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Vivamus malesuada tortor vel sapien bibendum porta. <img width="1875" height="2300" width_o="1875" height_o="2300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87487bc7a84ba4f5015a6881a69f85b802b02caa678b444588ea9340bdfe0794/vertical.svg" data-mid="199951754" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87487bc7a84ba4f5015a6881a69f85b802b02caa678b444588ea9340bdfe0794/vertical.svg" /> Quisque vitae ornare tellus, scelerisque Phasellus laoreet vestibulum felis https://hamishmarissenclark.com/about-1 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:28:00 +0000 Hamish Marissen-Clark https://hamishmarissenclark.com/about-1 HAMISH MARISSEN-CLARK is a playwright, lyricist, director, and actor who loves art that could only possibly exist in a theatre. The theatre is one of the last places where we listen to real people, in real time, in real space. To&nbsp;Hamish, this grants the form a unique ability to confront, console, and genuinely surprise an audience. He considers Jordan Tannahill, Stephen Sondheim,&nbsp;Daniel Fish, Peter Jorgensen, Anton&nbsp;Chekhov, Sandra Ferens, Michael R. Jackson, Carolina Bianchi, and Brent Carver some of his most significant inspirations.&nbsp; <img width="5504" height="7706" width_o="5504" height_o="7706" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7398e3bb9842667e613023d9652f4cd6fbf67bfc8acd35ce4d0bd5477b74d41/_DSC6195.jpg" data-mid="233972719" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7398e3bb9842667e613023d9652f4cd6fbf67bfc8acd35ce4d0bd5477b74d41/_DSC6195.jpg" /> [hamishmarissenclark.com] Hamish holds a Bachelor of Science in Theatre from Northwestern University, where he was in the Music Theatre Certificate Program and the Music Theatre Writing module, and where he also received what is historically known as the Department Award for Excellence in Acting. In 2018, Hamish was the national first-place winner of Poetry in Voice. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild. https://hamishmarissenclark.com/writing-directing Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:27:58 +0000 Hamish Marissen-Clark https://hamishmarissenclark.com/writing-directing writing &amp; directing S.I.M.P.S.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (book &amp; lyrics; original workshop director) <img width="5688" height="3792" width_o="5688" height_o="3792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/439ec3d784926e2cdf7817856185b807d67a904634fafefec81e70aeb0b33d03/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-15.jpg" data-mid="226074001" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/439ec3d784926e2cdf7817856185b807d67a904634fafefec81e70aeb0b33d03/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-15.jpg" /> <img width="5857" height="3905" width_o="5857" height_o="3905" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b67aed5ee3c9a6df10cc332c3d04ff32523d8bb643f7bccf5df72f033051b00/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-14.jpg" data-mid="226073999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b67aed5ee3c9a6df10cc332c3d04ff32523d8bb643f7bccf5df72f033051b00/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-14.jpg" /> <img width="5243" height="3495" width_o="5243" height_o="3495" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4f618183a22d3af6b944cb33bc26348152e1778a17b6026c7c509ef8a379482/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-5.jpg" data-mid="226073989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4f618183a22d3af6b944cb33bc26348152e1778a17b6026c7c509ef8a379482/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-5.jpg" /> <img width="5248" height="3499" width_o="5248" height_o="3499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81a64be484aed29c32104fc260534d2c15489c62532a0850670afb6beb88bf18/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-2.jpg" data-mid="226073986" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81a64be484aed29c32104fc260534d2c15489c62532a0850670afb6beb88bf18/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-2.jpg" /> <img width="5535" height="3690" width_o="5535" height_o="3690" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aec89268ea0be3d3db83ca5808a26ff48c5f6843db6a33bb141912066e38a7a4/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-13.jpg" data-mid="226073998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aec89268ea0be3d3db83ca5808a26ff48c5f6843db6a33bb141912066e38a7a4/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-13.jpg" /> <img width="5587" height="3725" width_o="5587" height_o="3725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35c783e1045dfb95792f1f92e666771cabc311ed93d92419d4de1b21bad49c02/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-11.jpg" data-mid="226073996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35c783e1045dfb95792f1f92e666771cabc311ed93d92419d4de1b21bad49c02/SIMPS-Production-Photos_RebeccaJMichelson-11.jpg" /> about: