{"id":150,"date":"2023-08-16T22:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T05:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/brighde-mullins\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:38:16","slug":"theater-production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brighde-mullins\/theater-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Theater Productions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN: staged reading at Hartford Stage as part of the Brand New Plays Festival, October 2013.<\/p>\n<p>THE BOURGEOIS PIG (full-length) Commissioned by Muhlenberg College, produced in Fall 2012; The Blank Theatre (Los Angeles) Developmental Residency, April, 2012; Muhlenberg College Development Residency, October 2011; Bard College, Voices and Visions Retreat, Summer 2011; Minneapolis PlayLabs workshop, June 2009<\/p>\n<p>RARE BIRD\u00a0 (full-length) Production: Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah, Spring 2012; Workshops: Bay Area Playwrights Festival Summer 2005; Provincetown Playhouse, May 2005; Perishable Theatre, Feb. 2005; Jonathan Larsen Lab at New York Theatre Workshop (2003); Mabou Mines Residency Artists Project, 2001<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsaltlake.com\/news\/2012\/03\/12\/rare-bird-is-a-rare-song\/\">Qsaltlake Review <\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.sltrib.com\/article.php?id=53685636&amp;itype=CMSID\">The Salt Lake Tribune Review<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityweekly.net\/BuzzBlog\/archives\/2012\/03\/15\/theater-review-rare-bird\">Salt Lake City Weekly Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TEACH\u00a0 (full length)\u00a0 Minneapolis PlayLabs, March 2008 (workshop); New York Theatre Workshop, Dartmouth Residency, Summer 2005; Clubbed Thumb Workshop, Fall 2004; New York Theatre Workshop, Staged Reading, May 2003; Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2002; Public Theatre Workshop, June 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brighde-mullins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/11\/bpig3-768x680.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Two actors are on a stage in a scene of a play.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>THE PROVOK\u2019D WIFE\u00a0\u00a0 (American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge)Re-wrote the prologue and the epilogue of this restoration comedy for Mark Wing-Davey\u2019s production.\u00a0 (Fall, 2004)<\/p>\n<p>THOSE WHO CAN, DO (full-length play) Brown Trinity Playwrights\u2019\u00a0 Summer 2005; Clubbed Thumb Theatre, NYC, June, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>THE ABLUTIONS OF BERNADETTE\u00a0 (monologue), Playground Theatre Co., SF, CA<\/p>\n<p>CLICK, a play for voices, commissioned and performed by the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, March, 2000; Intersection for the Arts CDRom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>MONKEY IN THE MIDDLE\u00a0\u00a0 (full length) (Nomination: National Theatre Critics Circle Award; winner of the Will Glickman Award) commissioned by NYU\u2019s Tisch School of the Arts<\/p>\n<p>Workshops and Productions:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;The Women\u2019s Project, NYC, March 2002<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;The Bay Area Playwrights Festival, San Francisco, California; September 2000 (workshop-reading)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;The Eureka Theatre, SF, CA April, 2000 (staged reading)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Directed by Mark Wing-Davey. This workshop production of a new play which examined the intersection of Science and Social Obligations; Caryl Churchill mentored the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brighde-mullins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/11\/rarebird.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A woman wearing a bright red feather on her head and a purple feather scarf sits next to another woman.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>FIRE EATER: The Famine Play<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(received a 1997 Mabou Mines Development Award and has been nominated twice for the Susan Smith-Blackburn prize.) Production with a 6-week run at the Electric Lodge in Los Angeles. Nominated for a LAMBDA Award.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;Full production and four week run at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. UK premiere. Directed by Mark Wing-Davey. June 1999<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;New York Stage and Film, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, directed by Maria Mileaf, June 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;Daedalus Theatre Company, off-off Broadway, NYC, Dec.1999<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Mills College Production, March 1998<\/p>\n<p>-Portland Stage Company, April, 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>TOPOGRAPHICAL EDEN: Coming of Age in Las Vegas<\/p>\n<p>(Winner of the 1997 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;Full production with a four-week run as part of the 1996-97 Season at The Magic Theatre, San Francisco.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;Staged Readings at the Women\u2019s Project (May 1997) and New York Theatre Workshop (December 1997). Published in International Theatre Forum.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/fc58d1a13e0aea6fc85d8ca5585168db\/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;cbl=2031148\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MEATLESS FRIDAY, one-act play.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Women\u2019s Project, \u201893; New York University, March 1990; Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1990; Yale Cabaret 1987.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>INCREASE,\u00a0full-length play.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>La MaMa Experimental Theatre Company, NYC, 1990. Music by Charles Goldbeck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PATHOLOGICAL VENUS, one-act play.<\/p>\n<p>Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC, 1989; Lyceum Theatre, San Diego,\u00a0 1988; The George Street Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, 1987; Yale Cabaret,\u00a0 1984 and 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brighde-mullins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2023\/11\/thosewhocan3.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"An actress sits in a chair on a blue stage filled with many chairs.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":571,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-150","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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