Dreams do come true
Thanks #AnotherHoleInTheHead for including “MADAME” in your oh-so-dreamy film festival! Amazing crowd, receptive audience, and it was an honor to be in the company of so many talented films and filmmakers. A dream come true.
A snippet from the Q&A at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival
ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD !
Over the moon that “Madame” has been selected to play at San Francisco’s 20th annual Another Hole in the Head film festival! I’m grateful to be part of this year’s amazing line-up! "MADAME" will screen Saturday Dec 9th at 11am, along with other short films by Bay Area filmmakers, at the (newly renovated!) 4 Star Theater in the Richmond District. If you’re flush, show the festival some love & purchase a ticket or two at: https://holehead2023.eventive.org/films/654f150a9ebe2d0072126e03
And if $ is a hardship, just say the word; I have comps!
xo,
Kerry & the Madame-Fam
The 4 Star Theater in San Francisco’s Richmond District got a major overhaul, thanks to new owners Adam Bergeron and Jaimi Holker. And is now a thing of beauty! Historical, and gorgeous. I can’t think of a more splendid venue for MADAME’s west coast premiere. Tickets available here: https://holehead2023.eventive.org/films/654f150a9ebe2d0072126e03
To purchase tickets and festival passes, go to: https://holehead2023.eventive.org/tickets
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head film Festival is a 25-day cinematic excursion into the realms of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and assorted other genre fare. Under the auspices of SF IndieFest, ‘AHITH’ has an 20-year tradition of pulling together diverse Independent films of all varieties and budgetary considerations--from major productions by professional companies to micro-budget labors of love, and everything in between. This year’s festival runs December 1st - December 25th, 2023 . The festival will take place live in San Francisco at the ROXIE, 4STAR , BALBOA and ECLECTIC BOX theaters.
Part Grimm’s fairy tale, part tone-poem, & part Borgesian riddle, "MADAME" tells the story of a young girl's miseducation at the hands of her dubious, criminally-minded foster mother.
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Part Grimm’s fairy tale, part tone-poem, & part Borgesian riddle, "MADAME" tells the story of a young girl's miseducation at the hands of her dubious, criminally-minded foster mother. 〰️
SHOCK-A-GOGO!
MADAME made her grand entrance at SHOCKAGOGO! Film Festival, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn! The venue was the enchanted (and enchanting) FILM NOIR CINEMA, on Meserole Ave., and the festival line-up included Q&A with NYC downtown filmmaking legend, Larry Fessenden. Thanks Eric Eichelberger and the gang at Shock-a-gogo for making the dream come true.
Pictured from left to right: Bettina Skye, Angela Rogers, Yours Truly, Pam Rogers.
(Photo by Chris Earl)
GREEN TEACUP IN GREENPOINT!
We're bringing “MADAME” to SHOCKAGOGO FILM FESTIVAL in Greenpoint, Brooklyn!
So excited to be part of SHOCKAGOGO Film Festival’s 2023 opening short film program. The line-up looks phenomenal... NYC peeps, hope to see you there!
Screenings will be held at The Film Noir Cinema, Wednesday, October 18-19, 20, 4-6pm 122 Meserole Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222.
If $ is a hardship, hit me up, I have comps! If you're flush, support the festival & buy a coupla tix!
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/short-films-tickets-736660721047
If you plan to come, let me know, let’s grab a drink or a bite to eat! Greenpoint is chock-fulla restaurants and bars…
xo!
Love,
The Madame-Fam💋📽🎞🖤
FILM NOIR CINEMA
122 Meserole Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222.
MADAME will officially kick off
Shockagogo’s Opening Shorts Program,
October 18, 19, and 20, 4-6pm!
Other shorts in the program include:
LAST HIKE by John Sohrweid
DREAMER by Benjamin Erwin
THE SHORT FILMS OF JOEY SMACK
SCREAM A LITTLE DREAM by Todd J Moore
film noir cinema
122 Meserole Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222.
Part Grimm’s fairy tale, part tone-poem, & part Borgesian riddle, "MADAME" tells the story of a young girl's miseducation at the hands of her dubious, criminally-minded foster mother.