Kevin is stuck. He knows that boys need to talk about their feelings, but he also knows that his voice is probably not what the world needs to hear. With this in mind, he joins the Self-Improvement &amp; Male Preservation Society, or S.I.M.P.S., a cult of men promising to teach Kevin how to protect the world from the dangers of his masculinity. But when the society uses harrowing violence to uphold its supposed progressivism, Kevin must reckon more honestly with his role in today’s gender landscape. A surrealist tragicomedy with a violent jazz-pop score, SIMPS uses sensibilities like those of Fight Club, Michael R. Jackson, South Park, and Midsommar as it embarks on an incisive, oddly earnest interrogation of modern masculinity.&nbsp; development history: SIMPS was selected for residency at IRT, an experimental theatre off-Broadway, where it sold out its multi-week production in January and February 2025. It also received a post-production workshop with A.R.T. / Normal Ave. Prior to New York, the piece (then called “THE BROTHERHOOD OF DIX”) had a workshop presentation in June 2023 at the Attic Theatre in Toronto. More info about the script, song demos, lyric sheets, etc. is available upon request.&nbsp;simpsmusical.com &nbsp; NY production creative:&nbsp; book &amp; lyrics by Hamish Marissen-Clark music by Alec Steinhorn directed by Nicholas Polonio&nbsp;musical direction by Patrick B. Phillips produced by Shannon Molly Flynn set by Cat Raynor sound by Germán Martínez lights by Paige Seber costumes by Martín Lara Avila NY production cast: Cory Jeacoma John El-Jor Walter Higginbotham Aaron Arnell Harrington Logan Farine Kamari Saxon Gen Parton-Shin**(replaced Karl Josef Co due to illness) Dead Man’s Plunge&nbsp; &nbsp; (director) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="5929" height="3955" width_o="5929" height_o="3955" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b8404c87c5d592dadfede8c2b9e33a69456dbc77c88cc519ec51164c14f9c30/Group-A-111.jpg" data-mid="199958062" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b8404c87c5d592dadfede8c2b9e33a69456dbc77c88cc519ec51164c14f9c30/Group-A-111.jpg" /> <img width="6858" height="4574" width_o="6858" height_o="4574" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e43b869f8ed2be54f10551865f758a28d3d5fecd7a6ec6258d5a5f2b7997fa9/Group-A-91.jpg" data-mid="199958023" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e43b869f8ed2be54f10551865f758a28d3d5fecd7a6ec6258d5a5f2b7997fa9/Group-A-91.jpg" /> <img width="6086" height="4059" width_o="6086" height_o="4059" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fa9b244761f29b6775721e74e6213d3e0c43e970cf016b44824d8486fa6ebd5/dmp-web-1.jpg" data-mid="199957849" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fa9b244761f29b6775721e74e6213d3e0c43e970cf016b44824d8486fa6ebd5/dmp-web-1.jpg" /> <img width="6394" height="4265" width_o="6394" height_o="4265" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/146d27c5c751a0bc4ea9fd831fbccfee83b453d55806ed329e76fd0d95355f24/dmp-web-4.jpg" data-mid="205002819" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/146d27c5c751a0bc4ea9fd831fbccfee83b453d55806ed329e76fd0d95355f24/dmp-web-4.jpg" /> <img width="6151" height="4103" width_o="6151" height_o="4103" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c49a49b003aeed9993cee5c7fe47d791fa85705d71cedc22b8f3f3e321505c0a/dmp-web-8.jpg" data-mid="199958039" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c49a49b003aeed9993cee5c7fe47d791fa85705d71cedc22b8f3f3e321505c0a/dmp-web-8.jpg" /> <img width="7616" height="5080" width_o="7616" height_o="5080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c3b7aff1276fbd2bdc6e9d3f842dc5bbe38c6e86c7c0ad65035628755c28fc0/dmp-web-6-maybe.jpg" data-mid="199958040" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c3b7aff1276fbd2bdc6e9d3f842dc5bbe38c6e86c7c0ad65035628755c28fc0/dmp-web-6-maybe.jpg" /> <img width="7878" height="5255" width_o="7878" height_o="5255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63104dc4c55e93d296bcb39c752313441784af98429ea61d3b0c6c8975520e00/dmp-web-2.jpg" data-mid="199958025" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63104dc4c55e93d296bcb39c752313441784af98429ea61d3b0c6c8975520e00/dmp-web-2.jpg" /> about:&nbsp;Brad and Chad are two old rivals who happen to recognize each other on their way up what they think is a ski lift. We soon learn, however, that Brad and Chad have each mistaken the other for a different Brad and a different Chad that they’d known in life previous. Throughout the play, they continue their ascent up their ski lift until they reach the Dead Man’s Plunge, at which point they fall into the same pattern as all the Brads and Chads before them.