Calendar
COMING SOON:
On May 19, 2012 Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same will screen the at the Emerson Gallery Berlin – in Berlin, Germany. I will be there in person and am excited to meet folks from Berlin!
In August, my comedy IN HEAT: IS SHE HOT UNDER HER COLLAR OR UNDER HER SKIRT? will be in the 2012 FringeNYC. Performance dates and time T.B.A.
Forthcoming screening dates T.B.A.: I appear in chapter 9 of Michelle Tea’s queer classic “Valencia.” The story about the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco’s Mission District’s is being turned into a feature-length film! This collaborative project involves twenty one filmmakers who are each shooting a short based on the chapters in the book. Intended to be seen in it’s entirety, or by individual chapters, I had the great opportunity to work ‘s with chapter 9′s director Silas Howard. And, check out chapter 9′s fabulous stars: Heather Acs, Zari Esaian, and Erin Markey!!
Please visit my film page for 2012 screenings of Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same.
PAST CALENDAR EVENTS…
In Heat was be performed on Monday, May 6th @ 6:30 p.m. in NYC – TADA Theatre. 15 W. 28th Street (X Broadway and 5th Avenue.) Tix $10 at the door. This is part of the Emerging Artists Theatre’s One Woman Standing series. Written by Lisa Haas, directed by Jocelyn Sawyer and performed by Sally Sockwell (Come see if she’s hot under her collar or under her skirt!)
WORKS-IN-PROGRESS
And see Doris LIVE in 2011/12 in her newest community outreach appearance Doris Anderson: A Second Life date T.B.A.
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Doris is hip-to-the-shit and has her own blog!
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS…
The DPB Scandal: A Trangressive Queer Comedy
I’m revealing further tales from my suburban family closet:
Lisa Haas’ transgressive comedy about good people with bad secrets exposes shocking revelations and twisted tales leaking from her kooky and cracked suburban family closet.
With an eagle eye for morbid minutiae and the amazing ability to find the dark humor in her family’s assembly of skeletons, Haas’ piece is an exploration/excavation of ghastly corruption, humiliation, shame, fear and loathing in 21st Century suburban America.
In The Denver Police Burglary Scandal, Haas revisits her family’s metaphorical burial ground, first seen in Crown Hill Cemetery. This time around she exhumes a powerful secret about her deceased father, which sheds new light on her own secret.
Minor in comparison to her biologically relevant revelations, Haas’ closeted homosexuality and internalized homophobia are the centerpiece of this shit-your-pants dystopian comedy.
Haas’ stories about her family and their misguided attempts to cover up everything from awkward situations to real family felonies reveal the incredibly high price she paid for maintaining her personal integrity in a family, and a society, where what other people think actually matters more than individual happiness.
At the 2008 Orlando Fringe, the Orlando Sentinel said about Crown Hill Cemetery, “Haas brings sincerity, creativity and humor to her tale… I’ve never seen anybody else convey grief quite as Haas does – This is a sweet, funny tale.” At the Piccolo Spoleto Festival The Post and Courier said, “Her vivacious, amazingly zingy off-the-wall material about death and dying came across hilariously.” And “…Haas is a comedian who shows a lot of promise as well as a bit of a Lily Tomlin quality. Saturday Night Live could use a comedian of this caliber.” The Charleston City Paper noted, “Haas delivers monologue with moxie…”