Part Grimm’s fairy tale, part tone-poem, & part Borgesian riddle, "MADAME" tells the story of a young girl's miseducation at the hands of her dubious, criminally-minded foster mother.
New work in The Coachella Review!
My short play NOT EXACTLY JOHN WAYNE (A Black Comedy, with Gunslingers) is out now in the Summer 2023 issue of The Coachella Review!
Synopsis: 14 year-old bookworm Tara Lee loves a good story, and has no interest in learning to wield a firearm. But her pragmatic, protective father, Gunther, is determined to teach her how to shoot a gun. To engage her interest, he spins a mythic tale of the old Wild West, complete with gunslingers and desperados. But when fiction begins to infringe on reality, the shooting lesson veers wildly off track.
2m, 2f; bare-bones set required. A Spanish translation by Ercilia Sahores is now available.
Update on "Madame"...
My incredible editor Sean Temple, just sent deliverables for our short film "Madame." Music by Freya Cellista. Audio mix by Daniel Olmsted. My two actors did amazing work and somehow it all came together in a way that felt nothing short of miraculous. I'm floating on air right now, and kinda amazed, but also a little bit in shock! Hard to believe we're done! Now to submit to festivals... Below: actress Ann Mayo Muir as “Madame,” in one of the movie’s trippier sequences.
Forthcoming in Coachella Review...
My short screenplay “Not Exactly John Wayne” is slated for publication in the summer 2023 issue of Coachella Review!
The play contains roles for 2m. & 2f., a bare-bones set, parallel realities, and runs 15-20 minutes, depending on direction.
Stay tuned!
NEW CNF IN WEST BRANCH WIRED
Super-thrilled to have new CNF now in Issue 101 of West Branch Wired! The digital issue includes poetry by Jorie Graham, Alexis Sears, Cole Swensen, Jay Wright, fiction by the late, great Kevin McIlvoy and Diego Lama, book reviews by Esteban Rodríguez and Corey Van Landingham, plus Michael Angelo Smith-Torres’ wonderful interview with poet Albert Abonado… & more!
To read “Rain Walk,” click HERE.
Many thanks to West Branch editors Hasanthika Sirisena & Andrew Ciotola for including me in this truly fabulous issue.
NEW CREATIVE NONFICTION IN NEW PLAINS REVIEW…
"The Night Danny Sklar Somersaulted Through the Open Top Half of My Mom's Dutch Door" has made its way into the pages of New Plains Review, alongside wonderful work by Sage Ravenwood, J Thomas Meador, Sheree LaPuma & more!
To purchase the issue, click HERE
NEW CREATIVE NONFICTION IN HUNGER MOUNTAIN REVIEW!
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I’m over-the-moon to have an essay ("The Forest") out now in Issue 26 of Hunger Mountain Review, alongside poetry by legends Paul Guest, Victoria Chang and Sharon Olds, as well as CNF by Coyote Shook, Joyce Dehli, Bruce Benway, Jeffrey Kauffman, Bhakita Sicka, Andrew Bertaina, Victorio Reyes Asili, Jen Fliss, Fiction by Cody Lee, Steve Chang, new translations and more! So very grateful to Hunger Mountain editors Sue William Silverman Adam McOmber and Jonathan Smith for allowing me to be a part of this extraordinary issue!
Qu Literary magazine (volume 16)
So very honored to have a short play, "Life on the High Wire: A Circus Tragedy" included alongside amazing writing by Fernando Segall, Paul Crenstorm, Brighde Mullins & more. The gorgeous cover art is by Sarah Helser of Highpoint, NC.
Thank you, fearless editors, Brittni Harris and Gisele Firmino.
To read the issue online, visit: http://qulitmag.com
You can also purchase a hard copy from Park Road Books by clicking link below:
https://www.parkroadbooks.com/product/queens-university-summer-2022-literary-magazine
Flush Ink's UnHinged Theatre Festival!
Super-honored to have work produced in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada at FlushInk Productions’ UnHinged Festival! Thanks to fearless director Paddy Gillard-Bentley and to amazing actors Kendalin Bishop (performing Maeve’s monologue from my one-act “Running on Moontime”) as well as Scott Cooper and Brian Otto (who performed the roles of Aldo and Rob, respectively, in my ten-minute play, “Life on the High Wire”). The return of theater, post-pandemic, gives my spirits a big lift.
best women’s stage monologues of 2020!
