Carissa Halston co-founded Aforementioned Productions (AP) in 2005. The first Aforementioned Production was an evening of theatre entitled, Cleavage, which she wrote and directed. In 2006, Cleavage was published and throughout the year, AP hosted literary readings and events in the Boston area.
In 2007, Carissa published her debut novel, A Girl Named Charlie Lester which was lauded as “emotionally generous” and “a lovely piece of female confessional” by Kirkus Reviews. In 2008, the novel was honorably mentioned at the New York Book Festival. AP has published two additional books penned by Carissa, both in the sphere of sequential art: Sequentially Yours (a short graphic novel) and Itty Bitty Hipster (a handmade mini-comic).
In September, 2009, Carissa will be touring for her literary performance piece, Portraiture. She’ll be performing in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Godfrey, IL (which is near St Louis), and Toronto. Keep reading the blog for more details. For now, you can listen to excerpts from the show at Carissa’s myspace page. You can also be a “fan” of hers on Facebook. And if you want to contact her for any reason, send an e-mail to carissa DOT halston AT gmail DOT com. (As a first-person aside, I should mention that I adore e-mail and mail of any sort, really, so you can send anything you want and I’ll be at least a little excited to receive it.)
PORTRAITURE TOUR DATES
September 18th – The Dorothy Jones Theater – New York, NY (8pm)
September 20th – The A-Space – Philadelphia, PA (6pm)
September 23rd – EP Theater – Chicago, IL (CANCELLED)
September 25th – Lewis and Clark Community College – Godfrey, IL (1pm)
September 27th – Labspace Studio – Toronto, ON (6pm)
September 30th – Lesley University/EDS Library – Cambridge, MA (7pm)
Carissa loves you?
Carissa, your listing on this site says that you will be in Chicago on Sept. 23 (Celebrate Bisexuality Day), but Chicago is not listed anywhere else, especially not on your poster image. Are you not coming to Chicago? Wah!