Several events have taken place in the area of my writing and acting!

The 2011 Planet Connections Festivity hosted a One-Night-Only reading of "LATE NIGHTS WITH THE BOYS: confessions of a leather bar chanteuse". We had 80 minutes and added in some great stories. We had a great audience and proceeds went to PFLAG.

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I am happy to report that on Sunday, July 24th at the Plant Connections Festivity Awards Ceremony I won "OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A READING". I couldn't have done it without David Carson.

ON THE SQUARE PRODUCTIONS (Jackie LaVanway and Rachel McPhee) hosted a reading of my one-act play "Morning, Noon, and Night in Central Park". Directed beautifully by Dev Bondarin we had great cast and the feedback inspired me to write a new play! Lovely work, all!!

On March 16th, 2011 there occurred an amazing event. A packed house celebrated Doric Wilson's 50 years as a playwright. Doric Wilson became a dear friend and then suddenly passed away on May 7, 2011. His TOSOS friends, the LGBT theatre community, and new friends such as myself already miss him. Doric was a shooting star which came into my life with brilliance and left just as I was getting accostomed to the light. RIP Doric.

Charles Busch, Michael Lynch, KT Sullivan et al. to Salute Doric Wilson at March 16 TOSOS Benefit

By: Dan Bacalzo · Feb 28, 2011 · New York

Charles Busch, currently starring Off-Broadway in The Divine Sister, will make a special guest appearance at a cabaret benefit for the theater company TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence), to be held at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Wednesday, March 16 at 9:30pm. The evening will celebrate Doric Wilson's 50 years as a playwright. Mark Finley will direct, with musical direction by Steve Ross.

Wilson's career began on March 18, 1961, with the production of his play, And He Made a Her, a feminist take on Adam and Eve, at the Caffe Cino on Cornellia Street. It was directed by Paxton Whitehead and starred Jane Lowry as Eve.

Performers at the benefit will include Joanne Beretta, Alex Bond, Christopher Borg, J.Stephen Brantley, Morry Campbell, Lodi Carr, Jamie Heinlein, Robert Locke, Michael Lynch, Susan Marie Pierson, Scott Ross, Zachary Stains, Karen Stanion, KT Sullivan, Aaron Tone, and Chris Weikel.

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There have been some readings lately that I was honored to have participated in. Bob Ost's play "BREEDERS" was read at the 13th Street Theatre. I had the pleasure of being the lovely "Rita". Mark Finley guided the talented cast.

Doric Wilson asked me to read the role of Bonnie the cop in his play THE WEST STREET GANG for the TOSOS fundraiser to kick off their 2011 season. Mark Finley directed. I had a grand time working with Mark and the talented cast and enjoyed trying to locate my "inner cop"! For more on TOSOS go to www.tosos2.org.

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The year started with the MTWorks Newborn Festival. For David Stallings' new play THE RE-EDUCATION OF ARIZONA I read the role of Jan Brewer (gotta love to hate her) and some of the stage directions. Cristina Alicea directed. for MTWorks info go to www.mtworks.org

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And finally, in the works, I am having a wonderful time writing a new play "A FUNERAL FOR DERBY DAY".

So there you have it. I am enjoying a great 2011... I love my NYC family of friends.

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Oh, I wanted to post the review snippets from "A HOME ACROSS THE OCEAN BY CODY DAIGLE":

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A HOME ACROSS THE OCEAN review bites

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Theatre Is Easy by Dan Fingerman on 9.24.10“As Connor's mother Grethe, Alex Bond steals the show with her subtle and nuanced performance. She deftly mixes the combination of Midwestern suburban housewife and newly liberated widow, one who is ready to break conventions and doesn't care a lick what her son thinks.”

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Andrew Beck -- Hartford Arts Examiner September 23rd, 2010 1:46 pm ET

"A Home Across The Ocean" explores concepts of family

“…a strong cast who bring Daigle's family to life, most notably Alex Bond as Grethe, who serves as the strong, sturdy center of the family until she finally allows herself the opportunity to voice her own doubts and guilt, in one of Daigle's more moving scenes.”

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Reviewed for TheaterOnline.com By: Heather ViolantiA Home Across The Ocean“Alex Bond, meanwhile, steals every scene as Grethe, imbuing her with charm, warmth and a bewilderment in her own ability to endure.”

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STAGEBUZZ.com -- Saturday, October 2, 2010

Mini-Review - A Home Across the Ocean (Maieutic Theatre Works)

By Byrne Harrison
“The cast is outstanding, with particular praise to Alex Bond as Grethe,”

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Backstage review -- A Home Across the Ocean

Maieutic Theatre Works at the Studio Theatre

Reviewed by Erik Haagensen -- September 20, 2010

“Alex Bond … excels at the woman's surprise that her husband's death is freeing her to be a very different person and navigates Grethe's self-consciously literary dialogue with grace.”

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The Ocean is Easy to Cross

offoffline.com by Michael Bettencourt

A Home Across The Ocean reviewed September 21, 2010

“A Home Across The Ocean is cleverly written, well-plotted, and performed with great skill (Ms. Bond is especially good)”

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nytheatre.com review by Martin Denton · September 18, 2010

A Home Across the Ocean

“All five actors do good work, especially Alex Bond as the mother”