Eric LaRocca Brings Edgy Futuristic Drama to Saturday Scribes
Eric LaRocca, a fast-rising voice in speculative fiction, will share his bold one-act play, Abscission, on Saturday, April 11th at the Studio Around the Corner, in Brewster. The show is part of the Saturday Scribes’ 2014-2015 season that features writers and singers at its monthly gatherings.
The Studio Around the Corner is located at 67 Main Street. Saturday Scribes events are free to anybody who wishes to share some of their work or simply come and enjoy the show. Open mic begins promptly at 7 p.m., followed by the headliner. Marygrace Orfanella and Alex Taylor will lend their acting talents to the dramatic reading of Abscission.
Eric LaRocca has long been fascinated by the quirky and macabre. His horror fiction has been featured in the anthology, Of Devils and Deviants, as well as various American and British journals of the fantastic, including Dark Moon Digest, Sanitarium, and The Horror Zine. Reviewers have compared LaRocca fiction to Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, two horror grandmasters.
LaRocca’s storytelling passion is not confined to one particular medium. His plays have been produced in Connecticut and off-Broadway. In 2011, Bloody Bathory was given a workshop reading at the Hartford Stage Company. In 2014, Parasite received a full production by the NYC-based horror theater company, La Petite Morgue. He has also written, produced, and directed a number of short films.
Whereas some are quick to dismiss the horror genre, LaRocca sees it as powerful territory in which to investigate very real problems experienced by many. “The horror genre was cathartic to me when I was young and still is,” Larocca says. “It’s a unique field in which I can properly analyze and explore fear, grief, and melancholia.
LaRocca doesn’t regard himself as a preachy writer, but he prefers the kind of fantastic storytelling that has something to say about humanity and global cultures. “I’m fascinated by subcultures of society,” LaRocca explains, “and those who are often maligned or marginalized because of their predilections or the way in which they present themselves.”
Scribes Notes
Eric LaRocca, a fast-rising voice in speculative fiction, will share his bold one-act play, Abscission, on Saturday, April 11th at the Studio Around the Corner, in Brewster. The show is part of the Saturday Scribes’ 2014-2015 season that features writers and singers at its monthly gatherings.
The Studio Around the Corner is located at 67 Main Street. Saturday Scribes events are free to anybody who wishes to share some of their work or simply come and enjoy the show. Open mic begins promptly at 7 p.m., followed by the headliner. Marygrace Orfanella and Alex Taylor will lend their acting talents to the dramatic reading of Abscission.
Eric LaRocca has long been fascinated by the quirky and macabre. His horror fiction has been featured in the anthology, Of Devils and Deviants, as well as various American and British journals of the fantastic, including Dark Moon Digest, Sanitarium, and The Horror Zine. Reviewers have compared LaRocca fiction to Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, two horror grandmasters.
LaRocca’s storytelling passion is not confined to one particular medium. His plays have been produced in Connecticut and off-Broadway. In 2011, Bloody Bathory was given a workshop reading at the Hartford Stage Company. In 2014, Parasite received a full production by the NYC-based horror theater company, La Petite Morgue. He has also written, produced, and directed a number of short films.
Whereas some are quick to dismiss the horror genre, LaRocca sees it as powerful territory in which to investigate very real problems experienced by many. “The horror genre was cathartic to me when I was young and still is,” Larocca says. “It’s a unique field in which I can properly analyze and explore fear, grief, and melancholia.
LaRocca doesn’t regard himself as a preachy writer, but he prefers the kind of fantastic storytelling that has something to say about humanity and global cultures. “I’m fascinated by subcultures of society,” LaRocca explains, “and those who are often maligned or marginalized because of their predilections or the way in which they present themselves.”
Scribes Notes
- Saturday Scribes extends a major thank you to Tony Howarth for sharing a powerful excerpt from his forthcoming collection of verse. In it, Howarth touches on the myriad emotions resulting from his recent accident, illness, and recovery. The capacity crowd (literally; we were running out of places to string rows of chairs) was deeply moved.
- Scribes regulars are familiar with the playful punstering of James Buhs. May attendees are in for a treat when the spotlight shines on Buhs and his cache of humorous verse and thoughtful reflections.
- We’re not finished with 2014-2015, but Saturday Scribes is ready to share a peek at its next season. Award-winning playwright Karen Vastola is waiting in the wings (September), as well as a group of writers who will celebrate old-time pulp thrillers in the soon to be published Night of the Living Pulps (October). And . . . More to come!
- For more information about Saturday Scribes events, contact Marie Inghilterra (saturdayscribes@gmail.com), Kelly L. Goodridge (kellyhasclass@sbcglobal.net), or Oscar De Los Santos (jekyllhyde@snet.net)
