You might rightly judge that title to be half fib, depending on how you read it. The upcoming public reading of Philosophical Zombie Killers, happening on September 14 at 7:30 pm at Freehold Theatre, will certainly, and happily, not be the last public reading of a play of mine. The Sequence is scheduled to be read on October 12 at 2pm at the Bathhouse Theater at Green Lake. (More details here.) But Philosophical Zombie Killers is indeed my last full-length play. I have no plans to write another, and no great prospects for future full production of this, or any other play I have written. On September 15, the day after this reading, I will officially step away from the theatre. I have no plans to return. Of course threads of sadness run through this decision, but it is also interwoven with hope, and anticipation of new adventures. I hope you’ll wish me well. And if you can, I hope you’ll come see this reading. Here, below the fold, is the press release with all the info:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KILL DATE: September 14, 2013
Press Contact: Paul Mullin
paul at paulmullin dot com
EVENT: Final Development Reading of Paul Mullin’s new play . . . .
Philosophical Zombie Killers
WHO:
Award winning director and ACT’s Associate Artistic Director, John Langs
Actor and Sandbox Artists Collective member, actor and producer, Amy Love
Sandbox Artists Collective member, actor and producer, Rebecca Olson
Sandbox member & Stranger Genius Award Winning playwright, Paul Mullin
Renowned actor, director, writer and professor of theatre, Dawson Nichols
WHERE: Freehold Theatre, 2222 - 2nd Avenue in Belltown
WHEN: September 14, 2013, 7:30 pm
HOW: Admission is free! (Thanks to generous support from 4Culture and the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.) Comments on the play will be welcomed in a post-play discussion.
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The Sandbox Artists Collective presents a reading of Paul Mullin’s latest play Philosphical Zombie Killers at Freehold Theatre on Saturday, September 14th, culminating a multi-year development process funded in part by grants from 4Culture and by Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Philosphical Zombie Killers is a three person play dramatizing actual scientific and philosophical investigations of human consciousness in the vein of John Searle, Daniel Dennett and Susan Blackmore. A synopsis of the play is enclosed below.
Paul Mullin has pulled together a team of all-stars from previous projects. Amy Love, having worked with Paul on the Off-Broadway premiere of his play Louis Slotin Sonata, and more recently as founding producer of the Sandbox One-Act Play Festival, will play Susan. Dawson Nichols, playing Simon, partnered with Mullin to create and stage two living newspapers produced by Newswrights United: It’s not in the P-I, and The New New News . Dawson also directed Mullin’s play Tuesday at Annex Theatre, when Paul played the main role of Audie McCall. John Langs, directing this presentation, also directed the Seattle premiere of Mullin’s Louis Slotin Sonata and the world premiere of The Sequence at The Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena. Rebecca Olson commissioned Mullin to write Ballard House Duet, the premiere offering of her company Custom Made Plays. She also performed the roll of Heidi in the two-woman piece. Rebecca will be narrating the reading. In addition to researching and developing the script of Philosophical Zombie Killers, Mullin will play the role of Bill.
Philosophical Zombie Killers
a synopsis
The graduate level seminar is about human consciousness. Or at least that’s what you thought when you signed up for it. Now some-one’s telling you that you’re 45 years old and that you’re dying. You certainly didn’t sign up for that. Now this alcoholic professor is asking you to explain consciousness to him. And this depressed ex-cop from Missouri is telling you about the epidemic of decapitations in Seattle. And this weird lady from Omnisoft just wants you to admit that there’s no such thing as consciousness and no such thing as you for that matter. Could she possibly be right? Might make dying easier.
Wait.
Who said you were dying?
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