Dracula. Finding of a Shadow by Lisa Monde, Dacre Stoker and Thomas R Gordon becomes the finalist of the American Fiction Book Awards 2024 in the Anthologies Category. https://www.americanbookfest.com/2024afafullresults.html Congratulations, Dracula!
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21 July, 2024 Lisa travels to Toulouse, France to witness the new fantastic revival of the legendary French rock-opera Starmania!
On Lisa’s most recent trip to France, she visited the performance of Starmania, the famous rock opera by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon, at the Zénith Métropole in Toulouse. Lisa interviewed Victor Le Masne – the music director, composer and arranger of the new version of the show, Maag – the stellar performer of the… Read more »
5 June, 2024 The Theatre Times Magazine wins an Award for Excellence in Digital Scholarship from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the American Society for Theatre Research!
Over the past two years, Lisa has been writing for the Theatre Times Magazine and is very proud to be one of the editors and authors at the Theatre Times! Recently, the Magazine won a prestigious award as the Best Digital Portal. ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Scholarship from the Association for Theatre in… Read more »
19 May, 2024 Lisa interviews Claude-Michel Schönberg for the Theatre Times Magazine.
Dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the musical Miss Saigon on West End, Lisa writes an article “Miss Saigon: Deja Vu”, where she interviews the composer and creator of the legendary musicals Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and The Pirate Queen. In the mid-80-s a photograph of a young Vietnamese woman holding a crying little girl, giving… Read more »
5 April, 2024 It’s the opening night for “Dali’s Dream”!
“Dali’s Dream”, an original play by Lisa, inspired by “Diary of a Genius” by Salvador Dali, premiered at the Gene Frankel Theatre tonight! Full house, excited spectators, the wondrous cast invites everyone to join them in the unusual and surreal world of Salvador Dali! Get your tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dalis-dream-the-play-tickets-858594056937?aff=oddtdtcreator
8 March, 2024 Dali’s Dream by Lisa Monde has been cast!
Lisa’s original play-phantasmagoria “Dali’s Dream”, which was one of the winners of the 3rd Annual Radioactive Festival for Female Playwrights back in 2017, is going to premiere at the Gene Frankel Theatre in April 2024! The show is being produced by MONLI International Company LLC in collaboration with the Onomatopoeia Theatre Company. “Dali’s Dream” cast has… Read more »
20 February, 2024 Musical “Evita” 45 years later! by Lisa Monde for the Theatre Times Magazine
Tim Rice became interested in the biography of Eva Perón – the wife of the famous dictator Juan Perón – in the early 70s of the past century. Most of the musical’s book, Tim wrote while in Argentina, where he traveled specifically to get “imbued” with the spirit of the country, where the action of… Read more »
6 January, 2024 The Maids by Genet: the Logic of the Paradox, an article by Lisa Monde published in the Theatre Times Magazine.
Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the first publication and production of Jean Genet’s unique play – The Maids. In most productions – the roles of the maids were played by women, to the author’s disdain, who originally indicated that all the female roles must be “played by men and only men.” Here is Lisa’s review… Read more »
1 January, 2024 Dracula: Finding of a Shadow the audio-play by Lisa Monde is in the works!
After the successful run at the Gene Frankel Theatre back in 2022, Lisa’s original play Dracula: Finding of a Shadow was published in 2023 as a special anniversary edition. Currently, Lisa is completing the work on an audio version of the play, recorded by a cast of wonderful actors, some of which were part of… Read more »
10 December, 2023 The Maids by Monli International Company LLC rocks the stage of the famous queer club – the 3 Dollar Bill in Brooklyn!
Lisa has always dreamed of directing a production of The Maids by Jean Genet. Now, having created her own adaptation and translation of the play from the original French, Lisa makes her dreams come true with the help of the terrific cast: Scott Lilly as Solange, Dyllan Vallier as Claire, Alex Vaynerchuk as Madame, Jeanathan… Read more »