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Slur

In pre-World War One England, Maud Allan rises to world fame as one of the first ‘modern’ dancers, only to sue for criminal libel an ultra-conservative member of Parliament who accuses her of promoting sexual deviancy via her performances. Slur delves into the hypocrisy of moral mandates for women, how the legal system can be wielded as a weapon to suppress artists, and the effects of guilt by association.
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Poster by Andie Botttrell, Designing Indie

O Réjane

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In Belle Époque Paris, rising star Réjane struggles to balance the realities of working motherhood and her on- and off-stage lives & lovers, even as she must ultimately fight a groundbreaking legal battle with her husband for control of her own career. Based on a true story, this movement and music-filled spectacle delves into what it means to create in work and life. Created in collaboration with Christopher Sivertsen, Artistic Director of Sweden's Awake Projects.

2014 The Réjane Project-Bootleg Theater Production
Winner, Los Angeles Stage Raw Award for Leading Female Performance: Cara Pifko
Nominee, Los Angeles Stage Raw Award for Playwriting: Ilana Turner
Nominee, Los Angeles Stage Raw Award for Costume Design: Alex Berry

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Photos by Alex Berry

Ollie & D

Driving an endless loop of New England country road, two long-time friends-with-benefits discover they are stuck in a Maserati prison — and that only dealing with their relationshit will break them out. Ollie & D takes a darkly comedic look at the intersection of love and the long-term relationship.

Sugar Coat It

Three-time Tony nominee Kevin Chamberlin reads monologue Sugar Coat It from the launch event for LGBTQ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny (Applause Books), as covered by The Advocate. The event, co-produced by and hosted at Zak Barnett Studios, also featured readings by Wilson Cruz, Danielle MacDonald, and Darryl Stephens. Read an interview with Ilana Turner, Book Editor and Contributor Alisha Gaddis, and more at Freak Sugar.

Essays

Even Cow Shit is Inspirational When David Lynch Directs It 
With eyes looking toward both the 2017 Twin Peaks season premiere and Lynch’s past works, playwright, writer, and actor Ilana Turner shares what the creator means to her, as well as a chance encounter with the director during a critical point in her career.

The Horror Just Out of Frame 
With another Halloween upon us, playwright and actress Ilana Turner shares how one of her own personal stories from her past intersects with The Blair Witch Project and made her reconsider how she looks at Halloween and horror.
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Motherhood, Pop Culture, and The Dead Baby Line 
With another Mother’s Day upon us, playwright and actress Ilana Turner shares how motherhood has changed how she approaches certain pieces of pop culture, particularly those that depict children being harmed.
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About Ilana Turner

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​L.A. Stage Raw Playwriting award-nominee Ilana Turner’s first play, the award-winning O Réjane, premiered in 2014 to critical acclaim. It also led to Ilana’s first screenwriting job for an Oscar-nominated Executive Producer. Ilana is the recipient of the Max K. Lerner Fellowship for play Ollie & D, which was workshopped and read at Inkwell Theater (2019). Her play Slur was developed in The Vagrancy writers’ program, and read in the Blossoming Festival (2019). Her next show, co-written with and for a Swedish actress, is slated to premiere in Stockholm. Sugar Coat It is included in LGBTQ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny (Applause Books). Ilana was the Coordinating Producer for Designing Hedwig on the Criterion Collection Special Edition of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2019). One-hour pilot Choke Point, co-written with Adam Scott Epstein, reached the final round of consideration for the Sundance Episodic Lab (2019). One-hour pilot Government Girls, also co-written with Epstein, is a current Final Draft Big Break Quarter Finalist (2019) and currently on the Tracking Board’s Launch Pad Top 100 (2019). Turner is currently the Dramaturge for Circle X Theatre’s upcoming production of punkplay (2019). Also an actress, Ilana appears in Drake Doremus’ feature Newness, streaming on Netflix. She has also appeared in projects for HBO, SyFy Channel, and Spike TV. She starred in the 2018 workshop of Jennifer Maisel’s play Match in L.A. An ex-pro figure skater, Ilana coached at the Lake Placid Olympic Center and the Oakland Ice Center, volunteered with Brian Boitano’s Youth Skate Program, and skated a show with Kristi Yamaguchi. A fully-certified Pilates teacher, Ilana owns Moelle Pilates in Los Angeles. She holds a BA in theater and dance from Hampshire College. Member SAG, AEA, Dramatists Guild, and the Playwrights Center.