#amanda lattimer

[groovebunker]

i'm thinking about jeri ryan so i'm thinking about amanda and maybe about amanda showing up in univille looking for pete for whatever reason (not the ring) and myka wanting to know her better, because why did this woman, who is clearly competent and incredible marry pete of all people? there's a bar in univille, not the one where claudia does open mic, a kind of divey one, but the beer's cheap and no one knows myka goes there and she can't help but shake the feeling that she wants to be alone with amanda and g-d knows she won't get that if the others can find her. and they talk and they talk and myka comes to understand who pete was and who he's become and amanda acknowledges that she and pete could never have worked because she would have held him back. and then they're not talking about pete at all, they're talking about being women in positions of power and how difficult it is and they're talking about how hard it is to date and amanda jokes that pete's right there but myka turns her nose up without really knowing why, she just needs amanda to know she's not interested, even though amanda's made her realise that pete's so much more than what she believed him to be. amanda gets it. and if she can't stop her eyes dropping to myka's mouth as she chews absent mindedly on a twizzler she pulls from her bag as they walk back to the car, that's her problem. until myka notices and then it's their problem until amanda pushes her against the side of her suv and kisses her until her head spins, until amanda can taste synthetic strawberry on her tongue.

it becomes everyone else's problem at breakfast when amanda tries to sneak out but leena's already set her a place at the table and pete's the only one surprised to find her sitting there, sipping black coffee and eating toast, myka trying her best to avert her eyes from the other side of the table. they get through an entire meal before he puts the pieces together, pointing from one to the other, amanda smirking at myka's pretty pink cheeks. artie's horrified. claudia's doing her best to choke back a laugh. myka thinks she might die. but all he does is shrug and lean over to steal the last waffle from myka's plate, tells her that she doesn't eat refined sugar anyway.

and all is good.

[katerinadeannika]

The fact that BOTH OF THEM WERE IN WAREHOUSE 13 after Star Trek makes me weep 😭

JANEWAY and SEVEN/ANNIKAMANDA

Warehouse 13 Season 4 Episode 9 “The Ones You Love” Reimagine

[fuckyeah-beringandwellsfics]

Flare

submitted by: anonymous

Flare (57175 words) by @apparitionism Chapters: 20/20 Fandom: Warehouse 13 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Myka Bering/Helena "H. G." Wells Characters: Myka Bering, Helena "H. G." Wells, Steve Jinks, Claudia Donovan, William Wolcott, Artie Nielsen, Vanessa Calder, Amanda Lattimer, Pete Lattimer, Liam Napier, Jane Lattimer, Dickens the cat, Caturanga, James MacPherson, Leena (Warehouse 13), Trailer (Warehouse 13) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Firehouse Summary: So fires are fires… and people who get caught up in them may get burned. Or not. We'll see.

Please tell us why you like this fic so much!

One of my favs! A little cliché heroism + a bookshop, how can you not like it? Plus there is this one sentence Helena says that just melts my heart. I love this one so much.

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[ilikethequiet]

Jeri Ryan as Amanda Lattimer Warehouse 13 - “Queen for a Day’

[purlturtle]

Fic idea adoption post

So a while ago I read these two fics by @jazzfordshire (ship: Supercorp), in which the two characters are, respectively, a repressed suburban housewife and a swingin' free spirit who moves into the neighborhood, in the 1960s.

And it made me think: what if this, but Bering and Wells? (as I so often do 😅)

But the thing is, I have no time and too many WIPs already, and so I'm gonna set this idea - TWO of them, actually; the second one developed together with @tryingthisfangirlthing - free here on Tumblr for any writer to adopt if they want!

In the first version, Myka is the housewife, all starched shirts and strict rules and what will the neighbors think, and Helena the free spirit who moves in next door.

In the second, *Helena* is the housewife, married young to prevent Christina being born out of wedlock, making the best of a tough situation, and Myka moves in next door after the death of her "husband" Sam.

More under the cut:

Idea 1: Myka Bering got married young, because that was What You Did, and who better than her best friend in high school, Pete Lattimer? He was a good guy, he treated her with respect, and if she didn't quite feel about him like people in her novels did, well, two out of three isn't bad, is it? Married life had its challenges, but Myka held it together while Pete was overseas with the Marines, held it together when he came back and tried to drown what he'd seen in alcohol, held it together when she found out he'd started an affair with blonde bombshell Amanda. Pete was still a good husband; he treated her well and never made a big deal about how, despite her fulfilling her marital duties diligently, they didn't have kids yet. Life was what it was, and it could have been worse, right? - And then a woman moves in next door: a single mother no less! And she wears pants, and repairs her own car, and has no clue of gardening, so of course Myka is a good neighbor and explains how to take care of the begonias. Little does she know where this act of kindness will lead!

