DIARY BONFIRE Written and performed by GINNA HOBEN - Diary Bonfire is an examination of death, anxiety, and the infinite mark left by social media (or any media) activity– a comedy! In 1995, Ginna made a “dead sister pledge” to carpe diem. At the same time, she began a practice of daily writing. Diary Bonfire uncovers her decades of journal entries as she investigates her choices in the years following her sister’s fatal car accident. Did she seize the day…?

DIARY BONFIRE

Written & Performed by Ginna Hoben

Directed by Stephanie Weeks

Ginna Hoben is thrilled to attend INTW-INTW as the writer/performer of Diary Bonfire. Her solo play The Twelve Dates of Christmas has had over ninety productions nation and worldwide. Other produced plays include No Spring Chicken, (D.C.’s Women’s Voices Theatre Festival); pierced! (NYC and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals); the wind-chill factor and the ten-minute play telephone (The Actors Theatre of Louisville.) Her newest play Decked! premieres this winter at Theatre B in Fargo, ND. Acting credits include The Thanksgiving Play (The Kitchen Theatre); The Revolutionists (The Human Race Theatre); Richard Dresser’s What Are You Afraid Of? (World Premiere, Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville), and thirty-one productions at American Shakespeare Center. Previously a writer/post-producer for Food Network’s Hungry Games and National Geographic’s Emmy-nominated Brain Games, Ginna writes and voices for the children’s podcast Who Smarted? and can be heard as Marina, the host of Spotify’s Deep Blue Sea podcast. www.ginnahoben.com

Stephanie Weeks is an award winning actor and director. She has performed at renowned theaters including The Public, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, La Jolla Playhouse among others. With Target Margin Theater she was awarded for her years of dedication, the OBIE for Recognition of Artistic Achievement and Commitment to Excellence in Theater as an Associate Artist. Stephanie also starred in the film ""Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted-Mutha,"" Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival directed by acclaimed director Melvin Van Peebles. Television Credits include: Tales of The City starring Laura Linney on Netflix, The Good Fight (CBS) and Law & Order (NBC). She has voiced numerous audio books and is a 2023 Audie Award Award Nominee for her work on the non-fiction novel, Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah She holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and has a certificate of study from London Academy of Music and Drama.