November 8, 2016 by NOplays

NOplays Season Announcement!

NOplays is excited to announce our 2017 Season!

We have three exciting productions coming up this year.

The Milford Young Playwright’s Festival.

A Festival of new plays written my Milford High School Students. January 13th, location and time TBD.

HERSTORY 2

A 365 Women a Year event featuring plays written by women about women. The Silk Road Art Gallery in New Haven, March 10th and 11th. Sponsored by the Dramatists Guild

The Masks of the Goddess, or a Heroine’s Journey

A devised performance piece exploring female divinity and spirituality. Spring 2017. Location and date TBD.

As well as play readings, our Ladies First newsletter, and other efforts to produce and promote works by women writers!

If you would like to support these productions or any of NOplays other projects, consider making a donation, visit our Cafepress store, or come see a show!

November 4, 2016 by NOplays

LADIES FIRST ISSUE #13, November 2016

This 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:

Two Girls by Allie Costa.

Produced by: Our Generation Festival, Ireland.

Running November 6th, 7th, and 8th at Tricky’s McGarrigles in Sligo, with an additional performance November 9th at An Caife Bia Slainte in Manorhamilton. Book tickets by emailing therabbitsriottheatrecompany@gmail.com or by contacting The Rabbit’s Riot Theatre Company on Facebook.

Quality Assurance by Allie Costa.

Produced by: Obsidian Theatre in Texas.

Directed by Renata Smith and Christine Weems, will run November 10th through November 19th at Obsidian Theatre in Texas as part of Five Minute Mile. In this fast and funny story, a telemarketer doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing. Featuring Sam Denomy and Elizabeth Grant.

Five Minute Mile is produced by Cone Man Running Productions.
Five Minute Mile is a unique night of theatre where any given night you see a different lineup of plays. 32 plays were selected for the production. Eight are scheduled to perform each night. The next six are drawn at random at the start of the show. The last six are voted on by the audience based on the title, descriptions, and the actors involved. It’s a different lineup every single night!

http://conemanprod.wixsite.com/home/copy-of-coming-next

READINGS:

One Acts and Snacks at Casa de Beverley

Join Casa de Beverley for One Acts and Snacks in Brooklyn, Saturday, November 19th at 6PM for great art, conversation, and food. This season we are focusing on 10 minute plays written by female playwrights.

Featured Playwrights and plays:

Remote Control by Ann Mary Mullane
I Join A Mental Institution and Have Fun! by Jodie Leidecker
The Agnostic Foundation for Dying With Dignity’s 50th Annual Lottery by Simi Toledano

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oas-november-19th-season-3-tickets-28643524553

To submit to the December 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 the first LADIES FIRST newsletter.

September 1, 2016 by NOplays

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

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

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

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

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.

July 2, 2016 by NOplays

LADIES FIRST ISSUE # 9, JULY 2016

PRODUCTIONS:

QUEEROISMS

Produced by Bex Ehrmann and Nikki R. Veit

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

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.

June 20, 2016 by NOplays

NOplays Cafepress Store!

The NOplays Cafepress store is officially open!

Need to buy the theatre lover in your life a last minute gift? Want to support gender equality in theatre? Do you just really like our logo and want to have it on a bunch of stuff?

It’s your lucky day!

Every time you buy something from the NOplays Cafepress store, money goes to supporting women in the arts and theatre.

And just look at all the great things you can buy!

Want to see more? Visit the store and have a look for yourself! Click here.

May 3, 2016 by NOplays

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!

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

The Culla Family won a poster signed by the cast.

And we said good bye to three beautiful plays.

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

March 8, 2016 by NOplays

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!

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NOplays Season Announcement!

LADIES FIRST ISSUE #13, November 2016

LADIES FIRST ISSUE #11, SEPTEMBER 2016

LADIES FIRST ISSUE # 9, JULY 2016

NOplays Cafepress Store!

HERSTORY Closing Night

A Historic Day