Idea 2: Flip the script! Helena Wells got married young, when her promiscuous approach to sex left her pregnant while single. She had no means to support herself; her brother was a writer and barely able to keep food on his own table, much less his sister and her illegitimate child as well. So when Pete Lattimer*, one of her bedroom partners, offers to make an honest woman out of her, she takes him up on it. He's kind, he doesn't mind that the kid might not be his, he genuinely *likes* her - things could definitely be much worse. He is a good father and a kind husband; they have a beautiful house and garden here in the suburbs, even a dog - what more could she ask for? - And then a woman moves in next door: devastated by the death of her husband, Sam, Myka Bering is reticent to be befriended at first, but Helena perseveres. She feels drawn to this woman like nothing she's ever felt before - and then she learns that the Sam that Myka mourns was really a Samantha, and that Myka is a lot more queer than Helena originally thought.

*yes, we're going with Pete as the husband here too - just for the fun of it. You don't have to, if you don't want to, of course!

For a brief moment, tryingthisfangirlthing and me thought about each of us writing one of these ideas, but then we both realized we probably won't - long WIP lists, other projects, etc. etc. So, if you feel intrigued by one or both of these ideas, feel free to take them and run with them! Take whatever tickles your muse, leave whatever you don't like, it's really all free for the taking! All I ask is that you trace it back to Jazzfordshire's fics because they laid the basis for all of this.

[data2364]

Jeri Ryan  as  Amanda Lattimer   2011  in Warehouse 13 “Queen For A Day”

http://warehouse13.wikia.com/wiki/Queen_For_A_Day

[aw-eather]

Genuienly believe the world was robbed when we didn’t get a crossover episode between Warehouse 13 and Sanctuary. 

Can you IMGAINE Helena and Helen? The ridiculousness they would get up to? And Myka being jealous that they’re flirting so much because they’ve know each other for decades. 

Henry and Claudia getting on like a damn house on fire! 

Pete, Will, Myka and Kate team up to kick ass. Pete is drawn to Nikola’s sass. 

Nikola is there too just because I want Helen, Nikola and Helena in the one room. 

Artie doesn’t know what to do with himself because Chaos!

Big Guy and Steve have the best time together just chilling out in the Warehouse/Sanctuary. 

OR 

Just a throwback episode set in the 1800′s where Helena and The Five get into mischief. 

[thelightwillbreakthrough]

Pete: Okay, from now on we will be using codenames. You will address me as Eagle One.

Pete: Amanda, codename: Been There, Done That.

Pete: Myka is Currently Doing That.

Pete: Helena is: It Happened Once In A Dream

Pete: Jinks is If I Had To Pick A Dude.

Pete: Claudia is...

Pete: Eagle Two

Claudia: Oh, Thank God

*bonus*

Artie: WHY THE HELL IS NO ONE USING FIRST NAMES ANYMORE

[fandomrelatedshowerthoughts]

Wouldn’t it be amazing and very circle-complete-y if Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ending up having as many people from The Librarians in the cast as Warehouse 13 had people from Star Trek (it shouldn’t have to matter for the parallel if Lindy Booth’s character Alora ends up being a one-off appearance (though I hope the Pike connection gives us an excuse to see her again) as Jeri Ryan was iirc only in one episode of Warehouse 13 as Amanda Lattimer (ironically also the ex of a regular) but that just means I’d want either John Kim, Christian Kane, Noah Wyle or even John Larroquette in a recurring role)

[katerinadeannika]

I was so happy when Mulgrew and Ryan showed up in Warehouse 13!

Previously on this post:

Janeway saved Seven Jane saved Amanda from being killed by an artifact. After the accident, Jane tried to avoid Amanda, again. Amanda was not having any of it.

