), a young leaders advisory council of MCACA. NLACM grants are offered to support projects or collaborations focusing on the retention and community engagement of young people, 14-35 years old, in Michigan through arts and culture.
Two Muses Theatre's Women's Playwriting Festival Kicks Off Next Month

This February, Two Muses Theatre of West Bloomfield will debut their Women's Playwriting Festival. The festival will consist of a plethora of short plays all written by women. Project director, Emilio Rodriguez, has collected the best short plays by women from all across the country, and has even found quite a few gems from right here in the Mitten State. In keeping with Two Muses Theatre's mission to provide opportunities for women in theatre and to promote female artists, the plays will also be directed by an all-female band of directors.
Detroit Fringe Festival Returns Later this Month

The Detroit Fringe Festival returns with a mission to expand the possibilities of Michigan theatre. This year's festival will feature talented musicians, actors, playwrights, dancers, poets, and comedians performing at 1515 Broadway Theatre and Cafe in downtown Detroit (1515 Broadway St, Detroit, MI). The essential question for this year's Detroit Fringe Festival: "If young people will spend $100 to see Rihanna perform, what about the theatre industry is preventing them from spending $10 to see a play?"
Two Muses Theatre Presents Family Show AWAKE!, Now thru 2/22

Two Muses Theatre, a nonprofit, professional theatre based in West Bloomfield, Michigan, will produce an original musical written and directed by local playwright, Emilio Rodriguez.
Two Muses Theatre to Present Family Show AWAKE!, 2/8-22

Two Muses Theatre, a nonprofit, professional theatre based in West Bloomfield, Michigan, will produce an original musical written and directed by local playwright, Emilio Rodriguez.
Photo Flash: Two Muses Opens WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF Tonight

Two Muses Theatre presents the family theatre production: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf by Tom McCabe from tonight, February 9 through February 24. The show is a clever combination of The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood, with the big bad wolf stuck between the two stories. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production in the photos below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Two Muses' WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF

Two Muses Theatre presents the family theatre production: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf by Tom McCabe from February 9 through February 24. The show is a clever combination of The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood, with the big bad wolf stuck between the two stories. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production in the photos below!

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