International Centre for Women Playwrights Member Productions

Glass Kingdom--One act

Judith Glass-Collins — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marymount Manhattan College is staging a three night performance of Glass Kingdom--a one-act by Judith Glass Collins

Tickets are no longer available.

Constituent by Karin Diann Williams

Karin Williams — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:35:57 GMT

Constituent will be presented by Axial Theatre https://www.axialtheatre.org Sept 27-29

Winners, a staged reading for PrideFest at the Tank

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:00:00 GMT

Winners, a 2024 O'Neill semi finalist, is a quirky comedy about a clueless family.

With an all-neurodivergent cast and creative team, Winners will be presented as a stated reading at the Tank (312 West 36th St) at 7pm Tuesday June 25th as part of PrideFest with a private all-you-can-eat party after the show! LINK to TICKETS!

Please join playwright Emma Goldman-Sherman for a fabulous evening about late diagnosis autism and forgiveness.

Directed by Kate Trammell with Shoshanna Gleich, Sarah Kaufman, Sydney Kurland and Mark Quiles.

Free Online Monologue Showcase of Women Writers

Kelly DuMar — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT

You are invited to our free Monologue Play Lab Showcase on Feb. 11, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern US, for a presentation of new monologues by women performed by talented actors. Participants from my Play Lab, hosted by the International Women's Writing Guild will present works in process. All welcome! Please register for the Zoom link by emailing Kelly DuMar, producer & facilitator. Learn more: https://www.iwwg.org/event-5514597

Micro Shorts Production

Teresa Fogel — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:54:48 GMT

Shoreline Playwrights presents "Micro Shorts" a production of ten-5 minute plays. In collaboration with Drama Works Theatre located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Show dates: Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7:30, Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 7:30 and Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 3:00.

For more information visit shorelineplaywrights.com

SHE SPEAKS

Christine Emmert — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 17:19:59 GMT

March 11 and 12 Flush Ink Productions will be presenting She Speaks assortment of women playwrights including two works of mine -- One Serving Only and How to Breathe at the Naruda Arts Center in Saint Jacobs, Ontario. This is an annual offering for Women's History Month.

Play Production

Christine Emmert — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 17:17:33 GMT

Tomorow night, February 5th, my play The FanFrom Seville, will be part of GUIULTY PLEASURES, at the One Night Stand Productions, Vintage Theater, Aurora CO at 7:30. Please come and enjoy. $10 admission.

Play Production

stephanie satie — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 01:00:00 GMT

I am delighted that my play, "The Last Parade," will have its world premiere at Interact Theatre, Philadelphia January 27th-February 19th.Please request Industry Tickets when reserving. I'll be at the official opening Feb. 2 and will be participating in a talkback after the SAturday matinee Feb. 4th. Thank you!

http://www.interacttheatre.org/the-last-parade

Bernice's 70th Birthday

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 22:45:39 GMT

My full-length comedy, "Bernice's 70th Birthday," will be produced November 25-December 4, 2022, by First Run Theatre in St. Louis. Weekend shows are at 8 pm Central and Sundays at 2 pm Central. The production will be at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand Blvd. Tickets are $26 at the door or $29.50 through MetroTix. More at https://firstruntheatre.org/tickets/

FUKT at The Tank NYC or Live Streaming via CyberTank

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 23:00:00 GMT

BAPF Finalist, Unicorn Finalist, 1 of the most recommended scripts on NPX: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/172600/fukt/recommendations

12 shows starting October 27 - November 13th. Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 7pm ET and Saturdays at 3pm ET. I'd love to see you there!

MORE ABOUT FUKT: https://www.fukttheplay.com/

GET FUKT TICKETS:

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35658/production/1138125

FUKT is an oddly uplifting personal tale of traumatic memory, murder & private parts! With zombies, a striptease and song, this immersive, fearless journey to bare all is a healing balm for anyone with a secret. Emma (Bridget Ann White) tries to perform a one-woman show about healing from trauma, only Barbara (Julia Mack) and Bobbie (Eileen Sugameli) interrupt and demand to be included. Bobbie carries the memories of the traumas Emma survived. Barbara forgot and doesn't want to remember. FUKT is about how three fragmented aspects of a traumatized person come together to heal.

The Wickham Way by Rachel Rubin Ladutke

Rachel Rubin Ladutke — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT

"Love is love. The rest is just details."

Teaneck New Theatre presents the premiere production of The Wickham Way.

The Wickham Way is a heartfelt, heartwarming play with music, about the meaning of forgiveness, friendship, and love.

Lisa Brigantino, composer.

Directed by Arlene Schulman

August 19th at 8:00 p.m.

August 20th at 2:00 p.m., followed by a TalkBack

August 20th, at 8:00 p.m.

August 21st, at 2 p.m.

Hackensack Performing Arts Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA

Https://www.Onthestage.tickets/show/teaneck-new-theatre/the-wickham-way-53308/about

My new Play: The Endgame in the Women's Work Festival at New Perspectives Theatre Company opens next week in New York City!

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:00:00 GMT

Repost from Theatre:

New Perspectives Theatre Company (NPTC) is pleased to announce ENDGAME, our 14th Annual Women's Work Short Play Festival, running live Monday, August 8 to Saturday, August 13, 2022.

The Festival performs in two programs on an alternating schedule of 4:00pm and 8:00pm, with a combined program on August 13th at 2pm and 5pm. All performances are at NPTC Studio, 458 West 37th Street (at 10th Avenue.) The festival is comprised of six plays in two programs.

Named after Meganne George, who served as Resident Production Designer at NPTC for 19 years and was instrumental in creating its structure and design elements, the festival presents original 30-minute plays developed in NPTC's Women's Work LAB which takes writers from the first impulse for their plays to a rehearsed and staged performance for live audiences, all within six months. There is no other program of its kind in New York City. The theme of ENDGAME was inspired (as all themes have been) by the social and political discourse percolating in the U.S. at the start of a new LAB. The 2022 theme had much to draw on, from the continued presence of COVID, the aftermath of January 6th, and increasingly dire climate conditions. As always, each writer found her own take on this theme, and the resulting plays are as unique and diverse as the talented writers who created them.

Tickets: $20 /$15 students and seniors (65+) w/ID; TDF accepted for select performances; FESTIVAL PASS $30 (both programs)

Program A includes: Cassie Goes to Congressby Sonya Hayden, directed by Dani Ortiz; The End Gameby Joanna Pickering, directed by Illana Stein; and Boys Go to Marsby ALlison Merkel, directed by Jenny Greeman.

Program A begins with Cassie Goes to Congress, which considers the “endgame” for endangered animals when, in the wake of tragedy, an emperor penguin journeys from Antarctica to Washington DC to demand an answer to climate change. The Endgame explores one woman's struggle to piece together her memories of a sexual assault and decide what to do about it, while playing a game of chess with an unlikely opponent, and Boys Go To Mars offers a darkly comic and existential dilemma as two childhood friends spend their last Halloween on Earth discussing horror movies, candy, the future of humanity, and their own destinies.

content warning: Program A includes references to Animal cruelty/death and rape/sexual violence. this program is not suitable for anyone under 16.

PROGRAM A ACTORS

Celia Berk*, Emma Davis, Penelope Deen, Nadia Diamond, Gustavo Ferrari, William Franke*, Jonon Gansukh, Marie Elena O'Brien*, Taylor Petracek

Tickets for program A

Program B includes: Just Before Sunriseby Gena Bardwell, directed by Kubbi; The Reunion by Molly Horan, directed by Sydney Prince, and Post Scarcity Possibilities by Leela Velautham, directed by Melody Brooks.

Program B opens with Just Before Sunrise, in whichan African American executive must reckon with her roots and the risk to her hard-earned career if she does the right thing amidst simmering racial tensions in her company. In The Reunion, one man’s 10-year obsession with his high school sweetheart takes a dark turn when he finally reconnects with her at their high school reunion. Post Scarcity Possibilities explores the absurdity of the everyday struggle to stay afloat in the midst of economic chaos and begs the question: is another way possible?

PROGRAM B ACTORS

Tonia Anderson*, Erica Cafarelli, Bianca Calisi, Patricia Cancio, Jen Diaz, Jake Howard, Brian Reilly, Benjamin Rowe, Meredith Wilson

Directors are Melody Brooks, Jenny Greeman, Kubbi, Dani Ortiz, Sydney Prince and Illana Stein. Rychard Curtiss is production designer.

Tickets for program B

Schedule

Program A:

August 8, 10,12 @ 4:00pm

August 9, 11 @ 8:00pm

Saturday, August 13 @ 5:00pm

Program B:

August 8, 10,12 @ 8:00pm

August 9, 11 @ 4:00pm

Saturday, August 13 @ 2:00pm

SEATING IS EXTREMELY LIMITED; SEATS GUARANTEED ONLY VIA ADVANCE PURCHASE

AUDIENCES MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF VACCINATION AND REMAIN MASKED THROUGHOUT

ONLY CASH accepted at box office

RSVP to newper37@gmail.com

Unclaimed Reservations released at 5 minutes before curtain

July 20, 2022

New Perspectives Theatre Company

New Perspectives was founded in 1991 as a multi-racial ensemble dedicated to using theatre as an agent for positive social change.Learn

OCCUPIED by Aly Kantor presented by New Normal Rep (Live-Streamed Rehearsed Reading)

Aly Kantor — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:30:00 GMT

New Normal Rep Presents a Live-Streamed Rehearsed Reading of

OCCUPIED
written by Aly Kantor

directed by Jill Eikenberry

starring Ella Dershowitz & Melissa Joyner

Technical direction by Adriana Gaviria

Save the date and join New Normal Rep LIVE at 7:30pm ET on Monday, July 25th for this live-streamed rehearsed reading event. Because of union regulations, the reading will not be recorded, so this is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness these artists come together to read this wonderful play - then stay for the creative team talkback afterward! To participate in the live chat, make sure that you are signed in to YouTube with your Google account. You can also join us via Facebook Live from the New Normal Rep Facebook page.

Again and again, best friends Jac and Amelia find themselves meeting in bathrooms while real world tragedies and paradigm shifts assert themselves on the world outside. Vulnerability, humor, and uncensored honesty reign as they are forced to grapple with the question "Has anyone ever been safe? Are we?" OCCUPIED is a critical examination of the millennial generation's relationship to safety, told through the lens of female friendship, from 9/11 to today.

Productions ~ Plays by Cristina A. Bejan

Cristina Bejan — Tue, 10 May 2022 15:57:54 GMT

"The Scholarship" by Cristina A. Bejan & James Brunt

- Produced by Theatre29 Denver & Bucharest Inside the Beltway (Livestream, December 2021)
- Produced by Kibo Productions & Baron's Court Theatre (Rehearsed Reading, Peace Festival for Ukraine, London, UK, April 2022)

"Life According to Swami Shiva" by Cristina A. Bejan

-Produced by Milibo Arts Theatre, Colorado Women's Theatre Festival (Colorado Springs, CO, April - May 2022)

Production of "Listening"

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:37:09 GMT

My play "Listening" will be produced by River's Edge Theater Co in Hasting on Hudson, NY, as part of its short play festival on April 30, 2022.

Premiere of "On 9th Street"

Jennifer O'Grady — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:39:00 GMT

My play "On 9th Street" (about the women of the 9th Street Show) will receive its premiere production from New Deal Creative Arts Center in Rhinecliff, NY, as part of its ten-minute play festival. (Posting to spring 2022 due to Covid.)

ESCAPE FROM THE ASYLUM by Patricia Milton

Patricia Milton — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:00:00 GMT

directed by Gary Graves
Mar 19–Apr 17, 2022

a madcap mystery at Central Works Theater

1895 London: A famous female explorer has been committed to Belfry, a notorious asylum for the mentally ill. Has her unscrupulous husband had her falsely committed just to gain her fortune? The intrepid Victorian Lady Detectives are on the case!

Cast: Chelsea Bearce, Alan Coyne, Danielle O'Hare, and Jan Zvaifler

Tickets and info

Trailer

Production of Ida B. 'n the Lynching Tree by Carolyn Nur Wistrand

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:30:15 GMT

Ida B. 'n the Lynching Tree by Carolyn Nur Wistrand will be produced for the Savannah Black Heritage Festival by Savannah State University and Collective Face Theatre Ensemble February 16-20, 2022 at Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia.

The play is the origin story of Miss Ida B. Wells and the brutal murders of three African American men in Memphis, Tennessee which led to her campaign in investigative journalism to bring the horrors of lynching in the Jim Crow South into the national consciousness.

Premiere of "Waiting"

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:28:00 GMT

My play "Waiting" will premiere on stage in Weathervane Playhouse's 8x10 Theatrefest in Akron, OH, from January 13-23, 2022. My play "Listening" premiered there in 2019 and won an Audience-Choice Award.

A Trilogy of Plays: Truth, Lies and Deception by Joanna Pickering In Paris France Dec 16-18

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:45:32 GMT

A Trilogy of Plays:
Truth, Lies and Deception
by Joanna Pickering

Thu Dec 16, 2021, Fri Dec 17, 2021 to Sat Dec 18, 2021 8.00pm - 9.30pm

Timezone : Europe/Paris

Pickering's Trilogy: Truth, Lies and Deception will have it's Paris Premier at Le Pavé d"Orsay Theatre in the heart of Paris, directed by Chris Mack, Alessia Siniscalchi, and Pulchérie Gadmer starring Koël Purie Rinchet, Joanna Pickering, Robert Bradford, Eugenia Kuzmina, Julie Kalya, Manuel Sinor and Emmanuel Danon.

Online Ticket Link and more information

https://www.billetweb.fr/truthliesanddeceptiontheplay

Plays contain adult themes

[Latest - Joanna talks about how this production came about

Cat and Mouse –

Marcus Meekus is a Hollywood movie director. Jade is bussing tables having just appeared in her first acting role — a tampon advert. When their paths cross, Jade thinks her life will change forever. However, both are in for a shock.

[TW//CW//sexual assault, specific, brief moment]

Sylvie and Sly –

Sylvie and Sly tells the tale of an aging actress, who in denial about her tragic reality, decides to save a floundering career with the help of a devoted friend and social media.

Beach Break –

Two young female friends go away to a holiday resort to escape problems at home. It’s only a matter of time before something terrible happens. Something that will have dark and explosive repercussions.

[TW//CW//references to sexual assault)]

Audience feedback (Next Stage Press review page):

"Three one act plays that deliver on every level and absolutely shook us to the core!"

“The overall arc of these plays with regards to human behavior is absolutely masterful”

"Women behaving as badly as men with all the devastating consequences"

“Great social conscious work”

“The writing has fantastic moral ambiguity, the darkly comic interchanges power the stories, and the relationship forward”

"Writing is fierce, complex, nuanced, deep and honestly human, real and messy"

"Pickering expresses the duality of people and human nature elegantly. She is not afraid to work in the shadows."

"Hard-hitting plays. By turns funny, dark, absurd, sexy, and bold, they evince a subtle understanding of friendship and a host of other relationships"

"Tackling difficult female agenda bravely in work that is unafraid in it’s honest portrayal"

"Once in a decade or few comes a writer that breaks the rules of convention"

"A brave, modern day, 19th century anarchist, who throws a bomb into the audience and every conversation, leaving all sides to work out what happened. Few truths survive intact"

"What a ride this play is! I read it and couldn’t put it down. It’s packed with nuance and complexity."

"Incredible stories with incredible dynamics and feelings and relationships."

"Poignant, funny and captivating."

"As a story teller, Pickering's ability to grab the audience and not let them off the hook is masterful. You feel uncomfortable, unsettled, yet riveted as she leads the audience one way then the next with twists."

"Delving into the themes of feminism, sexism, attachment, manipulation through authentic female voices while also providing intriguing mystery"

"Beach Break is smashing in it’s end, and it is an astonishing work, because it lingers in your mind which means it’s literally unforgettable"

The plays have been licensed from Next Stage Press -- Read full reviews here:

https://nextstagepress.net/truth-lies-and-deception/

The press:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/industry/article/Playwright-Joanna-Pickering-Inks-A-Deal-With-Next-Stage-Press-20210723

https://cfrycentrestage.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/interview-joanna-pickering/

https://actu.fr/bretagne/saint-barthelemy_56207/saint-barthelemy-rencontre-avec-l-actrice-americaine-joanna-pickering_46339218.html

About the Playwright.

Joanna Pickering is an award nominated actress, writer, and activist. Joanna has written for stage with Primitive Grace Ensemble from 2018 to 2020. In 2020, she was accepted into The League of Professional Theatre Women and the International Center of Women Playwrights. She is now a member of NY and LA Times critically acclaimed Theater 69 in Hollywood and New York.

In 2020, ‘Pickering’s Three Plays’ showcased with star cast Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years, Broadway’s Lombardi) and Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s) reading under the artistic director Christine Cirker (FAB women at The Barrow Group) and leading directors (Lorca Peress at MultiStages, Susan Izatt at The Actors Studio and Amanda Moresco, The Actors Gym) sponsored by The League of Professional Theatre Women (adapted for zoom in the pandemic). In 2021, Pickering joined the Next Stage press catalogue alongasdie Tony Award winning playwrights and her trilogy was published and released in print in 2020 worldwide.

Her full play ‘Beach Break’ made The Red List for the top-rated stage plays in 2020 and is awarded a full scholarship to adapt for screen as a mini-series with mentor, Kelly Edwards, Vice president of HBO talent development and programming. As a debut one-act play ‘Beach break’ was a top five finalist radio broadcast for HBO’s ITV 2018, and aired on British radio, Resonance FM, in 2018, after debuting at ‘The Deunde Series’ at the Bridge Theatre, New York.

Her debut film ‘Boardwalk’ screened at Anthology Film Archives, NYC in 2018. It was nominated for best film and best suspense thriller at NYC Web Fest 2019. Joanna has received scholarships for her plays and work from The Dramatist Institute, Margaret Atwood’s agent Phoebe Larmore with Rohm Literary Agency, as well as writing grants from the Dramatist Guild, The Actors Union, The Actors Fund, and Sundance. Nanking Road, her TV series, has been awarded marks of distinction from David Kirkpatrick (Touchstone, Disney’s ex-chief of production), and Jen Grisanti (NBC writers on the verge) with Rocaberti Writer’s Trust, is a Screencraft finalist, a Wescreenplay Diverse Voices finalist, as well as Joanna being a Screencraft Stage Play finalist and cinematic short story finalist.

Acting credits include small roles in Danny Boyle and Nick Moran’s ‘Creation Stories,’ to principal role in ‘Alice Fades Away’ with star cast, TV series regular in award winning TV series (pilot produced only) Street Smart, as well as independent films screening at The Whitney Museum, 2014, ‘Pelleas’ alongside Alice Eve (Star Trek) in The Incomplete History of Protest exhibition, and award-winning film ‘Four Keys’. Stage credits include performing Lady Macbeth and King Herod as well as Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.

Joanna publishes creative writing and social political essays on diversity. She speaks on Women in Film panels, is jury president of NY2PARIS/NYIIF film festival, a 2019 advisory board member for The Chelsea Film Festival, and a participant speaker for UN Create2030. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in pure Mathematics. She is represented by 3 Arts Entertainment in LA/NY.

Koël Purie Rinchet (Actress, Producer)

Koël Purie Rinchet is a multi-award-winning Indian media personality, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, has made her home in Paris and lives to tell stories, regardless of the medium.

She has spent nearly two decades in front and behind the camera, performed on stage at every opportunity and used her pen to give expression to the rage and delight that fills her. Having worked and lived in Delhi, Mumbai, London, Toronto, Tokyo and Paris she has refined her skill of being a serial-outsider while masquerading as a well-connected insider.

After speeding through University in the UK(where her time was fairly divided between acting and downing warm beers), she created and acted in a daily TV show called Aaj Ki Naariwhich dealt with the perks and perils of being a woman, for the National broadcaster of India with a reach of over 300 million households.

It went on to become a rage, while also causing much outrage. She received daily adulation and threats in equal measure. This was followed by a decade as an actor. Her lead film roles include the BAFTA winnerDirty War, the generation defining Bollywood film RockOn!!, the cult-classic Everybody Says I’m Fine and the edgy Road to Ladakh.

She debuted on stage as Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello in Leicester. Finally, she put her gift of the gab to good use and produced and hosted a top-rated celebrity chat show called On the Couch with Koël. Somewhere, between leaving India and moving to Paris with her French husband and daughter, she made a pit stop in Tokyo for a few years, and somehow, got hired by the Japanese government to be their Tourism Ambassador.

Currently, anthropological observations and overt eavesdropping occupy most of her time as she shuttles, masked and sanitised, between Paris and Mumbai, to createTV content, produce theatre, and industriously finish her first novel, before it finishes her.

FULL PRODUCTION CREDITS:

Cat and Mouse:

Jade -- Joanna Pickering

Marcus Meekus -- Robert Bradford

Harriet -- Koël Purie

Rosie -- Eugenia Kuzmina

News VO -- Chris Mack.

Directed by Chris Mack

Sylvie and Sly

Sylvie - Julia Kalya

Sly - Manuel Sinor

Removal Man - Emmanuel Danon

Directed by Alessia Siniscalchi

Beach Break

Zurie -- Koël Purie Rinchet

Layla -- Joanna Pickering

Directed by Pulchérie Gadmer.

Artistic Directors -- Chris Mack, Christine Cirker, Joanna Pickering, Koel Purie Rinchet.

Producers -- Koel Purie Rinchet and Joanna Pickering

Executive Prodcuers -- Kevin Mahaney, Koël Purie Rinchet, Joanna Pickering.

Assistant/Director -- Taylor Scott

Production/Directors Assistant -- Tori Johnson

With thanks for support from The International Center for Women Playwrights, The league of Professional Theater Women, Honor Roll.

Licensing Gene Kato from Next Stage Press.

Original Art Noell Oszvald

Joanna Pickering

Online Ticket Link and more information

https://www.billetweb.fr/truthliesanddeceptiontheplay

Production of MOST WONDERFUL

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:30:00 GMT

My play MOST WONDERFUL will be produced live online by PlayZoomers December 10-11, 2021. (MOST WONDERFUL is also published by Applause Books in The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2021, ed. Lawrence Harbison)

WATCHWOMEN by Carolyn Nur Wistrand produced for WORLD AIDS DAY, DEC. 1, 2021

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:13:52 GMT

EXPECTATIONS production

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:35:37 GMT

My play EXPECTATIONS will be produced by Valley Players in Napa, CA, as part of "Ladies Breifs" running October 28-November 14, 2021.

EXPECTATIONS premiered in May 2021 as part of Short+Sweet Sydney Theatre 2021.

BEST LIFE 10/21-11/6

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:30:00 GMT

Best Life by Melisa Tien
Directed by Susanna Jaramillo

If you could turn back time, what would you do differently? In this absurdly funny and unsettling new play, Lourdes, a woman of color aiming to get free, can rewind time—but only within the last five minutes. At a café, she meets Sheryl, a wealthy white woman with heartfelt yet deeply misguided intentions. As they talk, Lourdes keeps rewinding time in an attempt to have the ‘right’ conversation with Sheryl. Soon, the forces of social responsibility, public allyship, and private guilt creep their way into the exchange.

Location: JACK, 20 Putnam Ave in Brooklyn, NY. C or G train to Clinton-Washington. Shuttle to Franklin Ave.

Tickets (Available HERE.)

$15.00 General Admission Preview
$20.00 General Admission

Performance Dates & Times
Thursday, Oct. 21: 7:30 pm (preview)
Friday, Oct. 22: 7:30 pm (preview)
Saturday, Oct. 23: 7:30 pm (opening)

Wednesday, Oct. 27: 7:30 pm
Thursday, Oct. 28: 7:30 pm
Friday, Oct. 29: 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 30: 7:30 pm

Wednesday, Nov. 3: 7:30pm
Thursday, Nov. 4: 7:30 pm
Friday, Nov. 5: 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Saturday, Nov. 6: 7:30 pm

For more information: https://www.jackny.org/whats-on

CLOSET CAT in Gi60

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:00:00 GMT

My monologue CLOSET CAT is one of fifty plays selected for Gi60: The International One-Minute Theatre Festival at The Tank in NYC October 21-23, 2021.

(CLOSET CAT can also be found in the 2021 issue of some scripts literary magazine.)

PERSEPHONE Production

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:31:13 GMT

My play PERSEPHONE was selected for Lionheart Theatre Company's "Bewitching" runnning October 21-24, 2021 in Norcross, GA.

(PERSEPHONE can also be found in The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2019, published by Applause and ed. by Lawrence Harbison.)

Production of POPPING

Rita Barkey — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:10:43 GMT

My one-act play, POPPING, is being produced October 14-16, 2021, at the Zootown Arts Community Center as part of the Quickies Festival in Missoula, MT.

No Fall My Hand Oct. 8th

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

"No Fall My Hand" is a drama based on my own story. It will be livestreamed Friday 10/8 at 8:00 EST as part of The Voices of Women Theatre Festival. Live talkback afterwards. Tickets $15.

Director’s Statement: Amy Losi’s courageous play, "No Fall My Hand," is a statement about the effects of domestic abuse. In many instances victims hide their abuse and "say nothing or do nothing." The two characters transcend their pain to develop a sense of empowerment when they share their experiences with each other. -- Joan Kane, Director

https://powerstories.ticketleap.com/voices-of-women-theatre-festival-individual-tickets/dates/Oct-08-2021_at_0800PM?fbclid=IwAR2Hy4hpZQH5YV0gowp0RuVmm60J-s_zAmpyB0P--tf3e5VELeWnlyyUUP4

Zoom Reading

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 23:30:00 GMT

AT THE BEDSIDE and TOO MANY WARS will be presented by Merely Writers. These are two one acts, one about recovering from intensive care and the other about a military family navigating the Vietnam War with a compass of varying loyalties.

https://gmc-edu.zoom.us/j/83641976709?pwd=WjNDUzBVc1NqdkJvTUtmSTh2VDRvUT09

Production of THE BOOKSTORE

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:26:46 GMT

My ten-minute play THE BOOKSTORE was selected by The Playhouse at White Lake in Whitehall, MI, for its Summer Theatre Festival August 26-29, 2021.

Reading of Divine Gift by Rahmat Zakari-Ismail

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:52:48 GMT

Hurrah!

Arojah Royal Theatre

in collaboration with

The International Centre for Women Playwrights

is inviting you to a

Play Reading and Interactive Session
with

Rahmat Zakari-Ismail
Featured Play:
DIVINE GIFT

Date: Sunday August 22, 2021

Time: 6pm WAT (1pm EDT New York)

To register click... https://bit.ly/3jFyerr

Of follow us live on youtube @arojahtheatre Enquiries: 08182005597 info@arojahtheatre.com

Premiere of SHELVED

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

My ten-minute play SHELVED will be produced and streamed by NextStage Theater July 23-24, 2021.

Premiere of MICROWAVE & FRIDGE

Jennifer O'Grady — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:30:00 GMT

My one-act play MICROWAVE & FRIDGE (which includes my award-winning ten-minute play FRIDGE) will premiere live online with PlayZoomers July 23-24, 2021.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playzoomers-summer-festival-of-love-laughter-3-plays-july-23-24-2021-tickets-156144521467

Short+Sweet Perth 2021

Jennifer O'Grady — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:31:48 GMT

My play FRIDGE was selected for and produced in Short+Sweet Perth in Western Australia (2021)

Short+Sweet Sydney 2021

Jennifer O'Grady — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:30:35 GMT

My play EXPECTATIONS was selected for and produced in Short+Sweet Sydney 2021 (May 2021)

Herstory of Ann Shaxpere - PlayLab Reading

Carey Seward — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:00:00 GMT

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Herstory of Ann Shaxpere is a new play developed with the Alaska Writer’s Workshop/Theatre Alaska and ESPA Primary Stages NYC.

https://guidebook.com/g/#/guides/valdeztheatreconference/expanded-schedule/session/26569735

Once I was a stone - in NuWorks 2021

Shebana Coelho — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 21:00:00 GMT

Once I was a stone, una piedra ek pathar

created and performed by Shebana Coelho

featured in Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's NuWorks 2021

ON DEMAND: June 21 to June 30

Info & Purchase Tickets

A solo work about a stone lost at sea that finds its way home, only to face a new world that upends old notions of race, place and purpose. The play is a mixture of poetry, monologues, and dance drawn from flamenco and bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance), in English with fragments of Hindi and Spanish. Duration 45 minutes.

Shebana Coelho is a performer and writer, originally from India, and currently in New Mexico. Her solo plays include The Good Manners of Colonized Subjects, Once I was a stone, una piedra, ek pathar and the sun and shade of desire (in development). She received a Fiction Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a Fulbright grant to Mongolia. She facilitates creativity workshops and story consults as part of Faraway is Close, resonant cross-cultural encounters to Write Journey Embody the stories under the skin. Visit shebanacoelho.com

An English Angst

Anna Rogers — Sat, 29 May 2021 23:30:00 GMT

Set against the backdrop of the UK EU referendum, my latest play "An English Angst" premieres in May. Performed (due to covid) to an empty auditorium. Until we can perform it live we are streaming in May.

Info at www.an-english-angst.de Trailer: An English Angst Trailer - YouTube

Dates: May 8,9,13,14,15,16,20,21,22,28,29 (times mentioned are all Central European Time)

Thank you! :-)

The Point at the AndTheatre Festival this weekend!

Tue, 18 May 2021 16:39:35 GMT

Happy to announce that my short play The Point will be a part of the ANDTheatre Company's 14th Annual "Eclectic" Evening of Shorts - Online!

The Point, a horror-comedy about a bunch of Boston townies partying in Chesterfield Gorge, will be presented virtually, running from March 21st-24th, Friday and Saturday at 7 pm EST/ 4 pm PST.

I will be doing a talkback after the show.

"The Point"

Written & Directed by Ali MacLean

With Nevin Millan as Lugo

Allison Minick as Teenie

Alexander Demers as Murph

Aaron Lyons as Scanlan

Tickets are on sale at

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eclectic-evening-of-shorts-part-i-tickets-154481519383?fbclid=IwAR3wUKQ5dMO55GHMQMNEJVb2aEqGFYYKI9u_2QLyG3ASzzoLU06GhZKdaXk

Two free podcasts

Debra Kaufman — Sun, 16 May 2021 00:47:27 GMT

Two recent radio/podcast short plays by Debra Kaufman are up. "Free Hugs" followed by a short interview is available from

https://onstageoffstageradio.blogspot.com/2021/05/episode-141-play-reading-free-hugs-by.html

In "Where Are We Going” from Cary Playwrights Radio Hour we see that in the daily life of a caregiver, it’s the smallest moments of joy that will renew the spirit. Check out all the details here: https://www.caryplaywrightsforum.org/?p=4699

World Premiere of "Runtime Error"!

Elana Gartner — Tue, 11 May 2021 23:00:00 GMT

I am proud to announce the world premiere virtual reading of my play "Runtime Error" (semi-finalist for 2021 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference) with Transformation Theatre.

Tal is trying to get a competitive internship when he approaches his college advisor and mentor for an introduction to the company. The famous Professor Carson is all too willing to make the introduction but for a terrible price. While hiding his experiences from everyone in his life, Tal tries to figure out what he could have done differently. A play inspired by the #MeToo movement and the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, this play explores similar themes for men and how they cope or don’t.

The performance of the show will be on Tuesday, May 11 at 7pm EST and will include actors from around the country. There will be a talkback after the live show and then the show will be available streaming afterwards through May 15th on Transformation Theatre's website. Please join us for this important play. https://transformationtheatre.ticketspice.com/runtime-error-by-elana-gartner-a-virtual-reading

Cancer Is A Pain In My Ass

Laura Pfizenmayer — Fri, 07 May 2021 23:30:00 GMT

Cancer is the scariest word in the English language, but it can be extremely funny too. South Baldwin Community Theater in Gulf Shores, Alabama will host the world premiere of Cancer Is A Pain In My Ass" on May 7 and 8 at 7:30 and May 9 at 2:30. Tickets available at SBCT.biz

Loretta the Yodeling Cowgirl

Vita Morales — Wed, 05 May 2021 23:30:00 GMT

Loretta the Yodeling Cowgirl will have a staged reading as part of the Women Playwrights Series at the Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown, New Jersey on Wednesday, May 5th, at 7:30 pm. The play can be streamed for free by going to centenarystageco.org and clicking on Events.

Hope you join us on the 5th.

Developmental Reading of 'Occupied' by Aly Kantor

Aly Kantor — Wed, 05 May 2021 11:00:00 GMT

On Wednesday, May 5th at 7 PM EST, Dreamcatcher Rep in Summit, NJ (https://www.dreamcatcherrep.org) will be presenting a virtual developmental reading of my full-length play, 'Occupied' as part of their 'Meet the Artists,' series, with talk-back to follow.

Tickets are $10 and available here.

"From 9/11 to the pandemic, Amelia and Jac have been best friends who share everything with each other. As the play hopscotches from one American tragedy to the next, the two girls turn into women. They try to understand how their own lives fit into the history of our time from the perspective of a series of bathroom stalls over the years. Comedic, heartfelt and true, Occupied traces the path of this generation through a personal lens."

FEARLESS- A Reading/Storytelling event for women survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Nigeria

Wuraoluwa Ayodele — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:00:00 GMT

FEARLESS is a play Reading and Storytelling event sponsored by ICWP to inspire Women facing sexual and domestic violence in Nigeria.

This event will be a physical one in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria with virtual participation from all persons outside Nigeria.

Registration link- http://bit.ly/FEARLESSWOMEN

Fifth Annual Aphra Behn Festival - 4/30 - 5/2

Aly Kantor — Sat, 01 May 2021 01:00:00 GMT

SATE Ensemble theatre in St. Louis, MI (http://satestl.org) will be presenting their Fifth Annual Aphra Behn Festival virtually, beginning this evening, 4/30/21 through 5/2/21 at 8:00 PM CST. My one-act zoom play, 'Two of Every Animal,' is included in the line-up of three new plays written and directed by women.

Tickets are $10.00 and available here: https://tinyurl.com/aphrabehn

Two of Every Animal, by Aly Kantor, directed by Alexis Coleman

Performed by Julie Amuedo and Carolina Queiroz Couto

Scenic Design by Sebastian Montowine

Costume Design by Liz Henning

"Most of humanity has chosen to leave Earth and seek greener pastures, but two young scientists have chosen to stay behind as stewards of the genetic memory of the natural world. When one scientist’s interest in a specimen turns into an obsession, both women begin to understand the weight of the sacrifice they have made to secure a future for the many species the human race has failed."

Tickets are $10.00 and available here: https://tinyurl.com/aphrabehn

"ROOTED IN ROUX" by Mia Raye Smith - 29 Apr 6.00 PM CST

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Written and Performed by Mia Rae Smith .

Live Stream Performance Reading

Hosted by the Whitney Plantation Museum. This work has been made possible through a grant from the International Centre for Women Playwrights.

" Her character work is masterful."
Toronto Now Magazine

Rooted In Roux Virtual Reading

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:15:40 GMT

Virtual Reading for my solo play Rooted In Roux! This play is about the connection between African American food and ancestral lineage. The show is on April 29th, 2021 at 6:00pm CST.

Link to tickets

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U71qzHhHSs28YkuvZ9EZoA

Period Piece

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

3 Nights Live streaming 4/12, 4/19 and 4/26 at 8pm

Conceived by Susan Cinoman, directed by Karen Carpenter, with 36 diverse playwrights all writing about Menstruation! a portion of the proceeds will go to support funding for menstrual products for all people who menstruate worldwide.

https://www.periodpieceplay.com

SULLEN GIRL virtual read at EST's Spring Fest

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 23:43:27 GMT

SULLEN GIRL

Written and directed by Ali MacLean

with:

Alexandra Hellquist

Adam J. Smith

Rob Nagle

Anil Margsahayan

Felipe Figueroa

Harry Groener

Kevin Comartin

Leilani Squire

a virtual reading as part of

Ensemble Studio Theatre LA's SPRINGfest 2021

4/17 at 6 pm PST
FREE!
Sign up here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/.../register/WN__tEAIvPDR2uNBp6MxN

WHORTICULTURE

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:16:07 GMT

Whorticulture, my intersectional feminist play about 3 young women coming of age in a toxic culture is streaming on demand thru 4/17 - please check it out! And there are bonus talkbacks! (content warnings too)

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whorticulture?fbclid=IwAR0aTY_WAz8NK_BuSyS6KAkGiB1m04yhQILC8fWa9COyAW1nvuXrl0k1YI0

"ABDUCTED: A NEW MUSICAL" World Premiere

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:46:13 GMT

"Abducted" is a new original musical created by Zoë Bowen Smith, with a book and lyrics by Zoë Bowen Smith and music by Luke Hemmingson. Quirky, heartfelt, and mysterious, "Abducted" tells the story of Avery and Mia, two college-age women who happen to be abducted by a group of eccentric aliens. "Abducted" is making its world premiere at The College of William & Mary!

Streaming on YouTube:
Friday, April 2nd, 2021 at 7pm
Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 at 7pm
Sunday, April 4th, 2021 at 2pm

LINK TO LIVESTREAMS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6VgCqnisKW-ZzCrewFZQHw

Set a reminder, add us to your calendars, or sign up for our email list to join us live! You don't want to miss it!

JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST: https://forms.gle/Mq7K4vf1m4BdA9yCA

The 15th National Symposium of Theater in Academe

Domnica Radulescu — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:00:00 GMT

Washington and Lee University will welcome scholars and artists from across the country to its 15th National Symposium of Theater and Performance Arts in Academe on April 1-2. This year’s symposium is part of the yearlong celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program.

“Theater and Social Change: Gender, Race and Identity,” was organized by Domnica Radulescu, founding director of the symposium and the Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature at W&L, and Sandhya Narayanan, visiting assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at W&L. Events will occur both in-person and online.

The general public can watch all of the symposium’s presentations and performances on livestream at go.wlu.edu/theater-symposium.

“The themes and scope of the presentations focusing on issues of social and environmental justice, trauma and healing are particularly relevant at the present historical moment given the dystopian and tragic dimensions of this past year,” said Radulescu. “We continue to believe that the theater arts offer strategies of transformation and healing and can initiate and inspire to social change.”

WHO WILL SING FOR LENA

Janice Liddell — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 23:00:00 GMT

My play, WWSFL, was selected to represent the USA at the Mondial du Theatre, Monaco, 2021 (the largest international amateur theatre festival in the world) in August. A live production of the play by The Lexington Players (MA) will be featured at the festival; however, to assist their travel, we are collaborating on a fund-raising event showing the virtual performance which earned them Best Full Length Play at the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival in October, 2020. Please join the party and support this ad/venture by reserving your spot today at abtflena.eventbrite.com. Thanx!!! (http://abtflena.eventbrite.com)

StatueFest. Put A Woman On A Pedestal

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 23:00:00 GMT

Barbara McClintock Talks about Statues, one of six monologues in Statue Fest, about women who deserve a statue! Featuring Carolyn Cadigan. Friday, March 19, 7 p.m.

RSVP to get ZOOM link

StatueFest2021@gmail.com

PECKING ORDER

Robin Rice — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:30:00 GMT

Full-length drama with comedy by Robin Rice. Big city love story with hawks. From 29th Street Playwrights Collective. Reserve for minimum $1:

She Speaks

Judith Glass-Collins — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:30:00 GMT

So happy to announce the line-up of SHE SPEAKS.

March 6 & 7th - via Zoom - with a twist. Details and cast list to come.

MADE OF GLASS by Judith Glass Collins

ARE YOU READY TO ORDER? By Megan Ann Jacobs

BELT LOOP MAN by Barbara Lindsay

DETAIL ORIENTED by Erin Osgood

RAPTURE by Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris

HOMUNCULUS by Christine Emmert

DEFYING GRAVITY by Robin Rice

RUNNING ON MOONTIME by Kelly Muir

SELKIE by Donna Latham

IT WAS ISADORA by Paddy GB

Alarm Clock in Action

Catherine Frid — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 16:00:00 GMT

Craft Bites, a Playwrights Guild of Canada program, presents an excerpted reading from Catherine Frid's play Alarm Clock in Action. The play explores feminist Nellie McClung's relationships with politics and family.

Evening of Short Plays

Debra Kaufman — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:00:00 GMT

Creative Greensboro presents, “An Evening of Short Plays #39 Virtual” by North Carolina playwrights. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10. Advanced registration for a stream pass is required. Registration details can be found at www.creativegreensboro.com.

Performances will be streamed live Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6 at 8 pm.

The performance includes the short play "Free Hugs" by ICWP member Debra Kaufman.

Buy the Book livestream

Susan Decatur — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:58:28 GMT

Susan Decatur's 10 minute short play Buy the Book was performed to a sold out audience virtually via livestream on Monday, February 1st at the Know Theatre in Cincinnati, OH.

SHE SPEAKS

Christine Emmert — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:18:27 GMT

March 6 at 8 pm She Speaks will be presenting an evening of women's plays. Mine is HOMUNCULUS. You can access this by login to Flush Ink productions. The evening is free to all, but we hope you can donate any amount great or small.

She Speaks 2021

Christine Emmert — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:14:53 GMT

My play, HOMUNCULUS,is part of this year's SHE SPEAKS, March6th at 8pm est. You can access it at Flush Ink Productions. Women Playwrights always. It is free, although one hopes people donate to the group.

The Suffragist Project

Debra Kaufman — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:40:39 GMT

OdysseyStage is proud to present: The Suffragist Project, a dramatization based on stories and people who were crucial to the fight to secure women’s right to vote in the United States. This 9-part audio drama will be the inaugural production on Odyssey Stage’s new podcast channel, with the first episode debuting on March 1, 2021.

The Suffragist Project will be accessible through most podcast platforms and directly via the OdysseyStage podcast channel at https://anchor.fm/odysseystage, as well as on YouTube. The show is free to access. Listeners are encouraged to “pay what you can” via PayPal donation on the OdysseyStage website and PayPal viewer support subscriptions available on the podcast channel.

One Act Play Festival

Ed Friedman — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:00:00 GMT

Diary by Ed Friedman

Old Library Theatre
10th Annual One Act Festival
Feb. 26,27,28

https://www.onthestage.com/show/old-library-theatre/the-10th-annual-one-act-play-festival-63146/tickets

"Listening" by PlayZoomers

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:30:00 GMT

My ten-minute play "Listening" (which premiered and won an audience-choice award at Weathervane Playhouse in 2019) will be produced online by PlayZoomers on 2/19/21 at 7:30 PM ET. Tkt link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playzoomers-four-online-plays-february-192021-730-930-pm-et-tickets-138027681511?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

Terms of Confinement

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 19:00:00 GMT

Poetic Justice Project presents Terms of Confinement, an original play with music that examines the pandemic in prison. The Zoom performance is on Feb. 14 at 2 pm, followed by a talkback. All of the actors and musicians have experienced incarceration. To RSVP: http://evite.me/GaPxQFpaCJ

INSPIRATION online

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:37:32 GMT

Synkroniciti magazine, 11/2020

“Inspiration,” short play

https://synkroniciti.com/the-magazine/

Judith Pratt

Live read of LADY KILLER

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:21:06 GMT

Script'd presents "Lady Killer" written by Ali MacLean

Join us on ZOOM for a live reading of "Lady Killer" written by Ali MacLean.

Waitress meets What We Do In The Shadows...

Shelly's family and friends in small-town Bogalusa aren't crazy about her long-distance courtship with Wayne — primarily because he’s currently serving a life sentence at Angola Prison for murdering his previous wives. Despite everyone's objections, Shelly is head over heels in love and hell-bent on getting him out. This half-hour dark comedy is tonally similar to Barry and explores why Shelly is drawn to such a dangerous man and what makes Wayne such a ladykiller.

Wednesday, February 17 @ 5:00 PM PST

Featuring:

Lloyd Gene Roberson II

Ian Littleworth

Proceeds from this event will go to supporting Scriptd admin costs. A link to the ZOOM meeting will be emailed to you upon registration. $5 or pay what you can.

RSVP Tickets here.

Streaming Production of Short Play "Buy the Book"

Susan Decatur — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:35:17 GMT

The Know Theatre of Cincinnati has selected Buy the Book for its Serials 11 Thunderzoom production on February 1st, 2021. The short play will be live streamed at 7:30 p.m. for viewing and voting.

Sullen Girl

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:00:00 GMT

This Sunday 1/10/21!

The Dramatists Guild presents a reading of my latest play at 2 PM PST

SULLEN GIRL

by Ali MacLean

Featuring:

Scott Walker Ferrara

& moderated by SoCal Regional Rep

Diana Burbano

Reserve your free tickets below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southern-california-online-dg-footlightstm-tickets-135379272047

Vannie's Windows

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:09:07 GMT

Reading at The Marsh, San Francisco, October 2020. I read my own monologue on video.

Vannie’s Windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IcgboY3FTU&t=16s&ab_channel=JudithPratt

"I Love You But . . ." (On Demand on YouTube)

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:01:00 GMT

A finalist for the 10-Minute Play Competition presented by the Negro Ensemble Company. Ellie and Arnold are drunken college students that make a mistake and need to figure out what to do next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCCz1_S2u0&feature=emb_logo

Jessica's Day Off (on demand YouTube)

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Attic Productions in Fincastle, Virginia, has included my comedy Jessica's Day Off as one of three short plays in its second annual Christmas Playwriting Contest. With just 2 actors who are off-book and in costume, the play translates well to YouTube. Though I indicated a time for the show, you can watch anytime by clicking on this link. There is no fee.

https://youtu.be/ZO0gwXSPjdk

Three plays on line at Act Your Page

Judith Glass-Collins — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:51:14 GMT

Uber Soup, Winter Holiday, and Of Poisoned Pens and Palates will be performed on line tonight at Act Your Page--6:30CST.

12/12 New Works Night will be livecast at the following links.

https://www.facebook.com/fishlickerimprov/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4z-gv36buQzH2_3Oq1utlg?view_as=subscriber

(Act Your Page on YouTube)

Those want to be involved in the post-show conversation can join our Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/95561828571

THE COFFEE SHOP BLUES: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN.

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 17:07:02 GMT

by Kathy Burkman
THE COFFEE SHOP BLUES: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN.

can be seen online until Dec 15th

The show has got some great feedback

"I loved the "film," which was so masterfully put together and so much more enjoyable than the usual Zooming play. Congratulations to you, your son, and everyone involved! I especially enjoyed the song (and art museum) "Pretty Political, Pretty Pastels" and the penultimate scene with everyone singing. The acting was excellent, and the lead had the best timing and facial expressions, not to mention a beautiful voice. "

AND

"Thank you for a beautiful, magical show - wow. It really inspires me to believe in myself - my favorite part was probably when Calli is really coming into her own, singing that song about being the artist now herself - that she is worthy and a real artist!!!

Purchase a ticket(s) for $15 on Eventbrite. You may watch from now until Dec. 15th.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-coffee-shop-blues-a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-middle-aged-woman-tickets-128078118099

A HIDDEN BANQUET

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

"A HIDDEN BANQUET" by Donna Gordon will be read on zoom. A series of plays using the prompt of Leftovers will be presented Friday night, Nov. 27th at 7:30 p.m. by Scripteasers of San Diego. The play is Donna's interpretation of relevant passages from the novel "Jane Eyre". Find the link to Scripteasers of San Diego on Facebook.

"The United States of Huevos" - Now Playing!

Tavi Juárez — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 06:09:54 GMT

"The United States of Huevos" by Tavi Juárez & Stephen Tsimpides has been accepted into the Fifth Avenue Theatre of New York Virtual Fall 2020 Play Festival!

Please find below a link to the Festival page with all of the play entries, as well as a link to a Youtube Reading of "The United States of Huevos."

Festival Page:

www.equitylibrarytheater.info

Youtube Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkNUWcVC5Vc&feature=youtu.be

This festival is a play competition so each vote for my chicken play is greatly appreciated! To vote, simply text "The United States of Huevos" to +16318984205.

Play Synopsis:

Six chickens decide whether or not to fly the coop after a member of their roost is violently carried away by a hawk. Is it safer out there or in here? Who can they trust? This ten-minute comedy is an allegory for Trump’s 2020 America. Who will survive?

Cast & Credits:

Tavi Juárez ("Karen")

Stephen Tsimpides ("Big Red")

Cameron Moser ("Jim")

Lindsey Bristol ("Karen")

Shay Thomas ("Beto")

Janelle Lawrence ("Elle")

The Law of Attraction (world premiere radio play)

Patricia Milton — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 01:00:00 GMT

EXTENDED!

A "zingy comedy" - Bay Area Reporter

America’s Self-Help Sweetheart, MJ Powers, has built her brand on creating the ultimate guide to the perfect relationship. In real life, her lover Natalie is suing over the personal details in her latest book, her career is on the brink, and it looks like her “ultimate guide” is a jumbled roadmap. A brand new comedy of bad manners, The Law of Attraction explores just how miserable “perfect” really can be.

Oct 14-December 31, at the New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, CA

Tickets and information

BYSTANDERS - world premiere audio play

Patricia Milton — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:43:02 GMT

EXTENDED! Through December 31 at centralworks.org/bystanders.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/456562202

In the wake of a tragic and senseless act of gun violence, two women strive to connect despite their grief and guilt. Zayne is determined to learn if her colleague could have foreseen the shooting, or even prevented it. Hannah is fed up with clichéd calls for “thoughts and prayers.” She has a secret, daring plan to put an end to the violence once and for all. But will her idea work … or might it create collateral damage? Inside a culture that’s inundated with news of everyday shootings, two citizens struggle to understand their duties as bystanders.

This is an audio play available for free/donation.

Denise's Do-Over

Susan Decatur — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 21:19:00 GMT

Susan Decatur's 10-minute play, Denise's Do-Over, was selected by The Drama Workshop for its "Home View Theater" and will be available for viewing on December 4th as an online filmed performance. Tickets are available for $5 and can be purchased at the following link: www.thedramaworkshop.org/homeview or by calling the box office at (513)598-8303.

A YEAR OF BLUE JAYS

Christine Emmert — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:29:38 GMT

My play, A YEAR OF BLUE JAYS, is part of the BridgePHL fall theater festival. This piece is presented with four other short pieces on October 22nd at 7 pm. This year is BridgePHL is doing their productions as virtual. You need to go on their website to register, but the event itself is free. My play us acted by myself and my husband , Richard. It tells of a morning with a couple watching the birds while trying to sort out their life. I hope some of you see it and enjoy it. Christine Emmert dakinichris@yahoo.com

The Wedding Dress, September 15, 2020

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:30:00 GMT

Khaos Company Theatre is giving a free reading of "The Wedding Dress," Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Eastern, one-night only. It's a quirky comedy about two sisters (one a hoarder, one a recycling guru) and their mother (who has been keeping a huge secret from both of them). This play won a KCT competition and the theatre plans a full production in 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A few minutes before 7:30, click on this URL to be taken to the show: https://fb.me/e/cHQlPTcHP

FUKT, a reading on Zoom

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 23:30:00 GMT

FUKT is an oddly uplifting personal tale of traumatic memory, incest, murder & private parts! With zombies, a striptease and song, this immersive, fearless journey to bare all is a healing balm for anyone with a secret.

FUKT was a finalist at Unicorn and a finalist at BAPF and is available for download on NPX. The reading is part of Friday Night Footlights at the Dramatists Guild. Here's the link for reserve a free ticket!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-online-friday-night-footlights-tickets-117800202577?aff=erelpanelorg

"Before Lesbians" at FutureFest!

Elana Gartner — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Elana Gartner's "Before Lesbians" is a finalist for the 2020 Dayton's FutureFest. Due to the current circumstances, FutureFest has chosen to do readings of three of the six finalists. "Before Lesbians" will be available from July 31st-August 6th. Elana will be doing a live interview on August 2nd at 2pm EST through the Dayton Playhouse's Facebook live feed. Please stop by and ask questions! Tickets are available at http://wordpress.thedaytonplayhouse.com/tickets/

When Charlotte and Vivian meet, they are about to marry their fiancés who are leaving to fight for President Lincoln. Through letters and visits, Charlotte and Vivian nurture their friendship, sharing books and projects to support the troops and their husbands. In an era where women were not recognized as sexual beings and when words did not exist for women falling in love, Charlotte and Vivian struggle to understand the confusing feelings they are developing for each other while the Civil War rages on.

