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The Cross Roads of Gender Parity

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That’s the amount of female playwrights who are produced each year according to American Theatre Magazine. Broken down, the numbers are 14% for white American women, 3.4% for American women of color, 2.4% for white foreign women, and .4% for foreign women of color. The numbers are going up, but there’s still work to be done.

In this historic time for women in theatre, NOplays is proud to announce LADIES FIRST!

LADIES FIRST is a monthly newsletter of world premiere productions and readings of plays by female authors.

The goals of LADIES FIRST are to:

Promote woman writers and the theaters that produce their works.

Create a wider network of female playwrights.

Provide a platform for producers, artistic directors, and other theatre-makers to find new works by female authors.

The first LADIES FIRST newsletter will be published this November on the NOplays blog.

What we want from YOU:

Your name, the name of your play, 1-2 sentences about your play, the name of the theatre putting your play up, the where and when, and an image of some sort.

Email the info before November 1st to natalie.noplays@gmail.com to be considered for the November newsletter. Only productions and readings happening in November will be a part of the November newsletter.

We’re at 24/76, but we won’t stop until we reach 50/50!

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Awkward at Casa de Beverley

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AWKWARD will be kicking off One Acts and Snacks second season this Saturday, September 19th, at 6pm! AWKWARD is part of a double feature of new works being present at Casa de Beverley in Brookyln. You don’t want to miss out!

For more information on One Acts and Snacks, click here.

Synopsis: Suzy is dying to ask out her crush, Kate, an intense bookworm whose mission in life is to learn everything about the universe, to the school dance. Although Suzy’s origami skills are legendary, her social skills are lacking. When the out-going and oblivious Janis also makes Kate the apple of her eye, Suzy will have to find her voice, or risk losing Kate for good.

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Fractured Fairytales Video

If you missed out on the live performance of Theatre@First Festival@First 8, you still have a chance to watch the plays! My Monster and Me, as well as several other plays from the festival, are now on youtube.

A major shout out to everyone involved in the festival! Especially, director Mike Haddad and the fabulous cast of My Monster and Me (Anna Muench, Rose Martin, Brian Edgar, and Richie DeJesus), Caitlin Mason for producing the festival, and Joev Dubach for filming the performances. Thank you for creating a wonderful evening of theatre and for bringing Lila and her monster’s story to life.

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Fractured Fairytales Closing Weekend

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It’s your last chance to see Theatre@First’s Festival@First 8: Fractured Fairytales! Head up to Unity Somerville, 6 William Street, Somerville, MA on Friday or Saturday at 8pm for the last two nights of witches, princess, and one hungry monster in the closet!

This series features original one-acts by a number of emerging playwrights, including the world premiere of My Monster and Me by yours truly.

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Fractured Fairytales Opening Weekend

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Festival@First8: Fractured Fairytales, is opening this weekend at Theatre@First, Unity Somerville, 6 William Street, Somerville, MA.

“Theatre@First’s summer one-acts return with nine fresh takes on familiar tales from new playwrights around the world, including two local writers. Don’t miss a night of princes and princesses, witches and animals, magic and laughter, and the occasional monster under the bed. Tickets: $12-$15″

Including a new production of My Monster and Me, written by yours truly!

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The Barbara Newhall Follett Project

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Where in the world in Natalie Osborne? She’s back up in sunny Vermont working on a new theatre piece! The Barbara Newhall Follett Project is a devised work based off of the life and writings of Barbara Newhall Follett. Barbara was a writer and a child prodigy who published her first book at the age of twelve. The House Without Windows received raved reviews by critics and readers alike. After her father left the family, Barbara and her mother became destitute. Barbara continued writing, but none of her works were published. At the age of twenty-five, and after a fight with her husband Nick, Barbara left her home with 30 dollars and a notebook. She was never seen again.

Throughout Barbara’s work, there is a theme of escaping into nature and the imagination. In our work, we’ve tried to balance both aspects of Barbara’s life, the real and the fantastic, the romantic and the mundane.

We’ll be presenting the piece July 10th, 2015, at 6:30pm on Bennington’s Campus. The event is free and all are welcome!

THE ENSEMBLE:

Christina Roussos

Jennifer Lane

Megan Hill

Natalie Osborne

Molly Kirshner

Patrick Harret Marshall

For more on the project visit:

http://reasonsforleavingblog.tumblr.com/tagged/BNFProject