Category Archives: Theatre

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LADIES FIRST ISSUE #11, SEPTEMBER 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:

A Moment of Silence by Allie Costa

Produced by the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood

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September 9th, 10th, and 11th as part of A Light in Dark Places: A Collection of Plays for Hope. Five plays were selected for this festival. All proceeds will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
https://www.facebook.com/playsforhope/
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2582896

How I Knew Her by Allie Costa

Produced by Eden Prairie Players

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September 16th-25th. Directed by Liz Michaelson, featuring Lauren Schulke as Kylie and Chad Giefer as Cole. How I Knew Her is one of seven plays selected by Eden Prairie for their Collection of One Acts. http://www.edenprairieplayers.com/2016oneacts.htm

READINGS:

One Acts and Snacks at Casa de Beverley

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One Acts and Snacks is a monthly gathering to hear and discuss new plays from up-and-coming playwrights. One Acts and Snacks is not a traditional play performance, but rather a semi-produced table-read. This means that every character is assigned an actor or actress, and the entire script — along with the stage directions — is read in its entirety.

Following the read-through, the audience will be able to interact directly with the playwright, asking questions and providing feedback. Socializing and networking will follow.

This year, One Acts and Snacks is proud to be producing an entirely female season! This month features the works of Jacqui Lynch, Karin Diann Williams, and Jenna Schlag.

September 17th at 6pm at Casa de Beverley, in Ditmas Park (exact address will be given to those who purchase tickets.)

Click here to purchase tickets through Eventbrite.

PUBLICATIONS:

Fawnbook by Ayun Halliday

Published by Indie Theater Now

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An agrarian settlement of 3 middle aged women and 3 teenage boys communicates in dialogue culled exclusively from social media comments in this post digital, pre-apocalyptic dark comedy-cum-anthropological-study. Originally produced at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn, New York in November 2016. http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/fawnbook

To submit to the 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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Exciting Opportunity for Female Playwrights!

Attention TheatreMakers and Friends of NOplays!
NOplays and Casa de Beverley are excited to announce a special opportunity for female playwrights.

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This season Casa De Beverley is focusing on female playwrights in the tri-state area and we are inviting you to join us at the Casa de Beverley’s dinner on Saturday, August 20th. Bring your 10 minute play (or plays) of 4 characters or less and a synopsis of said play to dinner. We’ll share synopses and Katie Hahn will present the details on the season and important info each playwright needs to participate fully. This dinner will give us a chance to build on the wonderful Casa community you’ll be joining as a playwright for season three. If you cannot attend the dinner, but ARE available for any of the event dates listed below, submit by email: katie@casadebeverley.com

Accepted participants will be notified by August 25th.

We are off the Q train in Brooklyn, street parking available.
The address will be released to participants. Thank you!

Season three dates are:
August 20 – Playwright invitational Dinner

Shows:
September 17th
October 15th
November 19th
February 18th
March 18th
April 15th

There is no charge for playwrights to participate. This year we will ask playwrights to arrange and bring their own cast and director as well as continue to provide scripts for rehearsal and show. Rehearsal is 2-5. Show is 6-9. We can offer some help in the form of email lists of actors and directors if needed.

Note allergies to dogs or cats.

Casa De Beverley’s Mission Statement:

Casa De Beverley is a community and art space located in the heart of Ditmas Park in Brooklyn, New York. Our goal is to build and nurture a community that values creativity and life-long learning. We do this through a variety of events including theater performances, yoga, healthy living get-togethers, guided meditation, personal development, guest lectures, and studies in applied sensuality and sexuality. Anyone and everyone is welcome.

One Acts and Snacks (OAS) is the brainchild of Katie and Orin Hahn. This monthly event combines a love of theater and food with a shared desire to build a community that nurtures burgeoning artists, playwrights, and actors. Our goal is to inspire great artistic endeavors and encourage fascinating conversations between old friends and new. To do this we gather playwrights, actors, and theater lovers in a cozy intimate setting to share what feeds our minds, bodies, and souls.

One Acts and Snacks is not a traditional play performance, but rather a semi-produced table-read. This means that each character is assigned an actor or actress, and the entire script — along with the stage directions — is read in its entirety.

Following the read-through, the audience will be able to interact directly with the playwright, asking questions and providing feedback. Socializing and networking will follow.

Our Script Acceptance Process:
We seek scripts that would benefit most from immediate, in-person, constructive feedback in order to meet our goal of nurturing new art. We look for creative new takes on issues past, present, and future, as well as pieces that lend themselves to artistic discussion. We support a diverse community and welcome all shapes, sizes and shades.

