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 […]
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 […]
Monday, December 13 Soft lips, long hair, sugar and spice. Rough nails, smooth skin, ripped jeans. I to you Boston Creams; you to me a woman at home. To each other- A destination.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Monday, January 10 The Make-Out Queen is a piece I wrote. I am also the only person who has ever performed it. I’ve been working on it for two years off and on, as a writer…as an actor… When I first started working on it I had no fear or panic about the writing… If […]
Monday, December 6 At The Common Tongue, we are really super excited!! Why? Well, we’re excited because we’re working on a brand-spanking-new project called CONNECT FIVE: Four Plays, One Audience. What is it? Connect Five unites new writers with established playwrights in an evening of one act plays by award-winning writers Wendy MacLeod and Lucy […]