Death of a Hollywood Screenwriter

~a work in constant progress~
2 NIGHTS ONLY
May 26th & 27th @ 7pm
Brooklyn Art Haus

A playwright-turned-copywriter gets an unexpected shot at a dream he had let die, and it feels good. But what of friendship? What of art? What of the Daodejing? In an Austin hotel lobby where self-help podcasters, zombies, and Sumerian priests come and go, “Death of a Hollywood Screenwriter” explores these questions, and also asks: When is trying to get a gold star worth the best years of your life?

A play by Matt Kagen
Directed by Olivia Gilliatt 

CAST (in order of appearance)
Emily Xu Hall* as STAGE DIRECTIONS
Zach Segel as HARRY KAGANOVITCH
Olivia Gilliatt* as RACHEL/VALERIA
Kerry Warren* as JULIA/NADINE
Danielle Skraastad* as ALLISON/CLUB ALLISON
Dave Quay* as HARRY DENMAN
Brandon Dial* as JAMES
Joshua David Robinson* as HARRY BUCKINGHAM

*All actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Dramaturgy and Editing by Fern Diaz
Key Art by Alex Stikeleather
Photography by Matthew Cohn

”Death of a Hollywood Screenwriter” Theme Music Composition by Matt Kagen. Guitar, Ukulele, Mellotron, and Composition, Recording by Kurt James Werner
Piano and Composition by Melissa Kagen. Violin by Rachel Meade.

Special thanks to Fern Diaz, Asa Merritt, Julian Sheppard, Kate Tarker, Zander Adell, Stephen Ochsner, Jos Diaz Contreras, Corey Landis, Doug Harris, Olivia Blue, Meredith Starkman, Leysan Timirboulatova, Saisha Talwar, Martin K. Lewis, Lily Balatincz, Timothy Sekk, Rahti Gorfien, Donathan Walters, Judith Bradshaw, Andy Ingalls, Emily Xu Hall, Danielle Skraastad, Matthew Cohn, & Mary, Neal & David Gilliatt.

Special thanks to Isaac, Alex, Sarah, Jacqueline & Brianna at Brooklyn Art Haus, Playwrights Downtown Rehearsal Space, and NYU Studio Tisch.