The Garden of Monsters - June 17 - 5 pm Pacific / 8 pm Eastern

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 21:00:00 GMT

West of Lenin in Seattle, WA, USA will livestream a FREE reading of

THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS by Mara Lathrop

June 17, 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern. / June 18, 1am GMT

In the final days of WWII, a Jewish GI encounters a dying Holocaust survivor and the last shred of hope in all the world. A hundred years later his great-granddaughter is caught up in a deadly pandemic and hope is the only thing that can save her.

Directed by Greg Paul

Featuring Adam Arkin, Sylvie Mae Baldwin, Kate Kraay, Craig MacArthur, Allison Siko, Jayne Taini and Max Urdell.

* * * * *

Hi Sisters and Mister Listers! Working in a virtual rehearsal room is both weird and comfortingly familiar. Certainly the technical demands are different -- there's not a music stand or a folding chair in sight. On the other hand, viewing the virtual rehearsal space with my mike and camera turned off while director and actors work moments and talk through transitions is as thrilling to me as if I was sitting in the corner of any real room.The theatre and the Production Manager are in Seattle. I'm participating from my dining room table in Port Townsend 70 miles from Seattle as the crow flies. The director lives in Brooklyn but joins us from a log cabin in rural Wisconsin.The actors are in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and New York. My director Greg and I have assembled a great cast.I am blessed to be working with them. Please join us as we tell a story about what it might take to change the world.

Hoping for the best,

Mara Lathrop

African Musk on my forehead...unwrapping my pink shroud

Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Radio Play: African Musk on my forehead...unwrapping my pink shroud by Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen

Friday - May 29, 2020; 8pm EST

Airing online at AM360.org -a blogtalk radio station.

Listen through you phone by calling 701-719-4197

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Reading-The Diagonal Trilogy

Vita Morales — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 23:30:00 GMT

The Italian-American Theatre of Chicago will present a reading of The Diagonal Trilogy on April 4th at 7:30 and 5th at 3:00 at the Open Door Theater, 902 S. Ridgeland, Oak Park, IL. For reservations: info@italianamericantheatreofchicago.com or call 708-848-2559. Seating is limited.

POPPING

Rita Barkey — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:30:00 GMT

Time for a Quickie festival of 6 new plays includes Rita Barkey's "Popping." April 3 and April 4, 6:30 pm and 9 pm both evenings. ZACC, 216 W. Main St., Missoula, MT.

Reading

Debra Kaufman — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:00:00 GMT

Debra Kaufman will read from her new poetry collection, God Shattered, at the Mebane Public Library, 101 1st St., Mebane, NC. "Kaufman’s poetry is a landscape populated with crows, shadows, and the tall grasses of Midwestern plains, at once a poetry of place, womanhood, memory, and narrative."

LITTLE ♀

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:30:00 GMT

LITTLE ♀ by June Guralnick receives its premiere staged reading at Burning Coal Theatre Company, co-sponsored by Justice Theater Project, on Friday, March 13th, at 7:30 pm. A divorced mother and her daughters battle the world, and each other, to be free. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Second Wave feminist movement (1963-1973) and the age-old War of the Sexes, June's audacious new full-length drama is a radical retelling of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women! For tickets and more info: http://www.thejusticetheaterproject.org/little-women

The Mysterious Affair at the Christies

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 22:55:29 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's "The Mysterious Affair at the Christies" will be produced by Saw It Here First Productions at Theatro Technis in London, UK, on 3/8, 2020. Ticket sales go to charity.

Play Reading March 13, 2020

Sandra de Helen — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:53:57 GMT

Sandra de Helen's play-in-progress, "Extraordinary People," will receive a reading at Scripteasers of San Diego on Friday March 13, 2020, 7:30 pm 3404 Hawk Street. The play is a sequel to her first play written in 1976 about four sets of conjoined twins. Forty years later, they gather to bury one set of twins. They share their experiences from the past decades. Medical advances have allowed for the separation of one set of twins, self-separation caused another. This is a comedy for our times.

Admiral Grace Hopper Revisits

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:30:00 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's "Admiral Grace Hopper Revisits" will be produced by 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, CA, as part of its women's theatre fest from February 28 to March 8, 2020.

Equally Divine: The Real Story of the Mona Lisa

Jenny Lyn Bader — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:30:00 GMT

At the Theater at the 14th St. Y, 344 E. 14th St., New York City. February 26-March 14, 2020. Tickets: $25 General Admission/ $14 Students/Seniors. Use code MONALISA for discount tickets. https://tinyurl.com/MonaLisaTickets.

Part of the Women's History Solo Show Series: https://www.14streety.org/artsandculture/womens-history-solo-show-series/

Vitiligo

Vita Morales — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:00:00 GMT

The Nest: Vitiligo by Vita Patrick Morales

Public

· Hosted by Thinking In Full Color: Empowering Women of Color

The Nest: Vitiligo by Vita Patrick Morales

Public

· Hosted by Thinking In Full Color: Empowering Women of Color

Reading in Portland, Feb 16th

Sandra de Helen — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 19:00:00 GMT

I will read from my latest poetry collection, Lesbian Humor is Not an Oxymoron, at TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont, Portland, Oregon at an event featuring lesbian authors. All are welcome. Accessible venue. Free admission, raffle, and chocolate.

Monologue Mania, February 10, 2020

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:00:00 GMT

"Flying Out Loud" has invited me to be a featured reader at its February 10, 2020, 6 pm, program at Four Pegs, 1053 Goss Avenue, Louisville, KY 40217. Monologue Mania includes both comedic and dramatic monologues. Admission is free.

Dear Anita Bryant by Ronni Sanlo

Ronni Sanlo — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:34:13 GMT

Ronni Sanlo's play Dear Anita Bryant will be performed on May 15-17, 2020 at the Port Angeles Playhouse in Port Angeles, WA.

Masque

Judith Glass-Collins — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 23:00:00 GMT

Judith Glass Collins short play, Masque, will be performed at "Dinner Theatre--KCPT" at the Alchemy Bar and Bistro in Port Townsend, WA.

This follows her production of Uber Soup at same dinner theatre in November, 2019.

Only Human

Jennifer O'Grady — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:30:00 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's short monologue play "Only Human" was selected for St. Paul's Arts Council's 3rd Annual Short New Play Festival in New Albanay, IN on February 9, 2020.

Of Poisoned Pens and Palates

Judith Glass-Collins — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:30:00 GMT

First Run Theatre's Spectrum 2020 Short Play Festival

St. Louis, MO

CLICK in Austin, TX

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:00:00 GMT

“Riveting…Wonderful theater… Click is another play that can examine, raise consciousness, and entertain." -Philadelphia Life & Culture Magazine

My time-jumping Feminist Sci-Fi play, Click, begins this Friday at The Vortex in Austin, Texas directed by Rudy Ramirez. It runs January 17-February 8 at 8pm. Next Friday (Jan 24), you can live stream a performance of Ramirez's production on HowlRound. Click is currently nominated for the 2020 Blackburn Prize, Tait Black Prize, and LAMBDA Literary Award. Read the script on the NPX.

SHATTERING

Patricia Montley — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:11:40 GMT

SHATTERING by Pat Montley will be produced by Tacoma Little Theater, Jan. 24--Feb. 9, 2020. The play was winner of the American Association of Community Ttheatre NewPlayFest.

https://www.tacomalittletheatre.com/blog/20192020/shattering

Jonah has just been released from juvenile commitment into the foster care of Jacqueline Dawson, whose estranged son was murdered by a gang that Jonah was a part of. She witnessed the crime and testified against the other two perpetrators. Now the gang leader who organized that crime wants to teach a lesson about what happens to “snitches.” He orders Jonah to torture and kill Jacqueline—or be killed himself. The instructions come through Jonah’s girlfriend LaBelle, whose investment in the outcome is intensified by her pregnancy. Jonah and LaBelle plot the murder, even as Jonah’s relationship with the strict but caring Dawson develops, and his imagined visits with her dead son jar his conscience.

The Ribbon

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:06:24 GMT

My play "The Ribbon" has been selected for a reading at Scripteasers https://www.scripteasers.org/ They are located at 3404 Hawk Street, San Diego, CA 92103. The reading will occur on February 14th, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. My website is www.theaterismylife.com. The play can be found on NPX. Be ready for Gothic horror.

4 WOMEN’s PLAYS ABOUT PATRIARCHY

Jennie Redling — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:57:13 GMT

Women Rock - 4 Plays by Rockland Playwrights: The Women & Patriarchy Remix

By Diana Green, Bea Pohl, Megan Meinero and Jennie Redling

Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 6:30PM

Nyack Public Library

59 South Broadway

Nyack, NY 10960

Back by popular demand - Phoenix Theatre Ensemble has commissioned four Rockland playwrights, Diana Green, Megan Meinero, Bea Pohl & Jennie Redling, to write short plays on our season theme - Women & Patriarchy. A group of fearless actors will be assembled to perform these scripts - sight unseen and on the spot. We draw the name of the actor out of a hat — and then a character. And the stories and the fun unfold right before our eyes. You won’t want to miss this unique and thoroughly delightful theatrical event.

TICKETS: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10468162

WOMEN ROCK -4 Plays about Patriarchy from Phoenix Ensemble Theatre

Jennie Redling — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:52:54 GMT

Women Rock - 4 Plays by Rockland Playwrights: The Women & Patriarchy Remix

By Diana Green, Bea Pohl, Megan Meinero and Jennie Redling

Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 6:30PM

Nyack Public Library

59 South Broadway

Nyack, NY 10960

WOMEN ROCK -4 Plays about Patriarchy from Phoenix Ensemble Theatre

Jennie Redling — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:49:26 GMT

Women Rock - 4 Plays by Rockland Playwrights: The Women & Patriarchy Remix

By Diana Green, Bea Pohl, Megan Meinero and Jennie Redling

Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 6:30PM

Nyack Public Library

59 South Broadway

Nyack, NY 10960

BABEL in Sarasota, FL

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:29:23 GMT

Join us at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota for the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of my new comedy, BABEL, in January 2021. For more information and tickets: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org Read the play on the New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/118761/babel

BABEL in Trenton, NJ

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:28:03 GMT

Join us at Passage Theatre in Trenton for the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of my new comedy, BABEL, in July-August 2020. For more information and tickets: https://passagetheatre.org Read the play on the New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/118761/babel

BABEL in Shepardstown, WV

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:25:38 GMT

Join us at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepardstown for the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of my new comedy, BABEL, in July-August 2020. For more information and tickets: catf.org Read the play on the New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/118761/babel

BABEL in Ogden, UT

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:24:01 GMT

Join us at Good Company Theatre in Ogden for the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of my new comedy, BABEL, in April-May 2020. For more information and tickets: https://www.goodcotheatre.com Read the play on the New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/118761/babel

BABEL in Philadelphia, PA

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:21:17 GMT

Join us at Theatre Exile in Philadelphia for the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of my new comedy, BABEL, in February-March 2020. For more information and tickets: https://theatreexile.org Read the play on the New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/118761/babel

BABEL in Kansas City, MO

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:18:51 GMT

Join us at the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City for the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of my new comedy, BABEL, in January-February 2020. For more information and tickets: https://unicorntheatre.org Read the play on the New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/118761/babel

Last of the Great Expectations

marilyn kriegel — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 01:01:59 GMT

Last of the Great Expectations by Marilyn Harris Kriegel will be given a public reading by The East Broadway Theatre Project, directed by Maxine Kern, February 3, 2020. 7pm Manny Cantor Center, 197 east B'way, 6th floor penthouse. Free to all. RSVP:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/east-broadway-theater-project-fall-2019-season-tickets- 77035466153

Five women in their late seventies meet on a cruise and cook up a scheme for the rest of their lives that upsets just about everyone. Think you are ever too old for adventure, for love, for taking your life and death into your own hands? Last of the Great Expectations makes you think again!

Most Wonderful

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:39:39 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's "Most Wonderful" will be produced by OnStage Atlanta in Merry Little Holiday Shorts 2019 from 12/14-21, 2019.

Public Reading

stephanie satie — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 01:00:00 GMT

"The Martyr of Moscow," inspired by the real life events surrounding the assassination of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, will have a free public reading Monday December 9th at 8 pm.at The Road Theatre Company 10747 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA in the NoHo Arts District. Directed by Hannah Wolfe. A talkback will follow. Please come and send your L.A. friends and colleagues.

https://roadtheatre.org/readings/

HIT LIST

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:15:02 GMT

Patricia L. Morin's short play, "Hit List" has won the Playwright's Center of San Francisco Best Short Play of 2019!

Directed By Bill Hyatt, Produced by Don Hardwick, Charley Lerrigo Cast: Damaris Divito, Roberta Morris, Evan Sokol, Lisa Wang, Jake Weissmann and Ria Zenobia

ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTERS LIVE PODCAST RECORDING

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:00:00 GMT

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-parsnip-ship-presents-abrahams-daughters-by-emma-goldman-sherman-tickets-65383456679

This is a free event in Brooklyn 11/25/19 at 8pm

If you can't make this one, there will be a staged reading 12/9 at The Wild Project that I will post too. (Not free)

I'm Not Malala

Jennifer O'Grady — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:42:59 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's monologue "I'm Not Malala" will be part of The PlayGround Experiment's Faces of America Monologue Festival at the Kraine Theater in NYC on November 18th, 2019.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN November 14 - 23

DONNA KAZ — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 01:00:00 GMT

At the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre at Concordia College, 910 8th Street s. Moorhead, MN

Young Frankenstein is Mel Brooks’ hilarious take on Mary Shelley’s classic horror story—combining madcap comedy, a witty script, and high energy dance performances for one unforgettable, hilarious adventure in Transylvania. The musical follows Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, (that’s Fronk-en-steen to you), who finally succeeds in creating a singing and dancing monster to rival his grandfather’s, but not without some wild complications and classic Mel Brooks innuendos. This production features award-winning, New York-based director and choreographer Donna Kaz.

Tickets for Concordia students, staff, and alumni are free; $5 for seniors and non-Concordia students; $10 for adults.

https://www.ticketsource.us/concordia-college-theatre

Persephone in Lowell, MI

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 22:41:55 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's Persephone is in Playbytes by Playwrights at LowellArts in Lowell, MI, running 11/1-9, 2019.

November 14th MYTH OF IMMORTALITY

Christine Emmert — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:30:51 GMT

This lecture will be at Rosemont College (Rosemont PA) in Kaul Hall from 10-11:30 am. as part of the Forum, non-credit events . Christine will present the many variations on why we should/should not stay alive (and young) forever, culminating with a reading of her play, PETER PAN'S MOTHER, which was first presented by Cape Rep on Cape Cod as the first of their Starlite Evenings five years ago.

Persephone in Provo, UT

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 21:37:55 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's Persephone was produced at The Hive Collaborative in Provo, UT, as part of the theater's new live-theater, live-streamed ten-minute play festival.

Illuminated Dresses

Debra Kaufman — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:30:00 GMT

Illuminated Dresses is a collection of monologues that explore life, identity, and clothing

Burning Coal Theater
224 Polk St.
Raleigh, NC

Oct. 25, 26, 31, Nov. 1, 2
7:30 pm

Oct. 27, Nov. 3
2 pm

For more information call +919-928-6011

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Illuminated-Dresses-294778108065059/
www.odysseystage.org/

Ticketing information:
https://bpt.me/4351544

Can you recall a time when what you wore--or wish you'd worn--changed the course of your life? These short monologues by women playwrights explore intimate moments involving a dress or other garment that transformed their lives. We hear from an executive constrained in a suit, a black woman surrounded by white dresses, a Girl Scout whose family couldn't afford the uniform, a trans woman recalling a pivotal moment in her youth, a mother persuading her daughter to wear a sacred garment, and many more. Most of the monologues are by North Carolina playwrights, including one from NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, and they cover a range of moods, ages, and experiences.

At a time when only about 30% of theater productions in the U.S. are by women, this show is written, directed, produced, and acted by women.

Produced by Debra Kaufman and co-produced by OdysseyStage
Directed by Lori Mahl

Playwrights: Amanda Almodovar, Doreen Blue, Beth Copeland, Jessica Feder-Birnbaum, Danielle Fenton, Anne Flanagan, Jaki Shelton Green, Debra Kaufman, Shirley King, Gina Rawdon, Margo Rife, Steffi Rubin, Cynthia Strauff Schaub, Mary Turner

Cast: Sabrina Aldridge, Kim Camp, Amy Lloyd, Michele Okoh, Julie Oliver, Melanie Simmons, Sierra Smith, Sandra Wallace

This project is supported by grants from Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the Paul Green Foundation, and the Jester Group at Baird.

For more information, contact
Debra Kaufman
kaufman57@gmail.com
919-928-6011
odysseystage@gmail.com
http://www.odysseystage.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2141261179504274/

TOP SECRET DEER DAY CARE

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:00:00 GMT

TOP SECRET DEER DAY CARE by Laura Shamas, produced October 23-26, 2019, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO. Description: After moving with her parents from the city into a new house at the edge of the forest, Jill discovers a naturalist boy named Stanley sitting just beyond her backyard fence line. Captivated and intrigued by the sudden emergence of a young fawn and its family, Jill and Stanley join forces to protect the colonies of deer who have grazed the land for generations.

All is well until they receive news that a developer has purchased the forest and plans to build a larger “colony” of their own. Determined to preserve the beauty before them, the two vow to fight for their newfound friends and a greener world. Winner: 2018-2019 National Playwriting Award for Theatre for Young Audiences, awarded by University of Central Missouri, Theatre and Dance. https://www.ucmo.edu/offices/theatre-and-dance-box-office-tickets/#

HIT LIST Oct 17-Oct 26

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:11:24 GMT

My short comedy, HIT LIST, will be part of the PCSF (Playwright Center of San Francisco) Best Short Plays Festival at the Phoenix Theatre, 414 Mason Street, San Fran. October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26--2PM and also 8pm on the Saturdays.

PCSF Best Short Plays of 2019 tickets

Mabel is in a nursing home, and after learning she has cancer ponders how to survive the anguish of her situation.

The Model Know Theatre

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:27:40 GMT

My ten-minute play, The Model, will be performed at the Know Theatre, Binghamton NY, the weekends of November 22-24 and 29-Dec 1. https://knowtheatre.org . The Know Theatre sends out three images of painting every year, asking playwrights to create a short play based on one of them. The Model was inspired by the painting "Folded," by Audrey Higginsow.

November 7, Just for the Weekend

Christine Emmert — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:12:09 GMT

My piece, Just for the Weekend, is being performed as part of the theme of Ascension by the BridgePHL festival at the Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street at 7:30, with additional performances November 9th at 2:00 and November 10th at 7:30. I hope to see you there. This play was also read at SHE SPEAKS in Kitchener, Ontario two years ago.

CAGE in London

Jennifer O'Grady — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:59:40 GMT

Four short plays by Jennifer O'Grady--"The Gorilla," "Bars," "Cage," and "Circumnavigation"--were produced by Primal Theatre in CAGE: Family-Friendly Animal Plays at Barons Court Theatre, London, UK, from 9/3-8, 2019.

HIT LIST

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:34:06 GMT

How do you deal with people you don't like, and you're old, and just found out you have cancer? Why, kill them, of course! HIT LIST is part of the best of PCSF Short Play Showcase at the Phoenix Theater in San Francisco (414 Mason Street)--eight performances on Oct, 17, 18,19, 24, 25, and 26, 7PM.

SEEDS

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 17:00:00 GMT

SEEDS by Laura Shamas, produced by New Native Theater, at the Minnesota State Fair, in conjunction with Sean Sherman/The Sioux Chef's Day of Celebration of Indigenous Food. Event is free with entry to the Minnesota State Fair. Details: https://twincities.eater.com/2019/7/18/20699156/sioux-chef-sean-sherman-indigenous-food-minnesota-state-far

SEEDS , a ten-minute play, is set in a dystopian future, and is about a Native American family's guardianship of native seeds.

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 23:30:00 GMT

"Picnic at Hanging Rock," adapted by Laura Shamas, runs August 24 - September 8, 2019, at Villanova Players, Brisbane area, Australia. Villanovaplayers.com. Directed by Jacqueline Kerr and Emily Janz. At the Ron Hurley Theatre, Tallowwod Street & Griffith Street, Seven Hills, Queensland.

UNSOLVED CRIMES

Dori Appel — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:36:17 GMT

"Unsolved Crimes", will be performed in Ashland, Oregon as part of Moonlighting, 2019: Protest and Persuasion", at Grizzly Peak Winery on Thursday August 8th at 8pm, Friday August 9th at 2pm,, Saturday August 10th at 8pm and at Carpenter Hall on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus at 2pm on Sunday August 11th. Grizzly Peak Winery address: 1600 E. Nevada Street, Ashland, Carpenter Hall: 15 S. Pioneer Street.

Naked Men

Vita Morales — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:19:06 GMT

My ten-minute play, Naked Men, is being performed at The Secret Theater as part of the Long Island City Short Play Festival. We have one regular performance left on August 11th at 5:00.

July 11 @ 7:30pm
July 19 @ 7:30pm
July 27 @ 5pm
August 3 @ 8pm
August 11 @ 5pm

New Productions

Christine Emmert — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 12:57:28 GMT

FRAGMENTS FROM A WITCH'S JOURNAL ( my one-woman show) is being presented by FringeArts.Com (The Philly Fringe) at the Jed Williams Gallery on 615 Bainbridge Philadelphia September 13, 20, 21 at 7 pm. This is the narrative from a found manuscript written by a witch of her life. I will be performing. Tickets are $8 through FringeArts.Com or at the door.

JUST FOR THE WEEKEND is my ten minute play in the MeToo# mode presented by PHLBridge as part of their festival November 11-15th at the Rotunda on Penn Campus Philadelphia. Times are variable . Please contact PHL Bridge for information.

Listening

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:56:53 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's "Listening" will premiere in Weathervane Playhouse's 8x10 TheatreFest running July 18-21, 2019.

The Wake, July 11-28

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The Wake by Tammy Ryan

Premiere Stages at Kean University

Bauer Boucher Theater Center

Union, NJ

July 11-28

908-737-7469

What I Gave I Have - July 2019

Catherine Frid — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 23:00:00 GMT

Catherine Frid's new play about John McCrae, the Guelph-born poet who wrote "In Flanders Fields" premieres at the McCrae House Backyard Theatre July 6 - 20. Director: Valerie Senyk, Actor: Bryndyn Boonstra.

Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Cookin' with Typhoid Mary

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:56:18 GMT

March 7 & 8, Poulsbo, WA:
Calamity Jane Sends a Message to Her Daughter, Cookin' with Typhoid Mary, Jewel Box Theatre.

The websites for these plays are https://carolyngage.weebly.com/calamity-jane-sends-a-message-to-her-daughter.html and https://carolyngage.weebly.com/cookin-with-typhoid-mary.html

Leading Ladies: A Cabaret Musical

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:55:33 GMT

February 2020, Jenkinstown, PA:
Leading Ladies, Pulley and Buttonhole Theatre Company.

The website for the play is https://carolyngage.weebly.com/leading-ladies.html

Lighting Martha

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:54:32 GMT

January or February (TBA), Santa Barbara, CA:
Lighting Martha, University of California at Santa Barbara, conference on gender parity in the theatre. The playwright will be participating. Website for the play is https://carolyngage.weebly.com/lighting-martha.html

The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Feb 7-9, 14-16

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:54:00 GMT

January 17- February 2, Buffalo, NY:
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Brazen-Faced Varlets.

The website for the play is at https://carolyngage.weebly.com/the-anastasia-trials-in-the-court-of-women.html

The Second Coming of Joan of Arc

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:53:00 GMT

November 19, 2019-January 26, NYC:
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, The Drama Club, St. Luke's Theatre/ This is an Off-Broadway production with a 10-week run! The website for the play is https://carolyngage.weebly.com/the-second-coming-of-joan-of-arc.html

The Obligatory Scene

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:52:03 GMT

July 16 &20, NYC:
The Obligatory Scene, Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project. This is a Mia Cain production of the play. The website is https://carolyngage.weebly.com/the-obligatory-scene.html

The Obligatory Scene

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:50:20 GMT

July 10-14, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA:
Regina Fringe Festival, produced by University of Regina Theatre Students' Association. The website for this one-act is at https://carolyngage.weebly.com/the-obligatory-scene.html

Spend Your Kids' Inheritance - July 2019

Catherine Frid — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:50:25 GMT

New musical Spend Your Kids' Inheritance will be part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, July 3 - 14. Book and lyrics by Catherine Frid, music by Frank Hovat, directed by Andrew Lamb. Tickets $13. www.fringetoronto.com

HIT LIST

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:04:02 GMT

My play, HIT LIST will be part of the Playwrights Center San Francisco's PLAYOFF, a festival of short plays July 27, 7:30 PM at The Shelton Theatre, Sutter St, SF. Donation request: $10

New Kitten

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:55:35 GMT

The one-minute version of Jennifer O'Grady's "New Kitten" premieres at Gi60: The International One-Minute Play Festival in New York City (6/19-22, 2019).

Clean Sheets at the DCBTF

Jeanette Hill — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:44:11 GMT

Clean Sheets which chronicles the collision of generational blessings and curses in an urban family is part of the DC Black Theatre Festival’s New Works Readers Series on Sunday, June 23rd at 4pm at THEARC 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE Washington DC 20020

The Saturdays

Jeanette Hill — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:38:40 GMT

My newest play, The Saturdays, depicts the transformation from friendship to sisterhood-debuts June 15th and 22nd in Austin, TX at the ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center. This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Office Of Economic Development and Austin Creative Alliance

Clean Sheets

Jeanette Hill — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:29:00 GMT

June 4th, my play, Clean Sheets was one of four plays selected for the annual Ntozake Shange Readers Series in NYC at the Castillo Theatre-presented by Woodie King, Jr./New Federal Theatre.

CIRCULAR June 13-30

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT

CIRCULAR by Laura Shamas, directed by Jeanette Harrison, starring Carla Pauli and Ogie Zulueta. Produced by AlterTheater in partnership with ACT's Artshare. altertheater.org

In San Francisco, at ACT's Costume Shop Theater, 1117 Market Street, June 13 - 22. In San Rafael, at WCAF West End Studio Theater, 1554 Fourth Street, June 28-30. Ticket prices: $15-$49. Low-income patrons: Choose Your Own Price at every performance. 85 minutes.

Description: When war crashes from Afghanistan through time into Homer's Odyssey, a battle-scarred soldier seeks refuge in Odysseus' timeless place of solace. On Circe's island, a combat doctor and her commanding officer must face off against the known and unknown, modern and ancient monsters, determined to leave no one behind.

BLUEBERRIES

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:53:53 GMT

Ellen Wittlinger's full-length play, BLUEBERRIES, will be read at the NACUL Center at 592 Main St. in Amherst, MA on June 19 at 7 p.m. Donation: $5.

The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective by Patricia Milton, May 4-Jun 9, 2019

Patricia Milton — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:11:01 GMT

The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective by Patricia Milton

World Premiere directed by Gary Graves, with Chelsea Bearce, Alan Coyne, Stacy Ross, and Jan Zvaifler

A "cheeky thriller" that centers women detectives and victims instead of the killer. In 1893, a serial killer not unlike Jack the Ripper terrorizes actresses in the Battersea district of London. As the police have been unable to stop the Battersea Butcher, three women who live in Mrs. Hunter's Lodging House for Ladies take up the task. But without modern forensics, access to crime scenes, or cooperation from the authorities, how can they succeed?

Thu-Sun, May 4–Jun 9 , at Central Works Theatre

2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

Slice of Life Festival

Nancy Temple — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 23:30:00 GMT

”The Ties that Bind,” a play by Nancy Temple, about the relationship between a mother and her adopted daughter, was accepted to Theatre One’s Slice of Life Festival, June 7-9, 2019, at the Alley Theatre in Middleboro, MA. Audiences will vote on best play, and the winner will go on to development with Theatre One.

The Inferno Project: Greed & Wrath 6/8 - 6/22/19

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 20:12:15 GMT

9 performances of PETRIFIED begin 6/8/19 as part of The Inferno Project produced by New Circle Theatre Co at The Chain, 312 W 36th Street 4th Floor (NYC)

Here is the line up for Evening A

For Your Love by Christopher Goutman, directed by Lisa Pelikan,

with Chris Tipp*, Candace Janée, and Claire Smith.

My Way by Jason Howard, directed by Ken Lowstetter, with

Arsenio L. Stembridge and Philip Newcomer.

Petrified by Emma Goldman-Sherman, directed by Tatiana Baccari,

with Edmund Wilkinson*, Amelia Fowler, and Alisha Espinosa*.

The Great Devourer by Lori Goodman, directed by David Kronick,

with Tom Bozell*, Anna Ewing Bull*, Giselle Liberatore,

Jon L Peacock*, and Anthony Heider.

Ms.Thule Won’t Be Coming Back by Jon Fraser, directed by

Janice L. Goldberg, with Amanda Ladd*, Loren Bidner*, and

Clarence Demesier.

and tickets are available here: https://www.purplepass.com/#186114/New_Circle_Theatre_Company-The_Inferno_Project:_Greed_&_Wrath_Evening_A-The_Chain_Theatre-June-08-2019.html

Henley Rose Presents a Staged Reading of "Before Lesbians"

Elana Gartner — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:00:00 GMT

As part of receiving the 2nd place in the 2018 Henley Rose Playwriting Competition for Women, "Before Lesbians" by Elana Gartner will receive a staged reading.

Sunday, June 2, 5pm

Downtown Y

605 Clinch Ave

Knoxville, TN 37902

Join us for a discussion afterwards! Happy Pride Month!

Out

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 30 May 2019 18:54:39 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's "Out" premieres at Gi60: The International One-Minute Play Festival in Leeds, UK.

A Trip to Eden, May 26, 2019

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 26 May 2019 23:00:00 GMT

Women Leading Women 2019 Series, Itinerant Theatre, 809 Kirby St, # 339, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Fifty-one plays have been chosen for readings over two weekends: May 24-26 and May 31-June 2. Fridays and Saturdays at 7, Sundays at 2 p.m. For additional information, check Itinerant's Facebook page or call (337) 436-6275.

"A Trip to Eden," a new phone app allows Sophie to time-travel to Eden where she gives Eve some salient advice.

Sowing Seeds - May 11, 2019

Catherine Frid — Sat, 18 May 2019 18:00:00 GMT

Sowing Seeds, a new play in development by Catherine Frid, will receive a reading at Alumnae Theatre's Big Ideas Festival in Toronto. Sowing Seeds is a two-hander about Nellie McClung, Canada's famous feminist, novelist, public speaker and politician. Admission is by donation.

Pre-War

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:00:05 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's "Pre-War" premieres in Stage It's Ten-Minute Play Festival (Bonita Springs, FL) in April 2019.

Only Human

Jennifer O'Grady — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:05:05 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's monologue "Only Human" was featured in The Factory Theatre at Greenville University's New Play Festival (Greenville, IL).

The Traveler and Shakespeare Thursday April 18, 19.00 EEST

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:00:00 GMT

TEATRUL DRAMATURGILOR ROMÂNI (Romanian Dramatists Theater)

BUCUREȘTI - Bucharest, Romania

Calea Griviței nr. 64-66

Comedy. The world and the theatre turned inside out.

Director: Ruxandra Bălașu

With: Marius Bodochi, Monica Davidescu and others.

The performance has supertitles in English.

See full cast, ticketing, photos and video at https://teatruldramaturgilor.ro/calatoarea-si-shakespeare/

AfterWhys Tour - public shows April 15 & 16, 2019

Catherine Frid — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:30:00 GMT

Catherine Frid's play AfterWhys, about hope and resilience for those whose lives have been impacted by suicide, is receiving two public performances:

Monday April 15 @ 9:30 am, Evergreen Centre, 683 Woolwich Street, Guelph, Ontario

Tuesday April 16 @ 7 pm, Wellington County Museum, 0536 Wellington Road 18, Aboyne, Ontario

There is no charge for these performances, which are generously sponsored by the Gambling Research Exchange Ontario.

A CLEAN, WELL-LIGHTED PARK BENCH-APRIL 8

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:46:14 GMT

A Staged Reading of my full-length play: “A Clean Well-Lighted Park Bench" on April 8th at 7:30 PM at The Shelton Theatre Company - 533 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA.

Guilt ridden, sitting alone on a moonlit park bench, Saul wonders aloud, "Is tonight my night to finally die?" A park bench, under a flickering lamppost, entices its visitors to share their guilt, mainly lamenting to the moon. With threads of Waiting For Godot, Zoo Story, and I'm Not Rappaport, Octogenarian Saul shares his anguish about killing his nagging, loquacious wife. The shadow people who live in the park refuse to come into the light as Saul refuses to wander into the darkness ...

AIRPORT TALES

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:49:45 GMT

AIRPORT TALES, by Carol Libman, at Garrison Little Theatre, Fort Erie, Ontario, April 5 - 7 and 12 - 14. 1101 Dipietro St. Informaiion:garrisonlittletheatre.com

Evalina, a Canadian indomitable senior citizen, is journeying back to the old homestead to celebrate her birthday. Along the way, this no-nonsense granny dispenses and receives valuable life advice from unlikely sources, and develops friendships that will last for the rest of her life.

Airport Tales is a light-hearted, delightful, funny and above all human on-stage "Road Movie"... at 30,000 feet.

LIES AND CONSEQUENCES

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:40:06 GMT

What happens when a long-held family secret is secret no longer?

"LIES AND CONSEQUENCES" by Carol Libman, directed by Jeanette Dagger, will be presented by Rare Day Projects at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen Street East, Toronto, Canada, from April 30 thrugh May 5.

Performances are April 30 - May 4 at 8 p.m, with matinees may 2,4 and 5 at 2 p.m. There will be a talk-back after the May 2 matinee. Tickets are available at the door: $25 general, $20 students, seniors, arts workers; or online, $20 from www.liesandconsequences.brownpaperticket.com

This production is under the Canadian Actors' Equity Artists' Collective Policy.

Additional information: libmancarol@rogers.com

Ellery

Jennifer O'Grady — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:09:15 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's Ellery will have a reading by The Bechdel Group on April 1st at The Tank in New York City.

MELBA LaROSE TO RECEIVE 2019 ACKER AWARD

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:00:00 GMT

On March 26 at Theatre for the New City, Melba LaRose will be presented with the Acker Award for her numerous contributions to NYC avant-garde theatre as a playwright, director, and actress. She is Artistic & Executive Director of the nonprofit NY Artists Unlimited, known for its dedication to works that evoke dignity of the individual and sanctity of the human spirit. For 25+ years, the company has reached audiences throughout NYC and the Northeast with plays that are multicultural, multidisciplinary, and nontraditionally cast in all ways. Melba also created the International CringeFest/ Bad Plays Festival and Downeast Arts Center in the East Village. She debuted in NY avant-garde theatre with Warhol luminaries Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling, as the star of Curtis's "Glamour, Glory & Gold, the Life & Legend of Nola Noonan, Goddess & Star." She toured internationally with the NY Street Theatre Caravan and was a member of Lonny Chapman's Group Repertory Theatre, LA. Melba appears in 4 editions of Who's Who, has won numerous grants and awards, and is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (ietm), International Centre for Women Playwrights, Dramatists Guild, AEA, SAG-AFTRA. The ACKER AWARDS were created by Alan Kaufman in San Francisco and Clayton Patterson in New York. Join Patterson and friends as they pay tribute to members of the avant-garde arts community who have made outstanding contributions in their discipline in defiance of convention, and to those who have served their fellow writers and artists in outstanding ways. At the free event, doors open at 6 and the ceremony, hosted by Phoebe Legere, begins at 7 pm. No reservations, just show up!

Premiere of Emily's Room

Jennifer O'Grady — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:13:23 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's "Emily's Room" premieres in Rover Dramawerks' 365 Women a Year Festival (Plano, TX) running March 28-April 6, 2019.

The Butch Project Part I- reading in Boston

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:30:00 GMT

I will be having a directed reading of a new full-length play, THE BUTCH PROJECT, on Sunday, March 24th! Part present-time, part memoir, part non-linear, the play uses a variety of forms to present butch lesbian life(s) with a diverse cast of 7. Directed by Pascale Florestal. Starts promptly at 3:30pm; ending 6:30pm after talkback/Q&A. Fort Point Room, 290 Congress St, near South Station. $12 garage parking, or meters on the street. Please come and give the playwright some love!

ON THE CROSS BRONX, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. and March 23 at 8:30 p.m.

Victoria Z. Daly — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 22:00:00 GMT

The New Short Play Festival, John Cullum Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors 314 W 54th St, New York, NY

CIRCLING THE GLOBE, March 19 at 8:30 p.m. & March 21 at 6:00 p.m.

Victoria Z. Daly — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:30:00 GMT

The New Short Play Festival, John Cullum Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors, 314 W 54th St, New York, NY

HOW TO STOP HATING YOUR LIFE by Patricia Milton

Patricia Milton — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:30:00 GMT

A reading of HOW TO STOP HATING YOUR LIFE by Patricia Milton, presented by the Playwrights Center of San Francisco.

7:30 p.m.
Shelton Theater (downstairs), 533 Sutter (btw. Powell and Mason),
San Francisco, CA
$5-10 suggested donation/your discretion/members free

America's Self-Help Expert, MJ Powers, has a three-step plan to create the perfect life. She's even written the book on relationship happiness. So why is her own relationship teetering on the brink? Gently spoofing the fringes of America's self-help movement, How to Stop Hating Your Life examines our very human capacity to delude, pretend, and evade ... yet eventually find our way to real love.

Patricia Milton's plays include Bamboozled (2018 Outstanding Production and Ensemble, TBA Awards), Hearts of Palm, Enemies: Foreign and Domestic (2015 Outstanding World Premiere Play, TBA Awards) and Reduction in Force, all for Central Works Theatre. Believers was produced in San Francisco, Monterey, CA, and in Istanbul, Turkey; and Without Mercy premiered at Off Broadway West Theatre Company. 3Girls Theatre premiered Moments of Truth, her musical co-written with Caroline Altman. Patricia is co-author with Andrew Black of It's Murder, Mary! (New Conservatory Theatre Center), and other plays. She is resident playwright at Central Works, and serves as the Northern California Rep for the Dramatists Guild.

Patricia Milton's website

PASSAGEWAYS: Songs of Connection, Abnormal and Sublime

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 23:00:00 GMT

A premiere solo show at the Triad Theater. Passageways is an original song cycle with live music, and artwork projections, all created by the performer. Music, humor and art, interwoven with autobiographical narrative, as the creativity of the artist becomes an unexpected passageway through profound crisis. On passageways, there's no way in, no way out, only through. So why not laugh, dance and paint our way towards the light? Musical Direction and Arrangements by Bob Goldstone, and Direction by Shellen Lubin.

PASSAGEWAYS: Songs of Connections, Abnormal and Sublime will perform at The Triad (158 West 72nd Street) with performances on Saturday March 16th at 7pm, and Sunday March 31st at 3pm. Tickets are $15 plus a two-drink minimum and can be purchased online at www.TriadNYC.com, and http://www.triadnyc.com/event/586e71f0397f954f12a81f419a24e1f7

Pen Parentis Event- Two ICWP'ers! (NYC)

Elana Gartner — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:00:00 GMT

ICWP members and parent playwrights Elana Gartner and Victoria Z. Daly will present their work alongside parent playwright Charlie Schulman. Pen Parentis is an organization that supports writers that are parents. We will be reading excerpts from our work and answering questions about the balancing act of parenting and playwriting.

The Hideout at Killarney Rose (80 Beaver Street), 2nd Floor

7pm-9:30pm

RSVP at http://www.penparentis.org/calendar/

MELBA LaROSE TO RECEIVE 2019 ACKER AWARD

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:16:24 GMT

On March 25 at Theatre for the New City, Melba LaRose will be presented with the Acker Award for her numerous contributions to NYC avant-garde theatre as a playwright, director, and actress. She is Artistic & Executive Director of the nonprofit NY Artists Unlimited, known for its dedication to works that evoke dignity of the individual and sanctity of the human spirit. For 25+ years, the company has reached audiences throughout NYC and the Northeast with plays that are multicultural, multidisciplinary, and nontraditionally cast in all ways. Melba also created the International CringeFest/ Bad Plays Festival and Downeast Arts Center in the East Village. She debuted in NY avant-garde theatre with Warhol luminaries Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling, as the star of Curtis's "Glamour, Glory & Gold, the Life & Legend of Nola Noonan, Goddess & Star." She toured internationally with the NY Street Theatre Caravan and was a member of Lonny Chapman's Group Repertory Theatre, LA. Melba appears in 4 editions of Who's Who, has won numerous grants and awards, and is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (ietm), International Centre for Women Playwrights, Dramatists Guild, AEA, SAG-AFTRA. The ACKER AWARDS were created by Alan Kaufman in San Francisco and Clayton Patterson in New York. Join Patterson and friends as they pay tribute to members of the avant-garde arts community who have made outstanding contributions in their discipline in defiance of convention, and to those who have served their fellow writers and artists in outstanding ways. At the free event, doors open at 6 and the ceremony, hosted by Phoebe Legere, begins at 7 pm. No reservations, just show up!

THE LAST CRANKIE March 17 at 2:00pm

Patricia Lin (P.H. Lin) — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:14:50 GMT

FYI: On March 17 my new play (with music) is going to be part of a New Works Series (as a staged reading) in NYC! Should be fun, funny and amazing! Check this one out if you have interest. Would love to meet you!

Here are the specifics:
"More than just a staged reading" this new play (with music) will be presented as part of Emerging Artists Theatre’s New Play Series

SUNDAY, MARCH 17 AT 2:00PM

TADA! Theater, 15 West 28th St, 2nd floor (between Broadway and 5th)

$10 tickets at the door or 888-744-2797
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4075628

Set in a dystopian "near future", this fun and funny romp explores if “old growth” historical values…once denied, disavowed and electronically erased from the culture… can be protected and preserved as a resource for all future generations.

There will be a talk-back afterwards, I'll welcome all of your wonderful (and also "not so wonderful") feedback!

The Rake of His Heart

Diane Baia Hale — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 01:00:00 GMT

The Blank Theatre’s Living Room Series presents a staged reading of Diane Baia Hale’s full-length drama The Rake of His Heart directed by Andrew Lynford. The performance will take place at 8:00 p.m., Monday, February 18, at The Blank’s 2^nd Stage Theatre, 6500 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA. $15 suggested donation.

The Rake of His Heart was inspired by the true story of the unlikeliest spy of WWII: April in Paris and love is in the air, but so is the sound of Nazi jackboots. Posing as the female chanteuse L’Hirondelle by night, working with American Oss officer Virginia Hall by day, Denis Rake—a homosexual British actor lives dangerously enough. But when Max Halder, a gay German colonel, falls for him the stakes soar even higher.

SHE DANCED WITH A RED FISH FEB. 19-22, 2019 @ SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:19:31 GMT

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA WILL PRESENT SHE DANCED WITH A RED FISH FEB. 19-22, 2019 IN THE BONNIE VORDEN THEATRE.

“She Danced with a Red Fish,” the winner of the 2018 Inkslinger Playwriting Competition, written by Carolyn Nur Wistrand, will be performed on Feb. 19-22, 2019

The competition called for an original, unpublished, full-length play for the university. Anne-Liese Fox, third time guest director for the theatre department, explained the process of entering the competition down to winning and performing it. “Playwrights from all over the country submit their original plays, and the SLU theatre department offers a full production of this new play,” said Fox. “The contest promotes and encourages new works by playwrights. Achieving this gives Wistrand the opportunity to present her play ‘She Danced with a Red Fish,’ to a 445-seat theatre on this coming Feb.19-22.” According to Fox, Wistrand’s method of storytelling will give a fresh perspective on the most famous Creole woman of New Orleans, Marie Laveau.

http://lionsroarnews.com/19249/arts-entertainment/a-look-into-the-inkslinger-production/

IDA B. 'N THE LYNCHING TREE FEB. 15-24, 2019 @ DILLARD UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:14:05 GMT

https://youtu.be/IGSLl4btj4E

DILLARD UNIVERSITY THEATRE PROGRAM PRESENTS NEW PLAY ON MISS IDA B. WELLS’ CRUSADE AGAINST LYNCHING FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH

February 15 and 16, February 22 and 23, 2019 @7:30 pm

February 17 and February 24, 2019 @ 3:00 pm
Cook Theatre, Dillard University

New Orleans, LA – The Dillard Theatre Program at Dillard University will continue its 83^rd Historic Season with the Louisiana Premiere of a new play on the indefatigable 19^th century female journalist, Miss Ida B. Wells, Ida B. ‘N The Lynching Tree written by Carolyn Nur Wistrand. Directed by Cherelle Palmer, the production runs on the Main Stage in Cook Auditorium, Dillard University February 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24, 2019. Tickets are on sale now.

About the play… Ida B. ‘N The Lynching Tree tells the true story of how Ida B. Wells, born into slavery in 1862, championed freedom of the press to spotlight the atrocities of lynching in the Deep South. Constructed in four historical pageants, the play highlights the courageous, fearless, and militant spirit of the young Ida B. Wells as a schoolteacher and editor of The Free Press in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis lynching’s of Tommie Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry Stewart in 1892 become the catalyst for her lifelong crusade against lynching and inequities, brought about by Jim Crow laws in the Deep South.

Rated PG 13 for content and language.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

· Friday, February 15, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
· Saturday, February 16, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
· Sunday, February 17, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
· Friday, February 22, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
· Saturday, February 23, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
· Sunday, February 24, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.

For more information please call 504-208-0547

16 of 19 reasons why my soul has grown deep

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:00:00 GMT

A choropoem of poetry from real people enslaved in America in the 18th centurey, Harlem renaissance poets and the work of Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen interwoven to tell the 400 year history of African peoples enslaved in the Americas. Told against the backdrop of national African American artwork, true recorded songs of ex-slaves, live drumming and song the story of humanity, capture, pain, resistance and re-emergence is told through poetry and movement. Saturday, February 15, 2019 at Richmond Public Library 101 E. Franklin St., Richmond, VA. Performance will be streamed live and shown in 5 minute shorts on youtube channel.

"The Love Birds" in Lovefest, February 12, 2019

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:30:00 GMT

Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative presents staged readings of 9 romantic shorts in its Lovefest festival one night only, Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at the Jarson-Kaplan Theatre at the Aronoff, 650 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. Included is "The Love Birds," a comedy by Nancy Gall-Clayton. Tickets are $14 with part of the proceeds going to the American Heart Association.

If On A Winter's Night at ART/NY 138 S Oxford Street, Bklyn

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:30:00 GMT

EVERYDAY INFERNO is presenting an evening of short plays by women including my own Neighbors by the Sea. Here is the link for tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069814?fbclid=IwAR1V5JFXUHy_RISVBtsvsUVwrk8AUrIh-GxstY6LHFbbKFOfwsLpqfIz4DY

excerpt from Strawberry Moon, for Women's Voices

Shoshannah Boray — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:18:52 GMT

Complications Company

to celebration International Women's Day

shows March 10, 5pm, Off Center for the Arts, Burlington, VT

a short excerpt from Strawberry Moon, a play about adults reckoning with the dreams of their youth, their reality, and life changing decisions.

An Evening of One Acts 2019 March 8-30

Ed Friedman — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 19:55:48 GMT

Ridgefield Theater Barn

Ridgefield, Ct.

March 8-30th

Will include Love at Worst Sight and Secret Dreamers

http://ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org/one-acts-2019/

Includsion of FRAGMENTS FROM A WITCH'S JOURNAL

Christine Emmert — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:20:42 GMT

Test Flights/February 13th

7:30 at Circadium, 6452 Green Street, Philadelphia.

Free and Open to Public.

I am performing my own piece, four monologues, from my writing.

The Colored Door at the Train Depot, February 1-17, 2019

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 01:00:00 GMT

Actors Warehouse, 619 NE 1st St, Gainesville, FL 32601, will produce Nancy Gall-Clayton's World War II drama about a member of the Women's Army Corps who fought for racial justice in the military, February 1-17. Tickets are $15-$20 with the February 3rd matinee costing $25, which includes an award ceremony and reception after the play.

The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women, Feb 7-9, 14-16

Carolyn Gage — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:27:03 GMT

Production at McGill University, Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre, Montreal.

The Last Date

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:00:37 GMT

The Last Date will be produced by Alumnae Theatre in Toronto as part of their New Ideas Festival this March. Temilola Gafaar is directing.

The play is available on NPX if you want to read it - it's a feminist piece that challenges the audience - runs 16 minutes.

Maize reading, Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:03:33 GMT

A reading of my play Maize will be at the Civic Theatre of Lafayette, Indiana, on Tuesday, January 29, at 7:30 p.m. Directedby Directed by Tamzin Malone. https://www.lafayettecivic.org/content/maize

Jerry Kaufman award

DONNA KAZ — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:28:14 GMT

Donna Kaz aka Aphra Behn’s play “Waiting” was awarded the Jerry Kaufman Award for excellence in playwriting in June of 2018.

English Majors by Donna Spector is a 3rd place winner for Best Plays of 2019

Donna Spector — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 02:41:18 GMT

Donna Spector's play English Majors will be included in Smith & Kraus' True Acting Institute book as a Spotlight Award Winner.

English Majors by Donna Spector will be a radio play in New Orleans

Donna Spector — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 02:08:47 GMT

Donna Spector's short play "English Majors" will be produced by Hercules Radio Playhouse in New Orleans this December, 2018.

AlterLab 2018-2019 selection

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:04:09 GMT

Laura Shamas is one of 4 female playwrights selected for the 2018-2019 AlterLab at AlterTheater, San Rafael, California; each playwright is commissioned to write a play in the Lab.

"Stamina" wins first place in "Best 10-minute Plays of 2019" by Smith and Krauss

DONNA KAZ — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 17:05:56 GMT

The ten minute play, STAMINA, by Donna Kaz aka Aphra Behn and produced by American Renaissance Theatre Company has been chosen as a First Place Winner for The Best Ten Minute Plays of 2019 by Smith and Krauss Publishers.

"I'm Wearing My Own Clothes!" - November 13, 2018

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:30:00 GMT

Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative presents a staged reading of I'm Wearing My Own Clothes by Nancy Gall-Clayton, at the Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut Street, Cincinnatti, OH, one-night only, Tuesday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, and may be purchased at https://www.cincinnatiarts.org/events/detail/cpi-clothes.

The script is inspired by the ardent women's advocate, Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), who was a dress reformer often arrested for wearing "men's clothing," a suffragist, and a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. Dr. Walker remains the only woman to have been awarded the Medal of Honor.

"Domestic Service"--November 3rd, 2018

Jennifer O'Grady — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 22:55:49 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's play "Domestic Service" premiered with White Mouse Theatre Productions at Florida State University in Tallahassee on November 3rd, 2018.

The Wedding Dress, Saturday, November 3, at 1 and 4 pm

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:00:00 GMT

The Wedding Dress is a full-length comedy with three female characters: two sisters and their mother. Between them, they have worn the same wedding dress five times. Khaos Theatre Company presents excerpts of several plays in two afternoon showcases (1 pm, 4 pm) at Neidhammer, 2102 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN. Audience members choose their favorite, and Khaos produces the winning play the following year. Tickets for a showcase are $20. To attend both showcases and the production of last year's winner (Yellow Heat: Vincent Van Gogh in Arles by Allan Bates), the cost is $50.

More information and a link to order tickets is at https://m.bpt.me/event/3427001

FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE at The Actors Temple, NYC

Victoria Z. Daly — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:30:00 GMT

Staged Reading, FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE, at MOTHER LODES, the Actors Temple, New York City.

October 22, 2018 at 7:30.

Written by Victoria Z. Daly

A new mother tries to convince her baby that she's even got a clue about how to take care of her.

Kansas City Horror Play Fest October 19 & 20th 2018 - "Route 84 House Fire"

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:00:00 GMT

Route 84 House Fire is part of the Kansas City Horror Play Fest October 19th & 20th at the SqueezeBox theatre. For tickets, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kansas-city-horror-fest-tickets-50708981930

Summary: A State Fire Marshal interviews a Young Girl who is the only survivor of a farmhouse fire that has presumably killed the rest of her family. However, there are no bodies, little clues, and misleading evidence. The State Fire Marshal works to unwind the Young Girl's haunting and poetic past narratives of her entire life on the farm, while drawing her into the present to solve the origin of the house fire on Route 84.

