MULTI-MEDIA QUEER SOLO SHOW BLURS LINES BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY
Devon's Diary: The True Account of a Fictional Life
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DEVON’S DIARY: THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF A FICTIONAL LIFE
Written & Performed by Jennifer Howd
Music Composed by Jennifer Howd
Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10pm
The New Collective, 6440 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038
LOS ANGELES (May 13, 2015) – Inspired by Creator/Performer Jennifer Howd’s real-life struggles with death, sex, and prescription pain killers, debut solo show “Devon’s Diary: The True Account of a Fictional Life” blurs the line between fiction and reality as Jennifer takes on the self-referential persona of queer, 20-something writer/DJ, Devon, struggling to string the semi-fictionalized events of her life together into a coherent, multi-disciplinary solo performance piece.
The audience at the one night only Hollywood Fringe Festival performance of Devon’s Diary is going to travel back in time for the “trip” of a lifetime. A multi-sensory, erotic tone poem taking place in the 1990’s NYC queer scene, Devon’s Diary follows a young artist’s darkly-comedic downward spiral initiated by her mother’s death—and the subsequent request by her girlfriend to open their previously monogamous relationship. Incapable of coping with her pain, Devon’s only method of dealing with it is by self-medicating—and her only way of trying to make sense of it is by turning it into “art.”
Equipped onstage with a laptop, MIDI keyboard controller and a set of speakers, protagonist/performer Devon provides the audience with an intimate glimpse into her creative process, sharing her innermost thoughts and feelings as she weaves original sound design and music with semi-autobiographical narrative storytelling and spoken word poetry.
ABOUT JENNIFER:
Los Angeles-based creator/performer, Jennifer Howd’s eclectic background includes work within feature film marketing, broadcast design producing, writing, and mindfulness facilitation. Jennifer began her career in NYC as a Publicist at MGM/United Artists. She later segued into post-production, where she oversaw motion graphics production for feature documentaries, as well as major broadcast and cable network image campaigns, television shows, promos, and commercials. As a writer, Jennifer has co-penned two award-winning spec teleplays as well as numerous spec screenplays. Her experimental short video, “An Ounce of Mother” was an official selection in the 13th annual Boston Underground Film Festival and won “Best Film Shot on a Mobile Device” in the world’s first iPhone app film festival (The Flaneur Film Festival). She is the co-author of “The Gay & Lesbian Guide to College Life” (published by Random House), and her debut memoir, “The Mindfulness Diaries: How I Survived My First Nine-Day Silent Meditation Retreat” is currently available in paperback and as an e-book.
A UCLA-certified mindfulness facilitator, Jennifer also regularly writes about mindfulness on her blog, “The Mindfulness Diaries,” and for “The Huffington Post.” In addition to her writing and entertainment production experience, Jennifer co-created and produced the world’s first “Queer Media & Entertainment Conference” (Q-Me Con), committed to promoting queer visibility. A proud voice in the queer community, she’s honored to have been included in lesbian magazine, “GO!’s” 2008 and 2014 “100 Women We Love” lists.
Devon’s Diary plays for one performance only.
FOR YOUR LISTINGS:
DEVON’S DIARY: THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF A FICTIONAL LIFE
Friday, June 26th at 10:00pm
The New Collective, 6440 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038
$12 general admission
63 minute run time
Tickets are available at box office or online at http://hff15.org/2389
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