[fuckyeah-beringandwellsfics]

Art Reflects Life

submitted by: anonymous

Art Reflects Life (51326 words) by @steellily Chapters: 22/22 Fandom: Warehouse 13 Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Myka Bering/Helena "H. G." Wells Characters: Myka Bering, Helena "H. G." Wells, Leena (Warehouse 13), Artie Nielsen, Claudia Donovan, Pete Lattimer, Amanda Lattimer, Todd (Warehouse 13), Abigail Cho, Steve Jinks, Cassandra Cillian, Liam Napier Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Bookstore, Fluff and Angst, the rating is for content in chapter 21 it is not E through the whole story Summary: Helena dropped her head onto her arms in front of her laptop. “Write a romance novel, he said. It’ll be great for your career, he said. Bollocks.” Helena, finding herself at a spectacular impasse on her latest novel, decides a change of scenery should help her finish the nightmare of a book she reluctantly agreed to write. Myka has been contentedly living the laid back life of a bookstore owner on the Big Island of Hawaii. Perhaps a little romance is what is missing from Helena's romance novel. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from the Warehouse 13 universe and I make no claim to.

Please tell us why you like this fic so much!

A cool AU! On a vacation island, reading it feels like vacation!

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[aesthetic-uwus]

Movies/tvshow recommendations

1. Scott pilgrim (2010)

As bass guitarist for a garage‑rock band, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. As Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) skates into his heart

2. Growing op (2008)

A teenager tries to live a normal life while his parents run an operation growing weed out of their home

3. 10 things I hate about you (1999)

Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), house rules say that she can't date until Kat has a boyfriend

4. Juno (2007)

When precocious teen Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) becomes pregnant, she chooses a failed rock star and his wife (Jennifer Garner) to adopt her unborn child. Complications occur

5. Easy A (2010)

Prompted by her popular best friend to spill details of her boring weekend, Olive (Emma Stone), a clean‑cut teen, decides to spice things up by telling a little lie about losing her virginity. When the high‑school busybody (Amanda Bynes) overhears the conversation...

6. Warehouse 13 (2009-2014)

Plot. The series follows U.S. Secret Service Agents Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) and Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) when they are assigned to the secretive Warehouse 13 for supernatural artifacts. It is located in a barren landscape in South Dakota, and they initially regard the assignment as punishment.

7. ferris buellers day off (1986)

Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck‑out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one‑day journey through the streets of Chicago.

8. Perks of being a wallflower (2012)

Socially awkward teen Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two charismatic students become his mentors. Free‑spirited Sam (Emma Watson) and her stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller) while overcoming the problem from his past

9. Sex education (2019-?)

Socially awkward high school student Otis may not have much experience in the lovemaking department, but he gets good guidance on the topic in his personal sex ed course -- living with mom Jean, who is a sex therapist. Being surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex

10. Anne with an E (2017-?)

In the late 19th century, brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, both past their prime, decide to take on an orphan boy to help out around their ancestral farm of Green Gables, on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island.

11. Santa Clarita diet (2017-2019)

Joel and Sheila Hammond are everyday suburban real estate agents in Santa Clarita, California. The couple face a series of obstacles when Sheila undergoes a metamorphosis, becomes undead and starts craving human flesh.

12. Atypical (2017-?)

This heartfelt comedy follows Sam, a teenager on the autism spectrum, who has decided he is ready for romance. In order to start dating -- and hopefully find love -- Sam will need to be more independent, which also sends his mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) on her own life-changing path.

13. That 70s show (1998-2006)

A comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin. Eric Forman is a typical high school student growing up in Wisconsin in 1976 with his family and his friends. ... The head of the group is Eric Forman who lives under the authority of parents Red and Kitty.

14. Tuca and Bertie (2019)

Premise. Tuca & Bertie follows "the friendship between two 30-year-old bird-women who live in the same apartment building, Tuca, a cocky, care-free toucan, and Bertie, an anxious, daydreaming songbird."

15. The end of the fucking world (2017-2019?)

James (Alex Lawther), a 17-year-old who believes himself to be a psychopath, and Alyssa (Jessica Barden), a rebellious classmate who sees in James a chance to escape from her tumultuous home life. ... 

16 Derry girls (2018-?)

Derry Girls is a Northern Irish sitcom created by Lisa McGee. Set in 1990s Derry, Northern Ireland the show follows five teens as they live through political conflict while going through the challenges of being teenagers.

17. Grease (1978)

Plot. In the summer of 1958, local boy Danny Zuko and vacationing Sandy Olsson meet at the beach and fall in love. When the summer comes to an end, Sandy—who is going back to Australia—frets that they may never meet again, but Danny tells her that their love is "only the beginning"

18. Love simon (2018)

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17‑year‑old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying

19. Legally blond (2001)

Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blond. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win

20. Legally blonde 2 (2003)

Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) journeys to Washington, D.C., to have her say about animal rights, but is ignored by every politician she encounters and quickly learns that the White House can be even tougher to navigate than the Ivy League

21. shameless us (2011-?)