Raw - October 12, 2019

Victoria Z. Daly — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

RAW at the Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, Ct.

Written by Victoria Z. Daly

October 12, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.

At an everyday family dinner in Westchester, Grace tries to convince Sam, her doctor husband, to apologize to a friend. But the meal rapidly spirals out of control, catching their ten-year-old son Alan in the crossfire.

Play performed

Christine Emmert — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:19:07 GMT

My piece, the Plague-Seeker, is part of PHL Bridges Festival November 1-4 at the Rotunda on Penn Campus. Performances are Nov 1 at 7:30, Nov 2 at 7:30, Nov 3 at 2, and Nov 4 at 7:30. You can click their website for tickets. $15.

Mr. Fix-It Saves the Night - September 21-October 6, 2018

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 23:30:00 GMT

The Bard's Town Theatre in Louisville, KY, will produce "Mr. Fix-It Saves the Night" and 8 other scripts at its 8th Annual Ten-Tucky Festival. Tickets are $15 for students and seniors and $18 for others.

In this comedy, there are surprises and complications when sleep-deprived Gemma hires the “As seen on TV” Mr. Fix-It to solve her husband’s snoring problem.

Reading for Industry of a New Play

Robin Rice — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:30:00 GMT

There will be an unstaged reading of EMBRACING THE UNDERTOAD on September 20 at 1:30 at the Dramatist Guild Foundation, NYC. This reading is for producers and literary managers.

This is woman's story with an all-female cast. Events from the past threaten to bury Agnes and her lover, Madeline. Space cadet sister, Bella, piles on. The undertow of the unknown threatens to destroy them all.

To rsvp, go to Eventbrite.com: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embracing-the-undertoad-by-robin-rice-tickets-49147766292?aff=ebapi

Don't confuse this with the public, staged reading on September 17, although you're welcome to come to that. (See below.)

Staged Reading of a New Play

Robin Rice — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:30:00 GMT

There will be a directed, staged reading in Manhattan of EMBRACING THE UNDERTOAD on September 17 at 7:30 at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space in Manhattan. (NOTE: venue has changed. New location: 145 W. 46th Street (bet. 6th + 7th Ave.), third floor, NYC. Not handicapped accessible.

The reading is free, but donations are happily accepted at the door to help pay the actors.

Please rsvp to: Eventbrite.com. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embracing-the-undertoad-by-robin-rice-tickets-49139255837?aff=ehomecard

Don't confuse the public reading with the reading for industry on September 20.

This is a woman's story. Lovers and sisters use secrets and pretend to create smooth surfaces for their lives. One stormy night the undertow of the unknown threatens to destroy them.

Accidental Fish - August 9 - 18th

Paddy Gillard-Bentley — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT

A World Premier

Produced by Flush Ink Productions

Directed and Written by Paddy Gillard-Bentley

August 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18th at Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre

Into Vanessa's world of cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, mental illness and suicide.

AfterWhys Tour

Catherine Frid — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 21:42:15 GMT

AfterWhys, a play about hope and resilience of people whose lives have been affected by suicide.

Playwright: Catherine Frid

Director: Valerie Senyk

Tour presented by the Suicide Awareness Council of Wellington-Dufferin, September 24 - 29, 2018

CROSSING JERUSALEM

JULIA PASCAL — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 17:07:03 GMT

CROSSING JERUSALEM TO HAVE ITS AUSTRIAN DEBUT.

Produced by DEBORAH GZESH.

The Theater Drachengasse has announced Crossing Jerusalem by Julia Pascal as its opening fall production. The dates are September 24th to October 6th.

This is a co-production between the Vienna Theatre Porject and Theater Drachengasse.

Staged Reading

marilyn kriegel — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 16:47:17 GMT

HARM'S WAY by Marilyn Harris kriegel, directed by Nellie Cravens

Sonoma Arts Live

The Rotary Stage in Andrews Hall - 276 E. Napa St. Sonoma, CA

July 30 & 31 7:30pm Tickets by phone 866-710-8942 or at the door

FEATHER AND BONE June 20-23

Rita Barkey — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Production by RIOT ACT, INC. at the Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

FEATHER AND BONE June 15

Rita Barkey — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 19:00:00 GMT

Public Reading at the Last Frontier Theatre Festival, Valdez, AK

Othello, June 14-July 17 2018

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

I will be guest directing for Woodward Shakespeare Festival

Othello, The Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare

June 14 - July 17, 2018

Thursday – Saturday at the WSF Stage in Woodward Park, Fresno, CA

D'ARCY by Sandra Dempsey

Sandra Dempsey — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:12:20 GMT

D'ARCY by Sandra Dempsey - Theatre Narcissus Twelve, starring Tim Turnell, Saint John City Market Theatre, Saint John, New Brunswick - opens June 27, 2018

www.SandraDempsey.com

Staged Reading Of “Summer Exercise”

Sat, 26 May 2018 23:00:00 GMT

At Itinerant Theatre

809 Kirby St, # 339

Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601

Stung: New Moon Short Play Festival May 22

Laura Ekstrand — Tue, 22 May 2018 23:30:00 GMT

Luna Stage

55 Valley Road

West Orange, NJ 07052

973-395-5551

Free, reservations required http://www.lunastage.org/calendar.php?id=260

Field Day 2018

Sat, 19 May 2018 23:30:00 GMT

Qurell-Amani will perform an excerpt of Panther Woman at Field Day 2018! Gibney Dance, 53A Chambers Street, New York, NY - Tickets $15.00.

https://thefield.org/programs/fielday-2018-performance-showcase for tickets.

Field Day 2018

Sat, 19 May 2018 23:30:00 GMT

Don't miss Qurell-Amani when she performs an excerpt of Panther Woman at Field Day 2018! This year's event promises to be a truly multidisciplinary mashup of dance, drama, music, puppetry and spoken word! $15 tickets include general admission seating and our post-show reception.

Location: Gibney Dance (Main entrance: 53A Chambers Street.)

Click here for tickets.

Park for Your Problems

Wed, 16 May 2018 03:06:11 GMT

Excited to have my monologue "I'll Tell You a Story" as part of the Off-Broadway Performance of Park for Your Problems, May 15th.

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3388411

Park for Your Problems

Davenport Theatre
New York, NY

Musical Story Theatre "Dagon the Dragon" by Susan Horowitz (Dr. Sue)

Susan Horowitz — Mon, 07 May 2018 19:00:18 GMT

Dagon the Dragon

I'll present my original children's musical story theater "Dagon the Dragon" at Borough of Manhattan Community College/Early Childhood Center Celebration May 17, 5pm. Children and I will sing, act out song and share interactive story about a friendly dragon with hidden talents! Susan Horowitz (Dr. Sue) www.DrSue.com

Easter Sunday, May 7

Carolyn Gage — Mon, 07 May 2018 10:59:48 GMT

May 7-14, Dublin:.
Easter Sunday, Dublin International Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Eight performances. See website for days/times/venue.

The Poorly-Written Play Festival, May 7-18

Carolyn Gage — Mon, 07 May 2018 10:59:08 GMT

May 7-18, Leatherhead and Reigate, UK:
The Poorly-Written Play Festival, The Leatherhead Theatre.

Production of 10-minute play BOOMERS AT BONNAROO

Vicki Meagher — Sun, 06 May 2018 18:00:30 GMT

The play is one of the eight plays in the 46th Annual Playwrights' Platform Festival. It will be produced on May 31, June 1, and June 2 at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre at 949 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Mass. It's a world premiere. For more info, see http://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2018-festival/

ROSES TO PLAN

Robin Rice — Sat, 05 May 2018 17:37:52 GMT

One act. An elderly couple find themselves in an impossible situation. Art Age Publications: https://www.seniortheatre.com/product/roses-to-plan/

HUMANS REMAIN

Robin Rice — Sat, 05 May 2018 17:35:33 GMT

Full-length drama about an extended family living apart from the rest of the world by choice. Cultures clash and big decisions must be made. Multiple award-winner. Have Scripts/Blue Moon Plays: https://havescripts.com/product/humans-remain/

HONEY'S SMILE

Robin Rice — Sat, 05 May 2018 17:30:49 GMT

One-act play with music to be performed by a large cast of children. A young girl doesn't want to move away from her island home. She tries to hide by disguising herself as someone else with advice from bird, fish and plant friends, but ultimately realizes that being herself is the best way to go. YouthPLAYS: https://www.youthplays.com/play/honeys-smile-by-robin-rice-497

production of new play

Sat, 05 May 2018 14:37:11 GMT

"A Very Different Place" by Carol Libman, opens May 8, in Toronto Canada, at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen Street East, directed by Robin Haggerty, starring Rosemary Doyle, Jeanette Dagger and Alexzander McLarry. Evenings performances at 8, May 8 - 12, matinees at 2, May 10, 12 and 13th. Tickets at the door, $20 - 25, or www.averydifferentplace.bpt.me

"You can't go home again", said Thomas Wolfe. Was he right? If you do, will you find it is 'a very different place'?

HOMESPUN WEBS: Imagining Louise Bourgeois at Eden Prairie Players Women's One-Acts Festival

Sat, 05 May 2018 13:52:13 GMT

C.J.'s HOMESPUN WEBS: Imagining Louise Bourgeois is part of the Eden Prairie Players' WOA! First Women's One Acts. Performances May 5, 6, 11 and 12.

http://www.edenprairieplayers.com/2018season.htm

A New Daddy

Sandra de Helen — Fri, 04 May 2018 23:30:00 GMT

Scripteasers 70th Anniversary Showcase

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

2051 Sunset Cliffs Blvd

San Diego, CA 92107

$10 Suggested Donation

Staged readings of seven short one-acts. The church is a performance venue. Refreshments will also be available.

AT ST WILDING'S at Image Theater Lowell, May 4th and 5th

Fri, 04 May 2018 02:37:55 GMT

My short play, AT ST. WILDING'S, will be performed at Image Theater, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, as part of Fem Noire, a program of short works by local women writers.

It will be at the Whistler House Museum, May 4th and 5th at 8 PM.

https://www.imagetheater.com/page3

production of my play, A YEAR OF BLUEJAYS

Christine Emmert — Wed, 02 May 2018 16:34:40 GMT

My play A YEAR OF BLUEJAYS will be part of TAKE TEN festival in New York City from May 15-May 20 at the Jewel Box Theater on West 42nd Street. May 15 at 7 is the first performance and May 17th at 9 is the second. My husband and myself will be the actors. Please come and enjoy!

Monologue: Nostalgia

Sandra de Helen — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 23:30:00 GMT

Redgates Theatre,

2 Stour Road,

Redgates, E3 2NT, London, UK

April 26th and 27th, 7:30pm

Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, April 19-22

Carolyn Gage — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:58:24 GMT

April 19-22, Wichita Falls, TX:
Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist, Midwestern State University.

Bite My Thumb, April 17-22

Carolyn Gage — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:57:44 GMT

April 17-22, Potsdam, NY:
Bite My Thumb, Festival of One-Acts, SUNY Potsdam.April 17 - 20, 7:30 p.m., April 18, 2 p.m., 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., April 22, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Blackbox Theater, Performing Arts Center

Fate's Line & Question of Worth showing April 12 to 14, 19 to 21

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 07:58:40 GMT

For the 30th Anniversary of Ateneo de Manila University's Chinese Studies, they are producing two of my Modern Tsinoy (Chinese Filipino) plays entitled "Fate's Line" and "Question of Worth." Opening night is on April 12, 2018. Night shows will be on April 13, 19 and 20. Two shows, matinee and night on April 14 and 21. The venue is at the Ateneo Fine Arts Annex Blackbox Theater.

"Fate's Line" is a comedy/fantasy/with concept of death and redemption, answers the question "Is the destiny of her daughters in their mother's hands?"

"Question of Worth" is a dramedy with elements of technology and the cyberworld, answers the question "What is the worth of a woman who can't have a child to her mother-in-law and husband?"

Easter Sunday, April 7

Carolyn Gage — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:57:02 GMT

April 7, Bethlehem, NH:
Easter Sunday, semi-staged reading at the Highlands Inn with Gage and Julia Reddy.

Decoration Day and Christmas at the TNT Truck Stop

Sandra de Helen — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:30:00 GMT

Scripteasers

3404 Hawk Ave

San Diego, California

Reading by professional actors of two one-act plays, each followed by feedback. Free and open to the public. Please arrive fifteen minutes early.

Disruption by AJ Baker April 6-28

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 21:47:45 GMT

3Girls Theatre Company presents the world premiere of DISRUPTION by AJ Baker, directed by Louis Parnell. At Z Below in San Francisco. April 6-28. Tix available online.

When an anonymous whistleblower threatens to go viral, visionary CEO Andrea Powell has just one day to save her company - and herself - from a public relations disaster that promises to destroy them both. And when the accusations morph from corporate espionage into sexual harassment, Andy and her team find themselves in a tense, high-stakes duel against an unexpected opponent. A fast-paced, darkly comic whodunnit for our #MeToo moment.

Future is Female Festival readings

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:42:22 GMT

As an extension of the nationwide Future is Female movement last year, we are producing readings of five ten minute plays by female playwrights tonight in Santa Maria, California. Students of the Pacific Conservatory Theatre's Actor-Training program will be presenting the work. I am proud to be co-producer of the event, which includes a reading of my all-female play, A Mistress Called Science.

The Rules of the Playground, March 22-April 3

Carolyn Gage — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:56:19 GMT

March 22- April 3, Dallas, TX:
The Rules of the Playground, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts.

Untold Stories of Jewish Women Festival: MIT A FIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:48:08 GMT

An excerpt from C.J.'s new play about a day of Molly Picon, on the set of what becomes the most popular Yiddish film of all time, MIT A FIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE, is part of Untold Stories of Jewish Women: A Festival of Plays, Music, and Conversation at the Museum of the Jewish Heritage.

From March 20-22 (All-Day), this three-day festival of readings and performances, including theater, music, and conversation, will challenge the stereotypes of Jewish women’s lives and elevate their voices.

http://nytf.org/?event=untold-stories-of-jewish-women-festival&event_date=2018-03-20

The Palisades Playwrights Festival

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:44:34 GMT

I am producing the reading Festival this April at Theatre Palisades in the Pacific Palisades, CA. We are featuring Karen Howes' play Starry Night on April the 10 at 7:30 (wine and refreshments at 7).

The theater is at 941 Temescal Canyon Road in the Palisades -90272.

Admission is $5 at the door.

#MeToo Theatre Women Share Their Stories March 18, 2018, 2:00 PM

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 18:00:00 GMT

Sunday March 18, 2:00 pm

Includes a Monologue by Farzana Moon

Honoring Stephanie Gregory Clifford as Woman of the Day this Women’s History Month on March toward #MeToo Movement. /Historic leap to believe the victims of sexual assaults.

Theatre women sharing their works

National Action Network
House of Justice
106 West, 145^th St. New York NY 10039

Free and Open to the Public : Wheeelchair acccessible.

Phone for information:: 212-864-1611

Hashtag #MeTooTheatreWomen

Download Flyer

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The Melting Pot March 16-24

Carol Lashof — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Premiere production of The Melting Pot, a play by Carol Lashof

Everyday Inferno Theater at The Access Theater, 380 Broadway, NYC

Boy meets Girl, Nation meets Metaphor. A story about love, immigration, and the culture wars.

Reading - Refraction of Light - March 15, 2018

Jean Klein — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:00:00 GMT

Alchemical Studios , 104 West 14th Street, New York, NY, 10011. Tickets are

$15.00

Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods by Tammy Ryan April 6-22

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:38:03 GMT

Lost Boy in Whole Foods, production, Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, April 6-22 https://www.kazoocivic.com/lost-boy-found-in-whole-foods-2017-2018

Hurricane Colleen, March 27 & 28

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:23:01 GMT

Hurricane Colleen, reading, Ignite Festival 2018 at The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, directed by Seth Gordon, March 27 at 7:30 at the Emerson Studio Theater and March 28 at 7:30 at UMSL at Grance Center Avenue. For more information: http://www.repstl.org/events/detail/ignite-festival-of-new-plays-2018

Synopsis

Six months after their sister Colleen has died of cancer, two women rent a beach house in Melbourne, Fla., to scatter her ashes. But when a tropical depression suddenly turns into a hurricane and strange encounters with wildlife occur, the sisters struggle to ride out the storms both outside and inside. From the author of Molly’s Hammer, developed in Ignite! and produced at The Rep in 2016.

farzana's monologue Stormy Nights

Farzana Moon — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:14:56 GMT

#MeToo

Theatre women sharing their works

Sunday March 18, 2018, 2:00 PM

National Action Network

House of Justice

106 West, 145^th St. New York NY 10039

http://farzanamoon.blogspot.com

Monologue written by Farzana Moon

Stormy Nights

I am Stormy Daniels. I had an affair with Donald Trump when Melania was pregnant. For the price of my silence not to disclose Trump’s adulterous affair I was offered one hundred and thirty thousand dollars which made me twice the victim of my own nightmares. The first time I was victim of my own guilt for being the lover of conscienceless Trump while Melania languished at home, heavy with child. My second time as a victim began with ‘Me Too’ movement when women stood up against the sexual harassment and I couldn’t say a word, since my silence was bought at a heavy price. During all those years between then and now, my sufferings never ended, for inside the cage of my own mind I remained a prisoner, shackled by chains of remorse, my heart wounded and bleeding. But now, the purple wound in my heart is abscessed and throbbing under the burden of too heavy a ransom for my silence. This silence within me is soaked in my blood and veins, my body revolting against the violence done to women by men rich, craven, egotistic and vainglorious who can buy carnal pleasures at their own whim or caprice. This ‘Me Too’ movement has awakened me to the realization of the hopeless, helpless pain of countless women who have been victims of sexual harassment for years, but their lips were sealed for the shame of being violated and for the brutal fact that even if they were to expose their naked shame to the world, no one would be willing to believe their tragic plight. Before Trump became president, and listening to his tapes, bragging about his salacious assaults on women, not only wounded my heart but bruised my mind afresh, wild and tortured. After Trump became president he kept insulting the women he had sexually assaulted, and the globe of shame within my mind became a searing, maddening mirror, reflecting a myriad of torments those innocent women suffered while Trump corrupted the Oval Office with his lies grand and fantastic. Exulting in his sexual assaults by denial and arrogance, even siding with Roy Moore the pedophile, backed by legion of Republicans to corrupt the very air of Senate Halls. This reek of corruption from White House nauseates me and I long to comfort my ‘Me Too’ sisters, but Trumpian Lawyers follow me like hounds, poised to stab me with the knife of their lies till I am bled to death. I beg you, please take your blood money back, even take my life, you liars lawyers vultures, but before that speak I will, telling the truth, my story, the tragic story of every women in the world who has suffered through the carnal desires of men-beast. Even if one man-beast Trump can be held accountable for his sins and removed from the Oval Office, world would become a better place.

farzana's monologue Stormy Nights

Farzana Moon — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:11:03 GMT

#MeToo

Theatre women sharing their works

Sunday March 18, 2018, 2:00 PM

National Action Network

House of Justice

106 West, 145^th St. New York NY 10039

http://farzanamoon.blogspot.com

Monologue written by Farzana Moon

Stormy Nights

She Speaks #MeToo

Paddy Gillard-Bentley — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 19:00:00 GMT

FLUSH INK PRODUCTIONS

presents

SHE SPEAKS #MeToo

Staged readings of short plays, monologues & poetry
on the theme of #MeToo because #TimesUp

Waterloo Tennis Club - In Waterloo Park - Waterloo, On. Canada

Donations at the door will go to
Vera's Place & Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region

This is the program (subject to change)

The Play's the Thing…

JUST FOR THE WEEKEND
By Christine Emmert
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Kate Urquhart & Joanna Cleary

OUT OF BODY ON A TRAIN
By Erin Moughon-Smith
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Shelagh Ranalli & Tracey Eccleston

CAMOUFLAGE
By Brenda Foley
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Cathy Moore, Scott Cooper & Robin Bennett

IS THERE AN APP FOR THAT?
By Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Suzanne Langdon, Robin Bennett & Tracy Biggar

MAGGIE
By Joanna Cleary
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Bo Margaret (Sat) Darlene Spencer (Sun) & Colleen Daley

SNOW EVERYWHERE DESCENDING
By Jean Hedgecock Armstrong
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Shelagh Ranalli, Robin Bennett & Scott Cooper

RUTH
By Geralyn Horton
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Mary Neil

SALLY'S MONOLOGUE
By Donna Spector
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Lynne McIntee

FÉNIX
By Diana Burbano
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Ámbar Hernández

FULL FATHOM FIVE MY FATHER’S LIES
By Frances Roberts-Reilly
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Tracy Biggar

TWO GIRLS
By Allie Costa
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Joanna Cleary & Tracey Kenyon

YELLOW CAB – BLACK CAB
By Darlene Spencer
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Cathy Moore

IT MUST BE GOOD, RIGHT?
By The Jazz Musician's Daughter
Performed by Colleen Daley

NEW OLD STUFF
By Kate Urquhart
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Suzanne Langdon

Because of the sensitive nature of these pieces of theatre...

TRIGGER WARNINGS . TRIGGER WARNINGS . TRIGGER WARNINGS

A talkback will follow with the audience. Joan, a staff member from The Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region will be on hand to answer the hard questions.

She Speaks #MeToo

Paddy Gillard-Bentley — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 01:00:00 GMT

FLUSH INK PRODUCTIONS

presents

Staged readings of short plays, monologues & poetry
on the theme of #MeToo because #TimesUp

Emmanuel United Church - 22 Bridgeport Rd. W. - Waterloo, On. Canada

Donations at the door will go to
Vera's Place & Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region

This is the program (subject to change)

The Play's the Thing…

JUST FOR THE WEEKEND
By Christine Emmert
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Kate Urquhart & Joanna Cleary

OUT OF BODY ON A TRAIN
By Erin Moughon-Smith
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Shelagh Ranalli & Tracey Eccleston

CAMOUFLAGE
By Brenda Foley
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Cathy Moore, Scott Cooper & Robin Bennett

IS THERE AN APP FOR THAT?
By Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Suzanne Langdon, Robin Bennett & Tracy Biggar

MAGGIE
By Joanna Cleary
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Bo Margaret (Sat) Darlene Spencer (Sun) & Colleen Daley

SNOW EVERYWHERE DESCENDING
By Jean Hedgecock Armstrong
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Shelagh Ranalli, Robin Bennett & Scott Cooper

RUTH
By Geralyn Horton
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Mary Neil

SALLY'S MONOLOGUE
By Donna Spector
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Lynne McIntee

FÉNIX
By Diana Burbano
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Ámbar Hernández

FULL FATHOM FIVE MY FATHER’S LIES
By Frances Roberts-Reilly
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Tracy Biggar

TWO GIRLS
By Allie Costa
Directed by Colleen Daley
Performed by Joanna Cleary & Tracey Kenyon

YELLOW CAB – BLACK CAB
By Darlene Spencer
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Cathy Moore

IT MUST BE GOOD, RIGHT?
By The Jazz Musician's Daughter
Performed by Colleen Daley

NEW OLD STUFF
By Kate Urquhart
Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Performed by Suzanne Langdon

Because of the sensitive nature of these pieces of theatre...

TRIGGER WARNINGS . TRIGGER WARNINGS . TRIGGER WARNINGS

A talkback will follow with the audience. Joan, a staff member from The Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region will be on hand to answer the hard questions.

New Productions by Christine Toy Johnson

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:15:27 GMT

TRUTH AGAINST THE WORLD: THE LIFE AND LOVES OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT written and directed by Christine Toy Johnson (conceived by Alan Campbell and Christine Toy Johnson) will have its world premiere on April 2-3 at North Carolina State's Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Raleigh, NC. The play stars Tony-nominee Alan Campbell (SUNSET BLVD.) as Mr. Wright. The Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre is located at 2241 Dunn Ave, Raleigh, NC 27606. For details and tickets, please visit https://tickets.arts.ncsu.edu.

TILL SOON, ANNE (book and lyrics by Christine Toy Johnson, music by Bobby Cronin) will have a concert presentation on April 23 in NYC at Shetler Studios, PH1, 244 W. 54 Street, starring Abby Mueller (BEAUTIFUL) and Wade McCollum (ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME), directed by Lisa Rothe. The performance is being done with support from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Creative Engagement Fund. For more details and to RSVP, please email aasongwriters@gmail.com.

At Sea in NYC

Carolyn Gage — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:55:00 GMT

March 2-11, NYC:
At Sea, ANDTheatre Company's Eclectic Evening of Shorts: Boxers & Briefs. Directed by Kathe Mull. Eight performances: March 2 at 7, March 3 at 3 and 7, March 4 at 6, March 8 at 9, March 9 at 7, March 10 at 9, March 11 at 2. Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor.

readings of Alan Woods' short scripts next month in Central Ohio

Alan Woods — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 21:29:20 GMT

Two of my short plays for mature performers, Pen Pals and Senior Cruise, will be presented in staged readings by the Abbey Theater of Dublin (Ohio) on March 11th at 3:00 p.m. and March 12th at noon; the audience on March 12th will enjoy a buffet luncheon with the plays.

Directed by Michael Schirtzinger, Theater Director at the Dublin Recreation and Parks Center, performers include Lloyd and Grace Casey, Daneen Axelrod, Jim Monsul, Rennie Beetham, Peggy Miller, Judy Fairchild-Rizor, Sharyn Shannon, and Elaine Coughlin. The theatre is in the Recreation Center at 5600 Post Road in Dublin (the one in Ohio). Admission is free.

Pen Pals depicts a couple in their late 70s who’ve been pen pals since the second grade meeting in person for the first time. They’re joined by classmates who’ve followed their communication via social media. Senior Cruise follows a group of older folks on what turns out to be a very inexpensive cruise throughout the Caribbean and includes several people mourning loss of life partners, a censorious prude on the watch for any sort of lascivious behavior or appearances, a wise bar tender, and an entertainer constantly performing on the accordian with no discernable musical talent.

The Crickets' Lunch, First Impressions Festival, Dallas TX Feb 21-24

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:00:00 GMT

A comedy about theater critics gathering for their annual luncheon to vote on awards. But will they devour each other before all the votes are cast?

One of 10 plays by 10 Dallas-area playwrights to get staged readings this weekend as part of Imprint Theatreworks' inaugural First Impressions Festival.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, Dallas TX 75218. Tickets $10 get you four plays from 2 p.m. (mine! on Sat/Feb 24) until 10 p.m. Stay for one or all!

"AFTER THE WALL" is HAPPENING at HOWL!

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

On February 23 at 7 pm, HOWL! HAPPENING gallery & performance space is presenting a 2-hour version of ICWP member Melba LaRose's mega-project, "AFTER THE WALL." This has been a project at least 5 years in the making and I would LOVE to see my sister-supporters there.

The full-length 8-hour epic is booked for SynerFest in Valencia, Spain, in October.

A multicultural, multidisciplinary, multidimensional, multimedia extravaganza, this play takes the audience on a wild ride through history, exploring the walls that divide us. Its aim is to "start the conversation."

You will laugh, you will cry, you will learn, you will be inspired -- you might even get up and dance!

This is a benefit for the Actors Fund at $10/ ticket, with 100% of proceeds going to the Fund in support of East Village artists. Seating limited. Reservation info on FB link (Brownpapertickets).

For complete information, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/events/128954927919958/

and/ or the project website at www.afterthewall.org. The company website is: www.nyartists.org.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

xxoo
Melba
NY Artists Unlimited

Melba@NYartists.org

Director@afterthewall.org

Melbalarose@gmail.com

The Lovebirds, February 12, 6 pm

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:00:00 GMT

"Flying Out Loud" is a monthly forum for readings of new plays, poetry, and fiction at Sunergos Coffee Shop, 2122 Preston, Louisville Kentucky.

I was invited to write a play for the February gathering. Since it's shortly before Valentine Day, I wrote a comedy about two lovebirds -- real lovebirds -- after doing a lot of research about their habits.

Two terrific actors I've worked with before will portray the birds. The story: Neither Ruby nor Max has found “the one” yet, but their parents have arranged a meeting in hopes two will become a couple.

Admission is free.

Panther Woman February 10th & 11th

Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Location: The Playroom Theater; 151 W 46th St.; 8th Fl.; Between 6th & 7th Aves.

Sat. Feb 10th - 7PM

Sun Feb 11th - 3PM

$30.00

Panther Woman is a work of historical fiction chronicling one woman's experience in The Original Black Panther Party for Self Defense.

Prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey from the Jim Crow South to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s through a tale of struggle, love and hope for the future.

www.pantherwomantheplay.com or 800.838.3006 for tickets.

Aşk, İlaçlar ve Yan Etkileri - Forte, by Patricia Milton, February 3 in Istanbul

Patricia Milton — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 17:00:25 GMT

A steampunk production of ICWP member Patricia Milton's play, "Aşk, İlaçlar ve Yan Etkileri - Forte," will be performed in Istanbul February 3. This is the second year the play has been presented in Istanbul. It's a Turkish-language adaptation of Milton's post-apocalyptic romantic comedy, "Believers," inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "The Frog King."

Tickets: http://www.biletix.com/etkinlik-grup/135243656/TURKIYE/tr

BAMBOOZLED by Patricia Milton, Feb 17-Mar 18

Patricia Milton — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:26:27 GMT

Patricia Milton's world premiere comedy, Bamboozled, opens Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Central Works in Berkeley, continuing through Sunday, March 18.

Thu-Sat at 8 pm. Sun at 5 pm. (All Thursdays are pay-what-u-can at the door for available tickets. Sliding scale, from $15, for all other performances.)

Bamboozled is a comedy that pits North against South against West, as four women grapple with a fraud involving Civil War heirlooms. Who put the "con" in "Confederate?" Who bamboozled whom? And what do we really value, and what does that cost us? The show is ripped from the headlines, as the Civil War continues to simmer in the USA, even today.

You can buy your tickets here.

January 20: The Melting Pot by Carol Lashof, Staged Reading

Carol Lashof — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:00:00 GMT

Boy meets girl. Nation meets metaphor.

The Melting Pot, a remix for the stage by Carol S. Lashof, will receive a staged reading in Oakland, California on January 20, 2018.

January 20, 2018: Staged Reading, Those Women Productions, Oakland, CA.

Performances 4 pm and 8 pm at the Temescal Art Center, 511 48th St, Oakland. Tickets are free but advance reservations are strongly recommended as the venue is small: https://themeltingpot.brownpapertickets.com/

The Melting Pot remixes early 20th century sources, including Israel Zangwill’s wildly popular melodrama of the same name, to tell a quintessentially American love story – Boy meets Girl, and Nation meets Metaphor. It was presented as a developmental reading at PCSF in October 2017.

The reading will be directed by Those Women Productions' Artistic Director Elizabeth Vega and will feature original music by Berkeley jazz musician and composer Erika Oba, performed by Debbie Carton and Audrey Ronningen. The cast includes TWP Associate Artists Lily Tung Crystal* and Norman Patrick Johnson as well as Grace Liu, Roberta Morris, Jack Nicolaus, Sydney Schwindt, Louel Senores, and Charles Winter.*

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association.

IN THE REST ROOM AT ROSENBLOOMS

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 21:42:12 GMT

Full length comedy by Ludmilla Bollow, to be presented in a staged reading by the Sheffield Players and Kent Memorial Library at 145 Bridge St. Sheffield CT January 25. Free admission.

Ashes to Ashes

Debbie Bolsky — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 01:57:56 GMT

The Athena Cats presents Debbie Bolsky’s screwball comedy, Ashes to Ashes as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre December 9-January 14. Director Katherine James, Executive Producer Laurel Wetzork.

Ex-couple liberal Sara and right-winger Jefferson are opposites about everything except their love and devotion for their newly deceased, filthy-rich best friends. Trapped by the time-constraints of their friends' will, they are forced to spend the next 16 days, 21 hours and 32 minutes together, scattering their friends' ashes across Europe. Ashestoashestheplay.com

Gutless & Grateful in East Hampton FREE November 21st

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:30:00 GMT

JDTLab: GUTLESS & GRATEFUL by Amy Oestreicher

Tuesday, November 21 at 7:30 pm

Prix Fixe special at the 1770 House for JDT Lab Tuesday Nights: two-course dinner for $27.00. Mention code JDTLab when making your reservation (offer good only prior to curtain).

FREE Admission, Registration Strongly Encouraged

The Wedding Dress - Friday, November 17

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:30:00 GMT

As one of 3 Finalists for the 2017 Roots of the Bluegrass Full-Length Play Competition, an excerpt from the comedy "The Wedding Dress" will be presented as a staged reading at the Jenny Wiley Theatre in Pikeville, KY.

Synopsis: The frou-frou wedding dress has been worn four times -- twice by Opal's mother and twice by her sister, so of course, Opal, a passionate recycler, will wear it tomorrow even though the dress doesn't fit, Opal decided just hours ago to marry the groom, and worst of all in her mother’s view, Opal met her future husband online. Opal sister’s Nicole, a journalist and a hoarder, arrives while Karen, their mother, is pinning up the hem. Tempers flare, secrets are revealed, but even so, all have at least a chance of living happily ever after.

Seeds, Nov. 12-13, 2017

Sun, 12 Nov 2017 18:30:00 GMT

"Seeds," by Laura Shamas, is part of the Annual Short Play Festival at Native Voices at the Autry, Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 12 (1:30 p.m.) and Monday, Nov. 13, (7:30 p.m.) at La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla California. The theme of the Short Play Festival is "Seven Generations."

For more info: Native Voices at the Autry Museum, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027. - https://theautry.org/events/signature-programs/native-voices/about-native-voices

QUEEN MARIE April 13 - 28, 2018

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:18:55 GMT

QUEEN MARIE, directed by Rosemary Doyle, will be produced at the Alumnae Theatre in Toronto, April 13 - 28, 2018 as the finale of the theatre's 100th anniversary season. Visit www.alumnaetheatre.com for ticket information.

QUEEN MARIE is about the tumultuous life of Marie Dressler who ran away from home at the age of 14 to join a touring theatrical troupe, rose to Broadway fame, and in her 60's became the most famous actress in America for her command of both in-your-face physical humour, and deeply felt dramatic emotion. QUEEN MARIE celebrates the performer while revealing the personal joys and pain that lie beneath the performance.

Revelation March 23 - April 8 2018

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:15:04 GMT

REVELATION will be produced in Shifting Spaces, a program of 3 one-act plays by Those Women Productions at Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley CA from March 23 - April 8, 2018

“The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible.” It’s judgement day, and John, who is 34, finds himself buried beside an old woman who claims she’s his wife, Mary. But she’s nothing like the woman he knew. Can they navigate the minefields of memory in time? A tragicomedy of errors.

Audience Nov 3 - 11

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:10:10 GMT

AUDIENCE is in an evening of very short plays produced by Durham Shoestring Performers, at the Arts Resource Centre, 45 Queen St., Oshawa Ontario.

John persuades a reluctant Jenna to “try” the upcoming show. As they wait for the performance to start they bicker about his passion for theatre, but their fight reveals the cracks in their relationship. Will he choose theatre or her?

COMING TO AMERICA written and performed by Stephanie Satie

stephanie satie — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:00:00 GMT

Ten women, whose lives have been transformed first, by extraordinary events in their country of birth, then by their response to America.

This is an Encore performance at United Solo Festival as Stephanie was an award winner in 2014 for Silent Witnesses.

All tickets are $37.25 via Telecharge (212-239-6200) or the Box office at Theatre Row 410 W.42 St. NY

http://unitedsolo.org/us/comingtoamerica-2017

"Hearts of Palm" by Patricia Milton, through October 29, 2017.

Patricia Milton — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:53:06 GMT

Hearts of Palm by Patricia Milton

Produced by Theatre Esprit Asia, the show will run October 7 through 29, 2017, Friday and Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm, additional 2pm matinee on Saturday, Oct. 21, at ACAD Gallery Theatre, 1400 Dallas St., Aurora CO.

Greedy American corporate executives find themselves enmeshed with rebels in a southeast Asian island country’s revolution. Milton treats with savage wit issues of white male privilege, gender inequality, corporate greed, violent nationalism and collusion of indigenous peoples with colonialists.

More info and tickets here.

Panther Woman - A Powerful One Woman Show - returns to NYC October 16th-21st.

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 23:30:00 GMT

Panther Woman, a fictional account of one woman's experience in the original Black Panther Party for Self Defense returns to NYC. Dates: October 16th - 21st; 7:30pm at the Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th St. 8th Floor. Tickets $30.00. Visit www.pantherwomantheplay.com or call 800.838.3006 to purchase.

If You Can Stand the Heat: The History of Women and Food by Guerrilla Girls On Tour

DONNA KAZ — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:25:55 GMT

OCTOBER 6 – WP Presents a Guerrilla Girls On Tour performance

Guerrilla Girls On Tour presents  If You Can Stand the Heat: A History of Women and Food

This new comedy is an energetic romp through humorous historical moments in the lives and works of world renowned master chef Julia Child, acclaimed food writer M.F.K. Fisher, and the grand dame of southern cooking Edna Lewis, with a focus on issues surrounding women and food such as body image, eating disorders, and global hunger. The result is a hilarious, flour-dusted, stage conversation meant to dissolve fears of food and encourage freedom of the fork.

Shea Center for the Performing Arts, William Patterson University

300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ 07470-2103

8PM For tickets: boxoffice@wpunj.edu

http://cms.wpunj.edu/calendar/index.html?id=66149819-cf7a-4075-94fa-fb8b76e4a3f5

TICKETS: $15.00

"Jack" by Patricia L. Morin

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:08:40 GMT

Staged reading for the @SFOlympians festival, October 6th at 7:30 at the @Exittheatre, San Francisco. @Patmorin

Wepwawet, an Egyptian Scout God, head of a jackal and human body, opener of ways and opportunity, comes alive again in Jack. Jack, a small time talent scout fights to keep the the big time scouts boys and girls away from his small-town talent.

Paindemonium - An Opioid Rap Nov 2-18

Joyce Fontana — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:30:00 GMT

Using rap dialogue, Paindemonium illustrates how a perfect storm of events and motives resulted in the current opioid crisis that is plaguing our nation. It will be performed at the Coneman Five Minute Mile Play Festival in Houston.

Bending Toward Justice by Patricia Milton, October 2 in San Francisco

Patricia Milton — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 23:30:00 GMT

Bending Toward Justice
by Patricia Milton
Directed by Radhika Rao
a Playwrights Center of San Francisco Staged Reading

Stranded in Tennessee, and charged with defrauding a Daughter of the Confederacy out of family Civil War heirlooms worth $1M, a young black appraiser from L.A. must find a way to win the suit, or face ruin. This four-woman comedy explores what we value, and what it costs us. It looks at the Confederate memorabilia market, the improbable road to reparations, and how Justice bats last.

Patricia Milton's plays have been performed in New York, Istanbul, Boston, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Johns, Newfoundland, San Francisco, and places in between. A San Francisco native, she is currently Resident Playwright at Central Works in Berkeley, CA.

7:30 p.m.
Shelton Theater (downstairs)
533 Sutter (btw. Powell and Mason)
San Francisco
$10-20 suggested donation/your discretion/PCSF members free

Up To Date, Sept. 29 - Oct. 1

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:00:00 GMT

At the Roebuck Theater, Times Square Arts Center, 300 W. 43rd Street, Suite #402, New York. Directed by Maylin Castro. 80 minutes.
Tickets are $30 at link below.

In a series of monologues, 11 diverse women grapple with the meaning of love and romance in the 21st century. The monologue functions as a metaphor for isolation in the modern world, and in the end, the women's various struggles coalesce in a scene of unity and hope.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/up-to-date-friday-september-29th-7pm-casta-tickets-38010646868?aff=erellivmlt

Plays and Pizza, a night of short plays at Lucky Jack’s Bar, Sept 18th at 7:30 pm.

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:30:14 GMT

I like pizza, and I write plays. Sometimes, I even perform in them. Like I am this month - so come, NYC folks. Us New Yorkers know all about plays and pizza, right?

I’ll be performing an original monologue...ironically about NOT being able to eat, at Plays and Pizza, a night of short plays at Lucky Jack’s Bar, Sept 18th at 7:30 pm.

Read my article on Huffington Post about the event: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/do-new-yorkers-know-the-best-plays-pizza-take-an_us_59ae2ff9e4b0c50640cd6196

Best,

Amy (My monologue is called "I'm a Woman and I'll be my Own Boss" for anyone in New York!)

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Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:05:32 GMT

I like pizza, and I write plays. Sometimes, I even perform in them. Like I am this month – so come, NYC folks. Us New Yorkers know all about plays and pizza, right? I’ll be performing an original monologue…ironically about NOT being able to eat, at Plays and Pizza, a night of short plays at Lucky Jack’s Bar, Sept 18th at 7:30 pm.

Plays and Pizza, a night of short plays at Lucky Jack’s Bar, with special guest Norman Zamcheck on Piano and free pizza after the show Plays and Pizza, a night of short plays at Lucky Jack’s Bar. Sept 18th, 730 pm 129 Orchard St. Lucky Jacks Bar, NYC $7.00PayPal.Me/PlaysandPizza

Read my article on Huffington Post about the event: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59ae2ff9e4b0c50640cd6196

Best,

Amy (My monologue is called "I'm a Woman and I'll be my Own Boss" for anyone in New York!)

Shaking the Dew from the Lilies

Paddy Gillard-Bentley — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Shaking the Dew from the Lilies opened in 2002 at the Registry Theatre to sold out crowds. Since then, it has been performed in...

Denver, CO., Grandforks, ND and North Hollywood, CA.

Now - it's coming home again. August 16 - 19 at K-W Little Theatre.

Facebook Event

Five women are accidentally locked overnight in a mall washroom.

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID...

Shaking the Dew from the Lilies has got to be the most provocative, explicit, yet fascinating and funny play ever to be staged in Waterloo region.
Harry Currie – Record Staff

It may be an eye-opener to men, who cannot know how women, on a personal comfort level, talk between themselves. Above all, it was a real-life comedy with serious undertones. Many will learn from absorbing and thinking a bit about the impact early life experiences have on current behaviour.
~ Irena Wandschneider

This play is emotionally compelling and really, really funny. The things that are addressed are honest. I've never seen any of this material on stage before.
~ Cynthia Davies, Director (Denver, CO)

Shaking the Dew from the Lilies was voted in the top five for THE BEST LIVE THEATRE IN 2002 BY Echo Weekly.

Staged Reading of EVERYTHING YOU NEED

Sarah Bewley — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:47:44 GMT

Everything you Need
Saturday, August 26, 3 pm
This 90-minute play by Gainesville-based playwright Sarah Bewley explores free will and fate in a small shop where you can find everything you need. This play includes some profanities.

http://harn.ufl.edu/films/performances

Crystal Ball by Donna Spector

Donna Spector — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 18:22:10 GMT

Upcoming production at The Warner International Playwrights Festival in Torrington, CT, October 13, 2017.

Circular

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 23:00:00 GMT

CIRCULAR, a full-length play by Laura Shamas, will be performed as part of the Playwrights' Revolution Festival at Capital Stage/Sacramento on Thursday, July 27, 2017, 7 p.m. Cast size: 1 female, 1 male. Logline: A young army psychiatrist becomes entangled in the world of The Odyssey on her first tour of duty in Afghanistan.

For more information: http://capstage.org/cap-events/playwrights-revolution/

Reading of "Jane: Abortion and the Underground" in Chicago

Paula Kamen — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 23:30:00 GMT

Play by Paula Kamen, directed by Iris Sowlat followed by "Never Go Back" panel

For more info, see paulakamen.com

This event is co-sponsored by the Chicago Area Women's History Council and Shout Your Abortion 773.

Play reading at 7:30pm. At 9 PM, panel, "Never Go Back (to When America Wasn't So Great Again)," featuring Jane member Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, pro-choice political expert Aileen Kim, playwright Paula Kamen, and moderated by Alicia Swiz. Reception to follow by the Chicago Area Women's History Center.

Featuring actors: Amber Ray Snyder, Anna Wolfe, Chloe Bluml, Caitlin McManus, Kaitlin Stewart, Shannon Webber, Whitney Pipes, Erin Caswell, Lyla Whedbee, and Zach Hebert

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THE PLAY: In the current debate about abortion rights, we often forget how dangerous life was for women when abortion was illegal. But in Chicago at that time 45 years ago, women Chicago knew whom to call for help: Jane, the legendary feminist abortion service, also known as "the best-kept secret in Chicago."

From 1969 to 1972, women who ran “Jane” were mostly unassuming: college students, “hippie housewives,” and antiwar activists. But they led extraordinary double lives, running the most active underground abortion service in modern history, the one safe alternative for about 11,000 women from all backgrounds.

This play, based on original interviews with women who ran and used this service -- and men who supported it -- tells their story.

In the panel afterward, we will discuss how to never go back to those perilous days, when America, for women, really wasn't so great. We will focus on a very timely Illinois bill with that goal: House Bill 40, which will likely go to the governor for approval at the end of July. That bill would guarantee that Illinois, an enduring safe haven for choice for the entire Midwest region, uphold abortion rights if Roe v Wade is repealed.

The director, Iris Sowlat, is a proud company member at Pride Films & Plays. She is a Chicago-based director whose work focuses primarily on feminism, queerness, and (dis)ability. She is also an Artistic Associate at Stage Left Theatre. Iris has directed and/or assistant-directed for Pride Films & Plays, Stage Left Theatre, Broken Nose Theatre, 20% Theatre, The Chicago Fringe Festival, Fury Theatre, and Talif Productions. This summer, Iris is producing and curating SheFest at Pride Films & Plays, and writing and directing Narratives of Achromatopsia for the Chicago Fringe Festival, and will direct the short play Barbarism for Collaboraction's Peacebook festival.

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LOCATION details: Play and panel at the Broadway theater of the Pride Arts Center, at 4139 N. Broadway. (Not their other nearby theater, the Buena, which has a different address). Suggested payment is $10, with half of proceeds going to Chicago Abortion Fund, and half to the Pride Center. Parking is very tough, even maddening, in that area, so we recommend public transportation.

The Mess at NewMarket National Play Festival

Catherine Frid — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:06:35 GMT

Catherine Frid's 10-minute play The Mess will be presented as part of the NewMarket National Play Festival, July 22 - 23, 2017.

The Mess is a 10-minute play for two female actors that explores memory and forgetting, and the importance of reaching out across generations to transcend barriers and secrets.

Lace Curtain Irish

Carolyn Gage — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 06:00:00 GMT

July 22-23

Joanne Lavelle performs and produces Lace Curtain Irish at the Buxton Fringe Festival in the UK. Check website for venue and times.

The Elephant Girls at the Hamilton Fringe Festival

Margo MacDonald — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:30:00 GMT

Straight off the highly acclaimed UK & Ireland tour, this multi-award winning play about the all-female gang which terrorized London, England in the 1920s appears at The Staircase theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival this month.

The Elephant Girls
written & performed by Margo MacDonald

July 20th-30th
Hamilton Fringe Festival
The Staircase, 25 Dundurn St. N., Hamilton, ON, Canada
Tickets & Info http://hamiltonfringe.ca/shows/the-elephant-girls/

Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist

Carolyn Gage — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:17:26 GMT

July 14-16

Soul Rebel Performance Troupe presents Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist at the First Congregational Church in Albany, NY.

Babe! An Olympian Musical

Carolyn Gage — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:14:49 GMT

July 8 concert/reading of Babe! An Olympian Musical

Book/lyrics: Carolyn Gage

Music: Andrea Jill Higgins

At the National Women's Music Festival, Middleton, WI

Y-Not Theatre presents Plays at the Harn

Sarah Bewley — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 02:43:45 GMT

Everything you Need Saturday, August 26, 3 pm This 90-minute play by Gainesville-based playwright Sarah Bewley explores free will and fate in a small shop where you can find everything you need. This play includes some profanities.

Gutless and Grateful at 54 Below!

Sat, 01 Jul 2017 01:30:00 GMT

JUNE 30

AT FEINSTEINS/54 BELOW

254 W 54th St, NEW YORK CITY

AMY OESTREICHER IN "GUTLESS AND GRATEFUL"

Amy Oestreicher will make her Feinstein’s/54 Below debut Friday June 30, 9:30 pm, doors open 8:45 pm - in New York City, performing her one-woman musical show GUTLESS AND GRATEFUL about her personal journey from a near death experience to the hope filled journey that has been a new chapter in her life; and how it is possible to meet the challenges of mental and health obstacles - performing it through song and story. Amy has been a TEDX Talk presenter, featured in Huffington Post, Seventeen and more. SEE https://54below.com/events/amy-oestreicher-gutless-grateful/

The first week in May is an exclusive discounted price and exclusive subscribers can take advantage of it. Using the code AMYO35 you can get 35% off Main Dining Room or Bar Rail. It launches at 12:01am on the 1st and ends 11:59pm on the 7th OR once 20 tickets are sold using the code - Go to

https://amyoes.com/2017/04/26/gutless-sale/

Gutless and Grateful at 54 Below!

Sat, 01 Jul 2017 01:30:00 GMT

JUNE 30

AT FEINSTEINS/54 BELOW

254 W 54th St, NEW YORK CITY

AMY OESTREICHER IN "GUTLESS AND GRATEFUL"

https://amyoes.com/2017/04/26/gutless-sale/

Last Time in New York/Exclusive Discount for Gutless & Grateful June 30th

Sat, 01 Jul 2017 01:30:00 GMT

“Gutless & Grateful is not a story about a victim, but one of a survivor. Amy has channeled the pain of her experiences into something far greater.” – Michelle Alerte (Woman Around Town)
Buy tickets here. Use discount code AMY35!
Lost a Stomach, Gained a Story. ("My stomach exploded, but see my TEDx Talk for more on that…")

On NBC’s Today Show, HuffPost, TEDx, Winner of 7 National Awards, and toured to 150+ venues since it’s the BroadwayWorld Best Theatre Debut-nomination in 2012.
Now touring as a sexual assault and mental health program, and is also listed in the official directory for the National Arts & Health in the Military Initiative.
Discount is only available if you make reservations online…so do that! (AMY35)

Following sold-out runs at The Triad NYC, The Bijou, United Solo Fest, Barrington Stage Company (Tony-Award winning William Finn’s Cabaret Series) and a nationwide tour from Washington D.C. to Hawaii, global speaker/survivor Amy Oestreicher will bring her hit one-woman musical Gutless & Grateful back to NYC at the famed Feinstein’s/54 Below on June 30th, 2017, 9:30pm. Through interwoven song and dialogue, Oestreicher shares a primal piece of live-storytelling, weaving near death experience and inspiring perspective with an eclectic set of songs, comedically highlighting struggles, triumphs and “beautiful detours” in her life.
“One part moving testament to human indomitability, the other a thoroughly satisfying evening of song. While each element is strong enough to stand on its own, combined they illuminate and enhance each other. Rarely have I seen narration and song so artfully meshed, and Oestreicher’s likeability, good humor, interpretive skill, and manifest commitment to what she is saying and singing make us not only understand her story, but also feel it on a very deep level.” -Roy Sander (critic for BistroAwards.com)
Nominated for “Best Theatre Debut” in 2012 (Broadway World), and Bistro Awards Top Pick, and featured in Huffington Post, Gutless & Grateful, takes audiences on a musical journey of determination, grit and “guts” as Oestreicher shares her humor, her strength, and her soaring vocals with the world. Oestreicher’s script was inspired by the thousands of journal entries she kept over the six years she endured unable to eat a morsel of food or drink a drop of liquid. Co-conceived by Oestreicher and musical director David Brunetti, the show is directed by Broadway-veteran Jerold Goldstein, also on piano. “Gutless” also features the song “Still Alive” which was written for Amy by acclaimed composer David Friedman with lyrics by TV personality and lyricist Kathie Lee Gifford, after she appeared on NBC’s TODAY Show in 2011.
Amy had ambitious plans for Broadway, until she abruptly developed a blood clot the week before her high school senior prom. After being rushed to the hospital, her stomach exploded in the operating room, and after both her lungs collapsed, she nearly died. After waking up from a coma several months later, she was told she no longer had a stomach, and it was unknown whether she would ever be able to eat or drink again . After 27 surgeries and six of the past ten years unable to drink a drop of fluid, Amy’s digestive system was miraculously reconstructed and she learned that the human spirit heals through “gutsiness”, gratitude, and an overabundance of humor.

