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April Showers

NOplays has some huge projects coming up this April, including not one but TWO new play festivals! Check out the awesome posters for each one.

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We’ve also updated our logo. Get a peak at NOplays new look!

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Stay tuned for more information on both of these awesome projects, including interviews, sneak peaks and more!

If you would like to support NOplays and all of our projects, consider making a donation. We’re giving away collectable historical women trading cards for every donation of $5 or more until APRIL 8TH!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE.

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$5 Can Change Everything

What can you do with five dollars?

Buy a couple songs off itunes…

Get a bag of chips at the grocery store…

Add a new keychain to your collection…

Help dismantle the patriarchy by supporting equal representation of women in theatre and the arts…

(We’re just saying…)

It only takes $5 to make a difference, AND if you make a difference with NOplays this month, you’ll win a collectable women’s trading card, but you only have five more days to give before the end of March!

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(Look at how cool that card is!)

Donate today! Click Here.

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In Her Name

NOplays, as an associate producer, presents:

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IN HER NAME: A WEEKEND OF WOMEN’S STORIES

With 365 WOMEN A YEAR: A Playwriting Project

A festival of new plays

Friday night, April 15  

OPENING FUND RAISING EVENT

Saturday, April 16

READINGS OF NEW WORK 11-2, 330 – 6 and 730- 10

Sunday April 17    

10- 1 PM Life Stories Workshop with Artistic Director Susan Merson

3 PM CLOSING PANEL and reading of workshop material

Join us for a weekend celebration of women’s voices in the theatre including a Friday night event in honor or the 100th year of Founding Artistic Director Edith O’ Hara of the 13th Street Rep featuring Dael Orlandersmith, Leah Friedman, Shola, Shellen Lubin, Susan Merson and special guests.

Tickets:  

50 dollars for the weekend., all three days

25 dollars for all day Saturday only

15 dollars Tickets at the door for individual programs

Donations welcome for Fund Raiser Friday Night

Produced by:

New York Theatre Intensives and 365 Women a Year: A Playwrighting Project

In association with:

NOplays is a New England based theatre organization who’s mission is to support and produce works from underrepresented voices in the American Stage, with a special interest in emerging female writers. We want the wild, fun, epic, and imaginative stories told by these individuals to be heard!

At 13th Street Repertory Theatre

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You can also support this event, and other NOplays events, by making a donation.

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A Historic Day

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, NOplays is launching our first fundraiser! We hope that you’ll consider making a donation today!

Any amount you can give will help us support women in theatre, but in order to receive a historical women’s trading card, you must give a minimum of $7.50. WE’RE LOWERING THE MINIMUM DONATION TO $5!!!! These cards are limited edition AND WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH, 11:59AM. Make sure you get in your donations quickly. Thank you for your support!

DONATE

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LADIES FIRST #5, MARCH 2016

LADIES FIRST is a list of new productions, workshops, readings, and publications by female playwrights. Our goal is to create greater gender parity in theatre by highlighting the works of female writers and the organizations that promote and produce their works.

PRODUCTIONS:

She Was Never Lost by Allie Costa.

Produced by Monster Box Theatre.

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Examines the life of Alice Liddell, who inspired Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

She Was Never Lost is one of 23 plays being presented at the 365 Women’s Festival, being held March 3rd through March 6th at Monster Box Theatre, 2529 Elizabeth Lake Road, Waterford, MI 48328 Tickets: 248 787-5365.

Drop in the Ocean by Allie Costa.

Produced by Bellarmine University International 10-Minute Play Festival.

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This play is dedicated to the conservation of marine protected areas, also called “hope spots.”

Running March 16th through March 21st in Kentucky. Tickets: https://bellarmine.wufoo.com/forms/bellarmine-theatre-ticket-form/.

Breaking Cover by Allie Costa.

Produced by Urban Waves Open Hydrant Spring Short Play Festival.

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This comedy is all about spies, lies, and alibis. Also, the importance of room service.

March 18th through March 20th in New York. https://www.facebook.com/OpenHydrant/ http://www.openhydrant.org/.

Two Girls by Allie Costa.

Produced by The Reproductive Freedom Festival.

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Sunday, March 20th in New York. The festival will have a livestream starting that evening at 6 PM ESTwhile the shows are presented on stage at The TACT Studio. Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2506065
Livestream: http://reproductivefreedomfestival.org/watch/#JoinUs.

To submit to the April issue of LADIES FIRST, email natalie.noplays@gmail.com before the end of the month. Send us your name, the name of your play, the name of the theatre producing your work, a sentence or two about the play, the where and when, and an image. Thank you to everyone who participated in this month’s LADIES FIRST newsletter.

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LADIES FIRST #4, FEBRUARY 2016

LADIES FIRST is a list of new productions, workshops, readings, and publications by female playwrights. Our goal is to create greater gender parity in theatre by highlighting the works of female writers and the organizations that promote and produce their works.

PRODUCTIONS:

The Intervention Will Be Televised by Allie Costa

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A funny look at the effects of binge-watching TV shows.

Currently running at Whitefire Theatre, Los Angeles, Now through February 23rd. Part of the Winter Shorts comedic play festival.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2486648

Tofurkey Day by Allie Costa

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This multi-generational comedy is always in season.

Produced by the Fantastic.Z New Works Festival, Eclectic Theatre, February 17th through. Directed by Kate Arnold-Huisentruit.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2380770

If They Come Tonight by Angela Cerrito

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IF THEY COME TONIGHT is based on Irena Sendler who rescued 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto. The playwright met and interviewed Irena Sendler when conducting research in Warsaw, Poland.

Produced by Tyler Lee Theatre. Tyler Lee Theatre will run three productions of the play at the Fine Arts Center in Tyler, TX and also perform the play in UIL OAP contests.

To submit to the March issue of LADIES FIRST, email natalie.noplays@gmail.com before the end of the month. Send us your name, the name of your play, the name of the theatre producing your work, a sentence or two about the play, the where and when, and an image. Thank you to everyone who participated in this month’s LADIES FIRST newsletter.

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365 Women a Year Part II TONIGHT!!

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Get on your snow boots and scarf! Tonight’s the opening night for NOplays’ second 365 Women a Year event, featuring the works of Bennington College students and alumni. What do Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Bishop, Stella Adler, and Pina Bausch all have in common? They’re going to be on stage tonight at Hubbard Halls’ Freight Depot at 8pm! Don’t miss out! Buy tickets here.

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Don’t Forget to Submit!

The deadline for LADIES FIRST ISSUE #4, FEBRUARY is coming up! Remember to submit the information about your new plays to natalie.noplays@gmail.com before the end of January. Send us your name, the name of your play, the name of the theatre producing your work, a sentence or two about the play, the where and when, and an image. We’ll put the information into our monthly newsletter and send in out to our networks!

NOplays is a monthly newsletter of new productions, workshops, readings, and publications by female playwrights. Our goal is to create greater gender parity in the theatre by highlighting the works of female writers and the organizations that promote and produce their works.