&nbsp; In this piece, I felt that there was a certain musicality to the characters’ manners of speech. Creaking ski lift sounds were vital to the forward momentum of DEAD MAN’S PLUNGE’s text, but to me it felt inauthentic to use realistic sound cues in this play’s non-realistic world. Instead, I used a violinist who stood center throughout the piece and functioned as a musical narrator. The creaking sounds were played by on the violin in varying ways depending on the intensity, timing, and length of each creak. We also collaborated to include a longer solo that was featured at both the beginning and the end. Like the circular staging of the ski lift, this was meant to symbolize the story’s cyclical nature. creative: text by Allison Theveny directed by Hamish Marissen-Clark produced by Northwestern’s MFA in Writing for the Stage &amp; Screen&nbsp;lights by Seojung Jang sound by Deon Custard projections by Michael Frazel festival production by Katie Lupica fest. artistic direction by Skyler Tarnas fest. co-artistic direction by Alex Joyce cast: Peter Carroll Stephen Peng Max Reichek (violin) Songs for a New World&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (director)&nbsp; <img width="1367" height="763" width_o="1367" height_o="763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1ab9f41b843fbddef841253a37b99ac845c22d092187b0b8ef49c66fd26926d/danielle-moon.jpeg" data-mid="202627453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1ab9f41b843fbddef841253a37b99ac845c22d092187b0b8ef49c66fd26926d/danielle-moon.jpeg" /> <img width="1373" height="770" width_o="1373" height_o="770" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2009df8c28f11dc2fff09f4599dd5f20bc0ff3a24c3cfb548de33cbefaa569ec/songs-insta-3.jpeg" data-mid="202627441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2009df8c28f11dc2fff09f4599dd5f20bc0ff3a24c3cfb548de33cbefaa569ec/songs-insta-3.jpeg" /> <img width="1368" height="766" width_o="1368" height_o="766" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9e3fda4ed1251255e5f57c4182e7c9770f95a6cb620715bd361f63d3e34d6d8/songs-insta-4.jpg" data-mid="202628385" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9e3fda4ed1251255e5f57c4182e7c9770f95a6cb620715bd361f63d3e34d6d8/songs-insta-4.jpg" /> <img width="1368" height="771" width_o="1368" height_o="771" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b3b7c27eb82401efa9d9d64b8e3d01ca79b5d162e2fda19468b280e645d2c47/songs-insta-13.jpg" data-mid="202628401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b3b7c27eb82401efa9d9d64b8e3d01ca79b5d162e2fda19468b280e645d2c47/songs-insta-13.jpg" /> <img width="1815" height="986" width_o="1815" height_o="986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36763ba8e7d2892e38f2639ecd58af21d5fbb648e7de1f048d7e8f2627b2f31c/songs-insta-5.jpg" data-mid="202628375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36763ba8e7d2892e38f2639ecd58af21d5fbb648e7de1f048d7e8f2627b2f31c/songs-insta-5.jpg" /> <img width="1367" height="765" width_o="1367" height_o="765" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8915dd0377709e9ba61fbfff4eed37ca65b07669132640abb61b9dd5e4314d6b/songs-insta-11.jpg" data-mid="202628391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8915dd0377709e9ba61fbfff4eed37ca65b07669132640abb61b9dd5e4314d6b/songs-insta-11.jpg" /> <img width="1375" height="762" width_o="1375" height_o="762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58cc762fb43fb0f31838f84ccd6f2e386df0bf27075250f2cb3ec2a3313db2f9/songs-insta-9.jpg" data-mid="202628372" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58cc762fb43fb0f31838f84ccd6f2e386df0bf27075250f2cb3ec2a3313db2f9/songs-insta-9.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="900" width_o="1600" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d25b4c57f1a80a170be8a444bd9f718a4c590f5b31f22db23b66d3fee62b71f1/SONGS-GRAPHIC.png" data-mid="199952968" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d25b4c57f1a80a170be8a444bd9f718a4c590f5b31f22db23b66d3fee62b71f1/SONGS-GRAPHIC.png" /> about:In early 2021, Hamish was awarded a grant from Northwestern University to adapt Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World into a cinematic piece of theatre. Even though it’s often referred to as a song cycle, Hamish views&nbsp;Songs&nbsp; a robust piece of drama, and this was something he illuminated with his direction.