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ELI JAMES is an actor, writer, songwriter and standup in New York.

His Broadway credits include the National Theatre of Great Britain's "One Man, Two Guvnors," directed by Nicholas Hytner, and Alex Timbers's and Michael Friedman's "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson." His solo show "William and the Tradesmen" has been performed at Ars Nova, La Mama, and The Drilling Company. Further stage credits include "Rutherford and Son" and "Temporal Powers" at The Mint, "The Four of Us" at Manhattan Theatre Club, "Becky Shaw" at Boston’s Huntington Theater, and the world premiere of Jason Grote’s "Maria/Stuart," directed by Pam McKinnon. His TV credits include "Gossip Girl," "Lights Out," and "Murder in Manhattan." He co-founded, wrote and performed with the sketch comedy group Quiet Library at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and currently performs with improv team Pleading Softly. His essay "Finding the Beat" was published in the Random House collection "Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers," a Boston Globe Bestseller.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Off to do a new play in the nation's capital.

The amazingly talented Pam Mackinnon, director of "The Four of Us" and the new Edward Albee play, "Occupant," just cast me in a new play called "Maria/Stuart," which will have its world premiere at the Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington DC this August. And, to complete the dream, the play deals extensively with incest.

Woo hoo! A part in a play! Nice big juicy one too. And a summer in DC, where the already hot election will be steaming up that swampy burg that Lisa Simpson once called "the cesspool on the Potomac." But, to be fair, she was mad when she said that.

I have no opinion on Washington, as I've never spent any time there that I can remember. I worry that I will be lonely. But maybe lobbyists and campaign staffers will keep me company with their canvassing and special interest advocating.
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