Shameless is the story of a family of six kids and their drunk and selfish father. The eldest daughter Fiona has to raise the rest of the family on her own. They need to steal food and steal money to live while their father takes everything and offers nothing. Meet the fabulously dysfunctional Gallagher family.

22. Dead like me (2003)

Georgia Lass is aloof and emotionally distant from her family and shies away from her life. After dropping out of college, she takes a temp job through Happy Time Temporary Services. During her lunch break on her first day, she is hit and killed by a toilet seat falling from the deorbiting Mir space station.

23. Daria (1997-2002)

A smart and cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic adolescents and condescending adults. Daria Morgendorffer is an intelligent, unpopular, and quite sarcastic teenager tolerating life among the idiots at Lawndale High.

24. IT (2017)

Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare ‑‑ an ancient, shape‑shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children. Banding together over the course of one horrifying summer

25. IT chapter 2 (2019)

Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again. Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone their separate ways. But then people start disappearing....

26. Stranger things (2016-?)

A young boy, Will Byers, goes missing near a top-secret government laboratory. On the same night, a strange young girl appears at a diner in the town. ... A love letter to the '80s classics that captivated a generation, 'Stranger things' is set in 1983 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air.

27. Ginger snaps (2000)

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal 

28. Arrietty (2010)

Arrietty, a tiny teenager, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban home, unbeknown to the homeowner and housekeeper. Like others of her kind, Arrietty remains hidden from her human hosts, but occasionally ventures forth 

29. F is for family (2015-?)

Set in the 1970s, this animated raunchy comedy is inspired by the life of stand-up comic Bill Burr, who is a co-creator and executive producer of the series. Burr also voices the character of Frank Murphy, a short-tempered veteran who lives in the suburbs with his wife, Sue (Laura Dern) and their three children

[lonely-night]

SHSGHDHSSJKK I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT THAAAANK YOUUUUUU 😭😭😭😭

The One Where They're Both Assassins

New fic dropped!

@lonely-night, this one's all yours. You put the idea out there that Amanda might be Myka's ex-wife instead of Pete's, you brought Alex Cabot into the game. You made all the wonderful gifsets!

I just added assassins.

Hope you enjoy!

[book-picks-for-pride]

PRIDE MONTH CONTEMPORARY/ROMANCE PICKS FOR TEENS

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like any other girl, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. There’s a reason why she transferred schools for her senior year, and why she’s determined not to get too close to anyone.

And then she meets Grant Everett. Grant is unlike anyone she’s ever met—open, honest, kind—and Amanda can’t help but start to let him into her life. As they spend more time together, she finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself…including her past. But she’s terrified that once she tells Grant the truth, he won't be able to see past it.

Because the secret that Amanda’s been keeping? It’s that she used to be Andrew.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Will Grayson, Will Grayson) by John Green (Goodreads Author), David Levithan (Goodreads Author)

Will Grayson meets Will Grayson. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers are about to cross paths. From that moment on, their world will collide and lives intertwine.

It's not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets. When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Graysons find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions. With a push from friends new and old - including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire - Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most awesome high school musical.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex... and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.

What if everything you knew about yourself changed in an instant?

When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She's a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she's madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she's decided that she's ready to take things to the next level with him.

But Kristin's first time isn't the perfect moment she's planned—something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy "parts."

Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin's entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”

At first, Jude and her twin brother are NoahandJude; inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them.

Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways . . . but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor.

The early years are Noah’s to tell; the later years are Jude’s. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they’ll have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

New York Times  bestselling author David Levithan tells the based-on-true-events story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record—all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS.

While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, navigating gender identity, and falling deeper into the digital rabbit hole of gay hookup sites—all while the kissing former couple tries to figure out their own feelings for each other.

Skim by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)

Heartbreakingly funny, moving and vibrantly drawn, Skim is an extraordinary book--a smart and sensitive graphic novel of the highest literary and artistic quality, by and about young women.

"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school. When Skim's classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. As concerned guidance counselors provide lectures on the "cycle of grief," and the popular clique starts a new club (Girls Celebrate Life!) to bolster school spirit, Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression.

And falling in love only makes things worse...