&nbsp; creative: music &amp; lyrics by Jason Robert Brown directed by Hamish Marissen-Clark produced by Clay Lawhead costumes by Lucy London set construction by Luke Arnold &amp; Olivia Behrprops by Matthew McGrory cast: Danielle Llevada Adelina Marinello Emily Somé (Les Misérables Nat. Tour) Carson Stewart (The Notebook, B’way) Sons of Hollywood&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (assistant director) <img width="2048" height="1224" width_o="2048" height_o="1224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/516ad4249dbd2d85da4a218514027260aba63d7730cc01467b28f1e17c43f6a9/sons-of-h-1.jpeg" data-mid="203006570" border="0" data-scale="96" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/516ad4249dbd2d85da4a218514027260aba63d7730cc01467b28f1e17c43f6a9/sons-of-h-1.jpeg" /> <img width="2400" height="1601" width_o="2400" height_o="1601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebbdd407c64821938d0c49fc9cc2194aff1790203e6ca8a2f89d0ea7b1c5c24a/sons-of-h-2.jpeg" data-mid="203006587" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebbdd407c64821938d0c49fc9cc2194aff1790203e6ca8a2f89d0ea7b1c5c24a/sons-of-h-2.jpeg" /> <img width="1680" height="1180" width_o="1680" height_o="1180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d906d6b0d483095faffb2351ce030086d81e7d3293f05e2772dd425951c4e3bf/Screen-Shot-2024-01-28-at-12.58.47-PM.png" data-mid="203006957" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d906d6b0d483095faffb2351ce030086d81e7d3293f05e2772dd425951c4e3bf/Screen-Shot-2024-01-28-at-12.58.47-PM.png" /> <img width="1000" height="692" width_o="1000" height_o="692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/156698a64dda941711c5daed92423727bf83a6e98749ce32b7eebdccdf99c1ca/Sons-1.jpeg" data-mid="203006830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/156698a64dda941711c5daed92423727bf83a6e98749ce32b7eebdccdf99c1ca/Sons-1.jpeg" /> creative: produced by Windy City Playhouse text by&nbsp;Carl Messinger &amp; Barry Ball directed by David H. Bellassistant directed by Hamish Marissen-Clark set by Lauren Nigri costumes by Sydney Moore lights by Anthony Forchielli sound by Willow James props &amp; set dressing by Foiles musical direction by Shraman Ghosh cast: Abby LeeAdam JenningsAdriel IrizarryBen DowJonathan ConnollyKyle PatrickMax StewartTrey DeLuna DIRECTING/CREATIVE RESUMÉ (pdf) https://hamishmarissenclark.com/other-things Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:28:00 +0000 Hamish Marissen-Clark https://hamishmarissenclark.com/other-things other things Dance Nation Monologue (video) <img width="1290" height="981" width_o="1290" height_o="981" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e781dcce7faeae42d3f6c31e05a9f50702769ac9faf261e289f370a7daf0f090/IMG_5323.jpg" data-mid="205611806" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e781dcce7faeae42d3f6c31e05a9f50702769ac9faf261e289f370a7daf0f090/IMG_5323.jpg" /> Poetry in Voice <img width="1290" height="840" width_o="1290" height_o="840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/901a0c9ac299fb80efbf231121222cd2f204fdafeadab2d12f20950640d53259/IMG_5001.jpg" data-mid="202973352" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/901a0c9ac299fb80efbf231121222cd2f204fdafeadab2d12f20950640d53259/IMG_5001.jpg" /> <img width="1554" height="1378" width_o="1554" height_o="1378" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/014fe34c1bfb6745dd794be8b996afdeb0cafb0fd984550dd2f9a81d8f18b6fe/Screen-Shot-2024-01-27-at-5.43.52-PM.png" data-mid="202971936" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/014fe34c1bfb6745dd794be8b996afdeb0cafb0fd984550dd2f9a81d8f18b6fe/Screen-Shot-2024-01-27-at-5.43.52-PM.png" /> <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24ebec4c44d271b2c2fd604f3cb3d20e350eb31357211e5ed23edd6fcb470ecb/griffin-photo.jpeg" data-mid="202971904" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24ebec4c44d271b2c2fd604f3cb3d20e350eb31357211e5ed23edd6fcb470ecb/griffin-photo.jpeg" /> <img width="1290" height="832" width_o="1290" height_o="832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34ca29228c93a8d999232ef9e26033b878a411646824aced2a7bd5b96d66bade/IMG_4999.jpg" data-mid="202973353" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34ca29228c93a8d999232ef9e26033b878a411646824aced2a7bd5b96d66bade/IMG_4999.jpg" /> In 2018, Hamish was the first-place national winner of Poetry in Voice, a poetry recitation contest for high school students. He presented three poems at the finals, which were held at the University of Toronto. He was later invited to recite one of them (“Illegalese: Floodgate Dub”) at the globally-coveted&nbsp;Griffin Poetry Prize ceremony later that year.&nbsp;CBC News Article: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadian-students-win-25-000-national-poetry-competition-1.4628172 Poetry in Voice National Winners Archive: https://poetryinvoice.ca/recite/senior-nationals/winners/2018 Griffin Poetry Prize, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_Poetry_Prize "Honestly, this is my favourite performance by anyone else of any of my poems." — Wayde ComptonVoice Sample