“Oestreicher’s story is always inspirational and surprisingly funny.” – Paulanne Simmons (Times Square Chronicles)
Come for a moving night of song, stories and possibilities, all in a 70-minute musical comedy. Gutless & Grateful is no ordinary one-woman show, but a powerhouse production that leaves the audience in tears, laughing hysterically, and savoring every last bite as though it were their very first.
Buy tickets at https://54below.com/events/amy-oestreicher-gutless-grateful/
Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling (646) 476-3551.

Fri, Jun 30th, 9:30 pm

Buy tickets HERE with exclusive Discount Code AMY35 if you reserve now.

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Nonna and the Dressmaker-June 29,30 July 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9

Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Nonna and the Dressmaker will be performed at the Altarena Playhouse on these dates: -June 29,30 July 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9. the theater is located in Alameda, California at 1409 High Street (between Central Ave. and Santa Clara Ave.) Tickets are 30 per adult and 27 for seniors and students.

Three strong women face incredible challenges during World War II in Rome, Italy. The sages have taught: “Whoever saves a single life, the Torah considers it as if he had saved an entire world.” (Sanhedrin 4:5) Granted many people have never had to face making a life or death decision, but we’ve all had to make decisions that had serious consequences. Two of Nonna and the Dressmaker’s main characters are Jews in Italy during the eight months of the German occupation in 1943-1944. One Jewish character is fighting with the partisans and his wife is in hiding with a Catholic family. The plot centers on the question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” It also illustrates the humanity of the Italians who saved over 80% of the Jews. The play also explores the possibility that different cultures and religions can co-exist.

Play Production

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:56:29 GMT

"IN THE REST ROOM AT ROSENBLOOMS" "hilarious and heartfelt comedy" by Ludmilla Bollow will be presented at the Mosely Arts Center, 300 Silver Street, Lake City. CO. 81235, on Fridays in July (July 7,14,21,28). Ticket prices $8-$16

World Premiere of hit one-woman-show Love in the Time of Taksim

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 21:30:00 GMT

Only 2 more shows left of my sold out one-woman-show "Love in the Time of Taksim" premiering at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Check out the reviews & come see the show! It would be great to have you in the audience!

http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4406

https://better-lemons.com/production/love-in-the-time-of-taksim/

T.V. BRIDES (Short Comedy)

Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:33:05 GMT

"T.V. BRIDES" will be presented by Scottish Rites Masons Valley of Danville, Il on Saturday, June 17, 7 p.m. Address is Danville Masonic Temple, 2400 Denmark Rd., Danville, IL 61832. Dinner is at 6, play at 7. This a fund raising evening for Children's Dyslexia Center of East Central Illinois. Ticket: $17.50. Phone: (217) 474-6689.

"I'm Wearing My Own Clothes!", July 14-23, 2017

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Inspired by the life of Mary Edwards Walker, MD (1832-1919), "I'm Wearing My Own Clothes!" will be produced by Looking for Lilith Theatre Company in Louisville, KY, during its UNHEARD [outloud] festival celebrating its 15th anniversary. Dr. Walker was a surgeon for the Union during the Civil War. She was also a dress-reformer who wore trousers in surgery, at her wedding, and everywhere else though her garb often resulted in arrests. Equally important, she was an abolitionist; a suffragist; and an ardent advocate for equality of every kind. Lilith commissioned the play and presents it with 5 other productions, 2 staged readings and various workshops. Tickets are $5/$20. More info at http://lookingforlilith.org/unheard-outloud-tabbed-3/.

"Before Lesbians" staged reading

Elana Gartner — Sat, 20 May 2017 18:00:00 GMT

Elana Gartner's new play "Before Lesbians" will be receiving a staged reading at her 20th reunion at Oberlin College. Directed by Zoe Kushlefsky, class of 2018. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Warner Building.

Revelation May 26-28, June 2-4

Sun, 14 May 2017 13:55:33 GMT

REVELATION is one half of TWO PLAYS AND A TART at Mariposa Arts Theatre, MAT Centre, 12 Brammer Dr., Orillia, May 26-28 and Jun 2-4. $20 including tart and coffee at intermission. www.mariposaartstheatre.com

Mom! The Musical, May 11-14

Judy Freed — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:56:11 GMT

Mom! The Musical is back for its second return engagement at The Chamaleon Theatre Circle in Burnsville, Minnesota. This original musical celebrates the twists and turns, delights and dilemmas, rewards and regrets of parenting. Book by Judy Freed, music and additional lyrics by Sari Miller, lyrics by Randi Wolfe.

OTHER THAN HONORABLE at Geva Theatre

Jamie Pachino — Tue, 09 May 2017 18:26:58 GMT

I'm so proud of this world premiere production by Geva Theatre, with exceptional direction from Kimberly Senior (Broadway's Disgraced), phenomenal actors, and an incredible design team.

The reviews have called it a "must see", an "intense, thought-provoking and wholly riveting drama" and "an exhausting, gripping, devastating triumph, exposing issues that desperately seek a champion." It runs through May 22nd.

Tickets at www.gevatheatre.org.

"Metaphorical Shoes" at Phoenix Theatre

Fri, 05 May 2017 15:19:59 GMT

On May 7, in Phoenix AZ, my ten min. play "Metaphorical Shoes" will be performed on May 7 as part of the Caleb Reese Festival of New
plays and Musicals. "Metaphorical Shoes" isn't a musical; it's about a woman over 60 who craves fancy high heels. http://phoenixtheatre.com/festival

Half Full

Catherine Frid — Mon, 01 May 2017 14:54:26 GMT

Catherine Frid's play about youth anxiety for grades 7 - 10 is receiving a school tour by Mixed Company Theatre in Toronto.

Half Full

Joshua is a joker. He messes with his friend's social media postings, teases Saffy, the girl he likes, and keeps a reality check on his anxiety. But when his mother gets a disturbing phone call about work, things start to change. Now Josh's anxiety (Anx) twists events to keep him off-kilter. As Anx spins out of control, Josh knows he can't talk to his 'helicopter' mother. How can he regain control of his life?

News

Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:29:24 GMT

Shirley King's plays have been performed in the US, the UK, Korea and Canada. Seventeen of her plays and monologues were selected for productions/readings in 2016. Fourteen of her plays/monologues have been selected in 2017. Shirley is a member of The International Centre for Women Playwrights and The Dramatists Guild.

SILENT WITNESSES

stephanie satie — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:00:00 GMT

Oxnard College Performing Arts Center; 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA 93033. For info: 805-6785800 x 1951; FREE and open to the Public. Silent Witnesses is an award-winning solo play, based on interviews with child survivors of the Holocaust, written and performed by Stephanie Satie and directed by Anita Khanzadian.

Common as a Loaf of Bread April 11, 2017

Sandra de Helen — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

My monologue, Common as a Loaf of Bread, which is one of thirteen pieces that make up my full-length play The Missouri Cycle, will be read as part of Diversionary Theatre's WordPlay Tuesday series. 4545 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 8 pm, admission is free.

A Grave Situation April 8, 2017

Sandra de Helen — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 17:00:00 GMT

My ten-minute piece A Grave Situation, one of the thirteen pieces that make up The Missouri Cycle, will be performed as part of SWAN Day, Athena Cats New Works Festival, in Santa Monica, California at City Garage, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Building T1, 2525 Michigan Ave. Performances at 1 and 3 PM. Admission is Free.

The Elephant Girls premieres in London, April 6-22

Margo MacDonald — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:30:00 GMT

THE ELEPHANT GIRLS

written & performed by

Margo MacDonald

From sold-out runs in Canada and a successful month-long run at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this multi-award winning show will premiere in London, England this April.

Draper Hall
Newington Butts (entrance corner of Hampton Street)
London
SE1 6TL United Kingdom

April 6-8, 13-15, 20-22 at 19:30

Tickets £9-13 -- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-elephant-girls-london-premiere-tickets-31896138208

“Without doubt, they were the most notorious girl gang Britain’s ever seen.”

(Brian McDonald, The Gangs of London)

Clever, organized, devious & daring; The Elephant Girls stole from the rich and gave to themselves. This is the gripping story of the all-female gang that terrorized London for over 100 years. A fascinating piece of lost women's history, only recently brought to light, the play focuses on the 1920s when the gang was at the height of its power—and when the events took place which would come to mean its downfall.

“Right here, right now, for one night only, I’ll tell you something special I ain’t never

told no one before; I’ll tell you the truth.” – Maggie Hale, The Elephant Girls

Maggie Hale — the gang's suit-wearing, bloody-knuckled, girl-chasing “enforcer”— will tell you all. Who they were, what they did, how they got away with it, and how it all came crashing down. But should you trust the words of someone who’s made deception her stock-in-trade? Just how much are you sure you want to hear?

Wrapping issues of power, class, gender, and the nature of violence around the story of Maggie Hale, the show uses history to grapple with issues our society still struggles with today.

A gripping, psychological insight into gang life…The Elephant Girls evolves into a deeply psychological struggle between truth and fiction, as Maggie wrestles with the dangerous passion that bubbles beneath her carefully constructed bravado. Complex, subtle, and often deeply uncomfortable, this battle is fascinating to watch. —Jordan Shaw, The List

The production has won multiple awards in Canada (Outstanding Overall, Critics’ Pick for Best Shows, Ottawa Fringe Festival; Outstanding New Work, Outstanding Direction, and Outstanding Performance, Les Prix Rideau Awards; Best Actress, Capital Critics’ Circle), sold out shows (100% Sold Out, Ottawa Fringe; 100% Sold Out Winnipeg Fringe), and rave reviews. Picked up from last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the moves on from it's London run to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (May 8-13). After the run in Dublin, the show will play for a week at the Brighton Fringe Festival (May 20-26).

The Elephant Girls
by Parry Riposte Productions

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Margo MacDonald
parryriposteproductions@gmail.com www.parryriposte.ca

**** “MacDonald captivates” —Broadway Baby

**** “…brilliantly written and exceptionally performed”—Fringe Guru

***** “Stampede—do not walk—to The Elephant Girls… a ferocious, charismatically intense performance.”—CBC Manitoba

***** “…violence, depravation and intensely steamy sexual experience…utterly entrancing…”—Winnipeg Free Press

COOKING THE EARTH

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 19:21:38 GMT

Launch of a humorous two minute film protesting the environment

starring Andy Boughtflower, written by me, directed by Michele D'Acosta.

Honorable Award from The Experimental Forum in Los Angeles and featured in the Culver City Film Festival December 2016

SILENT WITNESSES SATURDAY, APRIL 22 7:30PM AND SUNDAY APRIL 23 2PM

stephanie satie — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 23:08:38 GMT

Performance will be held at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church; 1643 Churchville Rd.; Bel Air, MD 21015

For info: 410-734-4370 or www.mzprays.org/events or Eventbrite

Silent Witnesses is an award-winning solo play, based on interviews with child survivors of the Holocaust, written and performed by Stephanie Satie and directed by Anita Khanzadian.

ADAPTATION OF NAWAL EL SAADWI'S WOMAN AT POINT ZERO FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 03:16:38 GMT

The School of Humanities at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana will present a Staged Reading of Nawal El Saadawi's novel, WOMAN AT POINT ZERO adapted for the stage by Carolyn Nur Wistrand, for Women's History Month on Friday, March 31, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. in Cook Theatre on the Dillard University Campus. This event is free and open to the public.

A Heroine Free Summer - March 30-April 15, 2017

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

HOUSTON – Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company continues its 2016-2017 season with the world premiere of A HEROINE FREE SUMMER by local poet, playwright and University of St. Thomas English professor Dr. Janet Lowery. Directed by Chesley Krohn, the play centers on four sisters as they relive memories, address past traumas and learn to heal.

Set amidst a family vacation at an idyllic lake house in upstate New York, A HEROINE FREE SUMMER examines what happens when a family becomes divided – the result of two teenage sons confessing to drug use. As the adult sisters struggle to determine where their allegiances lie, one must decide whether to save the clan or let it fracture, a decision with epic consequences in this explosive new drama.

“After hosting a reading of the play’s initial draft in 2015, we embarked on a journey with Dr. Lowery and Chesley to bring the full production to our stage,” said Artistic Director Jennifer Decker. “We’re excited to premiere this powerful work about family, addiction, and healing and so happy to be working with Dr. Lowery, who taught many of our company members – including myself and our board chair – while we attended the University of St. Thomas. It’s like bringing a family back together.”

Chesley Krohn, who has been selected to direct the production, had this to say, “Janet Lowery has written an engaging and thought provoking play about four sisters at their annual lakehouse retreat. We are moved to both laughter and tears as the characters wrestle over sweeping space, spoons (yes, spoons), and who gets to steer. But, as with all families, this one also has its secrets and denials, specifically a history of addiction. Lowery's characters battle over two teenage nephews, who, like far too many youth, have fallen victim to drug abuse. It is a battle that will require honesty, forgiveness, and compassion from all concerned.”

A faculty member at the University of St. Thomas for more than 20 years, Dr. Lowery’s poetry has been published in numerous anthologies and literary reviews such as Endless Mountains Review, Poetry East, Greensboro Review, Concho River Review, Fideles, Pennsylvania English, 13th Moon, and elsewhere. Her collection of poetry based on women from Greek mythology called Traffic in Women was published in 2008 by Odonata House; the trilogy of plays TRAFFIC IN WOMEN I, II, III—Educating Athena, A Grief Group in the Underworld; and A Retrial of the Danaids, respectively, was produced 2006-2008 on the University of St. Thomas campus. She recently completed a manuscript of translations from the Spanish of Miguel de Unamuno.

A HEROINE FREE SUMMER runs March 30 through April 15, 2017, at Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios, in the heart of the Washington Avenue Arts District. Tickets are on sale now at www.mildredsumbrella.com. For more information, call 832-463-0409 or e-mail info@mildredsumbrella.com.

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A HEROINE FREE SUMMER BY JANET LOWERY (MARCH 30 – APRIL 15, 2017)

Directed by: Chesley Krohn

Where: STUDIO 101 – 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX 77007

When: March 30-April 1, April 6-8, and April 13-15 at 8 pm
Matinee on April 9 at 3 p.m.

Pay-What-You-Can night on April 10 at 8 p.m.

Cost: Regular admission: $25; Students, Seniors & Arts Industry: $15; Group rate: $15/ticket

Publication of ON THE DREAMHOUSE SEA

Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:01:47 GMT

June Guralnick's short tragedy, ON THE DREAMHOUSE SEA, originally produced in 2016 at Equity Library Theatre's New Plays Festival (NYC), Gilbert Theatre (Fayetteville, NC) and as part of the Women's Theatre Festival-NC, is now available in "105 Five-Minute Plays for Study and Performance" (Smith & Kraus).

365 Women A Year (Encore)

Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:00:00 GMT

The Past Is Still Ahead, excerpted performance, (a collaboration of ten minute plays about extraordinary women past and present by female playwrights, at the Theater for the New City.)

Tennessee Stage Company in Knoxville, TN Presents...

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 18:18:30 GMT

Kris Bauske's "The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister" from March 10-26. Ticket information may be found on their website at www.tennesseestage.com Kris will attend and speak to audiences opening weekend, March 10-12.

Phone: (865) 546-4280

You can also go to Kris' website for production info at www.krisbauske.com

Something for Gladys - March 17, 2017

Sandra de Helen — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 16:02:32 GMT

Public reading of one-act play from The Missouri Cycle at Scripteasers, 3404 Hawk Ave, San Diego. Please arrive by 7:15pm for 7:30 reading.

A Grave Situation March 14, 2017

Sandra de Helen — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:54:13 GMT

Public reading of the new 10-minute play at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd #101, San Diego, CA 92116, 8 pm. A Grave Situation is part of The Missouri Cycle, a collection of plays about a family in rural Missouri from the 1950s to 1970s.

"The Radiant" by Shirley Lauro

Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:08:45 GMT

Genesis Theatrical Productions will present the Chicago premiere of "The Radiant" by Shirley Lauro, a play about Marie Sklowdoska Curie and her struggles to maintain her scientific career after the death of her husband.

The play runs May 18 to June 11 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, Chicago. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $30 with discounts for students, seniors and groups of 10 or more. For tickets go to www.athenaeumtheatre.org or call 773-935-6875

This is the first in our series of plays by women and about women.

"And So ..." Flush Ink Productions

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 22:22:28 GMT

"And So ..." will be apart of Flush Ink Production's SHE SPEAKS-WOMEN'S WORKS, WOMEN'S WORDS festival March 4th and 5th in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

World Premiere Reading of "Cortex Kin"

Elana Gartner — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:30:00 GMT

Elana Gartner's "Cortex Kin" will receive a reading at Dixon Place in New York. Please come join her for the world premiere reading!

When Daniel takes a sick day and visits his brain, he discovers ornery housekeeper, Hank, already starting to clean the dust from months of neglect. Through their combative work and conversation, Daniel eventually starts to face the horrifying reasons behind his absence.

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street, NYC

Directed by Kim Gambino

Featuring JC Sullivan and Michael Wiener

Till Darkness Comes

Sandra de Helen — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

I will read, sign, and sell my books, including the new thriller, at this Lesbian Book Fair in Portland, Oregon. The place is TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont Avenue. I am one of seven lesbian authors participating in the fair.

Till Darkness Comes

Sandra de Helen — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

My LGBTQ thriller will be relaunched at Another Read Through Bookstore, 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, Oregon. I will read from the book, answer questions, and sign any of my books, all of which are carried by the bookstore.

Play Productions

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:39:23 GMT

"IN THE REST ROOM AT ROSENBLOOMS" (Full length comedy)Feb. 24- and . March 3-5 - Shelby Community Theatre - Shelby KY

"IN THE REST ROOM AT ROSENBLOOMS" (Full length comedy)April 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 - (7 performances) Memories Ballroom Dinner Theatre - Port Washington WI

"THE WOMAN WITH 27 CHILDREN" (One Act Monologue) Sha tin Town Hall (Cultural Hall) Hong Kong China) February 24, 25, 26 (4 performances)

Gutless & Grateful, the inspirational one-woman musical, returns to New York February 5th and 25th 2017

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Gutless & Grateful comes to Metropolitan Room on February 5th (7pm) and February 25th! (4pm)

Buy tickets here.

See Press Release in PDF or Word Doc

Following sold-out runs at The Triad NYC, The Bijou Theatre, United Solo Festival, Barrington Stage Company (Tony-Award winning William Finn’s Cabaret Series) and a nationwide tour from Washington D.C. to Hawaii, the captivating Amy Oestreicher will bring her hit one-woman musical Gutless & Grateful back to NYC at the internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Room on February 5th and 25th, 2017. Through interwoven song and dialogue, performer Amy Oestreicher shares a primal piece of live-storytelling – weaving her near death experience and inspiring perspective with an eclectic set of songs, comedically highlighting struggles, triumphs and “beautiful detours” in her life.

“Gutless & Grateful is not a story about a victim, but one of a survivor. Amy has channeled the pain of her experiences into something far greater.” – Michelle Alerte (Woman Around Town)

Nominated for “Best Theatre Debut” in 2012 (Broadway World), and Bistro Awards Top Pick, and featured in Huffington Post, Gutless & Grateful, takes audiences on a musical journey of determination, grit and “guts” as Oestreicher shares her humor, her strength, and her soaring vocals with the world. Oestreicher’s script was inspired by the thousands of journal entries she kept over the six years she endured unable to eat a morsel of food or drink a drop of liquid. Co-conceived by Oestreicher and musical director David Brunetti, the show is directed by Broadway-veteran Jerold Goldstein, also on piano. “Gutless” also features the song “Still Alive” which was written for Amy by acclaimed composer David Friedman with lyrics by TV personality and lyricist Kathie Lee Gifford, after she appeared on NBC’s TODAY Show in 2011.

“One part moving testament to human indomitability, the other a thoroughly satisfying evening of song. While each element is strong enough to stand on its own, combined they illuminate and enhance each other. Rarely have I seen narration and song so artfully meshed, and Oestreicher’s likeability, good humor, interpretive skill, and manifest commitment to what she is saying and singing make us not only understand her story, but also feel it on a very deep level.”
-Roy Sander (critic for BistroAwards.com)

Amy had ambitious plans for Broadway, until she abruptly developed a blood clot the week before her high school senior prom. After being rushed to the hospital, her stomach exploded in the operating room, and after both her lungs collapsed, she nearly died. After waking up from a coma several months later, she was told she no longer had a stomach, and it was unknown whether she would ever be able to eat or drink again . After 27 surgeries and six of the past ten years unable to drink a drop of fluid, Amy’s digestive system was miraculously reconstructed and she learned that the human spirit heals through “gutsiness”, gratitude, and an overabundance of humor.
Amy Oestreicher is an artist, author, speaker for RAINN and TEDx, writer for The Huffington Post, award-winning health advocate, actress and playwright, eagerly sharing the lessons learned from a decade of trauma through her writing, performance, art and speaking. Amy’s story and show have appeared on the TODAY Show, CBS, WNBC Cosmopolitan, Seventeen Magazine, Unmistakable Creative, Good Housekeeping, among others, and her writings have appeared in over 70 notable lifestyle, wellness, and arts publications. Amy’s “beautiful detour” inspired her to create the #LoveMyDetour movement, a campaign inspiring people to flourish because of, rather than in spite of challenges- also the subject of her TEDx Talk and upcoming book, My Beautiful Detour.

“Oestreicher’s story is always inspirational and surprisingly funny.” – Paulanne Simmons (Times Square Chronicles)

Come for a moving night of song, stories and possibilities, all in a 70-minute musical comedy. Gutless & Grateful is no ordinary one-woman show, but a powerhouse production that leaves the audience in tears, laughing hysterically, and savoring every last bite as though it were their very first.

Amy Oestreicher in Gutless & Grateful plays the Metropolitan Room on 34 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10010, on February 5th at 7pm and February 25th at 4pm. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

Tickets start at $24 and there is a two drink minimum.. Tickets and information are available at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=239500 and by calling (212) 206-0440

Buy tickets HERE!

Visit Amy's website at amyoes.com.

Not the Delany Sisters

Alan Woods — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:38:17 GMT

Alan Woods’ ten minute play, Not the Delany Sisters, will be performed by THAT’s for Seniors in Holland, Manitoba, as part of “Gettin’ On” on April 9, 2017. THAT’s for Seniors is a group whose ages range from 60-88 years of age.

D'ARCY by Sandra Dempsey

Sandra Dempsey — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:06:08 GMT

Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation in 2017

Award-winning Performance-readings of D ARCY
by Sandra Dempsey now booking!

Award-winning Canadian-Irish playwright/performer Sandra Dempsey is now booking performance-readings of her outstanding published play, D ARCY.


A marvellous, smashing piece.
Gordon Pinsent, Toronto
Stunning and memorable. A real tour de force!
Rosemary O Brien, Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Very lively history. Chilling, still relevant to modern day. Globe & Mail

Sandra reaches a level of emotional excitement that effectively takes the words off the page and into the hearts of her audience. Brian Brennan, Calgary

D'ARCY is as strong and important a play as any of the old masters. The Standard

Humorous, emotional and passionate. She left the audience with lumps in their throats. Joan Cumming, Province House, Charlottetown

Sandra was magnificent in the trousers role, drunk or sober, old or young,
idealist or rogue and she also displayed an amazing, gorgeous Irish whisky-baritone singing voice!   Geralyn Horton, Galway

D ARCY is the passionate dramatization of the life and times of Thomas D Arcy McGee, Irish patriot and Father of Confederation. In 1868, less than one year after the founding of Canada, D Arcy was assassinated in Ottawa by Irish-American Fenian terrorists.

With her incredible acting and vocal abilities, Sandra literally performs D ARCY before her audiences. She ll transport you back to the late 1800s for the inspirational yet tragic story of this great Irish-Canadian statesman, creating a most entertaining theatrical experience unlike any you ve ever seen or heard.

Sandra has presented her patented performance-readings of D ARCY at theatres, libraries, schools, universities, colleges, clubs, societies, pubs, governments and on live radio throughout Canada, the USA and Ireland.

Sandra's performance-reading of D ARCYwill amaze your audience!

To Book D ARCY: Funding subsidies are available through the Canada Council and Playwrights Guild of Canada. Limited availability so book soon! Contact:

Sandra Dempsey
   sd@SandraDempsey.com     www.SandraDempsey.com

World Premiere of "Without Mercy" in San Francisco 2/24 - 3/25/17

Patricia Milton — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 23:01:30 GMT

Patricia Milton's new drama, "Without Mercy" will premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco, February 24 - March 25, 2017. It is being presented by the award-winning Off Broadway West Theatre Company.

Learning that her missing daughter has been murdered, an anguished mother battles her surviving daughter to make sure the killer receives the death penalty. Their clash of deep-seated beliefs causes long-held resentments to erupt around the family's tragedy. Their legal advocate swears he's neutral, but his actions contradict his claim. Challenged by a terrible trade-off, the three struggle to reach a resolution.

This play was written at the Arts Letters + Numbers artists residency in Averill Park, NY, and was developed at Central Works Writers Workshop. We just went through a difficult election and voted as a state to speed up the executions of those condemned to death in California, so the subject matter is timely.

Get tickets here.

The Johns by Mary Bonnet January 19-February 4, 2017

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 01:00:00 GMT

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company in Houston, TX will present the regional premiere of THE JOHNS by Mary Bonnett, Producing Artistic Director of Chicago's Her Story Theater, January 19-February 4, 2017 at Studio 101 (1824 Spring St. Houston, TX 77007).

Sex trafficking seems like someone else’s problem, until an upper middle-class family in a prominent Houston area suburb finds itself ensnared. THE JOHNS explores our values raising boys to men, instant sexual gratification and its impact on women, the family and those purchased.

Tickets are on sale now at www.mildredsumbrella.com.

THE JOHNS BY MARY BONNETT (JANUARY 19 – FEBRUARY 4, 2017)

Co-Produced by The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Houston Section and United Against Human Trafficking
Directed by: Jennifer Decker
Where: STUDIO 101 – 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX 77007
When: January 19 – 21, 26 – 28, and February 2 – 4 at 8 p.m.
Matinee on January 29 at 3 p.m.
Pay-What-You-Can night on January 30 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Regular admission: $25; Students and Seniors: $15; Group rate: $15/ticket

Staged reading of "Daughter"

Elana Gartner — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Elana Gartner's "Daughter" will receive a staged reading at UpTheater Company in New York on Sunday, January 15th at 7pm. This script was a PlayLab Selection for the Great Plains Theatre Conference in 2013.

When sixteen year old Robyn’s biological mother, Millie, contacts her on Facebook, Robyn tries to ignore her. A straight-A student with her hopes set on Harvard, Robyn has been happy with her adoptive parents and adoptive brother; she has not wanted to find her biological parents. But Millie is persistent and finally tells her why: she needs a bone marrow transplant within a week or she will have to go into an experimental trial program.

Robyn embarks on an uncomfortably fast investigation about Millie and her origins, often keeping secrets and ignoring responsibilities to do so. When Robyn concludes that she wants to get tested to be a match, she must convince her adoptive parents and possibly face the reality that Millie could die without her help.

Please join the East Coast Premiere at the Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming Street, New York, NY 10034.

Event information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1894654437488255/

Performing original material at the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Annual Conference

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Amy will be performing and speaking on spirituality and resilience at the 2017 JOFA Conference on January 14th at Columbia University. She will also be performing original songs and excerpts from her one-woman musical, Gutless and Grateful. More information at http://amyoes.com/events/jofa

The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) is the leading organization advancing social change around gender issues in the Orthodox Jewish community. JOFA expands the spiritual, ritual, intellectual and political opportunities for women within the framework of halakha (Jewish law), by advocating meaningful participation and equality for women in family life, synagogues, houses of learning and Jewish communal organizations to the full extent possible within halakha. The core JOFA belief is that fulfilling this mission will enrich and uplift the entire Jewish people.

The JOFA Conference, held every three years, is the premier destination for over 1,000 supporters of Orthodox feminism to celebrate, strategize, share best practices, and set the direction for innovation and impact in the organized Jewish community. The JOFA Conference explores the intersection of our feminist ideals with critical facets of our halakhic lives and religious experiences, including race, sexuality, family, and political structures. This year’s theme “Charting Your Course,” focuses on empowering individuals and communities to navigate paths to make real progress.

Learn more about Gutless and Grateful at www.amyoes.com/gutless.

Date Change: Gutless & Grateful at the Metropolitan Room on February 5th and March 26th at 7pm.

Thu, 05 Jan 2017 07:02:09 GMT

I'll be bringing Gutless & Grateful, my comedic yet poignant musical story about personal triumph over unimaginable odds to the Metropolitan Room on February 5th and March 26th at 7pm. Through interwoven song and dialogue, I share a primal piece of live-storytelling - a powerful message that it's possible to stay hungry for life...even after an exploding stomach. The show also features an original song written for me by Kathie Lee Gifford and David Friedman, after I was featured on NBC's Today Show.

(A date change, due to the second TEDx Talk I will now be delivering on February 25th.)

Since its BroadwayWorld Best Theatre Debut-nominated performance in 2012, I've been touring the show around the country, to theatres, international conferences, and universities, as a mental health and sexual assault prevention arts advocacy program. I'd love for you to catch the show before I take it out West this Spring, and back to 54 Below on June 9th

Gutless & Grateful comes to the Metropolitan Room on 34 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10010, on February 5^th and March 26th at 7pm. More information at amyoes.com/metroom or see a press release in a Word Doc.

"One part moving testament to human indomitability, the other a thoroughly satisfying evening of song. While each element is strong enough to stand on its own, combined they illuminate and enhance each other. Rarely have I seen narration and song so artfully meshed, and Oestreicher's likeability, good humor, interpretive skill, and manifest commitment to what she is saying and singing make us not only understand her story, but also feel it on a very deep level."

- Roy Sanders, NYC Bistro Awards

Amy Oestreicher

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas by Kris Bauske

Sat, 17 Dec 2016 03:20:42 GMT

Theatre Quadra at the Quadra Community Centre 970 West Rd. Quadra Island B.C. Canada will present "A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas" December 16, 17, & 18. To join in the madcap merriment, contact Linda Lolacher at theatrequadra@gmail.com or 250-285-2203. Visit their website for more information.

"Where We Are Now" guest artist reading

Elana Gartner — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:40:45 GMT

I have been invited to be a guest artist with the Write Now Workshop this month. They will present excerpts from this fall's development; select guest artists, such as myself and ICWP member, Robin Rice, who will add our rapid responses to this moment; there will be a reception. Please join the Write Now Workshop in an Evening of Community at The Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Ave between 91st and 92nd Streets, 7pm, Wednesday, December 7th, 2016. My play is entitled "Where We Are Now".

THE SUBJECT on December 5, 2016

Tue, 06 Dec 2016 01:00:00 GMT

Staged Reading in The Blank Theatre's Living Room Series

The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre

6500 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood

THE SUBJECT
Written by Carolyn Kras
Directed by Dennis Gersten

Princess Sophia’s family is one of the most dysfunctional in history, with notoriously mad father King George III, drug-dependent mother Queen Charlotte, sex addict brother Ernest, and agoraphobic sister Augusta. When Sophia is attacked and fights to bring the criminal to justice, her family seeks to mastermind a cover-up of the secret for fear of losing the throne. A take on history that explores the contemporary crisis of sexual assault cover-ups.

Featuring:
Allie Costa, Amin El Gamal, Kelsey Griswold, Jennifer Taub, Jennifer Losi, Rosie Mandel, Bill Mendieta, Laura Michl, Briana Price, Thaddeus Shafer, Martin Thompson

Reservations:

https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10114054

More info:

http://www.theblank.com/livingroomseries/

flash play

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 20:59:17 GMT

Playwrights Foundation, SF flash plays, CITY BENCH, @PatMorin at Brava Theatre, 24th st, SF 12.3 at 8PM, 12.4 at 5PM

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas by Kris Bauske

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 03:19:45 GMT

The Theatre Factory at 235 Cavitte Avenue Tafford, PA 15085 will present "A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas" from December 2-18, 2016. Call 412-374-9200 for more information, or check their website.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas by Kris Bauske

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 03:18:53 GMT

Theatre Atchison at 401 Santa Fe Street in Atchison, KS 66002 will present "A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas" December 2-4 & December 9-11. Call 913-367-SHOW (7469) for more information, or check out their website.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas by Kris Bauske

Fri, 02 Dec 2016 03:16:17 GMT

West Forsyth High School at 1735 Lewisville-Clemmons Road Clemmons, NC 27012 will present "A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas" December 1-3 as part of their Southern Hospitality Season. Phone: (336) 712-4400 Visit their website for more information.

"Christmas with Pat," December 13, 2016, 8 p.m., Chicago

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 22:42:58 GMT

The Traveler and the Seeker and Paul Barile present "Seven Plays in Seven Holidays," at City Lit Theater, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, including Nancy Gall-Clayton's "Christmas with Pat," a comedy about a quirky family.

Though it's one-night only, these 7 shorts will be produced. The actors audition on Monday, and the show goes up 8 days later! Tickets are $20 or, if you donate new winter wear for a child, $15.

A New Daddy

Sandra de Helen — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:30:00 GMT

My ten-minute play about a Midwestern family surviving the loss of the father in 1952 will be presented as a public reading by The Scripteasers in San Diego, California. Free and open to the public, at 3404 Hawk Street.

Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday (reading) - November 14, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:30:00 GMT

"Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday" is the first in a series of staged readings of plays with LGBTQ themes by Louisville-area playwrights presented by Pandora Productions. Surprises arrive on Bernice's birthday including a gun and a gift certificate for a tombstone. Yoga-loving square-dancing Bernice has a few surprises of her own for her workaholic daughter and the son she hasn’t spoken to since he announced he was gay.

Strange Bedfellows Nov 4-13

Patricia Milton — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 18:12:00 GMT

written by Andrew Black and ICWP member Patricia Milton

Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 2016 at 7pm - Khaos Theatre Company, Indianapolis, IN

An out - and outrageous - candidate for Orange County District Attorney is determined to stick to his principles. His more conservative campaign manager wants the candidate to veer to the middle. Will the two ever agree? In a chaotic campaign environment rich with politics and zany comedy, love strives mightily to conquer all.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2483558

TAR BEACH opens in Frenso, CA, Oct 28

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:01:03 GMT

TAR BEACH by Tammy Ryan will open at The University Theater of Frenso State, Frenso, as part of their 2016-1027 season presenting six modern works from a diverse selection of contemporary female playwrights. Directed by J. Daniel Herring, Oct 28-Nov 5th. The story takes place in 1970s New York City as teenagers navigate adolescence, a failing marriage and a power outage while the Son of Sam roams free.

For more information: http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2016/04/21/university-theatre-announces-2016-17-season-schedule/

Wallaroo, the Goldfish - October 6-16, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:18:24 GMT

My short comedy Wallaroo, the Goldfish is included in the AlphaNYC Thalia Festival, featuring plays with female characters written by female playwrights on the B and C bills. The festival runs October 6-16, at 7 pm or 9 pm. Tickets are $30. Roebuck Studio & Theater is in Times Square, 300 W. 43rd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, Suite 402.

Magdalena's Crossing

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 05:05:11 GMT

Magdalena’s Crossing by Carolyn Nur Wistrand, Directed by Priscilla Rice will be presented in Echo Theatre's Staged Reading Series, Oct. 18, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

"A tale of border towns: Juarez and El Paso. A young girl is trapped between her past in Juarez, her present in a mystical "between" state and her possible future in El Paso. Violence erupts when her past and her future confront each other. In the background is the ongoing violence in Juarez, particularly the unsolved murders of hundreds of young girls."

http://www.echotheatre.org/

THE LAWS OF THE STARS (reading) - September 27th in Greenville

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:15:28 GMT

The Laws of the Stars, by Los Angeles playwright Jenny Marlowe, will be presented as a staged reading at Centre Stage South Carolina in Greenville -- Tuesday, September 27th at 7 p.m. The play is a finalist in Centre Stage's annual New Play Festival.

"A brilliant young cosmologist -- half-Navajo by birth, and very much in search of her own identity -- travels to the South Pole to assist a team of astrophysicists on a project with the potential to tell us how the universe began. Her bold ideas might be the key to answering some of mankind's most enduring questions -- but getting her colleagues to go along with her unconventional methods presents a challenge. Along the way, she is forced to wrestle with her place and purpose in the world -- while stranded at the very bottom of it. The Laws of the Stars is about scientific progress, origin stories, and the vast uncharted deserts we all carry inside of us."

FREE to the public! More info: http://centrestage.org/new-play-festival-2016/

MOLLY'S HAMMER (reading) September 9

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 12:04:20 GMT

Reading of Molly's Hammer at the Eddy Theater, Chatham University, at 7:30pm. Adapted from the book Hammer of Justice by Liane Ellison Norman. This reading is to benefit the Thomas Merton Center and to honor Molly Rush and Liane Norman. Sponsored by The Women's Institute at Chatham University, the reading kicks off the 2016-2017 Women's Leadership lecture series.

For information and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mollys-hammer-tickets-26926729573

MONTGOMERY IN BLUE (Reading) Aug 26 & 27

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:00:00 GMT

Part of First Look, a public presentation of 4 plays in development at 4th Line Theatre, Millbrook, Ontario, Aug. 26 & 27, 2016 at 1 pm

It includes a reading of 20 minutes from my new play, Montgomery in Blue. Montgomery in Blue is about L.M. Montgomery’s difficult years as a Presbyterian minister’s wife in Leaskdale Ontario and how her professional and personal life there impacted the writing of The Blue Castle, a book for adults that was banned from some church libraries.

AS OF ONE: A Short Play - ReproRights! The Body Politic - August 25, San Francisco

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 23:00:00 GMT

As of One, by Laylah Muran de Assereto
Staged Reading, ReproRights! The Body Politic as part of Three Girls Theatre’s New Works Festival | August 25th | 7:00pm tickets are free @Thick House 1695 18th Street

An evening of short pieces on women's reproductive rights and body autonomy. Short plays, monologues, poetry, and song by these fantastic artists:

Chardonnay Comedy, Patricia Miller, Evelyn Jean Pine, Lola Miller-Henline, Lorraine Midanik, Madeline Puccioni, Maggie WIlson, Mia Romero, Nicole Jost, Pamela Winfrey, Laylah Muran de Assereto, and Susan Jackson

AS OF ONE explores the effect of isolation on three different women experiencing different issues with their autonomy. Allison faces ageism at work, Brit's life is upended when her brother forces her to take care of their aging father, and Geta finds she's trapped in a controlling relationship.

"The Estate Affair," August 22, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 23:00:00 GMT

Can a homophone bring two strangers together? The answer is yes if they meet through the fictional website CheapskateDates.com. "The Estate Affair" is one of 6 comedies chosen for production at the Kentucky State Fair by the Kentucky New Play Series, now in its 5th year. Performance is in the Fair & Exposition Center North Wing, Performing Arts Stage. The program is free with fair admission.

"Wallaroo, the Goldfish," Aug. 20-28, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 23:30:00 GMT

The Changing Scene Theatre Northwest has chosen "Wallaroo, the Goldfish" as part of its Summerplay 2016: A Festival of New Works. Performances are at the Tacoma Musical Playhouse in Tacoma, Washington, on August 20, 21, 27, and 28 (7:30 on Saturdays, and 2 pm on Sundays).

"Wallaroo, the Goldfish" is a comedy about a precocious 6-year-old whose mother is worried about the girl's obsession with her goldfish and her father's psychology magazines. Tickets are $18.

THE RUNAWAY

Donna Spector — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:15:00 GMT

NYC Fringe Festival, Xoregos Performing Company, Teatro Sea, Venue #1, August 15-27, about April Savino, who lived in the tunnels under Grand Central Station in NY and was an angel of mercy to other homeless people. Tkts $18.

BLUEPRINT FOR PARADISE - 7/30/16 to 9/4/16

Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT

The Athena Cats present the World Premiere of Blueprint for Paradise, set in Los Angeles just before the US declares war on Japan in 1941. The play explores wealth, racial tensions, Nazis, the Mothers of America, and other pre-war political groups.

PLAYING AT: Hudson Theatre Mainstage, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:00 pm, Sundays @ 3:00 pm

2 hours plus 15-minute intermission

Tickets: https://www.plays411.net/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=4458

check Goldstar for last-minute and discounts.

WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING:

"GO!...Most any play that sheds light on racism and the oppression of women gets my vote, and Blueprint for Paradise does both.” — Deborah Klugman, LA Weekly

“THIS IS YOUR TICKET!... reconfirms that L.A. is a magnificent town for great theatre… a highly satisfying experience [and] a cautionary tale about what, without vigilance, could happen again in the country we live in.” — Eric A, Gordon, People’s World

“ELECTRIFYING… evoke[s] an eerie sense of familiarity to the news we see in our world today… a thrilling denouement” — Ryan Luévano, Tin Pan L.A

“RIVETING… TOP-NOTCH… imaginatively build[s] a what-if plot that combines fact and fiction… deserves to be seen not only on the boards of the Hudson Mainstage, but far beyond.” —Ed Rampell, Hollywood Progressive

“Ring[s] true today…should be required viewing for all” —Erin Fair, Discover Hollywood

“Takes the strings of legend and history, weaving a tapestry of events that highlight human drama… very high production values in many of the areas that matter most--acting especially.” — David MacDowell Blue, The World Through Night-Tinted Glasses

HEARTS OF PALM Jul 16 - Aug 21, 2016

Patricia Milton — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT

***Extended to August 21!***

Written by Patricia Milton, directed by Gary Graves.
At Central Works Theatre in residence at the Berkeley City Club,
2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704.

A satire about corporate colonialism, this play takes place on the small southeast Asian island of Marititu. Negotiations are underway to expand a palm oil plantation despite a local rebellion. Unrequited love meets unregulated capitalism in Hearts of Palm.

Thu - Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 5 pm. Audience talk-backs after the July 17 and August 7 performances. Pay-what-you-can at the door every Thursday! Get tickets here.

A Rose Upon the Blood

Paddy Gillard-Bentley — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT

What could you say to the love of your love in ten minutes - just before his execution?

During the Easter Rising in 2016 - love, was also a casualty. After returning from a four-city tour in Ireland as part of the Easter Rising Centenary, A Rose Upon the Blood was performed in Toronto, and now Waterloo. This play was part of 365 Women a Year: A Playwriting Project.

Dates: August 3 - 6 2016 8pm

K-W Little Theatre

9 Princess St. E. Waterloo

Tickets $15 ($12 for Artists and COPA Members)

MINE & YOURS August 1, 2016

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT

The Road Theatre Company, Summer Playwrights Festival 7, August 1 @ 8 PM at the Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Boulevard North Hollywood, CA 91601. $15 donation or pay what you can.

When a foreclosure loophole gives two couples rights to the same house, the cohabiting strangers struggle to take control of the contested space.

Playwrights First Award: Second Place, L. Arnold Weissberger Nominee, Leah Ryan's FFEWW Finalist, Kitchen Dog Theater New Works Festival Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist, Ronald Duncan Playwriting Competition Finalist, and Commissioned by Theater Masters Visionary Playwright Award.

"Blanche and Benny" by Patricia L. Morin July 31, 2016

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:57:30 GMT

"Blanche and Benny" PCSF playoffs #3, Shelton Theatre, San Fran, July 31,2016 at 7 PM

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A COMEDY ABOUT DE-EXTINCTION - JULY 9

Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Staged reading on July 9 @ 8 pm at The TAI Group, 150 W. 30th Street, NYC produced by Turn to Flesh Productions. BIRDS OF A FEATHER (4w, 2m) is a madcap romp about a time-travelling geneticist who journeys a century into the past to save the passenger pigeon. For tickets: ttfbirds.bpt.me.

POWERPLAYS at the DC Capital Fringe Festival, JULY 7, 10, 19, 20 and 21

Sarah Dimont Sorkin — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 20:06:36 GMT

Presented as POWERPLAYS at this month's Capital Fringe Festival, my play, Turtle, is one of five short plays about the struggle for power and truth.

For tickets go to https://www.capitalfringe.org/events/921-powerplays

Location: Social Hall at 6th & I, 600 I St, NW, Washington DC

Sunday, July 10 4:15-5.25pm

Tuesday, July 19 6.30-7.40pm

Wednesday, July 20 8.30-9.40pm

Thursday, July 21 6.45-7.55pm

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/fringeworthy/article/20827380/stage-of-life-novice-playwrights-make-their-debut-at-fringe

http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/07/08/2016-capital-fringe-review-powerplays/

http://dctheatrescene.com/2016/07/09/powerplays/

Come if you can! And/or tell your Metro DC friends about our show!

Hope to see you there...

Our Voices Festival of Boston Area Women Playwrights Sept. 17, 2016 SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY

Kelly DuMar — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:22:28 GMT

Hello Boston Area Women Playwrights!

I’m thrilled to announce that the Our Voices annual festival of Boston area women playwrights is now in its 10^th (!!!) year. Our daylong event of workshop readings of new works includes an evening of staged readings, and will take place on a Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Wellesley College from 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. The deadline for short play or monologue submissions is July 28, 2016 (please see below for guidelines).

The Our Voices Festival is free for participants and the evening readings are free and open to the public, thanks to the generosity of The Wellesley College Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre. Over the past TEN years, Our Voices has presented the work of over 100 Boston area women playwrights and poets!

Our Voices Mission:

Our Voices aims to nourish Boston area women playwrights by providing a supportive, inspirational setting for developing our unique voices and sharing our vision by presenting plays and monologues in process with talented actors and directors in front of each other, and in front of an audience. What began as an evening of staged readings became a daylong event six years ago. Our Voices now includes:

(1) a morning discussion group for playwrights to present new short works in progress in a supportive setting;

(2) an afternoon writing workshop for playwrights and theatre artists – to engage our creativity, get to know each other better, and navigate artistic challenges;

(3) an audience reception in the lobby of the theatre prior to the evening of staged readings, encouraging a warm, inviting atmosphere of inspirational theatre;

(4) an evening of staged readings of new plays & monologues presented to the public with post-play audience participation – (new!)

Our Voices X will be produced by festival founder, Kelly DuMar and hosted by the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre at Wellesley College.

Submission Guidelines for Boston area Women Playwrights

Playwrights, when making your submission, please select to be considered for:

(1) Sat. morning developmental readings & discussion session;
OR
(2) Sat. evening of staged readings presented to public.

Your writing will be considered for only morning OR evening, and you can only submit ONE monologue OR ONE short play or excerpt.

For DAYTIME you may submit:

One short play (10 mins or less) OR one monologue. Monologues should run five minutes or less.

For EVENING you may submit:

ONE short play (no more than 10 minutes), OR a 10-minute excerpt from a longer play, OR one monologue (5 mins or less).

Please read and follow these guidelines carefully!

· E-mail submissions only. Playwrights should submit only the selected portion if the piece is from a longer work. As always, we strive to include as many playwrights as possible! Limit one submission per playwright.
· Submissions are open to writers from Massachusetts, particularly those who live in the Greater Boston area.
· The spirit of this festival is reciprocal support of each other’s vision and voice, giving and receiving encouragement by attending to each other’s writing and process, as listeners, commenters and mentors. Selected playwrights MUST be available and willing to participate in THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL including morning discussion, afternoon workshop, tech rehearsal, reception & evening of readings. Yes, it’s a long, invigorating day! But we strive to be more than your typical play festival - as one playwright recently put it, “Our Voices nourishes my soul.”
· On your submission, include your contact info, title of your piece, and development history. Please name your document file with your name
· Please include a BRIEF STATEMENT (no more than a paragraph – two lines is fine) about why you hope to participate in Our Voices this year.
· No published scripts.
· Selected playwrights (both morning and evening) agree to be responsible for presenting their play by arranging for a director (optional) & actor(s) and for conducting any prior rehearsals you deem desirable in your own rehearsal space.

· Minimal set items (chairs and small tables) will be provided; minimal tech requirements; lights up, lights down. We’ll have a designated volunteer to read any and all stage directions.

· THEME: This year, the theme is “Theatre art as a medium of social change.” It’s open to interpretation. Think about theatre’s potential for changing personal and social ideas, values and behavior – and how your writing might influence or inspire individuals or groups to change – what is the change you hope to support or create in individuals or the world?
· There is no budget at all to pay playwrights, actors or directors! This is an all volunteer festival. Nobody is charged and no one is paid and everybody leaves with a rewarding experience.
· Submission Deadline: Please send your play/monologue in MS word or pdf to kellydumar@gmail.com no later than midnight, July 28, 2016. Selected playwrights will be notified by e-mail by August 20, 2015 and a required pre-production meeting will soon follow (via group conference call).

Questions? For more information, contact Kelly DuMar (KellyDuMar@gmail.com)

(508) 647-0596

Please “Like” the Our Voices FACEBOOK page.

And Follow Kelly on Twitter @kellydumar

rave review of AB FAB: The Movie

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:58:51 GMT

http://wordacrosstime.tumblr.com/post/146962278084/ab-fab-the-movie

THE POSTMODERNIST, July 18, 21, 23 NYC

Mona Curtis — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:24:01 GMT

Social science gone awry. Do we really want to kill all the stupid people?

My play THE POSTMODERNIST will be performed as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival (www.midtownfestival.org)

Monday July 18, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 21, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 23, 4:30 p.m.

Directed by Maria Aladren and featuring

Lacey Andreanszky, Darian Bencosme, Casey Chartier, John Gryl, Eric Holzer, Gabe Spector, Brett Temple, Hailey Turiello

https://www.facebook.com/thepostmodernist

Jewel Box Theater, 4^th Floor, 312 West 36^th St. NYC

Buy tickets for $20.

https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/960353

Lo Mein con Tequila - July 15,16,17,22,23 and 24

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:03:29 GMT

Next month, July 14,15,16, 22, 23, and 24 we are presenting my play LO MEIN AND TEQUILA. With actors Paula V Aguirre and Armando Villegas and directed by Jose Burgos. Spanish version subtitled in English. Here's the link to our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1083984148340005/

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 6 pm at :

The Mood Entertainment Centre, 3417 N Harlem Ave, Chicago, IL.

You can already buy your tickets at $ 20 advanced and at $ 25 at door, at this link http://repertoriolatino.org/producing-now/

We look forward to having you there! Don't miss this beautiful and conscientious production!

Love,

Angelina Llongueras
773-441-3310
Skype: angellongue

Strip Talk on the Boulevard, a full-length comedy about language and love

Donna Spector — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:36:16 GMT

Production at Cloverdale Playhouse, Montgomery, Alabama, June 11-19 and 23-26.

Kennedy Center Performance of From The Diary of Sally Hemings with libretto by Sandra Seaton

Sandra Seaton — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 20:17:13 GMT

From The Diary of Sally Hemings, solo opera by composer William Bolcom with libretto by Sandra Seaton, was performed in January 2016 at the Kennedy Center by lyric soprano Alyson Cambridge as a part of an evening titled "In Her Voice."

Ann Midgette comments in her Washington Post review:

"The evening’s main event was “From the Diary of Sally Hemings,” by William Bolcom and the poet Sandra Seaton, which Cambridge has made her own and recorded in 2010. Delving behind the facile label of Hemings as “Thomas Jefferson’s black mistress,” Seaton imaginatively reconstructs the figure of a strong, intelligent woman who remained in a relationship with Jefferson for decades and had several children with him, but is keenly aware of the contradictions and disadvantages of her position.

It is an evocative and gripping text that creates less a song cycle than a monodrama.

Public Reading: Till Darkness Comes

Sandra de Helen — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 15:45:07 GMT

June 15, 2016 7-8:30pm Sandra de Helen will do a public reading and book launch of her new lesbian thriller, Till Darkness Comes, at Another Read Through Bookstore, 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, Oregon 97227

ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE - Off-Broadway August 3-14

Robin Rice — Tue, 31 May 2016 14:53:28 GMT

ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE is a drama that tells the story of feisty Alice Austen, who struggled against Victorian society's rules to become the first female photo-journalist. Heartwarming, funny, victorious!

