News Archive
May-June 2022
- Filming a lead role "House of Helsing" with Academy Films in Armenia.
- Summer Meisner workshops: Coming Soon!
- Head over to www.jlaskyvoices.com to hear about my many new Voice Over developments!
March 2021
- I have released my first new play of 2021, "rising -butoh artsak" for your viewing pleasure!
- I finished a screenplay for a short film based on the ancient Chinese poem "Lines from a Dream: Thinking of the Sunsent" by Li Qingzhao!
- Head over to www.jlaskyvoices.com to hear about my many new Voice Over developments!
July 2020
-We're staying in Armenia! #casadelasky
-New dedicated Voiceover Artist website (http://jlaskyvoices.com/) coming soon!
- New items in the new Store: Check out our nifty logo stickers below and support our future productions!
October 2019
- Meisner in Moscow!!!
See link for details: http://jasonlasky.tilda.ws/
May 2019
- http://asbarez.com/179690/a-journey-of-angels-staged-at-uwc-dilijan/
- We opened and closed A Journey of Angels, a new play in progress. Read a little about it here! Check out some production images here!
- From the archives! Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid! Click to watch!
- Coming soon: My first full-length screenplay and an MFA!
February 2019
- We had a wonderful V-Day weekend at UWC Dilijan! Check out the video by Sonia Wargacka (and click this link to go to her website)! Please donate to Society Without Violence!
- Check out this amazing reading I was asked to be a part of in New Hampshire in January!
- From the archives! Mend the Envelope! Click to watch!
- Prepping lots of springtime theatre in Armenia:
- March: White Rabbit/Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour
- April: IBDP Theatre Showcase performances and the Armenian Soundpainting Orchestra as part of The Dilijan Arts Festival
- April: A Journey of Angels, a new play by Brent Beerman based on the novel My Mother's Voice by Dr. Kay Mouradian.
- May: Performances of the 1st UWC-wide Ten-Minute Play Festival. Plays must be about "UNITY". Deadline April 1st.
January 2019
- HAPPY NEW YEAR!
- I'm in New Hampshire, having just had a reading/feedback discussion of my newest full-length play at my low-residency MFA program!
- We're prepping a V-Day event for next month in Armenia! Stay tuned for details!
- Check out this amazing reading I was asked to be a part of in New Hampshire!
July 2018
- Svetlana and I are featured in the most recent Theatre Couples section of American Theatre magazine!
- My low-residency MFA at NHIA has been mesmerizing! New work is on the horizon!
- Check out this link for "The Seeds of New Armenia," which I directed this past April 24th at UWC Dilijan to commemorate the Armenian genocide.
- Check out this link for production photographs of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)[revised]," which I directed this past May at UWC Dilijan, and click here for a review!
November 2017
- Last month was very busy:
- Svetlana and I led a new workshop we've developed called "The Experiment: See-Act-Share" at the 15th Annual High Fest International Theatre Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. Pictures and video here.
- We ran "The Experiment" workshop at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography (YSITC). 36 Armenian students and teachers! WOW!!!
- If you haven't had a chance, read a new 4-page story about the Laskys' lives together. Please visit this link for an English translation.
- We capped off the month with a brand new play called Keep Out, directed by Svetlana, that followed a terrifying haunted house at UWC Dilijan (also directed by Svetlana).
- Amazing news: Mend the Envelope will be translated into Armenian, published and produced! Details coming soon!
- Midway through November we'll have a joint physical theatre workshop with my IBDP Theatre students and YSITC!
- Be sure to check out my UWC teacher profile here!
- Remember to purchase your copy of the NYC Act One: One Act finalist Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid here!
- See the premiere production of Last Exit... by clicking on the poster on the Playwright page! The Password is 'actone'.
September 2017
- I am now the Teacher of Theatre at UWC Dilijan College.
- Check out my UWC profile here!
- UWC hosted the NCA Small Theatre for a workshop and performance of their inclusive performance, Ne me quitte pas/ Մի լքիր ինձ.
- Here's an article about NCA Small Theatre's visit to UWC.
- Here's a new 4-page story about the Laskys' lives together. Please visit this link for an English translation.
- The new #sunnynights section, a follow-up to our ongoing 40 Days of Night project, is up and running. Have a look!
- You can still purchase your copy of the NYC Act One: One Act finalist Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid here!
- You can still watch Last Exit... by clicking on the poster on the Playwright page! The Password is 'actone'.
June/July 2017
- I've been having a blast with the students of The Nairobi Performing Arts Studio at the Kenya National Theatre!
- See the new 'Teacher' section for a new collection of photographs from my workshops in China, Russia and Kenya!
- There's a great advertisement (in Russian) for our July 2nd co-workshop with djembe drum master Ivonna Freidmane (click for website)!
- Want to hear about that time I french kissed a giraffe named Julia? How about when my daughter rode on the back of an ostrich, or when we were on holiday and were invaded by a pack of monkeys? Check out 'Disquiet Interrupted' for a taste of our lives over the last 10 months!
- The new #sunnynights section is up and running! What is it you ask? Check it out to learn about our July 2017 project in Russia
- You can still purchase your copy of the NYC Act One: One Act finalist Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid here!
- You can still watch Last Exit... by clicking on the poster on the Playwright page! The Password is 'actone'.
May 2017
- The Nairobi Performing Arts Studio and the Kenya National Theatre presents Special Guest Drama Tutor Jason Lasky! http://npa-studio.co.ke/ for more information!
- You can still get your copy of Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid here!
- You can still watch Last Exit... by clicking on the poster on the Playwright page! The Password is 'actone'.
- Sadly, I've had to turn down the invitation to the William Inge Festival, again. There's always next year!
- Will we present a new work in Segovia, Spain at the 35th Annual International Theatre Institute's Global Conference this July? Stay tuned!!!
April 2017
- Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid will be published in The Secret Theatre's anthology. Buy your second Jason Lasky play here!
- You can still watch Last Exit... by clicking on the poster on the Playwright page! The Password is 'actone'.
- I've been invited to the 36th Annual William Inge Festival
- I'm teaching an acting workshop from April 4-8 at the Academy of Dance and Art in Nairobi
- Rehearsals are underway for the Kenyan premier of The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, which I am directing. More info coming soon, but in the meantime, here's a pictorial preview.
February 2017
- Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid was an Act One: One Act Finalist!
- Watch Last Exit... by clicking on the poster on the Playwright page! The Password is 'actone'
- Theatre in the Now Feature
http://www.theaterinthenow.com/2017/01/spotlight-onjason-lasky.html - Theatre Beyond Broadway Feature
https://malinism.com/2017/01/03/meet-jason-lasky-last-exit-before-youre-off-the-grid/ - I am a licensed theatre teacher!
December 2016
- I led a theatre teacher training workshop for LAMDA, Nairobi, covering improvisational games and breath awareness.
- I contributed an article to the Dec. 2016 edition of Tarumbeta! (The Quarterly Newsletter of The Theatre Company of Kenya)
- Coming to New York City's The Secret Theatre Act One:One Act 2017 Short Play Festival: Last Exit Before You're Off The Grid, starring Buket Gulbeyaz & Rafa Perez and directed by Jessica Schechter! Tickets here.
- Train Station, a groundbreaking film I worked on in Shanghai 2012, had a brilliant 2016:
Miami Independent Film Festival – Winner: Best Feature Film
Los Angeles Diversity Festival – Winner: Best Feature
“The Goddess on the Throne” Film Festival – Winner: Special Jury Award
Kansas International Film Festival – Winner: Best Narrative Feature
- Filming a lead role "House of Helsing" with Academy Films in Armenia.
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