Suicide, depression, love, being gay or not, crushes, cliques, and finding a way to be your own fully human self--are all explored in this brilliant collaboration by cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. An edgy, keenly observed and poignant glimpse into the heartache of being young.

Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen

Hannah wants to spend her senior year of high school going to football games and Mardi Gras parties with her tight-knit group of friends.

The last thing she wants is to fall in love with a girl--especially when that girl is her best friend, Baker.

Hannah knows she should like Wally, the kind, earnest boy who asks her to prom. She should cheer on her friend Clay when he asks Baker to be his girlfriend. She should follow the rules of her conservative Louisiana community--the rules that have been ingrained in her since she was a child.

But Hannah longs to be with Baker, who cooks macaroni and cheese with Hannah late at night, who believes in the magic of books as much as Hannah does, and who challenges Hannah to be the best version of herself.

And Baker might want to be with Hannah, too--if both girls can embrace that world-shaking, yet wondrous, possibility.

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

A love letter to the craft and romance of film and fate in front of—and behind—the camera from the award-winning author of Hold Still.

A wunderkind young set designer, Emi has already started to find her way in the competitive Hollywood film world.

Emi is a film buff and a true romantic, but her real-life relationships are a mess. She has desperately gone back to the same girl too many times to mention. But then a mysterious letter from a silver screen legend leads Emi to Ava. Ava is unlike anyone Emi has ever met. She has a tumultuous, not-so-glamorous past, and lives an unconventional life. She’s enigmatic…. She’s beautiful. And she is about to expand Emi’s understanding of family, acceptance, and true romance.

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Jeri Ryan as Amanda Martin 2012 in Warehouse 13 “The Ones You Love”

https://warehouse13.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ones_You_Love

[newyorktheater]

Café Play is a site-specific work of theater that’s being held at four different times of day in the back dining room at the Cornelia Street Café, with different food choices depending on whether you attend for breakfast, lunch, tea or late-night snack (all frankly paltry, though I did like my crème brulee). Put together by the endlessly innovative theater company This Is Not A Theatre Company (who’ve previously offered a play in a swimming pool, another in a private apartment, and “pod plays” to listen to on the subway and the Staten Island ferry), the conceit of the show is that we the diners are overhearing the conversations of fellow diners, and waiters, and one unwanted intruder (“Please don’t step on me!”)

click on any photograph by Maria Baranova Suzuki to see it enlarged

There is also some interpretive dancing in the narrow space between the tables and mock-spontaneous singing, which is perfectly appropriate, given that the play is taking place in a notable Greenwich Village eatery/Off-Off Broadway venue/cabaret/literary salon founded by three artists 40 years ago. There are 21 scenes in all. The first involves two ex-lovers meeting awkwardly after a long estrangement, and their clash with another table that escalates into a viral outrage on social media. There are a series of scenes between two stewing waiters who feel mistreated, which ends with an act of revenge against a rude customer that manages to be upbeat and life-affirming. There are passionate scenes about racism and feminism and loneliness and climate change, including a rant against Matt Damon for a beer commercial that claims to do something about the global water crisis. There are conversations between a bottle and a vase, and between an apple and a peach: Apple: What’s the worst that can happen?” Peach: Bruising Apple: Smash me, I become juice. Crush me, I become sauce

There is a duet between a teacup and a mug; a dance of beverages and another of crayons. For the last scene, we are handed a plate of chocolate kisses and instructed to to “let your tongue choreograph the dance of chocolate.”

The acting and writing are uneven, funny and furious, sweet and sour, unstructured in a way that a meal is never supposed to be, and that largely defines New York.

Café Play Cornelia Street Cafe Conceived and directed by Erin B. Mee with scenes written by Jenny Lyn Bader, Jessie Bear, Erin B. Mee, and Colin Waitt Choreography by Jonathan Matthews. Cast: Trinity Bobo, Caitlan Lattimer, Jonathan Matthews, Jimmy Schatz, Jessica-Brittany Smith, and Amanda Thickpenny.

Café Play runs for 11 more performances through November 15. Check out the schedule

Café Play Review: At the Cornelia Street Café, Overhearing Fellow Diners and Inanimate Objects Café Play is a site-specific work of theater that’s being held at four different times of day in the back dining room at the Cornelia Street Café, with different food choices depending on whether you attend for breakfast, lunch, tea or late-night snack (all frankly paltry, though I did like my crème brulee).