Following a premiere in Lousiville, KY, the Looking for Lilith Theatre Company brings this visually rich play to New York's 59E59 Theatre, August 3-14.

More info about the play: http://robinriceplaywright.com/alice-in-black-and-white/

For ticket information: http://lookingforlilith.org/currentseason/alice2016/

For tickets: http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=258

The Very Perry Show coming to the San Francisco International Arts Festival

Fri, 27 May 2016 00:30:00 GMT

Called a ‘major talent’ at The 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Irish comedienne Kate Perry presents a happy hour of acutely observed and quirky monologues reflecting her unique view on life. She portrays a wonderful array of characters ranging from five to seventy years old. Whether it’s Mary Peachy-Bender, an Amish woman with Shoofly pie envy, Jimmy the digital vigilante man with a van or Carmel, a celebrity obsessed old age pensioner. Each is portrayed with chameleon like skill, humour and charm. It’s going to be a Very Perry Experience!

Thursday May 26 8:30pm

Friday May 27 9:30pm

Saturday May 28 6:00pm

Sunday May 29 5:30pm

Friday June 3 7:00pm

Saturday June 4 9:00pm

Sunday June 5 2:00pm

Southside Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

Tickets: General Admission $20 in Advance, $25 at the Door.

http://www.sfiaf.org/calendar_2016

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A COMEDY ABOUT DE-EXTINCTION READING - May 28

Wed, 25 May 2016 04:38:21 GMT

Staged reading of BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A COMEDY ABOUT DE-EXTINCTION, a new full-length play by June Guralnick, as part of Festival51, on Saturday, May 28 @ 8:00 p.m. at Contemporary Theatre Company, 327 Main Street, South Kingston, Rhode Island. For tickets and more info: http://www.festival51.org/http://www.festival51.org/

THE SUBJECT MAY 22 and MAY 25

Sun, 22 May 2016 21:30:00 GMT

I want to invite everyone to the United Nations Orange Day reading of my new play THE SUBJECT, hosted by Sell a Door Theatre Company. Events are FREE to attend.

There are two opportunities to see THE SUBJECT:

1) Sunday, May 22 at 5:30 PM at Upstairs at The Arts, 6-7 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JB.

Featuring Alfred Enoch (HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, HARRY POTTER), Peter Guinness (STAN LEE'S LUCKY MAN, CASUALTY), and Rachel Bright (EASTENDERS, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED). Directed by Anna Fox.

Followed by a drinks reception.

More info: https://www.selladoor.com/development/new-writing

2) Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30 PM at Sell a Door Theatre studio room (1 Creek Road, London SE8 3BT) with an all-new cast of actors. Directed by Grace Joseph.

Both events are free of charge, but optional charity donations to United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women and Rape Crisis England and Wales will be gratefully accepted.

About the play:
Princess Sophia’s family is one of the most dysfunctional in history, with notoriously mad father King George III, drug-dependent mother Queen Charlotte, sex addict brother Ernest, and agoraphobe sister Augusta. When Sophia is attacked and fights to bring the criminal to justice, her family instead seeks to mastermind a cover-up of the secret for fear of losing the throne. A feminist take on history exploring the crisis of sexual assault cover-ups.

f you would like to attend, please email Maddy at maddy@selladoor.com and note which date. You are welcome to bring guests. We would love to see you there!

Thank you,
Carolyn Kras
www.carolynkras.com

"Hat Check" on May 19

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:00:00 GMT

A short comedy set at Churchill Downs on Derby will be given a staged reading at Harvest Coffee & Cafe in Shelbyville, KY, on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 7 pm. A big floppy hat creates confusion, fun, and romance. Music and monologues will also be presented at this free program.

"The Person in the Mirror" on May 8, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 08 May 2016 23:00:00 GMT

Three Voices/3V Theatre presents staged readings of short plays inspired by the topic "Mother, May I?" on Mother's Day, at Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, New York City. A high school graduate sneaks into the lab where her mother works to talk privately with her mother about the final three child support checks due before the young woman turns 18. Tickets are $10.

News

Sat, 07 May 2016 01:21:32 GMT

Shirley King's first play won a California Arts Council award. In the past three years her plays have been performed in the US, Korea, The UK, Canada and Scotland. In 2015 eighteen of her plays and monologues were selected for productions or readings. Four were published in 2015. Her play WHATEVER was performed January 11, 2016 by Lama Theater Company, NYC. Her play ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE and her monologue AUTHENTICITY were also performed February 8, 2016 by Lama Theater Company, NYC. FREEZE was performed by Readers Theatre of San Pedro 2-23-2016. TO TALK OR NOT TO TALK --THAT IS THE QUESTION was performed by Somerset College April 15, 16 2016. THE TEA PARTY was performed by The Oneness Project: RADD Fest 2016.

Kosovo theatre play Soldier of two wars soon to be shown in Producers Club NY

Ibi Abazi — Fri, 06 May 2016 23:00:00 GMT

One act play “Soldier of two wars” written by Ibadete Abazi; Directed by Elhame Kutllovci. Has been premiered on December 18th 2015 in Dodona Theatre in Prishtina, Kosovo. With actors: Sheqerie Buqaj & Avni Abazi. We are working to show our play on may 2016 at The Producers Club in New York

Story: An Albanian American soldier who served in Bosnia joins the war in Kosovo in 1998 as a Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member. After the war, he is left alone, wounded and without support from either the US or the KLA. He is blocked in Hotel Tirana in Albania where he meets Adriana, a rich Kosovo Albanian. After 15 years of marriage in post-war Kosovo, one late night, the couple starts a quarrel because their five months old son is crying. Jimmy asks Adriana to calm the boy, while Adriana complains that Jimmy does not support her at home. After a fierce debate over who is right and who is guilty, the conflict escalates to physical attack. Jimmy suddenly falls on his knees from pain caused by a bullet that he has in his body. Adriana benefits from it and takes control of the situation.

First Woman of Industry, May 5-14, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT

First Woman of Industry, based on the life of a German immigrant to Louisville, Kentucky, (1817?-1874?), is included in Rover Dramawerks' 365 Women a Year Festival, in Plano, Texas. When widowed, Catherine Danenhold took over her husband's business manufacturing stoneware and pottery, an unusual occupation for a woman in her day. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm with one matinee at 2 pm on the second Saturday. Prices are $16-22.

Reading and signing books

Sandra de Helen — Thu, 05 May 2016 16:07:31 GMT

JUNE 15, 2016, 7PM: Sandra de Helen will read from her new thriller, Till Darkness Comes, at Another Read Through Bookstore, 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, Oregon, USA. She will sign any of her books, and they are all for sale at Another Read Through, as well as online at amazon.

Hat Check, May 1, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 01 May 2016 23:00:00 GMT

Hat Check, a comedy of mistaken identities at the Kentucky Derby, will be included in Parlor Stories, Sunday, May 1, 7 PM, at St. Paul Episcopal Church, New Albany, Indiana. Admission is free.

"Believers" by Patricia Milton, April 8-30, 2016

Patricia Milton — Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT

"Believers," by Patricia Milton, is a post-apocalyptic romantic comedy about love, drugs, and unexpected side effects. It will play Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, April 8-30, 2016, at Paper Wing Theatre, 2115 Fremont St, Monterey, CA 93940. Tickets available here.

"Believers” is inspired by the Grimm’s fairy tale, The Frog King, and takes place in a pharmaceutical lab in the immediate dystopian future. It was most recently seen in Istanbul, Turkey, staged by Lavanta Productions.

Learn more about the play.

Letters From Lotfia

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:00:00 GMT

"Letters from Lotfia," a short play about the friendship between pilots Lotfia El Nadi and Amelia Earhart, is part of the "In Her Words" Festival, April 15-17, 13th Street Repertory Company, 50 West 13th Street, New York. "Letters from Lotfia" will be read at 11:00 a.m., 4/16/16. Written by Laura Shamas.

Ella's Timepiece April 15, 2016

Sandra de Helen — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:03:41 GMT

Reading by Scripteasers, 3404 Hawk St, San Diego, California, USA 7:30pm

A 15 minute 2 woman play about Ella Baker, civil rights activist.

Half Full -- School Tour

Catherine Frid — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:00:00 GMT

Half Full, a TYA play about youth anxiety for grades 7 - 10, is receiving a school tour in the Toronto area, produced by Mixed Company Theatre. The tour will run from April 11-29, 2016.

For more information, call Ayla at Mixed Company Theatre @ 416.515.8080.

BY ANY OTHER NAME - April 7-10, 2016

Carol Lashof — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

BY ANY OTHER NAME in ORIGINS OF LOVE, a festival of short plays by Bay Area Playwrights at the University of San Francisco.

Thursday - Sunday, April 7-10 at 8 pm

Friday, April 8 at 2 pm

Studio Theater on Lone Mountain

2800 Turk Blvd, San Francisco

Tickets $5-$10 pasjtickets@usfca.edu

Information: 415 422-5979

https://www.usfca.edu/event/2016-04-07-2000/origins-of-love-3

Dinner at Home between Deaths

Andrea Lepcio — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles

Sean Lynch shocks his beloved wife, Fiona when he comes home announcing they are going on vacation. Sean, star financial advisor, never goes on vacation. Something is terribly wrong. In any case, Fiona can’t go, she’s in the middle of getting her maid Esperanza’s green card to save her daughter from the poverty of Guatemala. When Fiona’s sister Kat arrives looking for her step-daughter Lily, one of Sean’s employees, the truth gradually emerges. A pitch black comic thriller, Dinner at Home between Deaths examines the American Dream and American identity in the face of eroding ethics.

https://www.plays411.net/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=4397

The Gatekeeper

Sat, 02 Apr 2016 18:11:07 GMT

THE GATEKEEPER a short play honored as one of best in the 25 year history of the Fringe of Marin will be produced April 2, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA 2pm.

CRAVING March 31-April 2

Carol Lashof — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Are you addicted to stories? Jane is. "Craving" is her story.

Craving, a monologue is one of 36 short plays in ShortLived, the largest, audience-judged theater competition in the nation, unfolding now at PianoFight - the "Best New Venue" in San Francisco.

WHAT:

Craving is ...

Written by Carol S. Lashof

Directed by Libby Vega

Performed by Susannah Wood

Produced by Those Women Productions - the "Best Year-Old Theater Company" in the East Bay.

WHEN:

Craving will be part of Round 5 of ShortLived, March 31-April 2, 2016.

Performances:

Thursday, March 31st: 8:00 p.m.
Friday, April 1: 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 2: 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. shows

Tickets $15-$25: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shortlived-round-5-tickets-21531438111

WHERE:

The Main Stage at PianoFight, 144 Taylor Street in San Francisco, two blocks from the BART Powell Station. PianoFight also has a restaurant and full-service bar, so don't stress, come early to enjoy great food and drink before the show.

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365 Project, NYC-4 readings

Robin Rice — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT

Eight New York women playwrights will have short plays read as part of the 365 Project (plays about women who have affected our world). Readings include ICWP member Robin Rice's BLOOD SISTERS. At Theater for the New City, NYC. Free, but must reserve seats at:

http://www.mustatea.com/365-women

short play fest at Piano fight, SF

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:55:35 GMT

Patricia Morin, Madeline Puccioni, Charley Lerrigo, Bill Hyatt, Christine Keating, and Gabriel Leif Bellman will take part in SF Theater Pubs' ON THE SPOT, a ten-minute play festival at San Francisco Theatre Club, 144 Taylor Street, SF March 21, 22, 28 and 29 twitter.com/pianofight

SILENT WITNESSES March 17-April 3, 2016

stephanie satie — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:30:00 GMT

Award winning solo play based on interviews with Child Survivors of the Holocaust. Written and performed by Stephanie Satie; directed by Anita Khanzadian .

13th St. Rep; 50 W. 13th St.; NYC 10011

General Admission – $20; Srs and Students with ID – $15

http://silentwitnesses.brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006

Carrying the Load

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:30:00 GMT

As part of the Richmond Virginia annual Acts of Faith Festival, Woven Orbits theater present “Carrying the Load” by playwright Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen and Directed by Haseena Abdur-Rahman.

Young Clara Evans elopes with her beau Elijah in 1920s Georgia and they become part of the early 20th century great Black migration north to escape unsatisfactory economic opportunities and the harsh segregationist laws of the south. Unmet expectations and the Depression are burdensome until Clara embraces a completely new way of life. Her new faith drives her to help open an alternative school to ‘self’ educate Black students in the 1930s which is met with considerable resistance the Detroit Board of Education. Undaunted, this quiet unassuming woman continues and expands what is known today as Americas’ first African American owned and operated private schools

Showtimes:

Saturday: March 12, 2016 2:00pm matinee - Richmond Main Public Library - free admission
Sunday March 13, 2016 - 2:00 pm matinee - Firehouse Theatre. 1206 W. Broad St. $8
Sunday March 13, 2016 - 7:30pm show - Firehouse Theatre. 1206 W. Broad St. $12

More information at http://wovenorbits.wix.com/wovenorbits or http://www.theactsoffaith.org/associated-2016.html

AND I SAW HER - new staged reading by Penny Jackson/Dixon Place NYC

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:30:00 GMT

Proud to announce that my play headed to The Tornot Fringe will be part of the works in progress series at Dixon Place. This drama focuses on secrets, retribution and John Lennon. .http://dixonplace.org/performances/and-i-saw-her/

SILENT WITNESSES March 17-April 3, 2016 at 13th St Rep NYC

stephanie satie — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:30:00 GMT

Based on interviews with child survivors 0f the Holocaust, this award-winning play comes to 13th St. Rep for 3 weeks. Written and performed by ICWP member Stephanie Satie, directed by Anita Khanzadian. Tickets available at http://silentwitnesses.brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006.

All evening performances at 7:30 PM, matinees on Sunday at 3 PM.

Molly's Hammer

Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:18:19 GMT

The world premiere of Molly's Hammer at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, directed by Seth Gordon March 9-27, 2016. Nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Molly's Hammer is the story of peace and social justice activist Molly Rush who in 1980 walked into a General Electric Plant in King of Prussia, PA and took a hammer to the nose cone of a nuclear warhead in protest of the buildup of the United States' nuclear arsenal. This story of the first Plowshares action was inspired by the book Hammer of Justice by Liane Ellison Norman. http://www.repstl.org/season/show/mollys_hammer/

Profile Update

Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:25:59 GMT

My first play won a California Arts Council award.

My play WHATEVER was performed January 11, 2016 by Lama Theater Company, NYC. My play ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE and my monologue AUTHENTICITY were performed February 8, 2016, also by Lama Theater Company, NYC. FREEZE was performed by Readers Theatre of San Pedro 2-23-2016. TO TALK OR NOT TO TALK --THAT IS THE QUESTION will be performed by Somerset College April 15, 16 2016.

I'm a member of the Dramatists Guild and The International Center for Women Playwrights.

Divine Monster - a one-act play about art and immortality

Elena Kaufman — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 01:00:00 GMT

The ghost of Sarah Bernhardt has a secret. The greatest actress in the French-speaking world has the chance to make a come-back. It is 2015 and a Canadian backpacker and musician finds respite in the Père Lachaise cemetery when, after trying to suicide, she is rescued by this golden lady, this magician of emotions. Is it a trick of the light or has Sarah manipulated her young visitor to switch places with her so that she can get another chance at stardom?

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My play was commissioned by the UBC Players for the university's Centennial Celebration in March 2015. Please contact me for more information and script rights: canadian_in_paris@yahoo.com

Divine Monster - UBC Centennial, Vancouver, Canada

Elena Kaufman — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 00:30:00 GMT

I'm happy to share that my play "Divine Monster" about Sarah Bernhardt and the desire for fame and rebirth, opens tonight in Vancouver, Canada in my favourite place: Granville Island. It's a 2-hander for women, running time 50 minutes. March 4-13, 2016, 7:30pm

TICKETS
$15 General
$10 Students+Seniors

tickets@ubcplayersclub.com

Poster is here:

http://www.giculturalsociety.org/studio1398/now-showing/ubc-players-club/

"Smoothness," Iowa City, Mar. 4-13, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:34:08 GMT

"Smoothness," a monologue set shortly after the U.S. Civil War, is included in ROAR! a "weird, wild and wonderful annual solo works festival" at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, Iowa. The monologue is in the voice of a man looking for the perfect piece of wood to fashion a new leg for his son. More information is available at https://www.riversidetheatre.org/roarannouncment.

SPACE INTERLUDE Broadcast

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:48:09 GMT

SPACE INTERLUDE, my poetic, post-apocalyptic fairy tale about a mother and daughter hurtling through space, seeking safety -and salvation -will be featured on AirPlay Radio (NY) March 8^th in celebration of Women's History Month. For more info, visit: www.airplay.online

Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:28:59 GMT

Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods, winner of the Francesca Prize will have a LORT premiere at Portland Center Stage, Portland, ME, March 1-20, 2016 directed by Markus Potter.

http://www.portlandstage.org/show/lost-boy-found-in-the-whole-foods/

Christine—a middle aged, middle class, recently divorced mother—finds a cause in the Whole Foods produce section. Her “cause” is Gabriel, a Sudanese “lost boy,” who fled civil war in his own country to find himself in snowy North America. Christine invites Gabriel to live with her and her teenage daughter in their suburban house and the drama ensues. In Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods, one woman’s straightforward desire to help becomes a story uncovering the difficulty of understanding others.

http://www.portlandstage.org/show/lost-boy-found-in-the-whole-foods/

Queen of the Pandavas

Farzana Moon — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:09:15 GMT

My play Queen of the Pandavas is one of the six selected out of one hundred and seven plays for ell awards for a second round of finalists.

Their requirement to send a video prompted this response from me. Since I couldn't email the video, I had to send it through youtube. below is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8O0gD1as34

Thanks!

Arches, Balance and Light 2016

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:07:37 GMT

Combines history and fiction to describe the hurdles Julia Morgan overcame to become an architect. First woman accepted into the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, first woman to receive a license in California.

Only script selected for development by Ross Valley Players, Ross, CA.

Also received reading and staging from Playwrights' Center of San Francisco.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER Staged Reading

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:08:46 GMT

New play BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A COMEDY ABOUT DE-EXTINCTION has been selected from national submissions for a staged reading by Turn to Flesh Theatre (NYC) in summer 2016.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER is a madcap romp about a time-travelling geneticist who journeys a century into the past to New York City, circa 1912. His mission? To save the passenger pigeon. The play wrestles, in a screwball comedy kind of way (think “Bringing Up Baby” meets “Doctor Who”) with the intersection of two unlikely bedfellows: the early conservation movement and the New Woman/suffragist struggle. Add to the mayhem social satire, slapstick humor, and an eccentric family of radical women and the result is a comedic love story that tickles our funny bone while provoking more serious reflection on the nature of progress and the world’s disappearing species.

SPIRALLING, Podcast, 12 Peers Theater

Sat, 13 Feb 2016 19:57:07 GMT

SPIRALLING is part of 12 Peers Theater Modern Myths Project, podcasting plays about myths. Had a great talk with their producer, Vince Ventura, about their work. To tell the myths of the world, to focus on all voices. Loved working with these folks! Check out Spiralling and their other podcasts, http://www.12peerstheater.org/modern-myths-podcast

ON THE SPOT Patricia L. Morin

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:22:12 GMT

Patricia Morin, Madeline Puccioni, Charley Lerrigo, and Bill Hyatt will take part in SF Theater Pubs' ON THE SPOT, a ten-minute play festival at San Francisco Theatre Club, 144 Taylor Street, SF March 21, 22, 28 and 29 twitter.com/pianofight

Ask, Ilaclar ve Yan Etkileri

Patricia Milton — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 01:00:00 GMT

The Turkish production of Patricia Milton's comedy, "Ask, Ilaclar ve Yan Etkileri," known in the USA as "Believers," will premiere at Kenter Tiyatrosu in Istanbul, Turkey on February 2, 2016.

The show is produced by Levanta Productions, Istanbul.

Download the play in English on the National New Play Network.

Nitwits! Saturday, Jan. 30,2016

Sat, 30 Jan 2016 22:00:00 GMT

Musical Cafe 2016 Winter Showcase

PianoFight

144 Taylor Street

San Francisco, CA

http://www.musicalcafe.org/

Nitwits!

Three New Jersey lice what what we all want. A full head of hair and security.

MOTHER LODE Jan 28-31 2016

Virginia Wall Gruenert — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 01:00:00 GMT

The often contentious relationships between mothers and daughters will no doubt keep therapists in business for years to come, but there is no denying the deep bond that exists between them. Mother Lode tells the story of Pittsburgh actor Linda Haston’s mother, Ruth, a force of nature who leaves Jim Crow Alabama as a teen to work and raise her family in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. This one-woman show deals with the end-of-life decisions that must be made by dutiful daughters, as well as the discord, conciliation, warfare, and ultimate acceptance between strong, independent women bound by love and family. Carnegie Stage, 25 W. Main St., Carnegie PA 15106. Phone: 724-873-3576. Tickets $5-$40. www.insideoffthewall.com

Nitwits! Monday, Jan 25, 2016

Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:00:00 GMT

Musical Cafe 2016 Winter Showcase

PianoFight

144 Taylor Street

San Francisco, CA

http://www.musicalcafe.org/

Nitwits!

Three New Jersey lice what what we all want. A full head of hair and security.

My Heart is the Drum, a New Musical

Jennie Redling — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:19:53 GMT

My Heart is the Drum, a new musical with book by Jennie Redling will receive its premiere at Village Theatre, Seattle on March 17, 2016.

Aphrodite at the ER - Louisville, KY, Feb. 8, 2016, 6 pm

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:59:10 GMT

"Flying Out Loud" at Sunergos Coffee, 2122 S. Preston, Louisville, KY, sponsors 4 readings on second Mondays at 6 pm. "Aphrodite at the ER," about a pregnant goddess who finds herself in a modern-day emergency room, will be performed by April Singer and Sean Keller. Admission is free, and the coffee is great!

A Trip to Eden at Short+Sweet Festival, Australia, Jan. 9-10, 2016

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 16:21:17 GMT

A Trip to Eden is included in Short+Sweet's 15th annual festival in Sydney, Australia. In this 10-minute play, Sophie, a feminist whose iTravel app has taken her to Eve's time, offers advice to the first woman. Tickets and other information at https://www.shortandsweet.org/festivals/shortsweet-sydney.

Strip Talk on the Boulevard, a full-length play about language and love

Donna Spector — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:55:05 GMT

Forthcoming production at Cloverdale Playhouse, Montgomery, AL, from June 16-26, 2016.

How much, exactly, are our words worth? How can we know when they’re true? In my comedy, STRIP TALK ON THE BOULEVARD, winner of the James Sunwall Comedy Prize, Marty, an English teacher, meets Sally a high school dropout, at a drugstore on Hollywood Boulevard, where Morgan, a musician and Sally’s word dealer, battles with Marty over the price of words. When Jeremy, Marty’s former student, enters, the battle escalates into a search for what is most important in their lives.

Strip Talk on the Boulevard, June 16-26, 2016

Donna Spector — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:52:08 GMT

Strip Talk on The Boulevard will run at the Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery, AL, June 16-26th, 2016.

Production of Strip Talk on the Boulevard

Donna Spector — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:50:16 GMT

Strip Talk on The Boulevard will run at the Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery, AL June 16-26th, 2016.

Production of Donna Spector's play Strip Talk on the Boulevard

Donna Spector — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:48:20 GMT

Strip Talk on The Boulevard will run at the Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery, AL June 16-26th, 2016.

Strip Talk on the Boulevard

Donna Spector — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:47:17 GMT

Strip Talk on The Boulevard will run at the Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery, AL, June 16-26th, 2016.

The Devil's Salt at Ensemble Studio Theatre's First Light Festival

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:22:58 GMT

The Devil's Salt, by France-Luce Benson, commissioned by EST/Sloan Foundation, will have a staged reading Thursday Jan 7, 7pm at Ensemble Studio Theatre,NYC. Please follow link below for more information.
http://eepurl.com/bIbjVf

Also, following is an interview with Rich Kelley about The Devil's Salt.

http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/france-luce-benson-haiti%E2%80%99s-culture-and-soil-sensuality-agronomist-jean-dominique-and-devil%E2%80%99s-salt

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical - Greensboro, NC

Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:23:19 GMT

The Barn Dinner Theatre at 120 Stage Coach Trail in Greensboro, NC will present the musical comedy December 17 - 23, 2015. Contact the box office at 800-668-1764800-668-1764 or check out their website.

As you can tell from their name, all performances include a lovely dinner! See 'Redneck Christmas' as it was intended - as dinner theatre! This is a wonderful, professional theatre group.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE & WEATHER FORECAST, Dec 6 & 7, 2015

Carol Lashof — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 01:00:00 GMT

"Weather Forecast" and "Parent-Teacher Conference" (micro-plays) in

Bay Area Playwrights Foundation presents:

Flash Plays

A community benefit for the Playwrights Foundation

Micro Plays from 40+ Bay Area Playwrights
December 6 & 7, 2015 8 pm at Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St,San Francisco

Info: http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org/index.php?p=375

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical - Mt. Washington, KY

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:22:12 GMT

Mount Washington United Methodist Church will present the musical December 4-7, 2015. Please contact the church for more information.

253 Flatlick Road

PO BOX 6

Mt. Washington KY 40047

502.538.6756502.538.6756

Email: kathy@mwumchurch.org

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas - Weatherford, TX

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:19:43 GMT

Theatre Off the Square at 114 N. Denton Street in Weatherford, TX will present this special Christmas comedy from December 4 - 20, 2015. Tickets are available now. Call the box office at 817-341-8687817-341-8687 or check out their website at www.weatherfordtots.org

Weatherford is just outside Fort Worth. The playwright will attend the opening night performance, and a reception is being held in her honor after the show.

BY ANY OTHER NAME, Dec 3-12, 2015

Carol Lashof — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:00:00 GMT

"By Any Other Name" (ten-minute play) in

Playwrights' Center of San Francisco presents:

SHEHEREZADE'S LAST TALES
Dec. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 @8pm (plus 2pm matinee on Dec. 5)
Exit Stage Left (156 Eddy St., San Francisco)

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1010915268951065/

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical - Navasota, TX

Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:26:25 GMT

Navasota Theatre Alliance at 104 W. Washington Avenue in Navasota, TX (near Houston) will present the comedy December 3 - 13, 2015. Contact the theatre for info at 936-825-3195936-825-3195 or Click Here. Tickets are $12 for Adults, $10 for Seniors & Students, and $5 for Children 10 and under. Email them at NavasotaTheatre@gmail.com

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical - Nova Scotia, Canada

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:25:04 GMT

Showcase Productions inAmherst, Nova Scotia B4H 4B9 will present the musical at the Anglican Church Hall December 2-4, 2015. Proceeds fund scholarships for deserving students in the county who wish to pursue an education in the arts.
Contact Showcase Productions for more info.

The Cumin Guard, Nov. 5-15, 2015

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 01:00:00 GMT

"The Cumin Guard," produced as part of the "Around the World in Eight Plays International Short Play Festival," Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. An American reporter investigates the aftermath of a protest in Cairo, with the help of 2 Egyptian women. Director: Tenika Dye. Playwright: Laura Shamas

AROUND THE WORLD IN 8 PLAYS - November 5th-14th

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:30:00 GMT

Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga

Highland Center
104 N. Tuxedo Ave.
Chattanooga, TN 37411

November 5th-14th -- Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

$15 General Admission, $10 Student

Jenny's short play 'Hanging Up the Stars,' based on a Navajo folktale, will be featured in ETC's first annual International Short Play Festival, 'Around the World in 8 Plays.'

A CLEAN WELL-LIGHTED PARK BENCH Scherezades Last Tales Dec.3,4,5,10,11,12 Exit Theatre, SF Patricia L.Morin

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:34:56 GMT

Eight playwrights, 8 short plays, 6 shows. Playwright Centre of San Francisco's once a year short-play festival.Directed by Laylah Muran De Assereto and Adam L. Sussman Exit stage Left-156 eddy Street, SF

A Comfortable Life by Madeleine Butler
New New Economy by Steven Hill
Rorschach Test by Vaughn Hovanessian
How To Make A Video by Bill Hyatt
By Any Other Name by Carol S. Lashof
The Stuff We Keep by Rod McFadden
Sparse Pubic Hair by Lorraine Midanik
A Clean Well-Lighted Park Bench by Patricia L. Morin

Lucky in Hollywood, Oct. 29, 2015

Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:30:00 GMT

Reading of "Lucky in Hollywood," by Laura Shamas. Lark Theatre, New York. A Native American family and a "Hollywood" family find their lives intertwine for generations, with surprising ramifications, spanning from 1943 - 2024. Director: Tiffany Nichole Greene.

Giovanni Is Here Staged reading. October 25th

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 02:15:00 GMT

Location: Temple Beth Hillel, 801 Park Central, Richmond/El Sobrante, California 94803 (Exit FWY 80 on Hilltop Drive. Go toward El Sobrante (up the hill). Turn LEFT at the gas station on to Park Central then LEFT into the parking lot—lots of parking!). This is a bagel brunch event. A suggested donation of $5.00 for bagels and other breakfast goodies.

Giovanni is Here centers on the relationship of a young Jewish woman who is hidden by a Catholic family and the struggle to survive World War II after Italy becomes a German occupied country. Belle, whose pregnancy adds an additional responsibility, earns her keep by making dresses that Maria and Nonna sell and trade on the black market. The dangers of war, occupation, and survival form the backdrop as Maria and Belle discover their conflicts and ignorance. These two young women from seemingly opposite worlds, share this time when uncertainty pressed in from all sides. Belle’s husband Benjamin relates his fears as he works with the partisans. Maria’s fiancé, Carlo changes from an immature joker to a disillusioned veteran and Angelo, finds strength inside himself. Nonna, who has already been through war, and a lifetime of survival, vows to do whatever she needs in order to save her family.

"Blind Date" on Spokane Radio Theatre

Donna Spector — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:51:48 GMT

Donna Spector's one-act comedy "Blind Date" will be heard on Spokane Radio Theatre: www.kpbx.org, on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at 9:30 pm Eastern time.

Spiralling at Panndora Productions, Long Beach

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:54:55 GMT

My play SPIRALLING is part of Panndora Productions festival, Oct 23-25. Anyone in the area, please check it out and report back to me!

The GARAGE THEATRE
251 E. 7th Street (just off Long Beach Blvd)
Long Beach, CA 90813

www.panndoraproductions.com (323) 377-2988

Arches, Balance and Light Inspired by the Life of Julia Morgan

Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:12:35 GMT

Ross Valley Players presents Arches, Balance and Light as part of its new play development program over three weekends, February 19 to March 9, Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA. Tickets $20.

Using fact and fiction, the playwright follows Julia Morgan as she looks back over her amazing and prolific life to decide whether she would have done anything differently.

Feeding The Furies 8:00 PM Thurs. Oct. 29 Baltimore MD

Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:29:35 GMT

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival's evening of "Fresh Voices-New Plays" will read a scene from "Feeding the Furies," a play in which aspirations run amok when Ruthie and Marty Furie set out to live the 1960s American Dream that glorifies upward mobility, domineering husbands, and obedient wives and children. Tickets are free and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fresh-voices-new-plays-tickets-18077401996?ref=ebapi. Location: the Vagabond Players, Inc. Baltimore, MD.

LOUISE IN CHARLESTOWN September 26th 2015

Sat, 26 Sep 2015 22:00:00 GMT

A drama about racism and forgiveness in Boston during the turbulent era of forced integration. Twelve-year-old Patty, an Irish-American girl, has a new best friend, Louise from Jamaica. Patty adores Louise and ignores her family’s warnings against their friendship. Inevitably, violence occurs, and Patty must grapple with the aftermath decades later. Director: Joan Kane. Playwright: Penny Jackson. Stage Manager: Bruce A! Kraemer. Recommended for: all audiences.

2015 United Solo is the world’s largest solo theatre festival, currently in its 6th season. All shows are staged at Theatre Row: 410 West 42nd Street, New York City. TICKETS, with a price of $19.25 (including a $1.25 theatre restoration charge) are available at the Theatre Row Box Office and online through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com. You may also call Telecharge at 212-239-6200. When placing your reservation, please provide: the FESTIVAL name (United Solo Theatre Festival), the name of THEATRE (Theatre Row – The Studio Theatre), and the specific DAY and TIME of SHOW you would like to see.

Moments of Truth, a world premiere musical, Sept. 19-Oct. 18, 2015

Patricia Milton — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

3Girls Theatre Company presents

MOMENTS OF TRUTH
a World Premiere Musical Comedy about Art, Truth, and Love

Book by ICWP member Patricia Milton

Music & Lyrics by Caroline Altman

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Watch the trailer!

This chamber musical comedy follows Nan, a mid-career fine arts painter who uses a lie detector to catch real-life models in their “moments of truth.” As a love triangle develops under her roof, Nan begins to lose confidence in her husband. Will she bring the lie detector into her marriage? "Moments of Truth" asks provocative questions about truth, lies, love, and art.

Directed by Louis Parnell
Musical Direction by Scrumbly Koldewyn

CAST
Bekka Fink
Douglas B. Giorgis*
Tyler McKenna*
Danielle Thys*

At Royce Gallery, 2901 Mariposa Street, San Francisco
Previews Sept. 16-18
Gala Opening Night Sept. 19
Performances Thu-Sun Sept. 24-Oct. 19, 2015

*member, AEA

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister in Kissimmee, FL

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:00:00 GMT

This fabulously funny comedy will be presented one weekend only at Osceola Arts on Irlo Bronson Hwy in Kissimmee, FL. Following a triumphant performance at the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival, the Central Florida cast will have an opportunity to perform for local fans. Tickets available now at Osceola Arts Saturday, September 19th at 2 PM and Sunday, September 20th at 7:30 PM. General Admission

Our Voices 9th Annual Evening of Staged Readings - Free

Kelly DuMar — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 23:00:00 GMT

The ninth annual Our Voices Festival, supporting new plays by Boston area women playwrights, will present an evening of staged readings, free and to the public on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., at the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall, Wellesley College. A reception to meet the playwrights, with refreshments, begins at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 7:20, and seats are first come first served. The presentation of new works by local women playwrights features the talents of some of Boston's best actors and directors.

This year's evening performances include work by Boston area writers: Cynthia Faith Arsenault, Hortense Gerardo, Debbie Wiess, Boston, Phyllis Rittner, Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, Donna Sorbello, Linda Hanley Finigan, Mickey Coburn, Kelly DuMar.

Festival founder and producer Kelly DuMar, says it has been fully established by recent research that women face more barriers than men in the world of theater. “According to a 2015 study, ‘The Count,’ featured recently in The New York Times, women’s plays in the US are produced about one-fifth as often as those of men.”

Over the past nine years, the 12-hour daylong Our Voices festival has helped well over 100 Boston area women playwrights develop stories for the stage, DuMar says. “In addition to offering a day of workshop presentations of new plays by women, Our Voices presents and evening of staged readings, and, with the help of exceptional actors and directors, presents them to an audience. “It’s a unique opportunity for audience members to be exposed to the diversity of women’s stories they might not otherwise see on stage.”

“The point of the festival is to give women playwrights a nourishing, no-cost day of incubation.” DuMar says. “Many of the short plays and monologues first presented at Our Voices go on to have full productions in Boston theaters and beyond. For instance, past Our Voices participant Andrea Fleck Clardy credits Our Voices for supporting her to develop her 2015 production by the Boston Theatre Marathon, ‘Heartland.’”

The festival is held in The Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, through the generosity of Wellesley College, which is located in Alumnae Hall, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA. There is free parking and the theatre is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Kelly DuMar at (508) 647-0596 or e-mail kellydumar@gmail.com.

MAIZE, September 25 2015

Sat, 05 Sep 2015 15:57:31 GMT

Reading by Artemisia Theatre, Chicago. Artemisia performs its 2015 Fall Festival at The Frontier/Jackalope Theatre located at 1106 W. Thorndale in Edgewater. Easy access to the CTA Red Line and lots of street parking. Free but reservations needed because seating is limited; 832-819-4335. www.artemisiatheatre.org

What turns a brilliant young scientist into an eccentric recluse? Faced with a threat to her beloved work with the maize plant, Barbara struggles against her past. MAIZE is inspired by the real-life Barbara McClintock whose research is still considered groundbreaking.

IN PLAIN SIGHT 04 Sep 2015 - 20 Sep 2015

Carol Lashof — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

What choices would you make to take back your power? The legendary characters of In Plain Sight will risk almost anything.

Playwright Carol Lashof and director Elizabeth Vega formed Those Women Productions in 2014 to stage hidden truths of gender and power. Their first show was Just Deserts, which the Daily Californian described as “a sparkling spectacle . . . [which] satisfies as diverse an audience as it attracts.”

Opening September 5, 2015 (Preview: September 4), Those Women will stage In Plain Sight at the Metal Shop Theater in Berkeley, an anthology of six short plays, offering new takes on old tales and startling insights into what women and men will do to regain control of their lives and their futures.

Norman Johnson, Christine Keating, and Elizabeth Vega will direct the work of five Bay Area playwrights: Lee Brady, Carol Lashof, Kat Meads, Patricia Reynoso and Mimu Tsujimura. In Plain Sight features Alicia Bales, Ed Berkeley, Sharon Huff*, Alexandra Lee, Ria Meer, Louel Señores, and Suzanne Vito.

*Member, Actors Equity Association; In Plain Sight is an Equity-approved project.

TICKETS: http://thosewomen.brownpapertickets.com

Suggested price: $30.00. There is no minimum ticket price. Those Women practice Radical Hospitality; everyone is welcome, regardless of ability to pay.

Synopsis

Each short play is a reimagining of a classic story. We feature two new takes on Cinderella: Kat Meads’s whimsical comedy “Palace Watch” and the darkly realistic “Pankhadi and the Prince,” by Patricia Reynoso. Lee Brady’s tragicomic “Mississippi Medea” portrays a modern Medea who appears on her favorite talk show; Mimu Tsujimura’s lyrical drama “My Name Is Mother,” based on the legend of La Llorona, presents a vastly different picture of a notorious mother. Two short plays by Carol Lashof round out the evening: “When Briseis Met Chryseis,” a romance set against the backdrop of the Trojan War, and “After the Prologue,” in which Chaucer’s Wife of Bath tells you what women really want.

Where & When

Performances at the Metal Shop Theater, 2702 Regent St. in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood.

Friday, Sept. 4, 8pm (Preview)

Saturday, Sept. 5, 8pm (Opening/Press Night) Friday, Sept. 11, 8pm

Friday, Sept. 11, 8pm

Saturday, Sept. 12, 8pm

Sunday, Sept. 13, 2pm (Audience talk-back with the artists after the show: How do old tales change in new tellings?)

Friday, Sept. 18, 8pm

Saturday, Sept. 19, 8pm

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2pm

THE WEIRD SISTERS

Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:00:00 GMT

THE WEIRD SISTERS by Laura Shamas, workshop with The (blank) Space Collective, New York, August 29-30, 2015. Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene. Logline: Imagine the rewriting process of Shakespeare's Macbeth... http://thespacespace.org/

Hospice: A Love Story August 21 & 22, 2015

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:30:00 GMT

Hospice: A Love Story, will be performed on August 21 & 22, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. both evenings

The play is part of the Island Theatre's Fourth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
Bainbridge Performing Arts

200 Madison Ave. N

Bainbridge Island, WA

Suggested Donation $10

Synopsis: Lucy goes to confession for the first time in 42 years. Anne heads to her therapist’s office. Both sisters struggle to explain their grief and their shared childhood memories that lead them to very different conclusions about their mother’s death.

Playwright: Elizabeth Coplan. Elizabeth is a survivor of the Texas public school system where she did not learn to write, but where she did learn to daydream and create stories in her head. She would like to thank her husband and especially her sons, Spencer and Alexander, whose flight from the nest created a clearing of her mind and a chance to do something for herself — finally.

Director: Linda Jensen

Cast: Carolyn Goad, Diane Walker

DISCLOSURE 11 Aug 2015 - 29 Aug 2015

Carol Lashof — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 23:00:00 GMT

Where is the line between memory and truth, pleasure and transgression, love and the abuse of power? Who decides?

Disclosure, a new full-length drama by Berkeley playwright Carol S. Lashof, will change the way you understand desire and boundaries.

Playwright Carol S. Lashof and director Elizabeth Vega formed Those Women Productions in 2014 to stage hidden truths of gender and power. Their first show was Just Deserts, which the Daily Californian described as “a sparkling spectacle … [Just Deserts] satisfies as diverse an audience as it attracts.”

Opening August 12, 2015 (Preview: August 11), Those Women will stage the world premiere of Disclosure at PianoFight in San Francisco. PianoFight is a full service restaurant and bar with a cabaret stage and two intimate theaters, located three blocks from the Powell Street BART. It is dedicated to presenting new work by local artists. For directions, menu, and more: http://www.pianofight.com/

Disclosure is directed by Rem Myers. It features Anne Hallinan, Gabriel Kenney, Kelly Rinehart, and Valerie Weak.*

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association; Disclosure is an Equity-approved project.

Tickets: DISCLOSURE at PianoFight http://www.eventbrite.com/e/disclosure-tickets-17559102749

General Admission: $20 online/ $25 at the door

Groups of 6 or more: $15

Those Women practice Radical Hospitality: Everyone is welcome, regardless of ability to pay. If you want to see the show and you’ve got nothing but lint in your pockets, email thosewomenproductions@gmail.com to request a 100% discount code.

Synopsis

For decades, Maya has kept silent about the abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her uncle. Now she seeks to disclose the truth, confront the past, and move on. In the meantime, her son Adam is entirely wrapped up in a new romantic relationship with Janice – the graduate teaching assistant in one of his college classes. Maya, resenting her own mother’s failure to protect her, is vigilant where her only child is concerned. Is Adam and Janice’s relationship exploitative? Maya is determined to stand up against abuses past and present, but every step she takes leads her deeper into conflict with the people she loves the most.

Where & When

Performances at PianoFight, 144 Taylor Street San Francisco, CA, 94102

Tuesday, Aug. 11, 7pm (Preview)

Wednesday, Aug. 12, 7pm (Opening/Press Night)

Thursday, Aug. 13, 7pm

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 7pm

Thursday, Aug. 20, 7pm

Friday, Aug. 21, 7pm

Wednesday, Aug. 26, 7pm

Thursday, Aug. 27, 7pm

Friday, Aug. 28, 7pm

Saturday, Aug. 29, 9pm

Headwind now on youtube

Diane Taber-Markiewicz — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:08:00 GMT

Headwind---a play in two acts by Diane Taber

Thirty-two-year-old Vivianne Cording’s independence as a landowner is already considered inappropriate in eighteenth-century Maine, but she risks more than censure by making and selling candles to protest the indiscriminant killing of whales for oil. She has a relationship, outside of marriage, with Captain Zenas Rule who has made enemies of his own among the fleet owners. Together they become a headwind against a town that won’t change its course and threatens to crash right through them.

the production by The Free Theatre Company, directed by Robert Chantler is the first time Headwind has been performed outside the USA.

It received its international premiere on Radio Wey on Saturday 4th April 2015

Cast - Christie Wright, Sue Ford and Robert Chantler

· Music "Introduction -" by Markl, Jun (Google Play • AmazonMP3 • eMusic • iTunes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyVssdDGYbQ

CROSSING JERUSALEM

JULIA PASCAL — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 23:45:00 GMT

PARK THEATRE, LONDON.

4-29 AUGUST. Tuesday-Saturday 7.45pm

Matinees Thursday and Saturday 3.15pm

Previews £12.50. Full £18. Concessions £15.

ParkTheatre.co.uk

Written and directed by Julia Pascal

Sound by Zoe Walker

You know our problem? Too much history, not enough geography.

I am walking through Jerusalem and there isn't a Jew in sight.

The Romans. The Christians. The Ottomans. The British.They come. They go.

What happens on the road where Jew, Muslim and Christian meet?

What happens when an Arab Muslim is attracted to an Arab Jew?

What happens when a soldier refuses to report for duty?

Crossing Jerusalem is set in the last intifada when buses are exploding and it's not safe to go out and buy food. This family drama, with its moments of black comedy, happens over 24 hours.

Now is the time when a son should be made, a birthday should be celebrated and an army should be served.

Pascal explores the most politically tense city in the world. In this passionate play, she smashes stereoytpes on all sides and questions facile definitions of identity, love and war.

BURYING ELEPHANTS - August 27 and 28

Robin Rice — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:31:27 GMT

My short play BURYING ELEPHANTS is one play in an evening that is part of the Leela Festival in Queens, New York. Director: Kendra Augustine. Actors: Sarah Sutliff and Kelsey Rodriguez.

The Festival's mission is all about diversity. It is the only theater festival with this mission I have ever seen. I am delighted to have my play chosen and to be in such company as noted playwright Mario Fratti.

Tickets are $10. To reserve: http://www.leelanycfestival.org/ (However, I am sure there will be tickets at the door.)

Mildred's Umbrella presents THE DROWNING GIRLS in Houston, TX

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:41:39 GMT

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company presents: THE DROWNING GIRLS

by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson and Daniela Vlaskalic

Based on the 'Brides in the Bath' murders in early 20th century England, The Drowning Girls recounts the story of Bessie, Alice and Margaret, three women who were all wooed by, married to and eventually murdered by George Joseph Smith. Emerging from the stillness of their watery graves, the three women deliver post-mortem testimonies, reenacting key moments and reliving the horrifying events leading up to their eventual deaths. From the opening gasp to the final breath, THE DROWNING GIRLS is full of haunting lyricism and rich imagery that is sure to leave audiences captivated.

July 16-August 1, 2015 at Studio 101, 1824 Spring Street, Houston TX 77007.

www.mildredsumbrella.com for tickets or more information

"Like Always" - Reading, Columbus, OH - Fri., Aug. 21, 2015

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:44:51 GMT

A winner of the Clintonville Community Market Food Play competition, my dark comedy "Like Always" will have a reading along with 4 other plays on Friday, August 21, at 5 p.m. The competition was chaired by longtime supporter and friend of ICWP Dr. Alan Woods of Walhalla Dramaturgy.

Pig-A-Boo Appetizers - Reading, Columbus, OH, July 17

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:41:50 GMT

A winner of the Clintonville Community Market Food Play competition in Columbus, OH, "Pig-A-Boo Appetizers" will be presented with three other short plays about food, on Friday, July 17, at 5 p.m. Admission is free. The competition was chaired by ICWP longtime friend and supporter Dr. Alan Woods of Walhalla Dramaturgy.

more food plays

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:15:19 GMT

"Like Always" Nancy Gill-Clayton, "No-Russian Dressing" Shirley King, "Sweet Potatoes" Sandra Perlman, "Blanche and Benny" Patricia L. Morin Clintonville Community Market, Columbus Ohio, August 21, 5-8:30.

food plays

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:58:24 GMT

"Pig-a-Boo" by Nancy Gall-Clayton and "Under the Table" by Maureen Johnson-Clintonville Community Market Food plays, Columbus Ohio, July 17, 5-8:30 www.facebook.com/ccmcoop

Ten-Tucky Festival - September 17-27 - Louisville, KY

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:11:20 GMT

"Levels of Living" will be produced with 7 other 10-minute plays at the 2015 Ten-tucky Festival at The Bardstown Theatre, 1801 Speed Avenue, Louisville, KY. "Levels of Living" is a comedy about a woman mistakenly placed in Hell, but very happy there. Shows are Thursday-Sunday, 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $14, $16, and $18. More information at 502-749-5275 and http://www.thebardstowntheatre.org.

The Landscape of Tomorrow - August 12-16, 2015, 7:30 p.m., Louisville, KY

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:07:30 GMT

A one-act play commissioned by Kentucky Playwrights Workshop will be produced with two other commissioned one acts at The Bard's Town Theatre, 1801 Speed Avenue, Louisville, KY. Tickets $16/$18. More info at 502-749-5275 and http://www.thebardstowntheatre.org. My play is about teen suicide and told in seven non-linear scenes.

AMERICAN MUSE, musical

Elaine Kuracina — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 20:04:33 GMT

The musical was received with standing ovation, Saratoga Arts Center, Oct, 2015. It is the story of Audrey Munson,1891-1996, figure model for "Spirit of Life" and many famous statues. She ended up in Psychiatric Center for 65 yrs.

I KNOW WHAT BOYS WANT by PENNY JACKSON NYC Production 7/18-8/2

Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:16:03 GMT

Dear fellow playwrights

I'm thrilled to announce the NYC production of my play about the dangerous of social media and the consequences of cyberbullying in my drama, I KNOW WHAT BOYS WANT. This production is at The Lion Theater in Theater Row from July 18th to August 2nd. Here is a link to the Facebook page, and please follow us on Twitter @IKnowWhatBoys and follow me @pennyplaywright. Thank you so much!

https://www.facebook.com/events/678165308983074/

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/a-cautionary-tale-of-social-media-will-be-explored-in-i-know-what-boys-want-350966

"It's All Good" Wednesday June 17

Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:00:00 GMT

"It's All Good" (one-act) presented as part of the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Prince William Sound Community College, Valdez, AK.

June 13 - Rip of Skin

Robin Rice — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:00:00 GMT

California actor Sean Welch performs Robin Rice Lichtig's horror monologue RIP OF SKIN. Come and be chilled! One night only in Emerging Artist Theatre's New Work Series. $10.http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1585728

"1-800-Why-Does-Life-Suck?" June 10-13

Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:30:00 GMT

Manhattan Repertory Theatre 303 W.42nd St

660 8th Ave, New York, New York 10036

Show times:
Wednesday June 10 at 6:30 pm
Thursday June 11 at 6:30 pm
Friday June 12 at 6:30 pm
Saturday June 13 at 6:30 pm

"1-800-Why-Does-Life-Suck"
Written, produced, and directed by
Marianna Staroselsky

Starring
Ivory Stahly as "Cindee"
Anthony Hull as "Alfredo Angelico"

So what is it, if you have never dialed such a thing?
It's a short one act play about an existential crisis hotline, the completely hilarious and excruciating piece of shit absurdity that life so often is, and last but hopefully not least, human connection. ♥

A TO Z reading produced by Virago Theatre, Oakland

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 23:00:00 GMT

Monica Raymond's "A to Z" with Jamella Cross, Megan Putnam and Cathleen Ridley, directed by Dov Hassan. All shows at 7pm, Bergeron's Books, get your FREE ticket now for reading and wine! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-virago-2015-new-play-readi…

Annie comes to tutor Zafiya at the juvenile detention center in 1968, when both women are eighteen. But over the course of forty years, things radically change.

Two women, forty years of US history, and all of the letters of the alphabet.

A TO Z won the national Ruby Lloyd Apsey for best play about race/ethncity.

June 7 - YOLO

Robin Rice — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 21:00:00 GMT

Fourteen-year-old Oracles, a playwrights' developmental workshop in Manhattan, presents readings of five plays by members including Robin Rice Lichtig's YOLO. Free. Limited seating so don't be late! e's Bar, Amsterdam Ave., NYC. (ICWP members Donna Spector, Liz Amberly and Penny Jackson also have plays in the program.)

Staged reading of 'The Orchae' in New York by Western Australian playwright Vivienne Glance

Sat, 06 Jun 2015 22:30:00 GMT

Break A Leg Productions www.breakalegproductions.com

Presents a Staged Reading of the Science-Based Play

The Orchae

by Vivienne Glance, directed by Gerald vanHeerden

The play takes place in a conservation area in the West Australian bush looking for the rare and elusive Western Underground Orchid which grows and flowers hidden below the ground and is critically endangered. The play includes cultivation of the rare orchids, studies of the soil of Western Australia with science affected by finance, politics and human nature. Thursday, 6/11/15, 6:30PM,

The Graduate Center

365 5^th Avenue, Science Center, Room 4102

A talk-back will follow the performance.

