Cusi Cram, Playwright
Primary Stages:
Member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Groups, 2005-2007
Primary Stages School of Theater Instructor, 2007-Present
A Lifetime Burning, 2009
Career highlights:
The Wild Inside, 2009
Fordham Theater
Dusty and the Big Bad World, 2009
Denver Center Theatre Company
All The Bad Things, 2006
The Public Theater
Q&A
Nickname
Coocoo, Cusicle, Cusicles and Mouse
Writing ritual
Coffee, more coffee, NY Times Online, cup of tea and then, fingers crossed, some scribbling
Book you are reading
Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
Highlight of the year (so far)
This production [A Lifetime Burning] and my 10th wedding anniversary.
Your perfect day
A day and evening at home with my husband and cats. There is food that I did not have to cook, and wine that I didn’t have to lug up the stairs. There is nothing I have to do, and all screens and things that ring or beep are turned off. And I am in the middle of a good read.
Favorite theater urban legend
I love that theaters keep a light onstage after hours for ghosts.
Alter ego
Bianca Jagger during haute Studio 54 days
Favorite place in NYC
Drinking a passion fruit and Prosecco at an outside table at Morandi in the West Village OR a trip to Astoria for Greek food
Hidden talent
Very good at needlepoint and a Scottish accent
Last show you saw and LOVED
RUINED by Lynn Nottage
A guilty pleasure
All reality programming on Bravo and napping while watching said programming
Something you don’t want us to know
How often I do the above.