Smith & Kraus has released their 2020 “Best of” annuals… and I’m thrilled to announce my play “Running on Moontime” has been excerpted in BEST WOMEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 2020. Purchase the collection on Amazon, or from Smith & Kraus directly.
For “Running on Moontime,” visit New Play Exchange.
Here is our 30th Anniversary edition of an exciting collection of monologues for women, most of which are from plays for ages 13 to 70+ and some ageless too! The age of the character is indicated in each monologue. All represent the best in contemporary playwriting. Included are monologues by June Guralnick, Christopher Woods, Susan Eva Haar, Jonathan Josephson, John McEneny, Kerry Muir, Carol Lashof, Aleks Merilo, Dorothea Cahan, James McLindon, Rex McGregor, Andrea Fleck Clardy, Gabriel Davis, Monte Monteleagre, Diana Burbano, Cassie Seinuk, Elayne Heilveil, Jennifer Fell Hayes, T.J. Walsh, Bill Manley, Stephen Laroque, Arthur Boatin, Adam Szymkowicz, Barbara Blatner, Michael Hilton, Bara Swain, Ralph Greco, Jr., David-Matthew Barnes, David Simpatico, Donna Spector.
bilingual edition published by NoPassport Press
BEFRIENDING BERTHA. A Play for Young Actors by Kerry Muir. A Bilingual (English-Spanish) Edition. With Translation by Ercilia Sahores. Three children- a boy who can't stop talking, a girl who can barely speak, and another girl who claims she drives her own Cadillac- are drawn into an unlikely friendship. On the fringes of a playground, they weave a web of fantasy and drama in which they seek refuge from their personal problems. When the worlds of fantasy and reality collide, however, the children are forced to confront hard truths, while still finding a way to keep hope alive. This delightful play for young audiences is a publication of NoPassport Press. To purchase, click HERE.
Sunspot Literary Editor's Prize →
Thrilled to hear that Sunspot Lit has very kindly awarded me their 2019 Annual Edition Editor’s prize for my play, “Running on Moontime.” To read more about “Running on Moontime,” click HERE.
Synopsis: San Fernando Valley, winter of 2004. Sixteen year-old Maeve runs away from her group home in Lancaster, and falls into a relationship with an older man who claims to be the legendary, missing-from-the-scenes, rock 'n roll frontman, Axl Rose. Months later, a very-pregnant Maeve is determined to track down the "rock star", only to find him living in a two-bedroom tract home in Reseda with his emotionally unstable girlfriend, Missy. In a surreal, rainy-night encounter, the three characters confront one another as they struggle to distinguish fact from fiction, past from the present, and dream-life from waking reality.
"The Night Buster Keaton Dreamed Me" out now! →
Now available
The bilingual English-Spanish edition published by NoPassport Press Includes the original English text AND a BEAUTIFUL, nuanced Spanish translation by ERCILIA SAHORES.
To purchase, click HERE.
for press and reviews, click HERE.
Trailer for short film -- "Madame"
A teaser for a short film I wrote and directed, currently in post-production: Part Grimm’s Fairy Tale, part Borgesian riddle and part tone-poem, Madame is a black & white short about an old gangster lady and the miseducation of her young protÉgé.
Featuring the music of Cellista, aka Freeya Seeburger, courtesy of Juxtapositions.
awards at The Gibraltar Drama Festival
So proud and in awe of the amazing students at The Gibraltar Academy of Music & Performing Arts in Gibraltar, Spain, and their fearless leader Tanya Santini, who directed them in an award-winning production of my children’s play, “Befriending Bertha” (now translated into Spanish, “Conociendo a Bertha, by Ercilia Sahores.) Awards garnered at The Festival: Best Youth Actress, as well as nominations in the categories of Best Youth Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress, AND Best Director!!! AMAZING WORK all around, such an honor to have artists like this breathe life into these characters and their story. And shout-out to the crew, too — that set is everything.
THE DANCE THAT WAS A PROMISE
A short documentary I made in Mexico about “La Promesa,” a folkloric dance group, and the two sisters who created it as an antidote to personal tragedy.
WATCH HERE