Science & the Arts Series http ://sciart.commons.gc.cuny.edu

Sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in Biology, and The National Science Foundation

Co-sponsored by the CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences

5 SIRENS: Beware of Rocks, Hollywood Fringe Festival 6/6-6/27

Sat, 06 Jun 2015 18:30:00 GMT

World Premiere of 5 SIRENS: Beware of Rocks! It’s one show of five 10-minute plays about miscommunication and the longing for connection. Each piece is written by a female playwright. Subjects range from sporty nerds, sub-dom relationships and aliens to surrealistic challenges and panic attacks! Part of the massive Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Dates/Times:

6/6 2:30 pm

6/11 7:00 pm

6/14 11:30 am

6/18 8:30 pm

6/21 2:30 pm

6/27 5:30 pm

http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/2125?

Tickets $15, with code 'sirenfriend' $12.50.

Asylum LAB, 1078 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA 90038

*****

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

Participation in the Hollywood Fringe is completely open and uncensored. This free-for-all approach underlines the festival’s mission to be a platform for artists without the barrier of a curative body. By opening the gates to anyone with a vision, the festival is able to exhibit the most diverse and cutting-edge points-of-view the world has to offer. Additionally, by creating an environment where artists must self-produce their work, the Fringe motivates its participants to cultivate a spirit of entrepreneurialism in the arts.

Mildred's Umbrella presents MAc Wellman's DRACULA

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:46:39 GMT

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company presents:

DRACULA

by Mac Wellman

A bizarre and offbeat version of Dracula, which completely revamps Bram Stoker's classic novel. CAmpy and fun, the is is the story of two sexually repressed women who find the freedom and passion of the vampiric world in the late days of Victorian London.

October 15-31, 2015 at Studio 101, 1824 Spring Street, Houston TX 77007.

For more information or tickets: www.mildredsumbrella.com

The Landscape of Tomorrow - Reading, June 4, 2015

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 29 May 2015 18:28:15 GMT

My one-act play about teen suicide will have a reading Thursday, June 4, 7 pm, at the Downtown Arts Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Admission is free. It is one of three one-acts commissioned by the Kentucky Playwrights Workshop and will be produced by KPW in August.

#NoSuchThing - May 26, 2015

Robin Rice — Wed, 27 May 2015 01:00:00 GMT

One night only! From Robin Rice Lichtig's monologue, an actor/dancer, director, and musician/composer have woven a magical, horrible, funny, and very unique presentation. In Emerging Artists' New Work Series. TADA! Theatre (15 W. 28th St., NYC). $10 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1585650

LUCKY IN HOLLYWOOD

Sat, 23 May 2015 15:00:00 GMT

A 2015 FINALIST, LUCKY IN HOLLYWOOD will be performed at the Native American New Play Festival, Oklahoma City Theater Company, at 11:00 on May 23, 2015.

Cast: 2 women, 2 men. A Native American family and a "Hollywood" family find their lives intertwine for generations, with surprising ramifications, spanning from 1943 - 2024.

CORA'S MOUNTAIN, Vermont Actors Repertory N'Oreastern Playwriting

Fri, 15 May 2015 23:30:00 GMT

My play CORA'S MOUNTAIN will be part of the Nor'Eastern Playwriting Showcase, run by Vermont Actors Repertory, June 15 and 16 in Rutland Vermont. http://bit.ly/1ECwnvF

Tickets $15.

It's an amazing weekend of working on the play with director and actors, talk-backs, hanging out with everyone, and a post-show discussion with Steve Stettler of Weston Playhouse. Would love to see some of you there!

Judith

"My Heart is the Drum"

Jennie Redling — Sun, 10 May 2015 09:10:33 GMT

"My Heart is the Drum" - book by Jennie Redling, Music by Phillip Palmer and Lyrics by Stacey Luftig - received a production at Kent State University in March 2015. Village Theatre in Washington will stage the world premiere in March 2016.

IMAGINE FREEDOM

Sat, 09 May 2015 22:00:00 GMT

"Imagine Freedom" will be presented on May 9th, during Cleveland Public Theatre's and St. John Episcopal Church's Station Of Hope Festival. This is a FREE event, located in Cleveland, OH.

ST JOAN

JULIA PASCAL — Fri, 08 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT

7,8 MAY - LONDON

https://www.facebook.com/stjoantheplay?fref=ts

Black Jewish Londoner Joan Rabinowitz, dreams she is Joan of Arc and tries to change history to prevent slavery and Shoah.

An anti-racist feminist experimental play which had great success at the Edinburgh Festival in 2014 and is in London before going to the Dublin Gay Festival and to Liechtenstein. See St Joan on Facebook.

Courtyard Theatre, Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, London N1 6EU

£10, concessions £8.

Phone 0844 477 1000

www.ticketwen.co.uk

Written by Julia Pascal.

Directed by Katrin Hilbe.

Actors: Juliet Dante, Rachel Halper, Samantha Pearl.

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:30:00 GMT

Adaptation of Lady Joan Lindsay's haunting novel. April 29 and 30, Theatre Royal - Winchester, UK. Produced by the University of Chichester. http://www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/picnic-at-hanging-rock/ Tickets £12

THE OWL GIRL (excerpts, reading)

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:00:00 GMT

Part of Jewish Plays Project competition for "best Jewish play 2015."

Sponsored by Theatre Kavanah, Burlington, Vermont

Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., So. Burlington

THE OWL GIRL (excerpts)

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:00:00 GMT

sponsored by Theatre Kavanah, Burlington, Vermont

Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., So. Burlington
details at http://theatrekavanah.org/

I am Marguerite April 10 - 25, 2015

Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:15:00 GMT

Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

April 10 - 25, 2015 Wed - Sat @ 8pm Sun @ 2pm

Tickets www.alumnaetheatre.com Wed 2 for 1, Thurs - Sat $20, Sun pwyc

A compelling story of survival

“Powerful, moving, and beautifully raw storytelling”—ifewithmorecowbell.wordpress.com.

THE OWL GIRL (excerpt) reading at Jewish Plays Project Reading April 13, 2015

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:30:00 GMT

New Center for Jewish Culture presents readings of excerpts from three finalists for the Jewish Plays Project's "best Jewish play of 2015"

Roberts Theater, Calderwood Pavillion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston

http://www.newcenterboston.org/ai1ec_event/new-center-onstage-jewish-playwriting-contest/?instance_id=

enter discount code CAST10 for $10 tickets

I am Marguerite April 10 - 25, 2015

Sat, 11 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, April 10 - 25, 2015. For ticket information go to Alumnae Theatre

ZELDA AT THE OASIS by P.H. Lin

Patricia Lin (P.H. Lin) — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 17:03:40 GMT

Published by Samuel French 2015.

Synopsis: Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife of legendary American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, wants nothing more than to be recognized as an artist in her own right. Two things stand in her way: a growing mental instability and the overbearing shadow of her husband.

On a magical night in the 1930’s, Zelda discovers The Club Oasis, a New York City bar where she has escaped to drink alone…until a unique and unexpected friendship is forged with an aspiring musician who plays piano and tends bar at the Oasis. Vivid and haunting memories are triggered as Zelda transforms the Bar Man into those from her past who have shaped her own self-image. Through this after-hours encounter, they share dreams, missteps, and insights with one another, hoping to unlock the courage to move forward with their individual lives.

For more info: www.samuelfrench.com

KELUARGA TEATER presents 3 in 1 ACTION of MY NAME IS NAME (a play by Herlina Syarifudin)

Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT

3 in 1 ACTION of MY NAME IS NAME:

Dramatic Reading
Fun Fashion
Dance Poetry

Location: RUMAH PUSPO, Ciputat, South Tangerang (INDONESIA)

Ticket:

IDR 50.000 (VIP)
IDR 15.000 (regular)

This play presented for fundraising goes to Cape Town to attend Women Playwrights International Conference 2015 because a play MY NAME IS NAME had been selected in this event.

KELUARGA TEATER presents 3 in 1 ACTION of MY NAME IS NAME (a play by Herlina Syarifudin)

Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT

3 in 1 ACTION of MY NAME IS NAME:

Dramatic Reading
Fun Fashion
Dance Poetry

Location: RUMAH PUSPO, Ciputat, South Tangerang (INDONESIA)

Ticket:

IDR 50.000 (VIP)
IDR 15.000 (regular)

This play presented for fundraising goes to Cape Town to attend Women Playwrights International Conference 2015 because a play MY NAME IS NAME had been selected in this event.

Headwind

Diane Taber-Markiewicz — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 20:00:00 GMT

Headwind, a play in 2 acts by Diane Taber, will be aired on Saturday Night Theatre radio drama on http://www.radiowey.co.uk/#/saturday/4560092642

It is a production of The Free Theatre Company and Robert Chantler.

Brief synopsis of the play:

Diane is a founding member of ICWP and past Director of Communications.

New Zealand production of "Because of Beth"

Elana Gartner — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:22:54 GMT

Little Howick Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand will present Elana Gartner's "Because of Beth".

In the aftermath of Beth's death, all those she loved, including her feuding daughters, her estranged ex-husband and her overwhelmed fiancé, seek to mourn her in their own way. Instead, however, they are forced to deal with one another and the complicated ties that bind them together because of Beth.

Performance dates: March 25-March 28, 2015.

http://www.hlt.org.nz/

LOLA AND THE PLANET OF GLORIOUS DIVERSITY - Mr. 11-14 (7:30), Mr. 15 (2 pm)

Robin Rice — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:30:00 GMT

A large-cast, large-subject play with music, movement, and muscle! Will a group of young people be able to create a new and better world? Director/choreographer Marcus Yi.

At The Alchemical, 104 W. 14th St., New York City (3rd floor, no wheelchair access).

Wednesday, March 11-Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 pm. Sunday, March 15 at 2 pm. Wine during intermission for a donation.

Special half price discount code for ICWP members: iceskating Enter when buying tickets at: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/942950

General admission: $18 ($12 seniors, students, military).

Email me with any questions: robinricenyc@gmail.com

UP TO DATE: March 6 - 14, 2015

Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

"Up to Date" by Laura Shamas is a series of linked monologues that take a funny and touching look at the current state of romance and relationships through the eyes of eleven very diverse women. We all have our issues, and some of the ones these women are dealing with range from internet and same-sex dating, to dealing with an expiring biological clock.

Location - Corner Office Theater NYC, 300 West 43rd St.,5th Floor, Suite 503 of the Times Square Arts Center (Between 8th & 9th Avenues) New York, New York 10036

Dates and Times - 12 performances:
Friday, March 6th @ 7PM & 9PM
Saturday, March 7th @ 97PM & 9PM
Sunday, March 8th @ 5PM & 7PM
Thursday, March 12th @ 7PM & 9PM
Friday, March 13th @ 7PM & 9PM
Saturday, March 14th @ 7PM & 9PM

Tickets $28, also discounted at Goldstar.
http://www.goldstar.com/events/new-york-ny/up-to-date-tickets

No Late Seating. All Ticket Inquiries Can Contact: Tickets@TheAlphaNYCTix.com

EVERYDAY EDNA MAE in NYC - February-March

Robin Rice — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:01:31 GMT

An all-female written, directed and acted production (yay!):

EVERYDAY EDNA MAE, a new, 60-minute play by Robin Rice Lichtig is in the FRIGID New York Festival. Edna Mae yearns to make art, but an obsession with body weight, apple-pie Mission Creek and more keep ruining her focus. Laughs and lots of ah ha moments. Directed by Bricken Sparacino with Equity actors Heather McAllister, Annie McGovern, Jenny Vallancourt and Alison Saltz.

Under St. Marks Theatre, 94 St. Marks Pl. (bet. 1st and Ave. A). Feb. 18 (at 5:30), Feb. 21 (3:50), Feb. 24 (5:30), Feb. 27 (7:10), Mr. 1 (6:50). $16 ($12 seniors, students, military).

Advance tickets: www.FRIGIDnewyork.info or in person at 85 E. 4th St., Manhattan.

EVERYDAY EDNA MAE - Feb. 18-March 1

Robin Rice — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:30:00 GMT

A one-hour story unfolds: EVERYDAY EDNA MAE, a woman-written, directed, and acted play about one woman's struggle to reach her dream, is part of the FRIGID New York Festival in Manhattan. Director: Bricken Sparacino. Equity actors: Heather McAllister, Alison Saltz, Annie McGovern, Jenny Vallancourt. Five shows: February 18 (at 5:30), February 21 (3:50), February 24 (5:30), February 27 (7:10), and March 1 (6:30). Tickets: $16 ($12 for seniors, students, military). Advance tickets: www.FRIGIDnewyork.info or in person at 85 E. 4th St., Manhattan. Performances at Under St. Marks Theater, 94 St. Marks Place (bet. 1st Ave., and Ave. A), Manhattan. No wheelchair access. More info: www.dramamama.net

March 7,14,21,28 Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site 2 pm free admission

Christine Emmert — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:54:11 GMT

My outreach pieces, FROM OUT THE FIERY FURNACE , and FRAGILE FREEDOM , will be presented on these Saturdays to show the effect of women in the life of Hopewell. FROM OUT has been touring for six years now and FRAGILE FREEDOM for four. I wrote both pieces, and often act in FROM OUT while always perform FRAGILE FREEDOM. Come and see what the National Parks are doing to bring history alive.

Christine Emmert dakinichris@yahoo.com

March 7,14,21,28 Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site 2 pm free admission

Christine Emmert — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:54:11 GMT

Christine Emmert dakinichris@yahoo.com

Enemies: Foreign and Domestic Feb 21, 2015 - Mar 30, 2015

Patricia Milton — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 02:47:43 GMT

A world premiere from Central Works Theatre, Berkeley, CA

Written by Patricia Milton

because counter-terrorism begins at home … A darkly comic intersection of foreign “black ops” and family politics. When the rebel among three odd sisters returns home to reconcile with her estranged mother, cultures clash, sibling rivalries erupt, and bombs start falling. An incisive domestic comedy with a sharp political edge.

Tickets and more info here.

Mayan Mask January 9-February 12

Sat, 06 Dec 2014 17:28:22 GMT

My one-act play, MAYAN MASK, opens on Friday, January 9 at Elite Theatre Co., Oxnard, CA

Lightening Up, Sunday, January 18, 2015, 7:30 p.m., Louisville, KY

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:36:06 GMT

My newest full-length comedy, Lightening Up, will have a public reading on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at The Bard's Town Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. Admission is free, and the audience is invited to provide comments.

This play is presented by Derby City Playwrights, a group of 12 Louisville-area writers, each of whom will have a public reading of a new play at The Bard's Town Theatre.

A STATION IN LIFE - Marietta, Georgia - November 2014

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:00:00 GMT

SYNOPSIS: What does rock & roll mean to a survivor of The Station nightclub fire in Warwick, Rhode Island in 2003?

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister, March 27-29, 2015

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:02:37 GMT

The Phoenix Theatre is presenting this delightful 'Who Done It' drawing room comedy by Kris Bauske as part of the Hormel Festival of New Plays in Phoenix, AZ. Check info@phoenixtheatre.com for ticket information, dates, and times.

Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands February 2 - March 9, 2015

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:55:56 GMT

Bay Street Players are presenting the only authorized stage adaptation of Susan Carol McCarthy's stunning true story of a northern white family who moved to Florida after WWII and took on the KKK after the Klan tortured and murdered the son of their grove foreman. With current events shining a light on race relations, this is one play you don't want to miss.
Check their website at www.baystreetplayers.org for ticket information, dates, and times.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical, November 14 - December 7

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:52:55 GMT

Twin Lakes Playhouse is presenting the delightful musical Christmas comedy in Mountain Home, AR near Branson, MO. Check www.twinlakesplayhouse.org for ticket information, dates, and times.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas, December 12 - 21

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:51:00 GMT

Theatre of Gadsden is presenting the delightful Christmas comedy in Alabama City, AL. Check www.theatreofgadsden.com for ticket information, dates, and times.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical, November 28 - Deember 14

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:48:57 GMT

Slidell Little Theatre is presenting the delightful musical Christmas comedy in Slidell, LA near New Orleans. Check www.slidelllittletheatre.org for ticket information, dates, and times.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical, November 6 - 16

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:46:57 GMT

Langham Theatrical Productions is presenting the delightful musical Christmas comedy in Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada. Check www.langhamtheatricalcompany.ca for information.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas, November 28 - December 21

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:44:40 GMT

Artists Collaborative Theatre are presenting the delightful Christmas comedy in Elkhorn City, KY. Check www.act4.org for ticket info, dates, and times.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas, November 7 - December 7

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:41:14 GMT

The Bay Street Players are presenting the delightful Christmas comedy at the Historic State Theatre at 109 N. Bay Street in Eustis. Check www.baystreetplayers.org for ticket information, dates, and times.

DAUGHTERS OF OCEAN, November 5, 2014

Carol Lashof — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:00:00 GMT

My play Daughters of Ocean will be one of 8 short plays to be presented at the opening night of the fifth annual San Francisco Olympians Festival, a playwrights' festival of 12 evenings of staged readings inspired by Greek mythology. All plays are new works written especially for the festival.

Wednesday, November 5 8 PM at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco, 156 Eddy Street. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door beginning at 7:30 PM.

OCEANIDS or THE DAUGHTERS OF OCEAN
by Carol Lashof
directed by Valerie Fachman
In the war to restore Paganism, Prometheus has been taken captive by the ruling Christian Theocratic party. His wife, the sea nymph Hesione, is desperate to rescue him, but to reach his side she must cross a terrifying human city crowded with air-breathers, highways, and big box stores.

More info at https://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-Olympians-Festival/282661841972

AT SEA, reading, Culture*Park, New Bedford MA

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:14:58 GMT

My ten minute play AT SEA, which I wrote for this contest, will be read at culture*park's Short Play Marathon, Sat. Nov 22, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in downtown New Bedford, MA. It is indeed a marathon: from 1 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. they'll read 26 plays!

I'll be there and would love to meet fellow ICWP folks.

best,

Judith

THE LOVE SEAT - long one-act - October 2014

Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:00:00 GMT

Reading of one-act THE LOVE SEAT at Clan Na Gael Irish Arts Center, Fairfield, CT.

SYNOPSIS: In three scenes revolving around a love seat, we find out why Toni keeps turning men down...but is the third man the charm?

Mary Steelsmith's "Betty & Veronica" go to Washington!

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:30:00 GMT

The Rainbow Theatre Project will present a concert reading featuring four of Mary Steelsmith's short plays, at the SOURCE THEATRE in Washington D.C. -

Monday, October 20, 2014 at 7:30pm • Source * See the official announcement below:

The Betty & Veronica Plays (four short plays) • Playwright: Mary Steelsmith • Director: Star Johnson

In this touching and revelatory series of short plays (Happy and Gay, Moon Dancers, Dancing with Ms. Liza and Dancing with Sherpas), playwright Mary Steelsmith trails friends Betty and Veronica over several decades as their relationship, and names, change right along with the times. HAPPY AND GAY won the Eileen Heckart ten minute playwriting competition and is performed in festivals around the United States and Great Britain. Contact: Marysteelsmith@aol.com

A DOLL'S LIFE - Piney Fork Press & Thespian Production, NYC, October 2014

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Short horror play A DOLL'S LIFE produced in New York City.

SYNOPSIS: A little girl thinks her doll is messing with her, but her father doesn't believe her.

In the Pumpkin Patch, Wed., Oct. 22, 2014, at 8 pm

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:12:39 GMT

My comedy about an unlikely reunion of old friends in a pumpkin patch is part of an evening of shorts at 3Voices (3V) Theatre's 4th Staged Reading Series SHOCKTOBER! It's one-night only, Wednesday, October 22, at 8 pm, at The Drilling Company, 236 W 78th Street, New York City. Tickets are $10.

EROS & PSYCHE, August 7-20, 2014

Donna Spector — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:34:19 GMT

The Xoregos Performing Company produced Donna Spector's comedy EROS & PSYCHE in ten venues indoor and al fresco in New York City, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Roosevelt Island. Ten actors/dancers, a lovesick sheep and a three-headed dog were in the production. Music was composed by James Barry, costumes by Regina Cate, directed and choreographed by Shela Xoregos.

Dancing on a Sweet Summer Evening, August 8 to 24

Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:47:09 GMT

Presented as part of Queer Theatre Kalamazoo's Summer Shorts Series, August 8 to 24. Performances Friday and Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm at Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Road, Kalamazoo, Michigan. To reserve tickets, email queertheatrekalamazoo or purchase at the door ($10 cash or $13 credit). https://www.facebook.com/QTKalamazoo.

ST JOAN RIDES INTO THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL!

JULIA PASCAL — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 05:14:46 GMT

Modern British Black Jewish Joan travels back to medieval France, walking through 19^thcentury Africa and shadowing the ghettoes of today's multi-ethnic Europe. On her journey from horse to stake, can Joan overturn slavery and mass murder? Can she even save one life?

Three actors play Joan. Juliet Dante, Rachel Halper and Géhane Strehler have diverse roots, being part of European, American and African, Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures.

Venue 49, Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place Edinburgh EH1 1EZ

2nd- 24th August 2014 (not 12^th) at 16:30. 60 minutes.

Tickets from www.edfringe.comor Bedlam Box office Telephone: 0131 629 0430.

Written by Julia Pascal

Directed by Katrin Hilbe

More information www.stjoantheplay.com

Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/stjoantheplay

Ping - July 26 & Aug.1 @ 8 pm and Aug. 3 @ 7 pm

Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Jersey Voices One-Act Play Festival - special 20th Anniversary celebration featuring the best of the past 19 years. Ping first was produced by Jersey Voices in 2012 by the Chatham Community Players.

It is a one-woman play that depicts, in a riveting fashion, a mother's unwavering love for her grown child. The full festival runs from July 25 to Aug. 3 at:

The Chatham Playhouse, 23 North Passaic Ave., Chatham N.J. Visit www.chathamplayers.org for tickets ($15 to $25) and directions.

Concert Reading of "Moments of Truth" July 9, 2014

Patricia Milton — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:30:00 GMT

MOMENTS OF TRUTH

Music and lyrics by Caroline Altman. Book by ICWP member Patricia Milton. Directed by Caroline Altman. Music Director: John-Elliott Kirk.

Cast: Caroline Altman*, Stephanie Prentice, John Patrick Moore*, and Steve Rhyne. *member, AEA

ABOUT THE PLAY:

This chamber musical comedy follows Nan, a mid-career fine arts painter. She loses her confidence after she is replaced in her long-term residency by an artist half her age. Nan agrees to collaborate with her former art school roommate, Chloe, a scandal-ridden “shock art” photographer. The two hope to rehabilitate their careers and land a prestigious prize ~ and an exhibit ~ in New York. Their unusual project uses a lie detector to catch real-life models in “moments of truth.” As a love triangle develops under her roof, Nan begins to lose confidence in her husband, too. She wonders: is it time to bring the lie detector into her marriage?

As a work-in-progress, "Moments" was a Finalist for the 2013 Women in Arts and Media Collaboration Award.

FREE admission. At Thick House, 1695 18th Street, San Francisco, between deHaro and Arkansas on Potrero Hill. Plenty of street parking in the neighborhood.

ST JOAN AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL

JULIA PASCAL — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:10:34 GMT

Modern British Black Jewish Joan travels back to medieval France, walking through 19^th century Africa and shadowing the ghettoes of today's multi-ethnic Europe. On her journey from horse to stake, can Joan overturn slavery and mass murder? Can she even save one life?

Three actors play Joan. Juliet Dante, Rachel Halper and Géhane Strehler have diverse roots, being part of European, American and African, Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures. With this production, Hilbe, Hind and Pascal create a 21^st century Joan, deconstructing her position as a heroine of the French far Right. Rather she is envisioned as a modern warrior in the fight against white European supremacy.

The Edinburgh premiere will be a highly physical production which also celebrates text and choral work. Hilbe, Hind and Pascal are an exciting new artistic collaboration linking France, and Liechtenstein with New York, London and Sheffield. At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, three experienced international artists will explore history and challenge its consequences.

St Joan IS at Venue 49, Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place Edinburgh EH1 1EZ

2nd - 24th August 2014 (not 12^th) at 16:30. 60 minutes.

Tickets from www.edfringe.com or Bedlam Box office Telephone: 0131 629 0430.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Pascal Theatre Company, ManyTracks Inc. & Add2 Productions present St Joan.

Written by Julia Pascal, Directed by Katrin Hilbe and Designed by Kati Hind.

Pascal Theatre Companyhas produced New Writing since 1985 and is a member of the Independent Theatre Council. Funders include The Heritage Lottery Fund, BBC Children In Need. The focus is on multicultural work and international liaisons. www.pascal-theatre.com.

ManyTracks Inc.was founded by Liechtenstein/New York producer/director Katrin Hilbe and is New York based. Last year Hilbe directed the five star winning Breaking the Silence at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. After the success of 2013, the Company is extending into new partnerships and creative teamwork. www.manytracks.org.

Add2 Productionsis a new producing and marketing venture headed by Kati Hind. The Company specialises in artistic collaborations to produce theatre of excellence. www.add2productions.co.uk.

Press Enquiries to Janey Klein 020 7383 0920/07775 934 378 or press@stjoantheplay.com

More information www.stjoantheplay.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stjoantheplay

ST JOAN RIDES INTO THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL!

JULIA PASCAL — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:08:12 GMT

ST JOAN

by Julia Pascal

What happens when a Black Jewish Londoner dreams she is Joan of Arc? How can she overturn history? These are two of the tantalising questions behind Julia Pascal's imaginative satire on nationalism.

Modern British Black Jewish Joan travels back to medieval France, walking through 19^th century Africa and shadowing the ghettoes of today's multi-ethnic Europe. On her journey from horse to stake, can Joan overturn slavery and mass murder? Can she even save one life?

St Joanperforms at Venue 49, Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place Edinburgh EH1 1EZ

2nd - 24th August 2014 (not 12^th) at 16:30. 60 minutes.

Tickets from www.edfringe.com or Bedlam Box office Telephone: 0131 629 0430.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Pascal Theatre Company, ManyTracks Inc. & Add2 Productions present St Joan.

Written by Julia Pascal, Directed by Katrin Hilbe and Designed by Kati Hind.

Add2 Productionsis a new producing and marketing venture headed by Kati Hind. The Company specialises in artistic collaborations to produce theatre of excellence. www.add2productions.co.uk.

Info: 020 7383 0920/07775 934 378 or press@stjoantheplay.com

More information www.stjoantheplay.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stjoantheplay

Staged reading of Disclosure June 25, 2014

Carol Lashof — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:00:00 GMT

Wednesday June 25th, 7pm

Staged reading of Disclosure

By Carol S Lashof

Directed by Anthony Miller

Virago Theatre

1540 Broadway

Oakland CA

What is memory? Is one person’s recollection more true than another? For thirty-five years, Maya has kept silent about a childhood trauma. Now, she is determined to disclose the truth, confront the past, and move on. But the story she needs to tell may

shatter her family--is it worth it?

There is no charge for admission.  Advance reservations recommended.

Info & reservations: https://www.viragotheatre.org/new-works.html

DANCING WITH MS. LIZA JUNE 11 2014

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:24:43 GMT

You are invited to a reading of my brand new one-act comedy, DANCING WITH MS. LIZA (two high school girls plot to secretly dance with each other in their senior class musical). DANCING WITH MS. LIZA will have its first public reading, Wednesday, June 11th in the Community Center at Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, at 7:00 p.m.

This evening of play readings will be presented as part of West Hollywood's Pride Month’s celebration and by the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. For the sixth year in a row, the City's Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission has GENEROUSLY given ALAP a grant to present this festival. For 2014, the City of West Hollywood asked that all plays reflect in some way the theme of the Pride celebration, which is "I Do" -- celebrating same-sex marriage. ask a panel of judges not affiliated with ALAP to read and grade the entries, and they have spoken!

The other short plays being presented are:

Rick and Chris Get Hitched by Chris Karmiol
Happily Ever After by Thomas J. Misuraca
Vision 2020 by Robert Patrick
Triple Cherries by Felix Racelis
Jumping the Broom by Steve Shade

Free Parking is available in Plummer Park lots off Santa Monica or Fountain.

I am so blessed with our cast Allie Costa, Clara Sao and Nick Kilgore. We are especially fortunate to have Susan Stangl direct.

And did I mention– Admission is FREE.

A reception will follow with Milk and "Very Gay Cookies."

Thank you,

Mary Steelsmith

www.marysteelsmith.com

HAPPY AND GAY AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:16:41 GMT

Mary Steelsmith’s ten minute Award-winning comedy, HAPPY AND GAY will be part of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights' inaugural production in the Hollywood Fringe. It will be featured in "Sex, Lies and Social Media" at the Elephant Theatre.

AnnaLisa Erickson stars as the joyous 'Betty' and Steelsmith will play the very dour 'Veronica'. Susan Stangl directs. HAPPY AND GAY, the tale of two ladies stressing over how to "correctly" decorate their church’s fellowship hall for its first same-sex wedding, won the Eileen Heckart Competition.

Preview Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLC_FXBaJF0&feature=youtu.be

TICKETS/INFO: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1583

SHOW DATES AND TIMES:

Monday, June 09 2014, 7:00 PM

Saturday June 14 2014, 5:30 PM

Monday June 16 2014, 7:00 PM

Sunday June 22 2014, 2:30 PM

Sunday June 29 2014, 1:00 PM

HAPPY AND GAY AT THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:14:25 GMT

Preview Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLC_FXBaJF0&feature=youtu.be

TICKETS/INFO: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1583

SHOW DATES AND TIMES:

Monday, June 09 2014, 7:00 PM

Saturday June 14 2014, 5:30 PM

Monday June 16 2014, 7:00 PM

Sunday June 22 2014, 2:30 PM

Sunday June 29 2014, 1:00 PM

HAPPY AND GAY

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:10:30 GMT

Preview Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLC_FXBaJF0&feature=youtu.be

TICKETS/INFO: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1583

SHOW DATES AND TIMES:

Monday, June 09 2014, 7:00 PM

Saturday June 14 2014, 5:30 PM

Monday June 16 2014, 7:00 PM

Sunday June 22 2014, 2:30 PM

Sunday June 29 2014, 1:00 PM

HAPPY AND GAY - JUNE 9-29 2014

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:06:34 GMT

Preview Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLC_FXBaJF0&feature=youtu.be

TICKETS/INFO: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1583

SHOW DATES AND TIMES:

Monday, June 09 2014, 7:00 PM

Saturday June 14 2014, 5:30 PM

Monday June 16 2014, 7:00 PM

Sunday June 22 2014, 2:30 PM

Sunday June 29 2014, 1:00 PM

Whispers to the Moon - Ft. Wayne Civic Theatre

Fri, 30 May 2014 23:00:00 GMT

"Whispers to the Moon" will be produced from May 30th - June 15th by the Ft. Wayne Civic Theatre as part of its annual new play festival. Playwright Kris Bauske and Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies will attend the first weekend of production. Mr. Margulies will lead discussions after performances during the play festival.
Visit www.fwcivic.org for information and tickets.
You can also follow Kris on Facebook at "Redneck Christmas Supporters" and on Twitter @IntlPlaywright

Marcia Mayfield has returned to the same hotel on the Riviera every August for the last forty-two years. There, she meets up with the one true love of her life, Charles DÁnjou, and they spend two weeks together despite the fact that each is married to someone else. This summer, however, Marcia’s adult daughter shows up unannounced, and Marcia must juggle her efforts to help Carol choose her life’s path while trying to find a way to tell Charles she must finally end the affair. Can Marcia keep her secret from Carol, and is the affair the only secret Marcia’s hiding? What is the dark secret only Charles knows?

Whispers to the Moon Reading at Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs

Thu, 29 May 2014 22:30:00 GMT

"Whispers to the Moon" will receive a reading at the Mizell Senior Center in lovely Palm Springs, CA on May 29, 2014. Check out www.mizell.org for details. The reading is free for members of the center, and there will be a nominal fee for non-members. The majority of the cast is AEA, and they have done this reading at another location previously with great success. For a complete synopsis, visit www.krisbauske.com

The Doula's Daughter

Fri, 16 May 2014 18:00:38 GMT

Hilary King's new full-length The Doula's Daughter will be read at the Fern Theatre Atlanta this 2014 as part of their New Play Development Series. Dates to be determined.

In the Garden with Giants - Talkstory Theatre

Fri, 16 May 2014 18:00:05 GMT

Hilary King's play In the Garden with Giants will be produced as part of Talkstory Theatre's Where Late the Sweet Birds Sing Garden Showcase. This site-specific show will take place in late June 2014 in New London, Connecticut, on the grounds of the historic Shaw Mansion.

Somewhere In Between play reading 12 May, Houston, TX

Mon, 12 May 2014 23:30:00 GMT

Adrienne Earle Pender's drama, Somewhere In Between will be presented in a staged reading by the Wordsmyth Theater Company in Houston, Texas, on Monday, 12 May 2014. This powerful drama explores grief, race, sexual identity, and the nature of love.

CIRCLING THE GLOBE at Longwood University, Farmville, Va., April 24-27

Victoria Z. Daly — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:00:00 GMT

Victoria Z. Daly's 10-minute comedy CIRCLING THE GLOBE is a winner of Longwood University's 0 to 60: Ten Minute Play Competition and will receive a production at the University, in Farmville, Va.. Thursday-Saturday, April 24-25 at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m.

A MAYFLOWER MEETING, May 2, 2014

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:49:40 GMT

Short history-flavored play A MAYFLOWER MEETING to be produced at the Chestertown Tea Party Colonial Festival in association with the Live Playwrights Society on the eastern shore of Maryland in May.

Two short plays, Spring 2014

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:44:37 GMT

Short comedy CHANG & HIS MOTHER’S GHOST to be produced by Brown Theater Company, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Spring 2014.

Short drama AMARILIS to be produced by Brown Theater Company, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Spring 2014.

PANDORA'S BOX, April 12, 2014

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:33:04 GMT

Short comedy PANDORA’S BOX given a reading by Anything April Words & Wine Reading Series, April 12, 2014 at the F.A.C.T. home: Bruce Mitchell Room of Art/NY, New York City.

I am Marguerite April 10 - 25, 2015

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:43:56 GMT

1542: Marguerite de Roberval, a young French noblewoman, has been banished by her brother to the Isle of Demons off the north coast of Newfoundland for daring to choose love over duty. After two years on the island, and driven half-mad by loss, loneliness, hardship and memories, she has a chance of rescue. But can she return to the society that betrayed her?

Based on a true story from the attempt to create the first European settlement in Canada, I am Marguerite, directed by Molly Thom, will premiere at the Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkely St., Toronto from April 10 - 25, 2015

Fire at Open Hydrant Theater Company, Bronx, NY, June 5,6,7, 2014

Donna Spector — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:26:08 GMT

Based on a story in the L.A. Times, Fire will be in their Spring Festival of Shorts.

Blind Date at Phoenix Stage Company, Naugatuck, CT, May 15 and 17, 2014

Donna Spector — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:18:54 GMT

“Spector never resorts to clichés here as she peppers Blind Date with all manner of unexpected turns. The play is delightful…fast, funny and unpredictable.” NY Theatre.com

THE WISDOM OF SERPENTS -- March 30, 2014

Diane Baia Hale — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:00:00 GMT

Excerpts from Diane Baia Hale's historical drama The Wisdom of Serpents, about real-life 12th century mystic, composer and author Hildegard von Bingen will be performed along with choral selection's from Hildegard's own medieval morality play Ordo virtutum by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Loyola University Chicago, Madonna della Strada Chapel, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL, on Sunday, March 3:00 p.m. The Wisdom of Serpents, an Honorable Mention for the 2009 Jane Chambers Award, tells the story of the price that Hildegard must pay when she dares to defy both church and state on the basis of personal conscience.

CIRCLING THE GLOBE to be broadcast on Spokane's KYRS-FM radio in March

Victoria Z. Daly — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:34:26 GMT

A radio version of Victoria Z. Daly's 10-minute comedy CIRCLING THE GLOBE will be broadcast on live on Spokane Radio Theatre, KYRS-FM, in March. Date TBD.

The Music Lesson to participate in WODL Festival in Windsor

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:07:51 GMT

The Music Lesson by Tammy Ryan, directed by Henri Canino and produced by Theater Sarnia in January 2014 has been selected to compete in the Western Ontario Drama League Festival in Windsor on March 11 at 8pm.

“We are honoured to be representing Theatre Sarnia at this level of competition,” says Director Henri Canino. The Music Lesson is a beautiful family drama…a story about healing and hope. It recently enjoyed a successful run at the Imperial Theatre. Each performance was followed by a standing ovation and rave revues.

For more information and tickets go to: http://www.imperialtheatre.net/news/the-music-lesson-selected-for-wodl-festival-in-windsor

COLLABORATE/CREATE: YOU MAY NOT BELONG, SUNDAY MARCH 16 AT 7PM

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:46:20 GMT

Forward Flux Productions presents You May Not Belong Exhibition on Sunday, March 16th from at 7PM at Theaterlab (357 W. 36th St. at 9th Ave, 3rd Floor, A/C/E subway to 34th St). Investigating the timely theme of citizenship, the exhibition features collaborative works created by 13 multi-disciplinary artists selected for the collaborate:create 3-week residency. You May Not Belong also highlights the artists' creative process and research, with interactive opportunities for audience members to engage directly with the artists. Works include sculptural installations, live performances, music, film, and illustrations. This is the fourth exhibition of the collaborate:create residency, with each exhibition focusing on a different current theme.

Put the word marjorie as a promotion code for $10 tickets
Tickets for You May Not Belong are available in advance for $15 online at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/9886856

LIMBO LOUNGE, March 7 at 8pm, March 8 at 3pm

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:42:34 GMT

My short play LIMBO LOUNGE is being presented by Thespian Production at Joria Main Stage, 260 West 36th Street, 3fl, in NYC. The play places Elia Kazan, Tennessee Williams, and Federico Garcia Lorca plus a bartender in LIMBO. Other short plays will also be presented. Friday, March 7 at 8pm and Saturday March 8 at 3 pm. Tks $25

"Requiem for a Pair of Manicure Scissors," March 8, 14, 15, 2014

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:02:51 GMT

"Requiem for a Pair of Manicure Scissors," a monologue, will be presented as part of Here, There & Everywhere, the 2014 celebration of International Women's Day at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend, WA. Proceeds will go to a scholarship fund for women and girls. More details at http://www.keycitypublictheatre.org/about_kcpt.htm.

A CHRISTMAS KISS, Spokane Radio Theatre, Dec. 8, 2013

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:30:04 GMT

Short comedy A CHRISTMAS KISS was produced on Spokane Radio Theatre Dec. 8, 2013.

http://www.kyrs.org/showprofile.cfm?id=1277399863293

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - "Play With Your Food" at Cape Cod Cmty. College

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:26:43 GMT

Short comedy FOOD FOR THOUGHT was read in the “Play with Your Food” series at Cape Cod Community College, fall 2013.

SEXOLOGY 101 - Closet Door, Sacramento, CA

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:21:49 GMT

Short comedy SEXOLOGY 101 was produced at Closet Door's LGBTQ festival in Sacramento, CA in late November, 2013.

AFTER THE DISSOLUTION, Image Theatre's "Femnoire" festival, Massachusetts

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:18:48 GMT

My short quasi-political drama AFTER THE DISSOLUTION has been selected as one of seven short plays to be produced by Image Theater for their Fem Noire event (women playwrights only) on March 28th and 29th, 2014 at The Whistler House Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. Founder Jerry Bisantz will be directing the play.

CHANG & HIS MOTHER'S GHOST and AMARILIS - Brown Theater Company, NJ

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:14:50 GMT

Two short plays of mine will be produced in a festival of diversity this Spring (2014) at the brand new Brown Theater Company at Rutgers U in New Jersey.

CHANG is about a man whose Mother's Ghost gives him advice on his (gay) love life one night while he is trying to fall asleep.

AMARILIS involves an elderly woman describing her husband's murder on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic during the Parsley Massacre of 1937.

AFTER THE DISSOLUTION - March 2014

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:11:16 GMT

My short drama AFTER THE DISSOLUTION will be produced in Norway at the Belurusian Dream Theatre, March 2014. It may be optioned for other European productions and will be published in a new book, proceeds of which will go to Amnesty International.

SYNOPSIS: Natasha and Sergei’s marriage crumbles as they talk about the fall of the Soviet Union.

JOHN - Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 2014

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:09:57 GMT

January 31-February 1, 2014
Fast and Furious
Don’t blink! Stage Left’s first annual staged reading of super-short plays. This fast-paced, fun event will feature new comedies and dramas written by local and national playwrights and is sure to chase away the winter blahs. At Spokane's Stage Left. The plays will receive staged readings on Jan. 31 & Feb. 1 at Stage Left Theater in Spokane, Washington, USA, at 7:30 p.m.

SYNOPSIS of JOHN: Young John is lying on the beach struggling to write poetry and doesn’t like it when his mother calls him in for dinner.

HEART THROBS 2, Jan. 31 thru Feb. 16 at Atlanta Theaters

Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:00:00 GMT

Heart Throbs 2 presents nine short plays about love. Playing in three different venues over three weekends.

Hilary King directs one piece in the festival, and has written another that will appear in it.

Urn at Spokane's Fast and Furious Festival Jan. 31-Feb.1

Victoria Z. Daly — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:00:00 GMT

Victoria Z. Daly's Urn, a one-minute play, will be produced as part of the Fast and Furious Festival in Spokane, Washington, January 31 and February 1.

SWAN Day at PYRO Gallery - Louisville, KY - Sat., Mar. 29, 1-2 pm

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:03:15 GMT

ICWP member Kathi E.B. Ellis and I have organized a free one-hour event called SWAN Day at PYRO Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky, the last Saturday in March, March 29, from 1 to 2 p.m., and we hope you'll join us! SWAN Day is an international holiday to "Support Women Artists Now."

Pyro Gallery is located at 909 East Market St., in NuLu, a vibrant neighborhood full of art galleries, fun eateries, and shops. Our showcase includes performers of all ages sharing drama, fiction, poetry, and memoir, as well as dance, music, and visual art.

The event itself and parking are free. For more information, contact me, nancygallclayton@earthlink.net.

Reading of CHECKMATE - March 11, 2014

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:26:52 GMT

March 11, 2014, 8 p.m. Reading of CHECKMATE at PlayClubWest, North Hollywood, CA. 2 women, 2 men. Contemporary serio-comedy, 90 mins. When Barley, a young reporter, loses her job, she becomes involved with the decoy industry--with devastating personal results.

Info: http://uaplayclubwest.wordpress.com

DOPPELGANGER to receive Staged Reading at The Actors Studio, NYC Jan. 28 at 5:40 p.m.

Victoria Z. Daly — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:40:00 GMT

An excerpt of Victoria Z. Daly's full-length dark comedy, DOPPELGANGER, will receive a staged reading at The Actors Studio's Playwrights and Directors Workshop, 432 W. 44th St., NYC, on January 28 at 5:40 p.m. No charge, but reservations a must. Talkback afterwards with the playwright.

ZIMY AND ZOG VISIT EARTH, Apr. 3-12, 2014

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:32:26 GMT

A sci-fi comedy, ZIMY AND ZOG VISIT EARTH is one of 10 short plays chosen for the Finnigan Productions Seventh Annual Festival of Funky Fresh Fun to be produced at The Bard's Town Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky, April 3-12, 2014. For more information, contact the playwright, nancygallclayton@earthlink.net.

Just Deserts, November 19, 2013

Carol Lashof — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In Washington, DC, presented by Tasty Monster Productions November 19, 7 pm at The Corner Store Arts Center: staged reading of Just Deserts (full-length play) https://www.facebook.com/events/298054237003964/
Free. Donations accepted. Reception, Q&A with playwright following the reading.

Light Show, December 13 and 14, 2013

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:47:52 GMT

In Los Angeles, as part of North by South Theatre's Winter Rites Festival on December 13 and 14, Light Show. http://www.northbysouththeatrela.org/?q=currentseason

San Francisco Olympians Festival IV: The Trojan Requiem, November 13, 2013

Carol Lashof — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:00:00 GMT

In San Francisco, as part of the SF Olympians Festival on Nov. 13, 8 pm at the Exit Theatre: staged readings of The Girl with Sparkling Eyes and A Goddess in her Grief (short plays) https://www.facebook.com/events/688412094520116/
Tickets $10 available at the door. Cash only.

Productions, Readings

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:32:52 GMT

Shirley King's first play won a California Arts Council award and was produced in 2002. Her plays, scenes and monologues have now received more than 150 productions/readings. In the past two years they have been performed in the US, Korea, England, Canada and Scotland.

Her play CANDYGRAMS was selected in 2013 by the Cross/Royal Shakespeare Company. KEEPING PROMISES: produced by Brown University 2-20-2013. FLY THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES and CANDYGRAMS: produced by Mind the Gap Theater Company NYC for World Theater Day, 3-26-2013. THE RIGHT TO DRY: performed by City Lights, San Jose CA 4-9-2013. FORTNIGHT: performed April 27-28, 2013 by Driven Theater Company, Texas. THE GLASS SLIPPER: produced by YES Summer Shorts, June 2013. FIRE! FIRE!: produced 6-8-2013 by GI60 UK.

DONKEY DAN and LOCOMOTION: selected for Harper College’s Summer InZone Program June 2013. A PERSON OF INTEREST and JUST ADD CATS: KTDT Radio Theater 7, 8 2013. CUT AND CURL: Wayne Theater Alliance: 8-23, 2013. BLINKING IN TREETOPS: Spokane Radio Theater 9-8-2013. MURLOCK USA will be produced for the Annual Piney Fork Theater Playwriting Festival February 8, 2014 at Riverside Branch/Lincoln Center, NYC. CUT AND CURL will be produced by Lakes Area Theater May, 2014. WAYBACK MACHINE and CUT AND CURL to be produced by Fringe of Marin, Spring, 2014. JUST ADD CATS will be produced February 6-7-2014 at the Seaside Repertory Theatre in Seaside, FL.

A San Francisco Bay Area resident, Shirley is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Playwrights Center and The International Center for Women Playwrights.

SEXOLOGY 101, Nov. 22nd & 23rd, 2013

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:01:24 GMT

At Closet Door Theatre, Sacramento California. This is an LGBT production of short plays. General Admission: $20. Phone: (916) 222-4932.

Measure of the World In Rep Nov 13 - Dec 1

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:04:06 GMT

Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street, Toronto

Tickets $20 pwyc Thursday performances

Measure of the World is part of Fireworks - a new festival of three full length plays developed at the Alumnae

Peru: 1736 Three incompatible French scientists. Two goals: to measure a degree of the earth’s arc at the Equator and to spy on Spain’s rich colony of Peru. And one mixed race slave who is promised her freedom to spy on them all.

Performances:

Fri Nov 15, 8pm

Sun Nov 17, 2:30 pm

Wed Nov 20, 8pm

Sat Nov 23, 2:30 pm

Thurs Nov 28, 8 pm

Sat Nov 30, 8 pm

Additional events:

· Nov 17 noon Panel on Science in the Theatre
· Dec 1, 4 pm Playwrights speak – the journey of play creation

Full information and tickets

National Parks Play FROM OUT THE FIERY FURNACE

Christine Emmert — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:13:10 GMT

My play, FROM OUT THE FIERY FURNACE, commissioned by the National Parks is being presented November 12th at Sinking Spring Women's Club at 4125 Penn Avenue in Sinking Spring PA 7 pm. It is a one-woman show telling the story of women in the ironworking industry in PA during the 1800s.

ESCAPE IN A WHITE TOYOTA

Robin Rice — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:00:00 GMT

Short and unusual one act in Emerging Artists Theatre's New Works Series. One performance only: October 19, 5 p.m. At 15 W. 28th St., New York City. tickets and details: www.emergingartiststheatre.org.

"Whistleblower" September 20-29, 2013

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT

"Whistleblower" is a fantastical one-act comedy about a young law clerk climbing the wacky corporate ladder.

Pittsburgh New Works Festival

Location:

McKeesport Little Theater
1614 Cousins Street
McKeesport, PA 15132

Tickets:

Whistleblower is in "Program D" (one evening of 3 one-act plays)

$15 adult, $12 student

purchase online: http://www.pittsburghnewworks.org/tickets/

or by phone: 1-888-71-TICKETS

or at the door

Soldier's Heart opens Sept 27-Oct 12

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:43:15 GMT

Tammy Ryan's new play, Soldier's Heart about sexual assault in the military opens at the REP, the professional repertory company of the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Sept 27-Oct 12.

From the Playhouse:

"Before heading off to war in Iraq, Casey Johnson neatly organizes her life into a box of lists, envelopes and registration forms for her son's activities. Months later, she returns to Western Pennsylvania forever changed, with deep psychological scars that no amount of arranging seems to be able to fix. Tammy Ryan's poignant Soldier's Heart shines a light on the struggles facing women warriors."

The Pittsburgh Playhouse
222 Craft Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

www.pittsburghplayhouse.com
412-392-8000

Perfect Love, a staged reading, part of FemFest, 2013

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:05:03 GMT

Perfect Love is the story of relationships that are anything but perfect, although everyone is trying really hard...sort of.

Sat. Setp. 14, 1 pm

University of Winnipeg Theatre

The Fish in the Dumpster

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 07:55:50 GMT

Reading of monologue just published in "Scenes from the Common Wealth," Berea College,Jekyl Drama Center, Berea, Kentucky, 8 p.m.

Disclosure on July 22

Carol Lashof — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 23:30:00 GMT

monday, july 22, 2013
Studio 250
965 Mission, Fl. 2
San Francisco
7:30 p.m.
$5-10 SL; members free

disclosure
by Carol Lashof
Developmental reading

For thirty-five years, Maya has kept silent about a childhood trauma. Now, she is determined to disclose the truth, confront the past, and move on. But every step she takes in pursuit of closure leads her deeper into conflict with the people she loves the most.

http://playwrightscentersf.org/stagedreadings/synopses/PCSFSpring2013ReadingSeries.htm

A Trip to Eden - September 12-22, 2013

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 08:02:32 GMT

Short comedy about a feminist who time travels back to Eden selected for Ten-Tucky Festival at The Bard's Town Theatre, 1801 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY.

Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 07:58:48 GMT

Reading of full-length play about internal wiring and family acceptance. Winner of Long Beach Playhouse New Works competition, 5021 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach CA, August 22, 8 pm.

The Funnybun Family Picnic - July 13-21, 2013

Emily Cicchini — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 17:27:20 GMT

THE FUNNYBUN FAMILY PICNIC
by Emily Cicchini
directed by Judy Matezschk-Campbell
presented by The Pollyanna Theatre Company
The Long Center for the Performing Arts Rollins Theatre
Austin, Texas, USA
Call 512 743-7966 for reservations
For audiences ages 5 and up.

Here's more about the play:
Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2013-07-12/the-funnybun-family-picnic/
Broadway World Austin
http://austin.broadwayworld.com/article/Pollyanna-Theatre-to-Present-THE-FUNNYBUN-FAMILY-PICNIC-713-21-20130624
Pollyanna Theatre Company Website
http://www.pollyannatheatrecompany.org

ENTER SINGING Concert in Manhattan

Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:31:41 GMT

WHERE: Gonzalez Y Gonzalez 192 Mercer Street, NY, NY

WHAT TIME: Party starts at 8PM Actors sing at 9:20PM

Kick Off Party for MITF ENTER SINGING actors will sing!

SOLOIST / ACTORS from ENTER SINGING:

CANARY (Phillip Ramsey) song CAN SHE SEE WHO I AM?

BELLA DAGGET MOORE (Talia Noelle) STARRING IMPOSSIBLE

PRINCETON HALL (Kevin Martinez) HUMBLE

Meet and Greet our Actors

FREE FOOD FREE ENTERTAINMENT! IN MANHATTAN

ENTER SINGING Concert Reading Workshop

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:22:17 GMT

A Concert Reading Workshop of ENTER SINGING the Musical was held May 19th, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. DIRECTOR Kelli Locker, board member of Dayton Playhouse. Feedback session lead by Doddy Lockwood and Kelli Locker. Doddy Lockwood is the found of the Dayton FutureFest (National Playwrighting contest).

This Concert Reading and discussion was held in preparation for ENTER SINGING'S Premiere in Manhattan this summer.