Privacy and Rights:
The playwright retains all rights for any play submitted or performed. We do not permit any audio or video recording of the reading. Photography is not allowed during the reading. Participants and audience members may be photographed during networking time before and after the event. Those who wish their image not utilized in future Casa de Beverley and One Acts and Snacks marketing are encouraged to alert the production team at info@casadebeverley.com

Important Links:

Casa de Beverley Homepage:
www.casadebeverley.com

OAS Homepage:
www.casadebeverley.com/oneactsandsnacksOAS Facebook Page:
(This public space will be used to advertise your show to our community.)
www.facebook.com/oneactsandsnacksOAS Facebook Group:
(As a contributor you may request access to this group to keep in touch with other playwrights and actors)
http://casadebeverley.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7e14a159734cf352f6306484c&id=345d65f429&e=a63886091dEvent Start Time:
Call for Playwrights and Actors is 3pm and the show begins at 6pm. Please be punctual so we can start the event on-time. We generally go till 9. Plan to attend the entire event.Before and After the Reading:
Immediately after the reading, the floor will open to questions and comments about the play. Audience, playwright, and actors are encouraged to mingle and network after the reading is complete. Snacks and drinks will be available before and after the reading.

We hope to see as many of you as possible on August 20th! Feel free to pass this information along to any other playwrights you know who may be interested in attending.
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LADIES FIRST ISSUE #10, AUGUST 2016 UPDATED!

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 ROAD THEATRE SUMMER PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

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Currently running in Los Angeles, features 36 plays, 18 of which were written by women – 50/50 representation! One of the selected plays is Two Girls – staged reading August 2nd at the Road Theatre.

In this haunting duologue, two women emerge from a violent attack. Written by Allie Costa, directed by Chelsey Maus, featuring Amber Marie Bollinger and Erica Matlin.

For more information:
http://www.roadtheatre.org/two-girls-by-allie-costa/

HERSTORY produced by TheatreN16

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Over 50 years ago Gloria Steinem began to change the world by speaking about women’s rights, fighting for equality and speaking her mind. But despite Steinem impacting the feminist movement and accomplishing so much the fight is still present. What are the issues that women of the XXI century face on a day to day basis? Why is abortion still a taboo subject? Why are we taken aback when we hear a woman saying “I don’t want to have children”? Why are women so constantly objectified? And finally, have things really changed since Miss Steinem led the women’s liberation movement back in the 60’s and 70s? Those are just few of the hundreds of questions that come to mind when one talks about equality and contemporary feminism. HERSTORY, a feminist festival, aims to bring those questions to the stage by creating a platform for political discussion and giving a voice to women. Join us at THEATRE N16 on the 6&7 of August for two evenings full of new writing, performance art and plenty of discussion about feminism.

Featuring Two (August 6th) and She Has Seen the Wolf (August 7th) by Allie Costa.

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Check out the tag #WhyHerStoryMatters on twitter!

For more information:
http://www.theatren16.co.uk/#%21herstory-1/klfh9

Margaret of Anjou by Lauren Jansen-Parkes

Produced by Those Women Productions

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An “undiscovered” feminist Shakespeare play by Lauren Jansen-Parkes and William Shakespeare: Margaret of Anjou is a high-stakes drama of betrayal, intrigue, and medieval power politics – eerily relevant to the present moment in American politics.

August 25-September 11, 2016 at Live Oak Theater, Berkeley, California.

For tickets, click here:
http://margaretofanjou.brownpapertickets.com/

To submit to the September 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 ISSUE # 9, JULY 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:

QUEEROISMS

Produced by Bex Ehrmann and Nikki R. Veit

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The 10-minute play festival will explore queer heroism — or Queeroism. Queer theatre often focuses on hardship: heartbreak, illness, shame, discrimination, and oppression. These difficult stories need to be told and they need to be heard. With this festival, however, we make it our mission to honor queer pride through stories of heroism, tenacity, strength, community, and individuality.

Featuring:

Almost Immortal by Rex McGregor, directed by Leah Cassella
Background Hero Seeks Same by Michael Trottier, directed by Nick Thornton
The Birthday Boy by Roy Proctor, directed by Lexi Saunders
Faking Glory by Allie Costa, directed by Georgette Verdin
Formerly Known As by Alyson Mead, directed by Jeri Frederickson
Nouns of Assemblage by Lauren Yee and Philip Dawkins, directed by Charlie Marie McGrath

Unconventional by Theresa Masters and Marc Pruter, directed by Conner Wilson

The festival will run July 8th and 9th at Collaboraction.

For more information:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-queeroism-play-festival#/

HEAD OVER HEELS by Susan Goodell

Produced by Rover Dramawerks

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HEELS OVER HEAD is a quirky comedy about two eloping honeymooners who fall in love on a bungee jump and determine to stay in romantic glow despite of all sensible evidence against it. Winner of Rover’s “Seconds” play contest.

