Playwriting
Jamie Roach loves to write. Writes Jamie Roach. His work has been compared to the likes of Christopher Durang and Edward Albee- and he thinks that’s a little absurd. Jamie had three of his plays produced in New York City. He is currently working on a fourth that is to be produced in Southern California in 2016.
His favorite collaborative moment was through the process of co-creating and co-writing a multi-discipline play called The City. Collaborating with dancers, actors, filmmakers and musicians who developed an original score, this interactive play questioned the ways in which we connect with our modern world and imagined the possibilities of further connectivity with each other.
The City
(co-written, co-created, co-directed)
Play with music, dance and film. 13 characters. Runtime: 90 mins.
Produced by EMP Orchestra and MadArt - Flamboyan Theatre, NYC, Winter 2014
Self-Produced - TheatreLab, NYC, Spring 2014
““The City envelops its audience in an exciting theatrical experiment in how technology transforms old narratives into new ones. Created by a colorful collective of artists, The City unfolds as a simple scenario of boy meets girl, then he continues meeting her in different forums, medias, and mediums. Co-written and acted by its two leads, Jamie Roach and Catherine Hanna, Alive Worldwide’s The City is more than another sit-down-and-watch work of theater...
This requires a certain trust with large groups of strangers, but that’s what this show seems to be championing in both art and life. Alive Worldwide has an excellent set-up that could really tap the potential that lies in each scary and unknown audience...
Hanna and Roach open us up to a small window of time and intimacy. The City finds the melancholic humor, tech satire, and slow-building beauty in this city of 8 million strangers to know each other.””