Productions, Readings, 2013

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:39:07 GMT

CANDYGRAMS was selected in 2013 by the Cross/Royal Shakespeare Company. KEEPING PROMISES was produced by Brown University 2-20-2013. FLY THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES and CANDYGRAMS were produced by Mind the Gap Theater Company NYC for World Theater Day, 3-26-2013. THE RIGHT TO DRY was performed by City Lights, San Jose CA 4-9-2013. FORTNIGHT will be performed April 27-28 2013 by Driven Theater Company, Texas. THE GLASS SLIPPER will be produced by YES Summer Shorts, June 25-27 2013.

Just Deserts on April 21, 2013

Carol Lashof — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Symmetry Theatre in Berkeley, CA will present a stage reading of my new full-length play Just Deserts on Sunday, April 21 at 7 pm at the Berkeley City Club.

When a young man walks into hell, looking for help to kill his mother, the order of the universe hangs in the balance.

Symmetry Theatre presents a reading of JUST DESERTS, a new full-length play by Carol S. Lashof, directed by Chloe Bronzan.

Featuring: Louise Chegwidden*, Louel Senores, Megan Kilian Uttam*, and Valerie Weak*.

*Member Actors Equity. An AEA approved project.

Sunday, April 21 @ 7 pm
2315 Durant Street, Berkeley

Tickets are pay what you can and are available at the door.

http://www.symmetrytheatre.com/

Solving Sunflowers at East Mountain Center for Theatre

Patricia Milton — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

SOLVING SUNFLOWERS is the winner of the 2013 EMCT playwriting competition for the best play about New Mexico or by a New Mexican playwright.

Performances at 7 pm April 12-21, 2013
East Mountain Center for Theatre,
15 LaMadera Road (off of North Highway 14)
Sandia Park, NM

After Frank, April 12-27 at Exit Theatre, San Francisco

Patricia Milton — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Exit Theatre Main Stage
April 12-April 27th 2013
Thu-Fri-Sat
8pm

Now in it's 13th year, Sheherezade throws down the gauntlet with an evening of fully produced short plays by PCSF member playwrights performed by a phenomenal ensemble cast.

After Frank
Written by Patricia Milton
Directed by Laylah Muran

and seven other short plays.

Tickets

Cat Ladies: "The Metamorphosis"

Carol Lashof — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

All-Terrain Theatre Company in Berkeley, CA presents "Women in Solodarity: Cat Ladies." The production includes the premiere of my monologue "The Metamorphosis. The show runs April 5, 6, 12, 13 2013. Tickets from Brown Paper Tickets: http://catladies.brownpapertickets.com/

More info:

https://www.facebook.com/events/102148146638070/?fref=ts

Eileen Heckart winner HAPPY AND GAY, SWAN DAY Washington D.C. Reading

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Mary Steelsmith's Eileen Heckart Award-winning play, HAPPY AND GAY (two women stressing over how to correctly' decorate their church's fellowship hall for its first same-sex wedding), will be part of the "Best of DC SWAN Day plays 2009-2012."

Their reading panel picked HAPPY AND GAY as one of the top 12 scripts read in the past four SWAN Day Marathons.

DC SWAN Day will be celebrated Saturday, March 23, from 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.m., at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nmwa.org/events/theater-swan-day-0

THE SECRET LIFE OF BIRDS, staged reading at Dramatists Guild

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Loyalty. Sacrifice. Canada geese. A string quartet. A mountain cabin. And the Summer Solstice, the time when all things change.

Based on and utilizing Ravel's String Quartet in F major in surprising ways, this 5-actor play will be read as part of the Friday Night Footlights series in the Frederick Loewe Room at Dramatists' Guild, 7th floor, 1501 Broadway, New York.

Admission is free but the Room only seats 45 people, so arrive early!

ZELDA AT THE OASIS to end Off-Broadway run!

Patricia Lin (P.H. Lin) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:54:11 GMT

ZELDA AT THE OASIS, a "two-hander" bio-play about Zelda Fitzgerald, will end a successful 14 week run Off-Broadway on Friday, February 15, 2013. St. Luke's Theatre, NYC. We have played to close to 2000 people, and their response has been phenomenal! www.ZeldaOasis.com

FAR NORTH, Feb. 8-10

Victoria Z. Daly — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT

Production of FAR NORTH, a 15-monute monologue, at the Old Library Theatre, Fairlawn, NJ, Feb. 8 -10. Tickets $10.

At a cocktail party, urbane Phyllis speaks into a cell phone camera as she gives advice to a newborn on living a civilized life. But, as the party progresses, her proper veneer begins to crack, revealing a secret long ago buried in the Far North.

THE FORMULA, February 7-9, 2013

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT

What do you get when you mix a humanoid robot, a menopausal biochemist, a Ninja mathematician, and the cure for cancer? The 1940s SciFi comedy THE FORMULA, of course!

Convergence Continuum Theatre Company at The Liminis, 2438 Scranton Road
One block west of Lincoln Park in Cleveland's historic Tremont neighborhood.

Buy tix online at www.convergence-continuum.org or reserve by calling 216.687.0074.

THE SITTING, a short play.

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:32:59 GMT

An artist paints the portrait of a village wife, and they debate the value of art in everyday life as he struggles with the picture and his subject. THE SITTING is part of the Benchwarmers Festival at Santa Fe Playhouse. Feb. 7-Mar. 3, 2013. Tickets $15

Revelation March 6-10

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:50:12 GMT

Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario

March 6 - 10, Wed - Sat 8pm, Sat & Sun 2:30 pm

$15

Tickets: 416-364-4170 www.alumnaetheatre.com

Revelation opens the 25th anniversary of the New Ideas Festival at the Alumnae Theatre. The play was first performed at the festival in 2001.

“The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised”. But who is this old woman who claims she’s my wife? Can John and Mary navigate the minefields of memory before it’s their turn to be judged?

World premiere of SEEDS

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:49:01 GMT

My play about identical twins--one of whom becomes an egg donor surrogate for the other--opens March 1 and runs through March 24 at the Road Less Traveled Theatre in Buffalo, NY.

Donna Hoke

"You Can't Leave": a ten-minute play

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:23:19 GMT

Project, Maplewood, NJ. March 1-3. Rickets $20.

"Mark Twain and the General": the opera

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:21:22 GMT

A one-act opera, libretto by Jewel Seehaus-Fisher, music by Robert W. Butts, based on Jewel's play of the same name (produced in NYC last summer)

NJIT 2:30, Wed., Feb. 6th,admission free

production: PERSON OF INTEREST

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:17:12 GMT

PERSON OF INTERESTis a full length play based on the anthrax poisoned letters mailed to Congressman and to newspapers a few years ago.The central character is Charlotte Hauser, a professor of microbiology, drawn into the FBI investigation. Opposing her is Jane Willis, Director of the FBI investigation.

March 15-30, The Women's Theater Co. of NJ. Tickets: $20.

Short comedy CHRISTMAS EVE, MANY YEARS FROM NOW in western Mass., Feb. 14-Mar. 3, 2013

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:01:37 GMT

My short comedy will be performed in the Barrington Stage 10x10 Festival in the Berkshires, Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 14-Mar. 3, 2013, tickets $20-25, but $15 at first two preview nights. ox Office
Purchase tickets to BSCs 10x10 New Play Festival by calling the Barrington Stage Box Office
at 413-236-8888 (or toll-free at 855-TIX-2BSC) or click here to order online. at 413-236-8888 (or toll-free at 855-TIX-2BSC) or

The Station Nightclub Fire Memorial Anniversary, A STATION IN LIFE, Feb. 20, 2013

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:54:50 GMT

My short two-character play A STATION IN LIFE will be performed at the 10th Anniversary Memorial for The Station Nightclub Fire at the First Baptist Church, 75 North Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 9:30pm-midnight on Feb. 20th. I believe it's free with perhaps a donation requested.

Shakespeare translations into Romanian

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 06:34:43 GMT

A new series of all Shakespeare's works is under way in Romania. I joined the team last year and my first translation - "Troilus and Cressida" was recently published in the volume V, together with "The Merchant of Venice" and "Timon of Athens", translated by my male colleagues Horia Garbea (a well-known playwright) and George Volceanov (He is also the coordinator of the entire series.).

Soon to be published volume VI, a "women only" volume, all the translators being women, with "As you like it" (translated by poet Violeta Popa), "Henry the 6th part 1" (translated by poet Ioana Diaconescu) and "Two Gentlemen of Verona" translated by me.

AFGHAN VOICES

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

At the 9th Annual Women Playwrights International Conference:

Conceived and directed by Lia Gladstone, Oregon, USA

A multi media performance featuring work of Afghan students

including:

Masks Under Burqa, Simorgh Film Association of Culture and Art, Herat, Afghanistan

Directed by Monirah Hashimi

Three sisters return to Afghanistan after immigrating abroad to find their parents dead.

The Wall, Papyrus, Kabul, Afghanistan

Conceived and performed by Tahera Hashimi

A young woman loved to sing but her father forbade her. Now a young woman, she gives birth to her first child, a daughter, and sings lullabyes to her. Through singing to her baby, she rediscovers music and her love of song.

Waiting For Inspiration by Susan Apker

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:30:00 GMT

My short play Waiting for Inspiration has been selected as part of Heller Shorts 2012 - Waiting for Shorty.

Performances are Aug. 16-18 @ 7:30 PM & Aug. 19 @ 2:00 PM

Heller Shorts is in its third year and all proceeds benefit the Heller Council, which supports the work of Heller Theatre at Henthorne Performing Arts Center, Tulsa Oklahoma.

BELIEVERS - August 2 - 25, 2012

Patricia Milton — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

World premiere apocalyptic romantic comedy!
In a remote pharmaceutical lab, brain researcher Rockwell Wise works to develop a love vaccine so he will never again suffer the pain of heartbreak. His ex-lover Grace Wright shows up to lead his drug development team, bringing her own agenda: her plan to create a love activator. Their maneuvers to achieve their own aims create unexpected side effects.

Directed by Sara Staley
with Maria Giere Marquis, Casey Fern, Jon Fast and Kate Jones.
Executive Producer Laylah Muran de Assereto, Lead Designer and Assistant Producer Quinn Whitaker, Managing Producer Morgan Ludlow.

At StageWerx, 446 Valencia Street at 16th Street, San Francisco California 94103
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8 p.m. August 2-25, 2012.

Watch the trailer here.

Buy tickets for BELIEVERS here.

THE RETURN TO MORALITY July 27 - September 1, 2012

Jamie Pachino — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Production Company in Los Angeles presents Jamie Pachino's THE RETURN TO MORALITY at the Lex Theatre in West Hollywood from July 27th-Sept 1, 2012.

The show runs Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm.

The Lex Theatre is at 6760 Lexington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Tickets can be reserved by calling 800-838-3006, or through www.brownpapertickets.com.

THE RETURN TO MORALITY is a lightning-paced political satire about the unraveling of a well-meaning liberal, caught in the maelstrom of his own good intentions. Tracing the fast rise and even faster downfall of college professor Arthur Kellogg, the play follows the publication of his first book, a scathing satire of the religious right. When the novel "accidentally" gets published as non-fiction, it spins out of his control and is embraced as a manifesto by the far right and militia groups -- turning Arthur into the poster boy for all he once sought to fight. Before Arthur has a chance to fix the book's misrepresentation, he winds up interviewed by Sixty Minutes, abandoned by his wife, and ultimately blackmailed into giving the keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, live, with unanticipated results...

www.playscripts.com; www.jamiepachino.com

"A gem, the kind of play that gets better with each viewing and one which should not be missed... Pachino's play casts a wide net, touching on issues of identity, celebrity, gender, race, politics, spin doctoring, media and language itself. Part comedy, part thriller, part political critique, Morality is intellectually engaging and riveting."

--Christopher Wixson, Bloomington Independent

LISTEN! THE RIVER

Robin Rice — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:00:00 GMT

LISTEN! THE RIVER is on stage in New York's 59E59 Theatre on July 12, 13 (7 p.m.) and 15 (at 4 p.m.). In Robin Rice Lichtig's play the lives of a kidnapped cat, a lovesick doorman, a Bible-thumping Mom and a bodacious veterinary assistant become tangled together. Watch out. Tears will be creeping up behind your laughter. July shows (as well as one in London) are previews for the world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 13-25 in Scotland. For tickets and details, see www.listentheriver.com and/or www.dramamama.net . (Suitable for all ages.)

THE RING reading at Dobama Theatre (Cleveland Hts) July 7, 7pm

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:39:53 GMT

Second full draft of THE RING gets a public reading, all feedback welcome!

SHIFT! at Mildred's Umbrella (Houston) Museum of Dysfunction August 9-18

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:38:35 GMT

Short play fest features my play SHIFT!

Mark Twain and General: The Opera: 8/18

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:35:24 GMT

With music by Robert W.Butts. Grace Church, Madison, NJ. Tickets $15. This is a double-header, with the first performance of "Cakes and Ale," a short musical comedy by Jewel Seehaus-GFisher. The evening begins at 7:30

"Mark Twain and the General," 7/11-7/15

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:32:31 GMT

"Mark Twain and the General" at the American Theatre of Actors, 314 W. 54th St.., NYC. Tickets $15

Commedia dell'Arte Plays

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:00:00 GMT

My Commedia dell'Arte Company are staging two productions at the Ashley Wood Festival near Salisbury UK, next Sunday. In the afternoon we are staging 'Sally May' a family show and in the evening 'Samuel Vice' an outrageous bawdy comic play, performed by stock characters with gigantic bosoms and large phalluses extracting themselves from ludicrous situations. Anyone interested in Commedia please feel free to contact me. Thanks Martine

WHISKERS LEARNS A LESSON in North Dakota

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Youth Education On Stage - "Animal Antics" in Williston, North Dakota, June 25-26-27. Includes WHISKERS LEARNS A LESSON, a fable about a bear, a cat, and a mouse. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 25-27 at the Old Armory Theatre.

DISPERSION

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:56:14 GMT

Dispersion by Joël Henning Doty will be presented in a workshop production

June 28-30 at Stray Dog Theatre, St. Louis, at 8:00 p.m. Gary Bell directs.

Lying comatose in her hospital bed, Charlotte perceives much more than anyone guesses. She's aware of her children's true feelings, of messages that her late husband sends her, and of the care she receives from her nurse (or is that her angel?) As secrets are revealed, how can she prevent her children from making some of the same mistakes she did?

Free with talk back session after each performance.

Details at straydogtheatre.org

BURN - I AM MY FATHER'S FIRE

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:30:00 GMT

BURN – I AM MY FATHER’S FIRE

Dinner Theater at CAFE SORIAH

A young Afghan woman prepares her country’s favorite dishes like qabuli palau and bulani while telling the story of her own trajectory . . . not filtered through western media. Conceived and written by Lia Gladstone, former Professor of Drama at American University in Kabul, with Naheed Esar Malikzay, an Afghan Fulbright student at University of Oregon. Join us for traditional food and a compelling story.

Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23, 6:30 PM 384 West 13th Ave

Tickets: Play-Adv. $15. Door $20. at Café Soriah or biltmore.cabaret@gmail.com Dinner-Afghan Price Fixe or choose from menu

% Benefit Afghan Women and Children

JUST DESERTS, June 4

Carol Lashof — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT

You are invited to a staged reading of Just Deserts:

7 pm, Monday, June 4

SF Playhouse, Stage 2

533 Sutter Street, San Francisco

Hosted by the Dramatists Guild

Yes, that's deserts as in what is deserved, not desserts as in what you should eat first because life is uncertain ... but life is indeed uncertain, even for The Furies, immortal beings dedicated to revenge. They uphold the moral principle of a slit throat for a slit throat until empathy intervenes and the basis for their entire existence is thrown into question.

for a sneak preview of the script, visit: http://wp.me/p2lYdZ-B

EDEN by Hope McIntyre April 27

Hope McIntyre — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

World premiere of EDEN by Hope McIntyre at the University of Winnipeg Asper Centre for Theatre and Film (400 Colony Street), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Produced by Sarasvati Productions. This powerful exploration of truth and justice is set in a dystopian future where fear has created a world divided along the lines of race and class. The play will run from April 27 to May 13. See details at http://sarasvati.ca/season/show-2/ .

GAIL AND PETER, April 21 in Los Angeles

Carol Lashof — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:00:00 GMT

‎DRAMA WEST FEST IN LA WILL INCLUDE:

Play Title: GAIL AND PETER (10 minute play), a portrait of the artist as a young careerist.

Author name: CAROL S LASHOF

Company name: DRAMA WEST

Venue name: EDENDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Venue address: 2011 W SUNSET

City: LOS ANGELES

"Drama West Fest" Sat., 2pm - April 21st - (free)
26 Actors/Writers/Directors, 6 new plays, 1 talented Impressionist (Jim Meskimen), 1 short film, and looking toward yet another full house in LA!!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/53492013060/?ref=ts

Productions and readings

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:04:02 GMT

"Hold On," a ten-minute comedy. April 21, Cranford Comm. Center, NJ

"Death Watchers," an opera written with composer Robert W. Butts, performance Mary 19, 2012, Cranford Comm. Center, NJ

"Mark Twain and the General," a one-act play to be produced by the American Theatre of Ators, NYC, July 11-15, 2012

"Cakes and Ale," a comic musical set in an 18th century pub, performed as part of the NJ Baroque Festival, Grace Thurch, Madison, NJ, August 16, 2012

"The Anthrax Case," a full-length play about the anthrax poisoned letters, March, 2013, athe Women's Theater of NJ, Parsippany, NJ

Short-Term Affairs, April 16, 6 pm; April 17, 7 pm; April 18, 5 pm, Seattle

Donna Spector — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:37:34 GMT

Monday	4/16	Rogue & Peasant	3601 Fremont Ave. Suite 207	6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday	4/17	White Rabbit	513 North 36th Street	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wednesday	4/18	Via Tribunali	4303 Fremont Avenue N	5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

All performances of short plays, including "Short-Term Affairs" at the above venues will be produced by Stone Soup Theater, Seattle

"The Heiress" on IWD and on World Theatre Day

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:41:52 GMT

Starting March 8, 2012, my play "The Heiress" is on stage at the Comedy Theatre (Teatrul de Comedie) in Bucharest, acted by Michaela Teleoaca and directed by Dan Tudor.

ASCAP/Stephen Schwartz Musical workshop

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:22:43 GMT

ICWP member Linda Evans' new musical ENTER SINGING, the Playwright musical has been accepted by the ASCAP/Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked) workshop March 26, 27, 28, 29 at Ripley Grier Studios in Manhattan.

ENTER SINGING was written in 14 days after Gary Garrision's Kennedy Center Intensive last July. Characters were inspired by the Insensive and the Great Plains Theater Conference.

Her CD of 4 songs was created in Tucson, Arizona by local vocalists. The CD of songs from ENTERING SINGING as well as sections from the libretto and synopsis were used in judging. The CD is available by emailing lindaevans1@aol.com.

We Did It For You! Women's Journey Through History

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMT

There was a time when women had no rights. This is the story of how women got their rights in America, told by the women who were there. We Did It For You! (by ICWP member Thea Iberall) is an eye-opening musical, fun and educational. "There is a sense of wonderment, gratitude and deep humility awaiting the audiences of 'We Did it For You'." - Paul Williams, Grammy and Academy Award winning songwriter. Performance will be at the YWCA, 2019 14th Street, Santa Monica. Sponsored by AAUW-CA as part of Women's History Month. For more information, contact us at wediditforyou@yahoo.com or www.wediditforyou.org

Geneva Theatre Guild in the Finger Lakes region of New York for a series of readings in April.

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:41:56 GMT

The plays are THE FLAMINGO RED TEA ROOM (which I adapted from a very short play by Thornton Wilder) and LIES (a comedy about a married couple who are lying to each other).

The performances will take place on the weekend of April 20th, Friday night at the Geneva Public Library and Saturday & Sunday afternoons at the Torrey Park Grill, also in Geneva NY.

"Not Without Our Women" - Concert Readings 3/12-13, 2012

Patricia Milton — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:00:00 GMT

The musical play “Not Without Our Women,” by ICWP member Patricia Milton, in collaboration with Andrew Black and composer Caroline Altman, tells the story of a critical episode in the development of rights for women. In the mid 1800s, the radical notion that a woman might vote, hold public office, or own her own property as an unmarried individual was unthinkable. This new musical, based upon real people and events, explores what happened when the territory of Wyoming instituted woman suffrage, attracting independent women to the wild frontier.

Come to a free concert reading of “Not Without Our Women” March 12 or 13, 2012, at Thick House in Portrero Hill, San Francisco. It’s co-produced by 3 Girls Theatre Company.

FREE tickets here!

We Did It For You! Women's Journey Through History

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

There was a time when women had no rights. This is the story of how women got their rights in America, told by the women who were there. We Did It For You! (by ICWP member Thea Iberall) is an eye-opening 45-minute musical, fun and educational. "The play is one of the most entertaining and interesting re-enactments of the history of women I have seen to date. It is so well put together that it easily captures the interests of all age groups-especially our younger generation …who need to know where we have been in order to see the potential of where we can go when we work together!" Performance will be at California State, Fullerton as part of the Women's Studies Program. Room MC-264. For more information, contact me at wediditforyou@yahoo.com or go to www.wediditforyou.org

We Did It For You! Women's Journey Through History

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:00:00 GMT

There was a time when women had no rights. This is the story of how women got their rights in America, told by the women who were there. We Did It For You! is an eye-opening 45-minute musical, fun and educational. "I laughed, I cried, and I sang along. Watching that play was a gift. I learned so much and really was awed by what women accomplished, against giant odds. Beautiful experience." Performance will be at California State, San Bernardino at the San Miguel Student Union. For more information, contact me at wediditforyou@yahoo.com www.wediditforyou.org

THIS TRUTH IS CLEAR & EVIDENT

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMT

This Truth is Clear and Evident by playwright Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen opens March 3, 2012 at the historic Robinson Theater at 2903 Q Street in Richmond, Virginia. There is a 2pm matinee and 8pm evening performance. Tickets are $10.

This play is a modern take on traditional Islamic theater in that it is performed all in poetry. It tells the story about the struggle and faith of Muslims in the Americas - North & South. The all Male cast shares the story of how they - the Muslim they represent - developed and defined their Islamic identify and belief. The poems deal with faith, love, renewal and submission as well as resistence, divisiveness and a search for a understanding of truth. The poetic reflections are shared in English, Spanish, Arabic and Urdu as the audience is drawn into 'their' world and not only what they say, but how they say it. It is ultimately a story of understanding Man's desire to realize his place as the best of God's creation. This Truth is part of the 2012 Acts of Faith Festival in Richmond, Virginia (www.theactsoffaith.org)

Cast Spell - G.L. Horton - Dec 15-18, 2011

G.L. Horton — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:58:05 GMT

Cast Spell, a one act play, Sir William Molock Drama Guild. The closing night cast party of a failed musical turns dangerous when the actors begin to dabble in the occult. Thriller; 2 men, 4 women, no set (i.e.backstage) 35 minutes.

Jenny Does Shakespeare - G.L. Horton - Dec 6, 7, 2011

G.L. Horton — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:52:53 GMT

Jenny Does Shakespeare, a one act play, in production at Alvernia University. Technical difficulties and stage fright overwhelm a high school student when she stands before the ASS (American Shakespeare Society) trying to read her honors paper titled "Shakespeare and the youth of today." Comedy; 1 young women, offstage voice, no set, 25 minutes.

Kiss the Twins for Me - G.L. Horton - Dec 2, 3, 2011

G.L. Horton — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:55:52 GMT

Kiss the Twins for Me, a one act play, Coffeyville Community College. Their loving mother has disappeared, revealing that she has a secret -- or perhaps a whole secret life? Can even a close family ever really know each other? Drama; 1 mid- 30s woman, 2 30s men, her older and younger brothers; an empty room, 10 minutes.

Empty reading November 29

Hope McIntyre — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A reading of Empty, a new play by Hope McIntyre, created with the Winnipeg Harvest-sponsored food bank at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council’s community WITH ART program. November 29^th at 7:00pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg (603 Wellington Crescent), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Admission is free and a reception will follow.

Spirit and Flesh - G.L. Horton - Nov 19, 2011

G.L. Horton — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Cutting from the epic biography of Victoria Woodhull, Spirit and Flesh, performed in the Texas UIL Contest by Tulia High School. Vicky was the mesmerizing spiritualist and stockbroker who was the first woman to run for President of the United Statesundefined in 1872, on a platform of Equal Rights and Free Love. Vicky spent election night in jail, arrested for trying to vote for herself. Historical drama. Two acts, unit set, two hours. Cast: 4-8 women and 3-7 men, ages 20's through 70's; with doubling.

Party, Party - G.L. Horton - Nov 11-12, 2011

G.L. Horton — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:08:30 GMT

Party, Party: Tea and Antipathy, a one act play, presented by Eastwood Collegiate Inst. Kichner, Canada. Civil War breaks out in a suburban household when a family of liberal Democrats discovers that Grandma is a disciple of Glen Beck and wants to recruit the grand kids. Comedy; 2 women, 60-80 and 30-40, 1 man, 30-45, 2 children, boy 9 and girl 12, 10 minutes.

LINDSEY'S OYSTER by Tammy Ryan

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:03:41 GMT

LINDSEY'S OYSTER by Tammy Ryan, Oct 6-15, Theater by the Grove, Waller Hall Main Stage, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center. For tickets and more information call 724-357-ARTS or go to www.iup.edu (the lively arts)

"The newest play from award winning Pittsburgh playwright Tammy Ryan signals IUP's commitment to the National Theater Conference's Initiative to Celebrate American Women Playwrights."

LOST BOY FOUND IN WHOLE FOODS

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:25:06 GMT

LOST BOY FOUND IN WHOLE FOODS will have its Pittsburgh Premiere by THE REP, the professoinal repertory company of The Pittsburgh Playhouse at the Studio Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept 30-Oct 16. For more information call 412-392-8000 or go to www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

AFTER THE PROLOGUE July 9 @ 8 PM

Carol Lashof — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:07:02 GMT

Carol Lashof's ten-minute comedy After the Prologue, which answers the age-old question "What do women want?" will be performed as part of an evening of one acts at the Manhattan Theatre Source in Greenwich Village.

For tickets: https://www.ovationtix.com /trs/pr/842875

(212) 260-4698
Subway: W 4 St

"Whistleblower" June 14 @ 9 A.M.

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Carolyn Kras's one-act play "Whistleblower" will be showcased at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska on June 14 @ 9 A.M. Location: Room C of the Valdez Civic Center.

"Whistleblower" is about a young law clerk who kills her conscience in order to climb the corporate ladder. For more info, please visit www.carolynkras.com

"REDUCTION IN FORCE," an economic comedy, July 30-August 28, 2011

Patricia Milton — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:03:09 GMT

REDUCTION IN FORCE

a new comedy about back-stabbing, ass-kissing, and survival of the sneakiest

written by Patricia Milton, directed by Gary Graves

The Icarus Wealth Management Group has hit financial whitewater. Behind closed boardroom doors profits plunge, questionable investments surface, and a crisis erupts. What's the solution? Fire the "little people," of course! A reduction in force puts career secretary Anita Green on the chopping block. Will she keep her job or her self-respect? An hilarious clusterf*** of backstabbing, ageism, class warfare, and --- romance!

A Central Works Method Play developed in collaboration with Gary Graves, Michaela Goldhaber, John Patrick Moore, Kendra Lee Oberhauser, Gregory Scharpen & Jan Zvaifler. Complete details here.

Central Works at the Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

Linda Evans' full length drama EMBRACE ARMS read at Great Plains Conference

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:43:14 GMT

The play was used in the department of theater by director Brian Keegan, professor at the Ohio State University(Lima) since fall of 2009. Last fall EMBRACE ARMS was studied in Dr. Alan Woods', Ohio State University's (Columbus) honors class in the department of theater.It is part of Evans' collection which is archived at the Ohio State University’s Department of Theatre and Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute located in the Special Collections section of the Thompson Library (Main).

Evans' work as being part of the theater of the Absurd was reaffirmed by her "blind" reader Sybil Kempson at Great Plains Theater Conference: the review "My fave kind of plot - one with its own logic. Hard to get ahead of - surprising for all involved. Precise and admirable balance of ADHD and focus contributes to excellent plot structure.

Fresh dialogue. They've got a great banter going on and after a while it becomes poetic, and becomes a doorway to a different reality. Full of surprises - unafraid of absurdity. Very engaging characters & don't need ot be full on acct of wild dialogue - they can relax and be flat in a wonderful way.Character can lie in athleticism of performers delivering.

Stakes are very high & covered over in deceptive and compelling way by excellent banter. Very moving because indirect. Sneaks up on you like death itself. Dramatic premise is the reality & unreality of being hospitalized & surgeried, of dying and living. The setting floats. But you can see the rooms, the furnishings, the equipment. Definite theaterical potential.

The language is its own setting. Totally authentic, original.

Dialogue btwn father & daughter, the looking & discussing of old photos - unforgettable. Excellent, fitting style that uplifts the story. Very very nice play. Very moving. 9.5."

FROM OUT THE FIERY FURNACE

Christine Emmert — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:46:05 GMT

This play was commissioned by the National Park Service two years ago and is being presented at the Women's Rights Museum in Seneca Falls NY on August 6th for two afternoon performances. Admission is free and open to the public.

Avenging Arachne: a Nemesister Fable

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Jason Miller Playwrights' Project presents a staged reading of the new play by Alicia Lynn Grega, under the direction of Sarah Stachura Regan at The Olde Brick Theatre on Providence Square in Scranton, Pa.

Avenging Arachne is a contemporary interpretation of the ancient Greek myth about the weaver, Arachne.

Cast TBA. Admission is by donation.

Visit http://subverseaphrodesia. com/arachne.aspx for more information.

Monica Raymond's THE OWL GIRL staged reading April 26th Golden Thread Theater

Thu, 05 May 2011 17:06:39 GMT

THE OWL GIRL received a staged reading, directed by Naomi Newman, at San Francisco's Theater of Yugen, as part of Golden Thread Theater's first reading series.

THE OWL GIRL is a magic realist play about two families who both have keys to the same house, and what happens when they try to live in it together.

The reading was followed by a response panel that included survivors of the Nakba, the Holocaust, and the Armenian genocide.

S/HE by Tammy Ryan and Zeynep Kacar May 4-15, 2011

Thu, 05 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT

S/HE, a play commissioned by International Culture Lab consisting of two one-act plays, LINDSEY'S OYSTER by American playwright Tammy Ryan and LAST EXIT BEFORE THE BRIDGE by Turkish playwright Zeynep Kacar, will be performed at The Kitchen Theater May 4-15, 2011. For more information go to: www.kitchentheatre.org or www.intlculturelab.org.

"Reticence" May 2 @ 7 P.M.

Tue, 03 May 2011 02:00:00 GMT

Carolyn Kras's short play "Reticence" will be showcased on May 2 @ 7 P.M. in "The Puzzle: Marble's Festival of New Work." The location is Room 806, One West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001.

"Reticence" is about a married couple who fear they have exhausted all conversation. For more info, please visit www.carolynkras.com

"BELIEVERS" by Patricia Milton, May 1 at 2 pm

Patricia Milton — Sun, 01 May 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Believers by Patricia Milton
directed by Lisa Edsall Giglio

Sunday, May 1, 2 pm at Stage Werx Theatre, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco. Mimosas & homemade chocolate chocolate-chip cookies!

Love. Drugs. Unexpected side effects.
Inside Tower Labs, drug researcher Rocky Wise is working to create a love vaccine so he never again will feel the pain of a bad break-up. His worst fears are activated when his former beloved, Grace Wright, shows up to work in his lab. Can he develop the vaccine in time to avert another heartbreak? “Believers” delivers a prescription-strength dose of whacked-out comedy.

This reading features Jeffrey Hoffman, Gabi Patacsil, Jaimelee Roberts, and Garret Dailey. As part of the Wily West Productions New Play Festival!

Tickets are $10, or just $5 for those associated with a theatre company and members of ICWP, TBA, Play Cafe, or Playwrights Center of San Francisco.

Cemetery reeinactments of Civil War soldier and Governor of Louisiana 1860-1864

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:00:00 GMT

Historic Mt. Olivet cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana will reenact the burial of Major Mercer Canfield. Killed at the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana.

Terri Febuary was asked to write two monologues to be performed at the cemetery.

The 16th Governor of Louisiana, Thomas Overton Moore, the Secessionist Governor 1860-1864 was buried in the historic cemetery.

Major Mercer Canfield, will be the soldier who is eulogized at the cemetery with the reenacting of a traditional military funeral of that era.

These monologues are a part of the Sesquicentennial Civil War remembrance.

Before The Freedom

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT

"Before the Freedom"
a Readers Theatre.

This is a script based on excerpts of interviews taken by the WPA in the 1930's of Ex-Slaves who were still alive and lived through slavery and the Civil war. *

This compilation of readings dealing with the life of a slave as told in the recorded and written interviews, will be performed at Tyrone Plantation in Rapides Parish near Alexandria, Louisiana on Bayou Rapides Road, April 29, 2011 6:00 p.m. Central.

This is part of the Sesquicentennial Civil War recognition.

There are 3 women and 2 men as readers.

http://www.theheartoflouisiana.com

*("When I Was a Slave" Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection edited by Norman R. Yetman.)

