Aiming for Sainthood

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Arlene Malinowski is an actor/playwright who views her solo work as an extension of the social justice issues she has been committed to for the last 25 years. Her 5 solo shows have been produced and performed in venues nationwide. Her work has been honored with a 3Arts Nomination, LA Theatre Ovations nomination, LA Weekly Award, Garland Award. TV credits: CSI, ER, The Practice, The X Files, Any Day Now, The Division, Sweet Nothing in My Ear. Arlene has taught in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco. She is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists and Artist in Residence with the 2011 Quad City’s Arts Program. Her newest play Aiming For Sainthood will be produced by Victory Gardens Fall of 2010.

Will Rogers (Director) is Associate Producer of Victory Gardens Fresh Squeezed. As part of the series he has directed Arlene Malinowski’s previous solo-show What Does the Sun Sound Like?, Margot Bordelon’s You Are Here, and Literally Sexy. Within Fresh Squeezed, he has also had the privilege of producing work with 2nd Story, The Neo-Futurists, The New Colony, 16th Street Theater, Drinking & Writing Brewery, Mike Daisey, Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, WNYC’s Radiolab, Charles Busch, Julie Halston, Terry Galloway, and many more. In Chicago Will has directed Silent Night of the Lambs and the Summer Camp reading of Marked Down Woman for Hell in a Handbag Productions. Will most recently produced and directed Busch Fest, a festival of four early works by Charles Busch, with his production company The Idea Place. Will is an alum of Lincoln Center Directors Lab and Directors Lab Chicago. Previous to his move to Chicago, he has directed in Austin, TX; Freedom, ME; Birmingham, AL; and Savannah, GA.