Directed by Frances Seman.

Rover Dramawerks, Plano Texas.
Thursdays-Saturdays, July 21-Aug 13, 2016.

For tickets, click here: http://tinyurl.com/j5np2f4

COMING IN AUGUST:

ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE by Robin Rice.

Running at 59E59 Theatre in New York City from August 3 to 14, produced by Looking for Lilith Theatre Company of Louisville, Kentucky.

ALICE is the story of Alice Austen, a woman who lived on Staten Island, NY, during Victorian times. She bucked conventional society, became the first female photo-journalist, and refused to get married in a time when that was not only frowned upon, it was financially very risky.

More information at: http://www.RobinRicePlaywright.com and www.http://lookingforlilith.org/

Tickets at: http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=258

To submit to the August 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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Launch for NOplays

NOplays needs YOUR help to continue supporting  women in theatre and the arts! We’re hosting a fundraiser at Launch Trampoline Park in Hartford, CT, and we need YOU to come jump for us!

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The event is taking place Thursday night, June 30th, from 3:30 to 8pm. We need at least 25 jumpers to receive 25% of the proceeds. Just come to Launch Trampoline Park, bring a flyer for the event and/or say you’re with NOplays when you check in.

Launch Trampoline Park is at 91 Brainard Rd. Hartford, CT 06114

Let’s jump for gender equality!

Click here to see Launch’s website:

http://launchct.com/

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LADIES FIRST, ISSUE #8, June 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:

Fringe Femmes

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LA FPI is a proud to again partner with the Hollywood Fringe, promoting women writers and awarding “FPI’s Most Wanted” status to the venues that supported them.

Los Angeles, California, through the month of June.

Tickets and schedule of plays here: http://lafpi.com/about/women-at-work-onstage/women-on-the-fringe/

Don’t Shoot the Messenger Pigeon by Allie Costa

Produced by Three Penny Theater in Sacramento, California as part of Resurrection Theatre’s Save Our Shorts play festival.

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger Pigeon is a dark comedy about what it takes to be a true professional. Directed by Aerin Morneau, featuring Mallory Brodeur as Brooke and Justin Kortuem as the Messenger.

Running June 9th- June 19th. Tickets available here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2546799

Pit Stop; Amelia, Still; Sleepwalker; Back There by Allie Costa

Produced by Gi60 2016

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Pit Stop and Amelia, Still, will be performed June 9th through June 11th at the New Workshop Theatre in Brooklyn.

Sleepwalker and Back There will be performed Friday, June 10th at 8 PM at the Tantrum Theatre and Saturday, June 11th at 2 PM at the New Workshop Theatre.

For a complete schedule, click here: http://gi60.blogspot.com/2016/05/gi60-nextgen-play-selections.html

To submit to the July 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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HERSTORY Closing Night

Thank you to everyone who came out and saw HERSTORY this weekend. We’re so grateful for your support! Because of you, NOplays is one step closer to creating gender equality on the stage and in the pages of our history books.

Theatre can’t exist without audience members to see it and a community to support it, so if you enjoyed the performances this weekend, go see some more theatre! There’s so much amazing work happening all over Connecticut, and you can make sure there will continue to be so for generations to come!

Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you at our next performance!

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The Inzalaco Family won our first doorprize, a $50 Gift Card to Cloud 9 Day Spa.

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The Culla Family won a poster signed by the cast.

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And we said good bye to three beautiful plays.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the project on a job well done.

 

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LADIES FIRST, ISSUE #7, May 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:

Rover Dramawerks 365 Women a Year Festival.

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Plano, Texas May 5th through May 14th. http://www.roverdramawerks.com/

Femme Noir by Allie Costa.

Produced by Urban Legends, Urban Theatre Movement’s one-act festival.

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Running May 20th through May 28th at Studio/Stage in Los Angeles. Inspired by classic noir stories such as Double Indemnity, Femme Noir revolves around a female P.I. hired by a notorious playboy to solve a murder in 1944. Written and directed by Allie Costa. http://urbantheatremovement.com/

READINGS:

She Has Seen the Wolf by Allie Costa

Produced as one of six plays named Best of PlayGround-LA for the 2015-2016 season.

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The selected plays will have staged readings on Monday, May 9th at Zephyr Theatre in Hollywood and will be published in the Best of PlayGround Los Angeles 2016 anthology. In She Has Seen the Wolf, a modern-day Red Riding Hood asserts herself after receiving unwanted attention from a wolf.http://www.playground-la.org/bestof/

To submit to the June 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.