Rollback: The Play

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:00:00 GMT

To be young again, knowing all you know now...
May not be the dream you hoped it would be.
~~~

Adapted from the popular novel Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer, Rollback: The Play will premiere in Prince George, BC, Canada.

30 years in the future, technology provides us with the ability to roll back our bodies to the age of 25. Don and Sarah are comfortably retired until presented with the opportunity to have a Rollback. An exciting turning point in their lives - until it only works for one of them.

"An adventure in the strength of human spirit that will tug at your heart."

HAPPY AND GAY GOES TO WASHINGTON

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Happy and Gay will be featured as part of a marathon of short plays to be read in celebration of SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day, Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

The Georgetown Theatre Company and Women in Film & Video will host the event.

For more info:
www.georgetowntheatre.org

HAPPY AND GAY won the ten minute division of the Eileen Heckart competition.

SYNOPSIS:
You've seen these women before. They stay in the background, seemingly content to decorate the church fellowship hall with crepe' paper, bring the funeral service casseroles and knit baby shower booties. They've seen it all -- until today. Today, history is being made at the church as it hosts its first gay wedding. Betty worries over the proper "gay" way to hang crepe' paper streamers, while Veronica stresses about what people will say about their preacher's radical decision to use the church for these kinds of affairs. Her fears are deeper and more personal than she will admit

SEVEN March 31, April 1, April 2 2011

Paula Cizmar — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:42:13 GMT

SEVEN, a documentary play by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Susan Yankowitz, and Anna Deavere Smith, will be performed as part of Silk Road Theatre Project's Al Kasida Staged Reading Series in Chicago. March 31 and April 1 at Silk Road Theatre Project in the Historic Chicago Temple Building are sold out. Tickets are available for the April 2 performance at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, at 8:15 pm. This performance is part of the 16th Annual Asian American Showcase, co-sponsored by Silk Road and the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media. Info and tickets available through the Gene Siskel Film Center box office or Ticketmaster. p://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/content/tickets

RANDOM MUFFIN at NO NAME PLAYERS March 24th and 25th

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Tammy Ryan's ten minute play Random Muffin will be included in NO NAME PLAYERS SWAN DAY 2011: A Celebration of Pittsburgh's Women Artists, at the New Hazlett Theater, March 24 and 25. www.nonameplayers.org

PLAY NICE! onstage March 8-27

Robin Rice — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Following a successful premiere at Venus Theatre in Laurel, MD, in 2010, PLAY NICE! will run in New York City at 59E59 Theatre during March (produced by Ego Actus Design). Three siblings use their considerable imaginations to untangle a dangerous web and, with the help of a street poet, to emerge unscathed. Called a "gothic horror" story by an audience member at a Cleveland Public Theatre workshop.

Tickets: www.59E59.org; 212-279-4200. $15-$25. Weekend matinees.

See: www.dramamama.net for details on casting, etc.

From Out the Fiery Furnace - Christine Emmert

Christine Emmert — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:24:59 GMT

The National Park Service commissioned this one-woman piece on Women in the ironworking industry of Pennsylvania in the 1800s. The play, directed by Christine Emmeert who is also the playwright, will be presented at the Liberty Museum in Allentown PA on March 6th at 7 pm. Admission is free. For more information contact Hopewell Furnace National Site

The Danish in Texas

Alan Woods — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:16:20 GMT

Delighted to report that my ten-minute trifle, The Danish, is now part of a touring production by Soup's On Troupe in Lubbock, Texas -- more at http://soupsontroupe.blogspot.com/ with photos!

COWBOY POET, a C&W Musical

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:30:00 GMT

What happens when a Cowboy Poet, a socialite, and an ex-con throw a gala to benefit Adult Literacy in New Mexico?

A raucous exploration of desire, ambition, trust, and hope, to the rhythms and rhymes of Country & Western music.

With Allison Bencar, Liz Huff, Caitlin Lewins, Cat Kenney, Deborah Magid, Peter Toomey, and Valerie Young
Directed by Douglas Farren
Choreography by Mary Harwood
Musical direction by Joan Bendix
Set design by Tyson Rand
Arrangements by Jon Mosey

Join us for the workshop production Friday/Saturday February 25/26 7.30pm; Sunday February 27 3pm
Tickets $15/general, $13 students/seniors available http://boxoffice.printtixu sa.com/cpt/eventcalendar?v =0&i=0&g=0&g2=0&m=2&y=2011 or call CPT 216-631-2727

SONG OF EXTINCTION at the Guthrie ~ February 25-March 20

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:32:26 GMT

The award-winning SONG OF EXTINCTION by EM Lewis, directed by Peter Rothstein, will be at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis from February 25 through March 20, produced by Theater Latte Da. The playwright will be in attendance on February 26-27, and will be doing a talk-back with the audience after that first Sunday matinee.

Max, a musically gifted high school student, is falling off the edge of the world -- and his biology teacher is the only one who’s noticed. A new play about the science of life and loss, the relationships between fathers and sons, Cambodian fields, Bolivian rainforests and redemption. Winner of the prestigious Steinberg New Play Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Award for Outstanding New Play, Song of Extinction makes its regional premiere in this Theater Latté Da production.

Starring: David Mura, Dan Piering, John Middleton, Carla Noack, Matt Rein and Garry Geiken.

For more information, visit the Guthrie website.

RANDOM MUFFIN at NO NAME PLAYERS March 24th and 25th

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:38:13 GMT

Tammy Ryan's ten minute play Random Muffin will be included in SWAN DAY 2011: a Celebration of Pittsburgh's Women Artists, at the New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, PA March 24th and 25th, 8pm. www.nonameplayers.org.

Reading of "Solving Sunflowers"

Patricia Milton — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:00:00 GMT

Masquers Playhouse in Pt. Richmond, CA will present a reading of Patricia Milton's two-act comedy, "Solving Sunflowers," Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 7 p.m. $5.

"Solving Sunflowers" follows the journey of Nessa, a young widow living near Roswell, NM, on a journey from grief to recovery. The plot involves a bevy of Russian brides, the internet Church of the Random Universe, a sea monster, and a planned alien-themed amusement park.

"Solving Sunflowers" won 3rd Prize at the 2009 Eudora Welty New Play Festival and was developed at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference 2010 and at RAW Works in Ross, CA.

Directions to Masquers Playhouse.

THE CONSEQUENCE OF IMPRESSION in Dobama Theatre's GYMWorks

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:04:00 GMT

Édouard Manet painted Berthe Morisot more than a dozen times. Then she married his brother.

FOUR SHOWS ONLY!

The scenes you'll see will whet your appetite for a full production! Bonus, there will also be scenes from five other works by (in order of appearance) Faye Sholiton, Larry Nehring, Cornell Calhoun, Christopher Johnston, and Daniel Hahn.

Berthe Morisot: Natalie Green
Édouard Manet: Brian Pedaci
Eugène Manet: Brian Pedaci
Mme Morisot: Deborah Magid
directed by Juliette Regnier

Friday, January 21 - 8pm
Saturday, January 22 - 8pm
Friday, January 28 - 8pm
Sunday, January 30 - 2.30pm

for tickets, visit http://dobama.org/ or call (216) 932-3396

NYC- Shooting Star Theatre - Dec 4 & 5 - BLACK GOLD - THE PASSION OF ALEIJADINHO - By Meba La Rose

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:30:57 GMT

"BLACK GOLD - the Passion of Aleijadinho," based on the life of Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1738-1814), Baroque sculptor of Brazil, will be shown in two featured performances at Shooting Star Theatre in South Street Seaport in December. Presented by NY Artists Unlimited and MTP-Montauk Theatre Productions, shows are Saturday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 5, at 3 p.m. "BLACK GOLD" is the dramatic account of a man born a slave and freed at birth by his Portuguese father, a master builder of churches. Winning Brazil's Grand Prize at the age of 18, Lisboa became the Michelangelo of his country. His life parallels the gold rush in the colonial cities and the development of Brazil in arts, religion and politics, reaching for independence from the Portuguese and its own identity.

The story is brought to life with music & dance (European classical mixed with African & indigenous tribal), mask work, puppetry, poetry, and video projections. An ensemble of non-traditionally cast actor-dancers reawaken the multicultural fusion and evolution of music and dance in which you can see the roots of Brazil's samba. In mid-life, Lisboa developed a wasting disease that robbed him of the use of most limbs. Still, it was at this point with carving tools strapped to his hands that he created his greatest work: the life-size, soapstone 12 Prophets that line the atrium of a church in Congonhas and the Steps of the Passion in cedar, housed in white chapels leading up to the same Church of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos.

Following the Seaport shows, “BLACK GOLD” goes on a tour to under-served audiences in libraries, schools, senior centers, and the like throughout the boroughs, plus a tour of Northeastern universities scheduled for spring. All performances are followed by in-depth discussions with the audience about this historical period and the experiences of this uniquely successful artist.

The piece is written by NY Artists Unlimited artistic director Melba LaRose (“Isaiah’s Dream – A Parade of Poets,” "Little Red - Girl from the Hood," "Ebony Black"), choreographed by Francis J. Roach, assisted by Namona Lewin, of Luigi's Jazz Centre, and costume designed by Frances Eldred. The stage manager is Blair Elizabeth Hotchner.

Montauk Theatre Productions, founded in 1987, is a nonprofit organization focusing on the development of new talent and new works in the theatre arts. Its main operating venue is Shooting Star Theatre in South Street Seaport, operated by Bill and Anita Brown. NY Artists Unlimited is a 28 year old, nonprofit multicultural company that serves under-served audiences throughout the boroughs of NYC and remote regions of the Northeast. The focus is on original works that evoke dignity of the individual and sanctity of the human spirit. An audience of approximately 30,000 is reached annually in libraries, recreation centers, universities, schools, nursing homes, senior centers, and the like. They are supported in part by: NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Fund for Creative Communities and the Manhattan Community Arts Fund of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, A.R.T./New York, Puffin Foundation, corporate and individual donors. Artistic Director Melba LaRose is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, and Who's Who in Executives & Professionals.

This is an intimate theatre space, so reservations are strongly recommended. Shooting Star Theatre, 40 Peck Slip (2 blocks north of Fulton St., between Front and South Streets), South Street Seaport. Admission $18.00. Saturday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 5, at 3 p.m. For reservations, directions, and further information: www.ShootingStarTheatre.org 646-825-1864; www.NYartists.org 212-242-6036; email: Info@ShootingStarTheatre.org or Info@NYartists.org.

Reading of Finalist Script "Pilar's Brother"

Elana Gartner — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:33:00 GMT

"Pilar's Brother" is a current finalist for the 2010 Met Life Nuestras Voces Playwriting Competition. As a finalist, the script will receive a seated, directed reading. The winners will be announced in January, 2011.

Reading of "Pilar's Brother" (in English)

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 6:30pm

Repertorio Español

138 East 27th Street (btwn. Lexington and 3rd Avenues)

New York, NY

Free admission
To RSVP, email rsvp@repertorio.org or call 212-225-9925.

Synopsis:
Julian’s mother has returned to Chile to care for his dying grandmother, leaving Julian to juggle his temporary responsibility for his mentally-ill sister, his studies, his job and his American lifestyle: the one that his family knows about and the closeted gay and aspiring actor lifestyle that they don’t. Set in 1968 and in a strong Chilean immigrant and Catholic family, this story explores the choices that Julian has to make when a big opportunity arises and the sister that complicates them.

A talkback with the playwright, director and actors will immediately follow the reading.

Director by Gamaliel Valle Rosa
With: Ignacio Meneses, Diana Carolina González, Shawn McLaughlin, and Beatriz Córdoba

For more information about my work, go to http://www.elanagartner.co m/

Shaking the Dew from the Lilies

Paddy Gillard-Bentley — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:17:18 GMT

A play in two acts by Paddy Gillard-Bentley, directed by Kathy Coudle-King. Starring Sara Anderson, Adonica Schultz Aune, Caitlin Lien, Skye Mauch, and Nikki Quam. For mature audiences only...language and sexual content.
Thursday-Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sunday matinees at 2 PM.
Come early on opening night Nov. 4 6:30 PM for belly dancing and stay late for a Passions Party!!!
Also come early 6:45 PM on Fridays and Saturdays for games and prizes.
Sunday matinees bring a pair of new underwear for $1 off the ticket price. After the matinees Nov. 7 and 14 there will be a talk-back session for anyone who wants to stay and discuss women's issues.
Call 701-777-4090 Chester Fritz Box Office for reservations. Tickets $15 adults/$12 students, seniors, military and groups of 12 or more.

'World of Vintage' by Fiona Wheeler 19-21 October 2010, 7.30pm

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:30:00 GMT

Sweet and sharp play set in a vintage clothing store. La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday St, Carlton (Melbourne, Aust) Tues 19th, Wed 20th and Thurs 21st October @ 7.30pm

AFTER THE BALL (a musical about Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR and Lorena Hickock)

Christine Emmert — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:00:00 GMT

A musical centred around the Great Depression and World War II as it was seen through the eyes of the Roosevelts and Lorena Hickock at the Stephen Crane House in Asbury Park, NJ October 8 at 7 and October 9 at 3. This piece was co-authored by Christine Emmert and Marjorie Conn. Information is available at connartists@yahoo.com .

DESCENT OF A DIVA by Deborah Magid at the MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:30:00 GMT

What happens when a Diva identifies too strongly with her favorite aria? Inspired by Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffmann and E.T.A. Hoffmann's iconic short story The Sandman, Deborah Magid's one act play-with-music answers that question 7th October in the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival, at The Butterfly Club.

ATTN: Midwesterners. There will be an open dress rehearsal on Monday, 27 September at the Brooks Theatre, Cleveland Play House, 7pm.

"Uncle Jonas" Rosenthal Monologue at Jewish cemetery

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kent House Plantation Annual Cemetery Tour of Historical Mt. Olivet Chapel.

"Uncle Jonas" Rosenthal

Monologue

Written by: Terri L. Febuary Read by: Taylor Freet

To be read in the Jewish Cemetery, Saturday October 2nd Pineville, Louisiana.

The event will feature dramatic readings written about local historical figures who have been buried in the cemetery.

LOST BOY FOUND IN WHOLE FOODS - September 3-19

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Co-production with Premiere Stages and Playwrights Theater of New Jersey, directed by John Pietrowski. Starring Kim Zimmer, Warner Miller and Alexandra Rivera. In partnership with Kean University's Human Rights Initiative at the Zella Frye Theater in Union, NJ. For more information www.kean.edu/premierestages/ or call 908-737-SHOW

28 August - East Vincent Township - Play for National Park Service-FROM OUT THE FIERY FURNACE

Christine Emmert — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:32:31 GMT

Christine Emmert's one-woman piece about women in the ironworking industry of the 1800s has been playing all winter at different venues in Pennsylvania. Most currently it is being performed at Hibernia County Park on June 26th, at East Vincent Township Pavilion on Augst 28th, at Johanna Furnace on September 19th and at the German Historical Group in Green Lane PA on October 21st.

'Fittings' by Fiona Wheeler 28th August 2pm

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Staged reading of new Melbourne play about gay marriage set mainly in the boutique where the wedding dresses are being made. La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday St, Carlton (Melbourne, Aust) 2pm, 28th August. All tix $5

12-15 August - JOGGING MEMORIES- a short play by Susan Apker to premiere at "Heller Shorts" Festival in Tulsa, OK,

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:48:11 GMT

A new play by Susan Apker about love, loss and the folly of regret will premiere as part of the brand new Heller Theatre Short Play Festival in Tulsa, OK.

Eight plays by local playwrights will be performed for this first production that will become an annual event. Ms. Apker is the project director for "Heller Shorts" and the motivator behind its inception.

All plays were judged blindly by a panel of local theatre artists.

My Published book

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:52:42 GMT

Title of my book is "Jacquelyn Francis Darkest Moment"
Paper back: 196 pages
Publishers:   Enaz Publication (July 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10:     1592322492
ISBN-13:    978-1592322497

You can find it in blackbookplus.com and amazon.com
This is the amazon web link - (http://www.amazon.com/Jacquelyne-Francis-Darkest-Moment-Cummings/dp/1592322492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=128014
4980&sr=1-1) by Ada C. Cummings (Paperback - July 15, 2010)

Review

A moving story that will keep you captivated... --Black Book News

Product Description

Jacquelyn Francis a young pretty girl who blissfully lived with her rich parents until fate struck adversely. Her father, a bank manager lost his job and all he had labored for all his life and was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for misdirecting a huge sum of money into a wrong account, thus turning a poor graduate wood joiner into a millionaire who had an intelligent police detective on his trail. Fortune again sprouts its lovely head in front of Jacquelyn and a silent thrilling love which kept her in so much suspense engulfed her when Valentine Thomson, a middle age billionaire walked into her life, but it was a thorny road which teetered their love on the brink of breaking, and sent her few steps to the land of the dead. Just at the end of her darkest moment, came a shinning bright light of love which spreads its rays on the aisle of the church.

About the Author

A. C. Cummings, fondly called Ada Awurum by her peers was born in Abba, in Nwangele LGA of Imo State in Nigeria. She is a graduate of History and International Relations. She started writing as an undergraduate and became a member of the International Center for Women Playwrights (ICWP). She is married with three children.

THE CONSEQUENCE OF IMPRESSION by Deborah Magid

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Between 1868 and 1874, Édouard Manet painted Berthe Morisot more than a dozen times. Then she married his brother.

THE CONSEQUENCE OF IMPRESSION (formerly THE DOPPELGANGER) garnered excellent response last November as a part of Cleveland Public Theatre's Little Box series of readings.

It has undergone rewrites that tightened and focused the characters, and will be read on Monday, August 2nd, 7pm at Dobama Theatre by Brian Pedaci (Édouard and Eugène Manet), Laurel Johnson (Berthe Morisot), Ursula Cataan* (Edma Morisot Pontillon), and Deborah Magid* (Mme Morisot). Juliette Regnier directs. JOIN US!

23 July - 3 August - quARTet - Buffalo Infringement Festival in Buffalo, NY

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:41:06 GMT

quARTet at the Buffalo Infringement Festival in Buffalo, NY

Definition: Art the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions

Definition: quARTet the process and product of four independent playwrights deliberately interlinking four shorts to explore the consequences of ART.

Featuring Hurry Back, Pork Pie Hat, by Melody von Smith; Sold! by Donna Hoke; Global Warming, by Michael Fanelli; and Eye of the Beholder, by Gary Earl Ross.

23 July - Poetry reading at our Columbus retreat. USA

Donna Spector — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Donna Spector will give a reading from her new book, THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED HERSELF, a Sinclair Poetry Prize finalist, at Borders in Columbus, Ohio, at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 23, 2010.

19 July - 8 Aug - USA New York - International Cringefest 2010 - Artistic Director - Melba la Rose -

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:32:44 GMT

CHARLES BUSCH, ISRAEL HOROVITZ, DORIC WILSON,

SHERRY EAKER & ELLIE COVAN

TO BE CROWNED WITH HONORARY GOLDEN PINEAPPLES

Friday, July 23^rd, 2010

INTERNATIONAL CRINGEFEST '10

On Friday, July 23^rd, at the Honorary Golden Pineapple Awards of International CringeFest ‘10, the coveted golden fruit will be served up to: Broadway/ off-Broadway playwright-actor Charles Busch, Broadway/ off-Broadway playwright Israel Horovitz, off-Broadway playwright & gay rights activist Doric Wilson, Backstage’s Editor-at-Large Sherry Eaker, and Dixon Place’s Founder & Executive Director Ellie Covan. The event takes place in the Grand Theatre at the Producers’ Club. Admission for the evening’s theme, Sex Encounters of a Disturbed Mind, directed by Robert Bartley and starring Richard Pryor Jr., the Honorary Golden Pineapple Awards ceremony, and the splendiferous party in the theatre’s Iluras Lounge is only $40. Proceeds go to support the company’s dedicated year-round mission of taking professional theatre to under-served audiences, which they have been doing for the past 28 years. Last year, Pineapples went to Taylor Mead, Mink Stole, Joe Franklin, Ginny Louloudes, and Michael Musto. In 2008, it was legendary actress Marilyn Sokol, cabaret star Sidney Myer, and Warhol muse Ultra Violet. Director Tom O'Horgan (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) was honored in 2007.

The six year old CringeFest opens Monday, July 19, and closes Sunday, August 8, in the Grand Theatre at the Producers' Club, 358 W. 44 St. These are BRILLIANT & HILARIOUS works that are irreverent, politically incorrect, politically satirical, naughty, and utterly zany – what could be bad?! The schedule is M-F @ 8 pm, Sat. @ 5, 8 & 10:30 pm, Sun. @ 4 & 7 pm. Plays are arranged in theme evenings and given quirky titles by artistic director Melba LaRose. Themes rotate, so check the definitive schedule: www.NYartists.org or www.Theatermania.com. The audience goes for the night and gets to vote at the end for winners of the Golden Pineapple, Silver Tomato, and Bronze Banana… and Jack Lemons for the actors. For one ticket, you get to see a number of wild ‘n crazy works (and sometimes a surprise 5-minute entr’acte) within a 2-hour timespan, including intermission. The Producers' Club has a charming, inexpensive bar & lounge for before the show, at intermission, and at the end where you can mingle with performers.

The 6 rotating themes contain 4-9 short plays/ musicals each. "The Boss Gets Some Bad News," a 4-min. film by David Schrag, will open each evening.

SEX ENCOUNTERS OF A DISTURBED MIND (dir. Robert Bartley) July 23,

July 27, July 31 (5pm & 8pm); August 4

PSYCHO BITCH PARTY (dir. Kenny Howard) July 19, July 24 (5pm & 8pm), July 30; August 5

IS THAT A CORNCOB IN YOUR POCKET? (dirs. Sharon Einhorn, Mark Falconer, Kenny Wade Marshall) July 20, July 28; August 2, August 7 (5pm & 8pm)

SEX, THUGS & ROCKIN' ROLES (dir. Tom Amici) July 22, July 26, August 1 (4pm & 7pm), August 6

DOW JONES MEETS DEEP THROAT (dirs. Reginald Douglas, Eva Minemar, Aaron Arbiter) July 21, July 25 (4pm & 7pm), July 29; August 3

NO HOLES BARRED (late-night Saturday) (dirs. Kenny Wade Marshall, Aaron Arbiter) July 24 & July 31 & August 7 (10:30pm), Sun., August 8 (4pm)

Tony Spinosa is Supervising Director of the theme evenings. He is the only director to receive 2 Golden Pineapple Awards for his work with the CringeFest for the 2008 production of Charlie Chang and the Mysterious Salami, and the 2009 theme evening Is That a Spear in Your Pocket? Tony is Resident Director for the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles. Recently, he directed Village Light Opera Group's hit revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Last year, he helmed VLOG's Kiss Me, Kate.

This is the festival's third year at the Producers' Club. The CringeFest is supported in part by the Dramatists Guild of America, corporate funders, and individual donors. Coverage has appeared in The New York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure section, New York magazine, TimeOutNY, and more, providing exposure for a great number of artists: 50 in the first festival, 300 in the last one. The house is packed nearly every night with producers, press/ media people, locals and tourists. Renowned writers, composers, directors, and actors take part and some have been in several festivals. We are proud to say that Kate MacCluggage, current amazing female lead of The 39 Steps, took part in the CringeFest a few years ago.

NY Artists Unlimited is a 28 year old nonprofit organization that provides theatre and art to under-served audiences. The company is supported in part by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Nancy Quinn Fund, Puffin Foundation, Dramatists Guild Fund, corporate and individual contributors. The festival lends a hand in supporting the mission to serve the community. Movers 'n shakers behind this insanity are: Melba LaRose, Artistic Director; Bill & Anita Brown, associate producers from Shooting Star Theatre; Tony Spinosa, Supervising Director, Court Sweeting, Technical Director, plus myriad interns and volunteers who make the whole thing happen.

For more information or reservations, call 212-242-6036 or visit www.nyartists.org. For online ticketing: www.theatermania.com. Grand Theatre at the Producers Club, 358 W. 44 St., betw. Eighth/ Ninth Aves., July 19-August 8. Tickets are $25 M-Sat. @ 8 p.m. ($20 advance sales - deadline July 1); student tix $15; $20 Sat. @ 5 p.m. & Sun. @ 4 p.m.; $18 Sat. @ 10:30 & Sun. @ 7 p.m.; and $18 Sun., Aug. 8, @ 4 p.m.

$40 HONORARY GOLDEN PINEAPPLE NIGHT TIX: Fri., July 23, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. – Sex Encounters of a Disturbed Mind, Golden Pineapple Awards, party till you drop with splendiferous food & drink, all inclusive. Reservations strongly suggested.

Visit website for calendar of rotating theme nights: www.NYartists.org

THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR 9/10-10/3

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:37:58 GMT

Runs September 10-October 3 at the Road Less Traveled Theater in Buffalo, New York. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday matinee.

What happens on Grand Island doesn't always stay on Grand Island. When suburbanites Sadie and Vance try to remedy their marriage by hooking up with the swinging-savvy Janet and Rich, all four find that nothing - even chocolate - is as simple as it seems. This sexy, adult comedy asks: Can marriage survive a night with The Couple Next Door? And will there be awkwardness at the mailbox the morning after?

A staged reading of "Save Love Canal" by Seedlings, Theatricum Botanicum...

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:00:00 GMT

1419 N Topanga Canyon Blvd

Topanga, CA 90290-4275

The sudden death of Mariah’s twin, Tommy, brings to sudden life their contested past. If the brother she now wrestles with is merely a figment of her memory, what are his memories, which begin to diverge from hers?

Reading of "Believers" by Patricia Milton April 29 in San Francisco

Patricia Milton — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:18:01 GMT

Believers, a full-length comedy by Patricia Milton, will receive a Playwrights Center of San Francisco table reading this Thursday.

Love. Drugs. Unexpected side effects.

Is it really better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? Or is it better to (pharmaceutically) remove the possibility of heartbreak altogether? Rockwell Wise is set to develop a love vaccine when his ex-lover Grace is hired to lead his team. What could go wrong? This full-length romantic comedy is set in a dystopian future, and inspired by the Grimm's fairy tale The Frog Prince.

With Jeffrey Hoffman, Heidi Wolff, Jean Butterfield, Laylah Muran de Assereto, and Rick Paxson.

Thursday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
Ray of Light Theatre Studio
965 Mission Street, Room 350

$5-10 sliding scale, members free

Four Women In Search Of A Character

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:07:39 GMT

Four Women In Search Of A Character by Diane Grant had a staged reading at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood, CA on April 19, 2010 at 8pm.

A staged reading of Four Women In Search Of A Character, by Diane Grant will be presented by The Red Brick Road Company at the Avery Schrieber Theatre, 11050 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601, on Friday, April 30th at 7:30 pm.

THREE EXTINCTIONS by Carolyn Kras, April 21 in Hackettstown, NJ

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:24:18 GMT

A reading of THREE EXTINCTIONS by Carolyn Kras

Wednesday, April 21 @ 7:30 P.M.

Centenary Stage Company's Women Playwrights Series, Mastodon Project

Ticket price: suggested donation at the door

Call 908-979-0900 to reserve tickets

400 Jefferson Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840

"Though They May Be Parted" premieres April 24 in San Francisco

Patricia Milton — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:46:38 GMT

"Though They May Be Parted," a short play by ICWP member Patricia Milton, premieres as part of Woman's Will's Playfest 2.0 at 8 pm Saturday, April 24 at the Clay Buriel Theatre in San Francisco, CA.

The evening of short plays is a fundraiser for this all-woman theatre group. "Though They May Be Parted" is inspired by the Beatles song, "Let It Be," and concerns three sisters at a funeral home making a decision about their mother's burial service.

Details and tickets here.

"Middle of the Road" by Patricia Milton April 9 & 10 in San Francisco

Patricia Milton — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:43:04 GMT

Patricia Milton's short play, "Middle of the Road," about a funny/serious romantic encounter that takes place on the shoulder of 880, is competing in the first round of PianoFight's Shortlived 3.0 ten-minute-play competition.

Of eight plays, four will move on to the next round, and four will be
eliminated, based on audience voting. The author of the ultimate winning play gets a commission!

If you attend, use the discount code "pat" to save 25%.

Dates: April 9 & 10, 2010, 8 pm at the Off-Market Theatre, 965 Mission near 5th. BART & MUNI nearby (5th and Market) and parking @ 5th and Mission Streets.

Tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/103412

WHISTLEBLOWER workshop production at Carnegie Mellon, 3/27/10, SWAN Day

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT

In a corporate law firm manifested as a wacky gym, law clerks dressed in ties and running shorts climb the corporate ladder - literally - and throw punches, step out of bounds, and commit personal fouls. Janet must decide whether to blow the whistle on the runaway fraud or kill her conscience (a talking copy machine) in order to stay in the game. Winner of the K.C.A.C.T.F. Region II One Act Play Award.

Directed by Joshua William Gelb as part of Carnegie Mellon's PLAYGROUND: Festival of Independent Student Work.

The performance is on SWAN Day, 3/27/10, at 10:50 P.M. in Carnegie Mellon's Purnell Center for the Arts, Wells Studio. Tickets are FREE and are available at the main box office starting at 5:30 P.M.

The Playwright Reads Part I of THE LOVE PLAY at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Hearts, Flowers...And Blood.

Playwright Anne Hamilton will read the first play AND HERE YOU ARE from THE LOVE PLAY at No Passport's Hibernating Rattlesnakes Reading Series in New York City at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E. 3rd Street (Between Avenues B and C). She will read one part each month. $5 suggested admission.

Follow artist STACY LEE MADISON and her dead teenage lover JONATHAN through Paradise, Earth, Limbo and the Womb. In that order.

Mary Steelsmith's SELDOM IS HEARD at Live @ the Libe

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT

SELDOM IS HEARD, a ten minute play
by Mary Steelsmith
Saturday March 6
2:00 p.m.
Donald Bruce Kaufman - Brentwood Branch Library
11820 San Vicente Boulevard
Los Angeles, 90049
http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=16

ADMISSION IS FREE!!!

SELDOM IS HEARD

CA...ST OF CHARACTERS
IVAN- 20's - 30's
A strapping, young man, dressed in a faded buttoned up work shirt and jeans, wearing a kerchief that covers his hair. He totters unsteadily. We hope he won't tip over. Whatever happened to make him this way, there are no outward scars.

HANNAH - 20's -30's
Hannah is a plain looking woman, perhaps large-sized. She wears a buttoned up shirt, covering a tank top beneath it, and jeans. Hannah carries herself with a familiar caregiver's energy, tired but in a groove of well-practiced cheerfulness.

MARILYN - 30's - 40's
With one glance, you can tell she's one of those women who made sure her home was spotless before she left it this morning.
Marilyn's hair is perfect and she sports a pink feminine suit with matching purse,fit for the many cosmetics it must contain. You just know her car is pink.

SETTING:
Two chairs signifying a front porch of a modest house in the suburbs.

SYNOPSIS: Hannah has quite a bit on her plate nowadays. Her husband, Ivan, has returned from his tour of duty in Afghanistan with an I.E.D.- caused brain injury. The term "supporting our troops" seems to have a different meaning now that he's home. Ivan's noisy and unpredictable behavior on his own front porch irks Marilyn, president of the local Neighborhood Restoration Association (NRA), who insists Ivan be put in a "special place," in order to keep up the local morale. Recognizing the war on terror has to also be fought on the home front, Hannah and Ivan choose to reenter mainstream society and credit Marilyn for her bright idea.

"Meltdown" by Patricia Milton premieres in San Francisco

Patricia Milton — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:16:35 GMT

Patricia Milton's short play, "Meltdown" will be featured in SHEHEREZADE X, an evening of short plays inspired by events of 2009. Performances begin at 8 p.m. March 19-27 at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco, 414 Mason Street, 6th Floor. "Meltdown" was inspired by the worldwide economic downturn and the discovery of a supernova by a 14-year-old citizen astronomer in upstate New York.

ROSIE'S DREAM by Nancy Gall-Clayton

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:27:07 GMT

The Women of the Stockyards features readings of 7 plays about women who worked in the Chicago Stockyards on 4 dates. On March 5, 6, and 26, at 7 pm, readings will be at Cafe Ballou, 939 N. Western, Chicago, Illinois, and on March 28 at 7, at Royal George Gallery in Chicago. A donation of $5 is suggested.

Considered the 8th Wonder of the World in the late 19th century, the Chicago Stockyards is a place where anything can happen – so, of course, in Nancy's play, Rosie wants to defy her mother’s plans for her and join in the excitement.

DON'T CALL ME LORETTA by Nancy Gall-Clayton

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:16:41 GMT

One of 10 plays in n.u.f.a.n.'s Garden of Eatin', "Don't Call Me Loretta" will be produced at the Prop Theater, 3502 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL, on March 16 and 17.

Darren Callahan directs Andrea Lucius and Ron Lipski in this short comedy.

POOKIE/Y by Susan Apker

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:18:34 GMT

A full production of a short play in "From Script to You: 2010 New Works Festival", March 5-13, North Canton Playhouse, North Canton, OH.

In a land very close to the shore, on a faraway cliff top, Janie and Mel meet the son (or daughter) they might have (or didn't) create sometime in their life.

LE FOU by Susan Apker

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:08:14 GMT

A full production of a short play in Benchwarmers IX at Santa Fe Playhouse; February 4-26, 2010. Tickets are $15 each, with discounts for seniors and students. Thursdays are Pay-What-You-Wish.

A chance encounter between cabaret artists Charles Trenet and Maurice Chevalier in postwar Paris leads to the revelation of a rivalry between two men who are both haunted by their own wartime demons.

THE QUEEN'S FOOL by Deborah Magid

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:47:11 GMT

A queen and her fool discover all sorts of secrets in iambic pentameter and doggerel. Part of the Santa Fe Playhouse (NM) Benchwarmers IX readings festival February 27 and 28.

THE WEDDING NIGHT by Deborah Magid

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:46:31 GMT

2010 Heideman Award finalist!

The Godmother by Sandra de Helen, January 23, 2010

Sandra de Helen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:30:00 GMT

The Godmother a new full-length drama is the story of Tomboy McCorkle and her rise to power as boss of her crime family. Along the way, she falls in love with her sister-in-law, is shot by her rival Chee Chee di Mayo as they maneuver for bootlegging territory during prohibition, and mentors her 16 year-old brother. All this is set to a back drop of Kansas City in the roaring 20's with authentic KC jazz. Place: Portland Center Stage, Mezzanine level, during Fertile Ground New Works Festival. Tickets $10 or free with Festival Pass. Discounts available. Portland, Oregon

The Saartjie Project presents "Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty" in Baltimore, MD

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:34:19 GMT

“Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty” comes to the Strand Theater Company in Baltimore, January 2010!

WASHINGTON, DC -The Saartjie Project has garnered international attention for its boundary-stretching stage presentations that explores the mysticism, paradoxes and complexities surrounding the black female body. “Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty” is no exception. Voted a “Most Intriguing Pick” at the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival “Deconstructing the Myth” uses performance art to explore contemporary perceptions of gender, race, and power amidst the backdrop of the tumultuous life of 19th-century Saartjie Baartman, the company’s namesake.

Saartjie (pronounced Sar-kay) Baartman – was the South African woman paraded around Europe under the showname,“Hottentot Venus”. She was caged to show off her large buttocks, dissected upon her death and placed in a museum.

This January the Saartjie Project comes to Baltimore to bring her story to life. Founding Producer and Baltimore native Jessica Solomon said, “We are extremely excited about the production and are committed to using art as a catalyst of self-expression, self-definition and healing. This is not a performance to miss!” “Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty” will be at the Strand Theater Company, 1823 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 Saturday, January 16th, 7:30pm and Sunday, January 17th, 3pm. $10 Students, $15 General admission. Tickets go on sale at www.thesaartjieproject.org on December 14th, 2009.

Publications: NONE OF THE ABOVE by Jenny Lyn Bader out from DPS

Jenny Lyn Bader — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:15:31 GMT

NONE OF THE ABOVE by Jenny Lyn Bader is now published in an acting edition from Dramatists Play Service. A sophisticated New York City private school student answers the door expecting her drug dealer and finds her S.A.T. tutor. And things just degenerate from there... "A snappy new comedy" —The New Yorker. "A small masterpiece." —NY Metro. "Tart social comedy." —NY Newsday. "A creatively original plot line" —BackStage. "Sparkling performances, given by two actors and an author"—John Simon, Bloomberg. You can find it at the Drama Bookshop, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

PUBLICATIONS

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:06:16 GMT

SAVING AMERICA and OTHER PLAYS by Ludmilla Bollow, published by Samuel French Dec. 2009 - Four award winning plays, depicting scenes across America. 1. Saving America 2. Flickering Fireflies 3. The Beach Club 4. Shelter Skelter Link: http://www.SamuelFrench.com/storeproduct_info.php/products_id8489?osCsid

THE CHILDREN OF SIN (A One Woman Monologue) by Ludmilla Bollow - Quay Journal of the Arts - Spring 2009 Issue Link: http://quayjournal.org/3_1/bollows.htm

WHEN I WAS A POPPY (One Woman Monologue) by Ludmilla Bollow - ICWP Mother/Daughter Monologues

Bobbi A. Chukran, First Place, Summer Shorts Festival, Williston, ND

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:21:09 GMT

My ANNIERELLA & the (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER play is a modern, feminist, Texas-style comedy adaption of Cinderella. The 10-minute version and the longer, one-act version of the plays will be published by Brooklyn Publishing. Details: http://bobbichukran.blogspot.com

EST/Sloan Initiative New Play Commission

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:39:21 GMT

Rebecca Nesvet - Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred. P. Sloan Foundation Initiative 2009 - commission competition for new science-themed plays. For this, I am writing The Seer of Little Worlds, in which a Renaissance girl finds a lens in the street: an escape route to the microscopic universe discovered by her neighbour, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Searching for a New Sun - in Berlin, August-September, 2010

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:16:09 GMT

SEARCHING FOR A NEW SUN, a dramatic play that takes a look at how the Holocaust has affected young Jewish women in the United States today, will receive its premiere production in Berlin in August-September, 2010. OneHeart Productions. Details: www.dramamama.net.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Suki Livingston Opens Like a Parachute - in NYC in March, 2010

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:13:55 GMT

A full-length, autobiographical play that spans the repressive 50s and activist 60s, SUKI LIVINGSTON OPENS LIKE A PARACHUTE will be presented in a one-night workshop at the Theatre for the New City in New York on March 15, 2010. Details: www.dramamama.net

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - The Power of Birds - production in NYC Feb.-March 2010

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:12:01 GMT

A full-length comedy-drama about three generations of women in a family will be produced by 3Graces Theatre Company at the Milagro Theatre in New York February 18-March 13, 2010. Details on show dates, times, tickets: www.dramamama.net.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Listen! The River

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:10:35 GMT

A one-woman play, LISTEN! THE RIVER received a production in Manhattan Theatre Source's Estrogenius Festival, NYC. October, 2009. Details: Dramamama.net.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Life 101

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:09:19 GMT

LIFE 101, a one-act play about evolution vs intelligent design, received a reading at the Mid-America Theatre Conference in Chicago. March, 2009. Details: dramamama.net.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Seducing Ramona

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:08:10 GMT

SEDUCING RAMONA. Ten-minute play. Reading. Flush Ink Productions, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. March, 2009. Details: Dramamama.net.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Deja Vu All Over Again

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:06:27 GMT

DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN. Ten-minute play. Production. Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, NJ. Seventh Inning Stretch Festivalo. 2009.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Purity and the Prince

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:04:57 GMT

PURITY AND THE PRINCE. Production. InspiraTO Festival. Toronto, Canada. June, 2009. Details: dramamama.net.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Production BLOOD SISTERS.

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:03:11 GMT

BLOOD SISTERS will be produced by the South Camden Theatre Company, Camden, NJ. April-May, 2009. Details: www.dramamama.net

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Reading

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:02:05 GMT

THE POWER OF BIRDS. Reading. 3Graces Theatre Company. NYC. February, 2009. Details: www.dramamama.net.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Reading

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:39 GMT

SUKI LIVINGSTON OPENS LIKE A PARACHUTE. Reading. Arthur Seelen Theatre, NYC. January, 2009. details: www.dramamama.net.

prize

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:45:00 GMT

Second prize at international "Belartaj Konkursoj" 2009, for play written in Esperanto (received during the Universal Congress of Esperanto in Byalistok, July 2009).

Please submit for International CringeFest / Bad Musicals Festival!

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:58:44 GMT

Once again, we are ESPECIALLY SEEKING women playwrights/ composers/ lyricists for the International CringeFest. Get those "bad" musicals to us right away! For over 5 years, NY Artists Unlimited has been presenting the International CringeFest®, including Bad Plays Festival® and Bad Musicals Festival®. The '09 festival at the Producers' Club was the biggest one yet, attracting local theatre-goers, tourists, Broadway producers, agents, and major media, including The New York Times, New York magazine, TimeOut, 7:00 TV News with Chuck Scarborough, WNBC and WCBS Radio. Liz Smith wrote up the last Bad Musicals Festival® 3 times. Wanted are scripts that are REALLY GOOD, HIGHLY ENTERTAINING, NICE 'n NAUGHTY, e.g., politically incorrect, political satire, bad language/ puns, or material otherwise frowned upon by "polite society." Musicals vie for the Golden Pineapple, Silver Tomato, and Bronze Banana. 5 to 45 mins., produced/ unproduced, musical comedy or plays with music. Sorry, we cannot accept electronic submissions because all scripts are read aloud 2-3 times by professional actors before decisions made. If selected, your work receives 3-4 fully-produced performances, a director, cast, crew, and close supervision. No fees. Guidelines/ app available on website: www.NYartists.org. Submissions will NOT be accepted from applicants who have not read guidelines and filled out application form. Deadline: 1/31/09. Response: by 5/01/09. If you have further questions, please email: Melba@NYartists.org.

Melba LaRose, Artistic Director (ICWP member)
212-242-6036, www.NYartists.org

scenes from THE OWL GIRL, Monica Raymond

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:05:17 GMT

performed as staged readimgs as part of Inkwell Theater's Inkubator Festival, Washington D.C., October 3rd, 2009.

NOVICES by Monica Raymond

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:02:55 GMT

Publication forthcoming in Smith and Kraus Best Ten-Minute Plays 2009, November 2009, edited by Lawrence Harbison.

Castillo Theatre Award in Political Playwriting

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:57:39 GMT

My full-length play THE OWL GIRL was selected as one of four national winners of the 2009 political playwriting contest at the Castillo Theater in NYC. It had a staged reading there in August 2009.

Babur The First Moghul in India by Farzana Moon

Farzana Moon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:24:31 GMT

Farzana's blog and publication of a new book.

http://farzanamoon.blogspot.com

Babur The First Moghul in India by Farzana Moon

Farzana Moon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:17:40 GMT

Dear Playwrights,

Taking the liberty of sharing good news with you. The publication of Babur book and my blog. Please visit and comment.

Many thanks and best wishes,

farzana

http://farzanamoon.blogspot.com

BABUR: The First Moghul in India
by Farzana Moon

Special Advance Release, not yet available from bookstores! This promising new book is available exclusively at this location, for a limited time only!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In today’s world, many Western readers understand relatively little about the ancient, peaceful and civilised culture of Afghanistan. This literary, engaging story recalls the history of sixteenth century Afghanistan. Babur is the king of Kabul. He is the first Moghul to conquer India. The richly detailed, historically accurate biographical account of Babur’s life in this book begins on a hill called Gulkhaneh where the biblical Cain is believed to be buried. After thirty-six years of rule when Babur dies at Agra, his empire extends eastward from Badakhshan and Kabul through Punjab to the borders of Bengal. His last injunction to his first born reveals the epitome of his compassion and tenderness: "Do naught against thy brothers though they may deserve it." For insider information, news of future publications and teaching resources, readers are invited to visit http://farzanamoon.blogspot.com/ where you may also obtain autographed copies of this fine book.

Cover photography by Douglas K. Warner

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Farzana Moon is a teacher and bibliophile with a Masters degree in Education. A poet, historian and playwright, she writes Sufi poetry and historical, biographical Moghul sagas and plays. They are based on stories from religion and folklore. Included in her other writing ventures are a novella and a collection of short stories.

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Kathleen Chalfant stars in Anne Hamilton's AND THEN I WENT INSIDE

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Legendary actress Kathleen Chalfant (ANGELS IN AMERICA, WIT) stars in Anne Hamilton's short play AND THEN I WENT INSIDE at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City as a part of the League of Professional Theatre Women's New Play Festival, "Turning Points: Women Have Their Say".

STACY LEE MADISON, an artist and scholar, tells of her life's loves and losses, ending with a shocking action. Nine other playwrights present their work in this New Play Festival.

Canyon's Edge and Sally Sees the Light, Dec. 11-12

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:22 GMT

Two of my short plays, "Canyon's Edge" and "Sally Sees the Light", have been chosen to be performed live as part of the Radio Theater Series on Vashon Island, WA Dec. 11 and 12. They will also be recorded and broadcast through Jan. and Feb. 2010.

Canyon's Edge, Feb. 13-15, 2010

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:41:37 GMT

After a long delay, my short play "Canyon's Edge" will finally be produced by the Little Theater on Broad Street in Danielson, CT. The festival dates are Feb. 13-15.

Here to Serve You, Dec 10-12

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:55 GMT

My short play about airport security, "Here to Serve You", has been chosen for production by Yo! Yo! Theater Company in Los Angeles, Dec. 10-12. It is part of a line up of several short pieces which will be performed at Woolson Studio. Tickets are $12.

An Actual Baby Person, Feb. 18-20, 2010

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:49:43 GMT

A newer short play, "An Actual Baby Person", is scheduled to be performed as part of Valley Repertory Company's First LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Festival. The Festival dates are Feb. 18-20, 2010. The theater is located at 100 High St, Enfield, CT.

THE DOPPELGANGER, a play in eighteen paintings - Nov. 6, 2009

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:38:54 GMT

What really happened between Edouard Manet and his muse, the artist Berthe Morisot? He made more than a dozen portraits of her over a six-year period: then she married his brother, and Manet never painted her again. THE DOPPELGANGER explores love from fantastic to romantic to real, through the lens of Manet's and Morisot's artworks.
Cleveland Public Theatre's "Little Box" series of Stage Readings awarded the play a grant, and it will be read at CPT on Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 7.30pm in their Storefront Theatre. Tickets are $8/10 and seating is limited. 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio (216) 631-2727 | info@cptonline.org Please join us for the reading and feedback session.

Anne Hamilton's AND THEN I WENT INSIDE - Nov. 9th, 2009

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:22:18 GMT

AND THEN I WENT INSIDE, starring Kathleen Chalfant, directed by Lorca Peress, will go up at 8pm at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce St., New York City in the League of Professional Theatre Women's New Play Festival.
Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 8:00pm
10 new short plays (and one new musical play) with the theme, "Turning Points" will be performed
Seating is limited so please reserve tickets as soon as possible.
General admission tickets are $40 each
To reserve tickets, please email LPTWnewplayfestival@gmail.com
Mail your check made out to the League of Professional Theatre Women to: LPTW, P.O. Box 2292, New York, NY 10108

"Leaving Shore" in MN Shorts Play Festival

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:43:39 GMT

"Leaving Shore," by Debbie L. Feldman of Brooklyn, NY, appeared in the Minnesota Shorts Play Festival on September 11, in Mankato, Minnesota.

Reading of "Sweet Nothings" at Theatres of Louisiana Meeting

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:00:00 GMT

There will be a reading of "Sweet Nothings" written by Terri Febuary, on September 12, 2009, at the 2nd Organizational meeting of the Theatres of Louisiana (TOL)

Meeting is at Ryan's on MacArthur Dr. Alexandria, LA.

ALLEGRO by Rachel Rubin Ladutke produced by Spectral Sisters Productions

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Rachel's one act play "Allegro", taken from her full length, "Grace Notes" is in production and performance this weekend in Alexandria, Louisiana at the Guest Playwright's Festival with Spectral Sister's Production.

Other ICWP members involved are: Terri Febuary, director and Tammy Killian, actress who performs as "Grace Roberts" in "Allegro".

Four other 10 minute plays, all written by women, will be performed by local actors for the first half of the plays festival.

"Hoity-Toity" written by Terri Febuary is one of the four short plays.

EMBRACE ARMS wins

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:31:06 GMT

EMBRACE ARMS wins 12 th annual Playfair

by LINDA EVANS: A retired army Sergeant receives transplant from daughter

Performances: October 29 (Thurs) 8PM

October 30 (Fri) 8PM

October 31 (Sat) 8PM

NW OHIO CONTEST

ENCORE THEATER (civic theater) 991 N. Shore Drive, Lima, OH

419-223-8866 or 800-944-1441

Sad Mad Glad Bad

Andrea Lepcio — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:33:20 GMT

July 27-30 at 7:00 PM
New Perspectives Theatre

SAD MAD GLAD BAD

Off the Page New Play Series.

COPPERHEADS AND COMMON WOMEN

Sandra de Helen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:56:23 GMT

de Helen will do a performance reading of her solo play "Copperheads and Common Women" Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings July 20-22, 2009 at the CoHo Theatre in Portland, OR.

AND SOPHIE COMES TOO, by Meryl Cohn

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:47:44 GMT

AND SOPHIE COMES TOO, by Meryl Cohn, directed by Mark Finley, will be produced by TOSOS as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. Will Sophie Abramowitz wake from her coma? Her daughters hope not. Barbara fears a medical miracle; Perfect Rose is falling apart, and Sandra wants a penis. And Sophie Comes Too is a comedy about becoming fully conscious as one’s self. "Cohn’s genius is drawing characters who manage to be simultaneously over-the-top and innately human… Whatever your own family dynamics, this is a play that will make you laugh and also, sometimes rather unexpectedly, strike you with its depth." — The Cape Cod Times review. NYC Performance dates: SAT 8/15 @ 4:30 p.m. TUE 8/18 @ 12:15 p.m. WED 8/19 @ 7:00 p.m. MON 8/24 @ 5:30 p.m. SAT 8/29 @ 10:30 p.m. VENUE #13: The Cherry Pit, 155 Bank Street (between West Side Highway & Washington Street). SUBWAY: A, C, E, 1 to 14th Street For more info: http://www.tosos2.org/Sophie.htm

"Trumpet Blues" to appear in Cedar Lane Stage play festival in July 2009

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:59:30 GMT

Member Debbie L. Feldman's monologue "Trumpet Blues" will appear in the Cedar Lane Stage play festival in July. "Trumpet Blues" was performed in the Universal Theatre festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts earlier this year and Feldman performed the monologue in her first one-person show ("Driven") in Manhattan in 2002.

"Trumpet Blues" is set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1959 and tells the story of Betsy McAllister, a white woman who grew up in Mississippi who loved Blues music and later started a record label to record her favorite musicians. Feldman is expanding the monologue into a full-length stage play with live Delta Blues music.

WHY'D YA MAKE ME WEAR THIS, JOE?

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:18:22 GMT

Why'd Ya Make Me Wear This, Joe? (aka Still Photos) will be produced by Venus Theater in Laurel, Virginia, Sept 3 -27. Why'd Ya Make Me Wear This, Joe? is about two women who fall in love with each while their men are in the South Pacific fighting in World War II. When the war ends, the women have some hard choices to make.

Pattern Nation, a play for young audiences

Emily Cicchini — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:12:03 GMT

Pattern Nation is Pollyanna's third installment of the adventures of Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow, some unlikely friends who explore patterns found in music, nature and visual art, as well as patterns in human behavior. Pollyanna's youngest patrons loved Patterns and then More Patterns, making these returning characters some of the most popular characters resident playwright Emily Cicchini has ever created. This play is a fast-paced theatrical exploration that gives children in the audience an opportunity to recognize Symmetry, rhythms, sequence, and order in the everyday world around them.

Will be enjoyed by audiences of all ages, even Pollyanna's youngest patrons who are ages 4-7.

June 19-27*
Friday, June 19 at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Saturday, June 20 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
and
Sunday, June 21 at 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 23 at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday, June 24 at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Thursday, June 25 at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Friday, June 26 at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Saturday, June 27 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

*No performances held Monday, June 22

Presented at The Long Center for the Performing Arts
Rollins Studio Theatre
Tickets at $6.25 for children under 12, $7.25 for student age 12 and older, ACOT members and Seniors, and $8.25 for adults
GROUP RATES FOR SCHOOLS GROUPS ranging from $3.00-$5.00 are available depending on the total number of tickets reserved.

Financial Aid is available based on financial need.

Call for Reservations and Information: (512) 743-7966

http://www.pollytheatre.org/patternNation.html

Grab Your Shorts #7

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:12:10 GMT

Sweet Potato Pie(s), my short comedy about a blind date, will be produced during the Boca Raton Theatre Guild's "Grab Our Shorts #7," at Willow Theatre in Boca Raton, Florida (USA). There will be four shows the weekend of July24. For more information and tickets (only $8.50), visit http://www.bocaratontheatreguild.org. I'll be attending the Saturday matinee and would love to see ICWP friends!

Patricia Milton's "A Disturbance in the Farce" premieres in San Francisco

Patricia Milton — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:06:47 GMT

“A Disturbance in the Farce” is a French farce gone horribly wrong. Modern-day troubles invade a classic French farce – including pandemic flu and terrorism - and three men lose their pants within ten short minutes. It goes up June 12 & 13 and June 19 & 20 at the Off-Market Theatre in San Francisco. This is a short play smackdown where the audience votes for their favorites, and the winner gets a commission!

More at Pianofight Productions: I am in Round Six, so not on the site as of today.

"A Mother's Scorn" Next Performance: Bronx, NY in November, 2009

Thu, 28 May 2009 20:52:36 GMT

The play "A Mother's Scorn" is based on sexual abuse in an affluent family's home in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. The play is powerful, enlightening, remarkably magnificent, and comical. It shows the reality that occurs in everyday life of people globally. Plus, it diverts the attention away from low-income neighborhoods that experience sexual abuse and domestic violence in the home due to socioeconomic problems in most cases. It reminds us all that when it comes to race, color, religion, power, wealth, and class sexual abuse and domestic violence affects all different kinds of people. Thus, affluent people experience the same type of abuse, but exercise the advantage to conceal their personal family issues due to money and power. Meanwhile, poor families are perceived as bait for the media, and this is why we hear more about their cases compared to affluent families. Come out and see the play you will enjoy every minute of it all.

TABLEFORONE

Thu, 21 May 2009 23:01:41 GMT

Hindi Brooks' one act play TABLE FOR ONE, is part of the Freeway Series at Write Act Theatre in Hollywood, Ca. It runs June 18 through July 25.

Staged Reading of a new play: DRIVEN

Patricia Milton — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:07:34 GMT

Driven: a Christmas comedy by Patricia Milton, directed by Caroline Altman

Playwrights Center of San Francisco presents a staged reading of a new dark comedy, DRIVEN. It's Christmastime in Bad Axe, Michigan. Harriet, the Wilder family matriarch, seems to have acquired an imaginary friend. Or has she? Is "Annabelle" a phantom, or a real person with sinister motives? Her daughters Joy and Jessie clash as family memories are rehashed and resentments are unpacked like presents.

June 16. 7:30 p.m. Stage Werx, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco. $5-$10 at the door.

More at: http://snipurl.com/driven-reading

WHISPERS

Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

WHISPERS, a one act play about deviant small town gossip, will be a
dinner theatre performance at the Angele Caffe, in Los Angeles, CA.
May 18, 2009.
Directed by Opel Cheney
7274 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Renowned Chef Evan Kleiman
6:00 music & drinks-"Hog Daddy's" setting.
7:00 play and dinner.
$65.00 for dinner & play
$20.00 play only
www.angelecaffe.com

My Name Ain't Betty Crocker, But My Best Friend's Sara Lee

Fri, 01 May 2009 09:53:36 GMT

An exciting new event that Tahoe Women's Services will be introducing to the community for the first time ever. The first act of the new production will consist of various monologues; the second act will be a one-act play. Inner Rhythms dance group will be performing.

The performance itself will be on May 1st at the theater at North Tahoe High School in Tahoe City.

Rapture Makes Perfect by Roberta D'Alois

Roberta D'Alois — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:00:00 GMT

SWAN day Reading of
Rapture Makes Perfect by Roberta D'Alois

April 19, 2009
2 PM
The Marsh Studio/Cafe
1070 Valencia St
San Francisco CA
94110
$5 Donation requested but no one turned away
All proceeds benefit Jump! Theatre and International Centre for Women Playwrights

A staged reading of Rapture Makes Perfect by Roberta D'Alois

Art show featuring:
Nena St. Louis, sculptor
Madison Clell, graphic novelist, (whose play CUCKOO, based on her autobiographical graphic novel just premièred at Jump! Theatre)
Jan Steckel, poet
Gaetana Caldwell-Smith, visual artist

Rapture Makes Perfect - In New York City, a candidate for the
Presidency believes that through engaging with a television evangelist
and the ghost of a dead rock star, she can rebuild the World Trade Center as well as her political career.

Roberta D'Alois is a monologist, playwright and director. Her current projects include: collaboration with musician Robert Scott
on his monologue The Jade Pyramid, and continued work on
Rapture Makes Perfect, a full length play.

Performance of MEDA MEDEA

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:57:17 GMT

Monologue Mania in Bloomberg, NY (open mic!) will perform MEDA MEDEA by Linda Evans on April 20, 2009.

MEDA MEDEA will be included in the ICWP monologue anthology.

March madness - Women on the Edge - Readings of Short work and Music . . .

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:42:00 GMT

3rd Annual SWAN Day Celebration --
"March Madness - Women on the Edge"
Readings of Short Work and Music by Boston-area Women Playwrights and
Artists
Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Saturday Afternoon, March 28, 2009 @ 2-5:30pm

Come join us for a program of staged readings of new theatre pieces
and poetry, and songs created by local Boston playwrights and
artists. This year's theme is Women on the Edge, which was defined
very broadly and open to many interpretations. The work, all new and
not previously presented, includes short plays, scenes, monologues, a
poem and songs by area artists Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, Kelly DuMar,
Dara Eagle, Hortense Gerardo, Kim Hoff, Leslie Powell, Monica Raymond, Ellen Sullivan, Sandra Weindraub and Debbie Wiess. Diane Ripstein will be Mistress of Ceremony for the event. Some of the Boston-area theatre scene's favorite directors and actors will be involved. After the approximately 2-hour program, there will be a party with light refreshments for mingling and socializing.

This event is part of an International celebration of women artists
called SWAN Day, which stands for Support Women Artists Now Day, and is being organized under the auspices of the International Centre for Women Playwrights. The March Madness Boston SWAN event takes place at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BU) located at 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, on Saturday afternoon, March 29, from 2-5:30pm. There is no entrance fee, but donations ($5 suggested) at the door are welcome. All proceeds of the event will go to The Fund for Women Artists organization, one of the two groups, which conceived SWAN Day, to support its efforts. Last year's show sold out so reservations are recommended. For more information or to reserve seats, please contact Debbie Wiess at 617-437-0352 or djwiess@msn.com.

SWAN Day, established in 2007, is an annual event that takes place on the last Saturday of March, which is Women's History Month. The idea
for SWAN Day grew out of a collaboration between organizers of The
Fund for Women Artists and Women in the Audiences Supporting Women Artists Now. For more information about SWAN Day and other SWAN Day events happening around the world, please visit www.SwanDay.org.

The Fund for Women Artists (www.WomenArtists.org) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to helping women artists get the resources they need to do their creative work. Its emphasis is on women in film, video and theatre. Over the past decade it has raised over $4 million
(including an endowment of $425,000) and built a website that provides networking, advocacy, and fundraising services to approximately 2,000
visitors a day.

Here, There, and Everywhere

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Key City Public Theatre presents a reading of short works by women playwrights both local and international on Saturday, March 14 at the Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St. The program begins at 2:30 p.m. and is a benefit for the Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Program of Jefferson County.

Monologues and ten-minute plays by writers from Port Townsend to Romania will highlight the event directed by DJ Adams and featuring local actors David Speck, Michelle Hensel, Denise Fleener, Heather Paulson, Charles Duncan, Cheron Dudley, Patricia Earnest and Sarah Ohman.

The program is made possible by a generous grant from the International Centre for Women Playwrights, which is sponsoring similar readings around the world this month.

“It is a pleasure to partner with the International Centre for Women Playwrights to bring eight exciting and talented world voices to our stage. This is a wonderful way for KCPT to help Port Townsend celebrate Women's History month.” says Denise Winter, KCPT Artistic Director.

Local playwrights include Mara Lathrop (“FantasyLand”) and Judith Glass Collins (“Of Poisoned Pens and Palates”). Also representing Washington is Shane Shipley of Issaquah (“The Governor & Her Mother”).

Other pieces by American writers are Kathleen Coudle King of Grand Forks, North Dakota (“Plantanos”), Carolyn Gage of Portland, Maine (“The Parmachene Belle”), and Constance Congdon of Amherst, Massachusetts (“True North”).

International playwrights are Margaret McSeveney of Glasgow, Scotland (“Marilyn”) and Lucia Verona of Bucharest, Romania (“Don Juan’s Wife”).

A reception with some of the playwrights will follow the performance. The box office and lobby bar will open one hour prior to the curtain.

Suggested donation is $10. Tickets will be available at the door, or by calling the KCPT offices at 360-379-0195

Incubation Period - A comic tragedy by Hortense Gerardo

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:00:00 GMT

28 March 2009, 8 p.m. EST - Incubation Period -

A comic tragedy by Hortense Gerardo

The First [W]rite Series - play readings by local artists. Featuring Rachelle Coury, Brian Dunham, Christopher King, Robert Murphy.

56 Bratelle Street, Harvard Square. $10/advance purchase recommended. (617) 547-6789, ext. 1 for tickets or visit ccae.org .

Produced by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and in vivo Productions as part of Swan Day, 2009.

Like a Terrible Beauty - IWD Reading.

Paddy Gillard-Bentley — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:00:00 GMT

FLUSH INK PRODUCTIONS THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS & THE CITY OF KITCHENER PRESENT: SHE SPEAKS - An evening of women's voices.

March 8, 2009 8pm - Kitchener's City Hall Council Chambers.

Like a Terrible Beauty - a scene - Inspired by the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland, and the subsequent Anglo-Irish war, and heart-breaking Cival war, comes an account of sorrow, regret, devastation...but always hope.

We know the stories of Michael Collins. We know the story of the proclamation. The women’s stories are sadly missing from much of the history. This is Maeve’s story, celebrating the strength of the women who participated in this rich history, side by side with the men, and the women who stayed at home, tending the farm, always fearing the worst.

A tender, funny, lyrical, heart-wrenching play that is simply about people.

Jennifer Cornish will be reading Maeve and Kathleen Sheehy will be reading Clare.

Following Act I & Act II there will be a talk-back session lead by Gary Kirkham.

The audience is free to ask questions, make gentle comments, discuss the pieces presented.

Donations at the door will be given to The Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo & ICWP.

Award-Winning play, "Isaac, I am" Opens at Raconteur Theatre in Columbus, OH

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:20:20 GMT

Contact:

FORKS OF IVY by Cass Erickson

Cass Erickson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:11:33 GMT

FORKS OF IVY, a full-length drama, written and directed by Cass Erickson, will have a staged reading on January 30 and 31, 2009 at the Lowry Lab Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. The reading is sponsored by Lex-Ham Community Theater.

Set in a cove in the mountains of southern Appalachia, FORKS OF IVY is the story of an aging patriarch who questions his faith and life in the aftermath of the accidental death of his son. The subsequent dynamics of an unraveling family become intertwined with the arrival of a couple from New York. The play pays homage to contemporary life in southern Appalachia and explores the issues of loss, loneliness, domestic violence, transiency, belonging, spirituality, redemption, and reconciliation.

FORKS OF IVY was a finalist in the 2006 Trustus Theatre Playwrights’ Festival (Columbia, South Carolina). Trustus Theatre literary manager Jon Tuttle found the play 'utterly Faulknerian . . . in the richness of its language and detail.'

The Theater Space Project, owners of the Lowry Lab Theater, provided the venue through a generous grant from Travelers Foundation. For more information, see www.theatrespaceproject.org.

The reading is free and will be followed by an author feedback session.

COPPERHEADS AND COMMON WOMEN

Sandra de Helen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:10:28 GMT

Copperheads and Common Women, a one-woman show by Sandra de Helen will be performed by the playwright as part of Fertile Ground New Works Festival in Portland, Oregon. She will be directed by Meg Chamberlain. Date: January 25, 2009. Time 12:30pm. Place: Portland Center Stage. Tickets may be reserved at www.pdxtix.com or purchased at the door for $5. This play brings to life a country woman and her eight year-old granddaughter in rural Missouri.

Images of Mr. Lincoln

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:47:34 GMT

Images of Mr. Lincoln will be produced in Louisville, KY (USA), at Bunbury Theatre, Henry Clay Bldg., 604 S. 3rd St., http:/www.bunburytheatre.org, Feb. 5-22. Evening shows are at 7:30 and matinees at 2:00. Nancy's play is one of four commissioned to celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth and the theatre's 23rd anniversary during the Honest Abe 23-Minute Play Festival. The play takes place in photographer Mathew Brady's studio and introduces three women who influenced Lincoln, including the 11-year-old who suggested he grow a beard, Mary Todd who was urged not to marry him, and a former slave who became friends with the Lincoln family. Ticket prices $15-$20. Order by phone (502) 585-5306 or on the theatre website.

Weekend at the Dreaming Cloud

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:06:01 GMT

Winner of the Susan McIntyre Play Festival, Weekend at the Dreaming Cloud, a full length play by Kelly DuMar, will be produced by Yellow Taxi Productions, Nashua, NH Friday, Nov. 7 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 9, at 2:00 p.m.. In WEEKEND AT THE DREAMING CLOUD, an opened box of teenage love letters stirs ghosts from the past and possibilities for the future in this play about love and loss, teen death and recovery from addiction. Yellow Taxi Productions’ new venue is located at 5 Pine Street, Extension, Mill Annex #6, Suite 2B in Nashua. Panel discussions and workshops on playwriting will also occur throughout the weekend. Tickets can be purchased at the door, $10 general admission. For more info go to http://www.diarydoor.typepad.com/stagedoor

The Snowflake Theory

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:15:19 GMT

City/Town/Country:     Columbus, OH, USA
Author:     Nancy Gall-Clayton
Venue:     OSU Hillel Fdn., 46 E. 16th Ave., Columbus
Venue Website:     http://www.osuhillel.org
Author email:     nancygallclayton@earthlink.net
Author Website:     http://www.nancygallclayton.net
Oct 27, 2008 7 pm Tickets Phone No. 614-294-4979 Tickets Prices: Free
Description:     Reading during Beyond the Borscht Belt Festival: A Jewish Theatre Festival. On October 26, the play will be read at the Jewish Community Center, 1125 College Ave.

International Centre for Women Playwrights Member Productions

Glass Kingdom--One act

Constituent by Karin Diann Williams

Winners, a staged reading for PrideFest at the Tank

Free Online Monologue Showcase of Women Writers

Micro Shorts Production

SHE SPEAKS

Play Production

Play Production

Bernice's 70th Birthday

FUKT at The Tank NYC or Live Streaming via CyberTank

The Wickham Way by Rachel Rubin Ladutke

Teaneck New Theatre presents the premiere production of The Wickham Way.

Lisa Brigantino, composer.

Directed by Arlene Schulman

My new Play: The Endgame in the Women's Work Festival at New Perspectives Theatre Company opens next week in New York City!

New Perspectives Theatre Company (NPTC) is pleased to announce ENDGAME, our 14th Annual Women's Work Short Play Festival, running live Monday, August 8 to Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Program A includes: Cassie Goes to Congressby Sonya Hayden, directed by Dani Ortiz; The End Gameby Joanna Pickering, directed by Illana Stein; and Boys Go to Marsby ALlison Merkel, directed by Jenny Greeman.

content warning: Program A includes references to Animal cruelty/death and rape/sexual violence. this program is not suitable for anyone under 16.

PROGRAM A ACTORS

Program B includes: Just Before Sunriseby Gena Bardwell, directed by Kubbi; The Reunion by Molly Horan, directed by Sydney Prince, and Post Scarcity Possibilities by Leela Velautham, directed by Melody Brooks.

PROGRAM B ACTORS

Schedule

Program A:

August 8, 10,12 @ 4:00pm

August 9, 11 @ 8:00pm

Saturday, August 13 @ 5:00pm

Program B:

August 8, 10,12 @ 8:00pm

August 9, 11 @ 4:00pm

Saturday, August 13 @ 2:00pm

OCCUPIED by Aly Kantor presented by New Normal Rep (Live-Streamed Rehearsed Reading)

Productions ~ Plays by Cristina A. Bejan

Production of "Listening"

Premiere of "On 9th Street"

ESCAPE FROM THE ASYLUM by Patricia Milton

Production of Ida B. 'n the Lynching Tree by Carolyn Nur Wistrand

Premiere of "Waiting"

A Trilogy of Plays: Truth, Lies and Deception by Joanna Pickering In Paris France Dec 16-18

A Trilogy of Plays: Truth, Lies and Deception by Joanna Pickering

Koël Purie Rinchet (Actress, Producer)

Production of MOST WONDERFUL

WATCHWOMEN by Carolyn Nur Wistrand produced for WORLD AIDS DAY, DEC. 1, 2021

EXPECTATIONS production

BEST LIFE 10/21-11/6

CLOSET CAT in Gi60

PERSEPHONE Production

Production of POPPING

No Fall My Hand Oct. 8th

Zoom Reading

Production of THE BOOKSTORE

Reading of Divine Gift by Rahmat Zakari-Ismail

Hurrah!

Arojah Royal Theatre

in collaboration with The International Centre for Women Playwrights

*Play Reading and Interactive Session*with

Rahmat Zakari-IsmailFeatured Play: *DIVINE GIFT*

Premiere of SHELVED

Premiere of MICROWAVE & FRIDGE

Short+Sweet Perth 2021

Short+Sweet Sydney 2021

Herstory of Ann Shaxpere - PlayLab Reading

Once I was a stone - in NuWorks 2021

Once I was a stone, una piedra ek pathar

created and performed by Shebana Coelho

featured in Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's NuWorks 2021

ON DEMAND: June 21 to June 30

An English Angst

The Point at the AndTheatre Festival this weekend!

Two free podcasts

World Premiere of "Runtime Error"!

Cancer Is A Pain In My Ass

Loretta the Yodeling Cowgirl

Developmental Reading of 'Occupied' by Aly Kantor

FEARLESS- A Reading/Storytelling event for women survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Nigeria

Fifth Annual Aphra Behn Festival - 4/30 - 5/2

"ROOTED IN ROUX" by Mia Raye Smith - 29 Apr 6.00 PM CST

Rooted In Roux Virtual Reading

Period Piece

SULLEN GIRL virtual read at EST's Spring Fest

A Trilogy of Plays:
Truth, Lies and Deception
by Joanna Pickering

in collaboration with

The International Centre for Women Playwrights

Play Reading and Interactive Session
with

Rahmat Zakari-Ismail
Featured Play:
DIVINE GIFT

by Kathy Burkman
THE COFFEE SHOP BLUES: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN.

can be seen online until Dec 15th