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PLAYWRITING
Julia Marie Black is an Associate Member of the Dramatists Guild of America. She began studying playwriting with Ashley Griffin and has since expanded into poetry, lyrics and screenwriting.
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Her first play, Everything Feels Like the End of the World, has had two workshop productions, a staged reading and is a 2024 official selection of the Act-Draft-Direct Series. Due to the constraints of COVID-19, the first workshop went through a very unusual rehearsal process. the actors, Julia Marie Black (Angie) and Jack Levenberg (Devon), met via zoom to work on the script for several weeks leading up to a weekend of in-person rehearsals in Freeport, NY during which they staged the full show. The actors and production team then returned to zoom rehearsals for several weeks before the actors and out-of-town production team members made the commute to Main St. Studios in Fredonia, NY for tech week and performances. ​​
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A second workshop production was set to perform at the Phelps Mansion Museum in January 2022 starring Erin Grace Kelly as Devon and Julia Marie Black as Angie. However, due to the surge in the omicron variant of COVID-19, the production was filmed and streamed from May 12th to 22nd digitally.
In January 2023, The Access Theatre Project produced a staged reading of Everything Feels Like the End of the World directed by Noelle Elise Crites. The Production starred Sa’Renn Nikols as Angie and Rebekah Mallory as Devon.
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SCREENWRITING
In 2021 Julia co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the short film Don’t Be a Stranger. The film, directed by Josh Wahl, follows four childhood friends- Jaime (Julia Marie Black), Kirsten (Chelsea Bolles), Jake (Patrick Saint Ange) and Bodie (Andrew Ajaka)- as they mourn the loss of their friend, Ben. A shapesifter soon enters their group in a thrilling exploration of who you know and who you don’t.
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Filmed in Binghamton, NY, The film pays homage to Binghamton native Rod Serling as well as the work of horror icons Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick.
LYRICS
Inspired by her turn as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Julia began writing a series of poetry from the perspective of the titular star-crossed lover.
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In 2022, Julia brought one of these poems to her friend and collaborator Mickie Wadsworth and the two began to craft a song cycle following the life of Juliet Capulet beginning with her death and ending with the moment she first meet her Romeo.
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Soprano: Mariah Berryman
Piano: Katrina Kalhamer
Music: Mickie Wadsworth
Lyrics: Julia Marie Black