Yoga Kills/Goddess of Fire

Yoga Kills by Charlotte Winters
Goddess of Fire by Staci Swedeen

June 2004
The Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY
Black Box New Play Festival

(Yoga Kills was remounted at Chernuchin Theater in Manhattan for the Samuel French One-Act Festival in summer 2005.)

Producer: Heather Siobhan Curran
Director: Matt Schicker

Cast: Musa Bacon, Brooke Hoover, Kelly Jo, Liz Samuel (Yoga Kills); Musa Bacon, Kevin Dedes, Emily Gabler, Erin Kate Howard (Yoga Kills).

For Yoga Kills at Chernuchin Theater, add: Holden Berryman, Sharisma Simmons, Elizabeth Wipff.

What I’m Most Proud Of: Playwright Charlotte Winters and I collaborated closely on developing Yoga Kills, which was a rewarding experience. Together we made changes to clarify the characters and the action, an it made for a very funny satire of the yoga/pilates craze. The final scene involved a deity by the name of Lord Chattarunga entering to “Carmina Burana” and a slow-motion battle to the death with a room full of yoga students!

(l to r) Kelly Jo as Aimhe, Brooke Hoover as Janeane, and Liz Samuel as Bliss in Yoga Kills.

Goddess of Fire also was a great piece, and the actors committed fully to some very funny gags.

Reviews and Quotes:

“There’s a real gem in the middle of this program, a charming comedy called Goddess of Fire… delightfully warm-hearted….Yoga Kills takes a slapstick look at the world of competitive yoga…quite enjoyable….skillfully directed by Matt Schicker. The acting is of fine quality as well and was extremely well-received…”
Martin Denton, nytheatre.com