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11/13/2023

Amazing experience at Jagriti Theatre in Bengaluru / Bangalore, India. Patty Gallager amazed me once again as the Poet in Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's AN ILIAD. Jake Sorgen's music played beautifully in concert with Patty's tour-de-force performance. Grateful to our Jagriti hosts and the brilliant audiences who kept the conversation going in the lobby. Directed by Me; photos by Priya Srinivas

08/02/2023

https://theatreworks.org/new-works/nwf/nerve/

Jyoti, a recent widow with ailing health, finds the future of her well-being in her daughters’ hands. A multigenerational and multicultural journey that

07/02/2023

https://www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/2023festival

Incredibly excited to be part of this year's festival. Come see a staged reading of the new version of my play GRENDEL'S MOTHER.

2023 Festival of Monsters — hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies — includes an academic conference, plus performances, readings, presentations from monster-makers, and an exhibit at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) entitled Werewolf Hunters, Jungle Queens, and Spa...

06/02/2023

Brandt is currently associate chair and artistic director of the department of theater and film at San Jose State University.

04/20/2023

Halfway thru the Dramatists Guild's END OF PLAY month... set out to rewrite one play and got inspired to write another! lol.

03/30/2023

https://www.ohlone.edu/theatredance/playwrightsfestival
So fun to write a 10-minute play for Ohlone College's Playwrights Festival!

The Student Repertory Theatre Company presents the 7th annual Ohlone College Playwrights Festival 2021, Premieres of 10-Minute Plays and Musicals. The pre-recorded performance will be broadcast at 7pm on Friday, May 14 and at 7pm on Saturday, May 15. The performances will only be available to be vie...

03/15/2023

I love being an Extramural Affiliate at The Center for Monster Studies and am thrilled my play help spark life into it!

The Center for Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz may have a fanciful name—but its leaders say serious study of these frightful fictional beings shows how much they have to teach us.

03/02/2023

I can't wait to see this show!

The local theater community rallied around Erin Merritt to ensure she could direct 'Tea Party' by Gordon Dahlquist.