WOODCUTTER
ABOUT THE PLAY
After my parents both passed and our family home was packed up and sold, I found myself isolated by grief, seeking that sense of home that I had lost. They say grief has seven stages, but they come in no particular order and revisit you often.
While my story is uniquely mine, it's also everyone's. We are all faced with our loved ones passing and making peace with it in our own way, in our own time.
My wife encouraged me to share my experiences as one man show. I was hesitant at first. I wanted to honor my parents and not shed them in a bad light. But the more I could expose the heartache, the more relatable the story became and the stronger the love was felt.
What actually makes a home is not the four walls, it's the people in it. The memories, the celebrations, watching your team score the winning goal, but it's also all the shit, getting through the hard times and never giving up on each other even when it gets ugly. That's the "home" that lives in me now, that has shaped me, and the only way to keep it alive is to share it with others and let people into my "home."
I want to thank my wife, Mickele, for writing this play with me, John Markland for pushing me as an actor and creative, and Carolyn for believing in this play.
-John Anthony Gorman
DATES:
January
9th - 12th @8pm
16th- 19th @8pm
LOCATION:
Lee Strasberg Theater
7936 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
JOHN ANTHONY GORMAN was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He began acting after tearing his ACL while pursuing a career as a Professional Golfer. During his recovery, he saw an ad for an acting school in Scotland and thought “f#%k it, I’ll give that a try.” He moved to NYC and studied at the Atlantic Acting School. Since then he has appeared in TV shows such as “The Blacklist” on NBC, “Lioness” alongside Nicole Kidman on Paramount+ and will be appearing in an upcoming “Marvel” Show on Disney+. His recent Off-Broadway credits include: The Parlour (The Rattlestick Theater) and Nowhere Man (Theatre for the New City.) John dedicates this performance to his wife, his son John Paul and son on the way, and his parents. JOHN GORMAN
MICKELE HOGAN is a playwright and performer originally from Omaha, Nebraska. She moved to NYC and graduated from NYU: Tisch. Her most notable play, Mourning the Living, received its world premiere in the Thespis Theater Festival (2016) and continued off-Broadway at Abingdon’s Dorothy Strelsin Theater (2017). Her short works have been featured at the Actor's Temple, The Producer's Club, Atlantic's Stage 2, Walkerspace and 13th St. Repertory Theater. Her unproduced pilot "Caregivers" was a finalist in the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition (2019). Her performing credits include: The Velveteen Rabbit (Linda Gross Theater), Xanadu (Holland Center), The Love of the Nightingale and The Rules (Alchemical Theater). Her recent film credits include: "Dust in Flame" "Descent," and “The Artifice." MICKELE HOGAN