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  • Bronwen and Kathryn- The Make-Out Queen

    Tuesday, December 21 Here’s a dialogue between Bronwen Prosser And Kathryn Walsh as they work through the play, The Make-Out Queen. Some ramblings… Bronwen: Writing it: what is it? Katy wants to know why i say the first line of my play. I DON’T KNOW. damn. I already WROTE it- now I have to tell the […]

  • Lila- Why I Love Millinery.

    Monday, December 20 Lots of people wear several hats in their job. I mainly wear two, but sometimes I’ll wear, say, 16, (like at our last fundraiser where I wrangled performers, co-hosted the event, prepped food, transported speakers across town, tended bar, set up lighting, etc, blah, etc…). Of course any producer knows what that’s […]

  • Michael- The Story So Far, and the Characters In It

    Wednesday, December 15 Hey, my name’s Michael Pantozzi.  I am a founding member of The Common Tongue, and I’ll be playing two characters over the course of the upcoming theatrical event known as CONNECT FIVE (my initial suggestion for the evening’s title, “Four Little Licks,” was mysteriously opposed).  Needless to say, the excitement of doing […]

  • Danny- About My Play

    Tuesday, December 14 The Room and a Richard is the most personal play I’ve written to date. It’s also one of the most complex, and looking back on the process of writing it, the inspiration, and it’s various incarnations, I can’t help but brim with excitement over what’s to come in January with this amazing […]

  • To: The Audience– From: Sarah

    Thursday, December 9 Hello prospective audience member!  I’m Sarah, and have been a member of The Common Tongue since its embryonic stages as a group of students at Atlantic Theater Company.  Having been closely involved with TCT’s development from its Original Works Nights to its many incarnations of the All Over project, it gives me […]

  • Seena & Emily- We Love this Job!

    Wednesday, December 8 We recently caught up with Seena, our marketing director, and Emily, our PR director. They were having a LOVEFEST and gabbing about their involvement with Connect Five. Here’s what we overheard: Seena: I’m really having a great time working on this project. I like the team so much! But one of the […]

  • Heeeere’s Danny

    Tuesday, December 7 We asked Danny Mitarotondo, the co-artistic director of The Common Tongue Theater Company, the same questions we asked Lila. Here is what he had to say: 1. How and why did you start your theater company? As Lila said, Atlantic solidified in all of us a sense of ownership. And from there it […]

  • Lila Speaks!

    Tuesday, December 7 We asked Lila Dupree, co-artistic director of The Common Tongue Theater Company, a couple of questions about the company and the Connect Five project. Here is what she had to say: 1. How and why did you start your theater company? I’d wanted to start a theatre company for a while and had had […]