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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LADIES FIRST #2 DECEMBER 2015

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:

WOMEN w/o WALLS by Robin Rice Lichtig.

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The journey of three women on an express train to an unknown destination. This gritty drama was inspired by Jean Genet’s NO EXIT.

Produced by Broads’ Word Theatre at The Lounge Theatres, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA, November 7-December 12. Tickets are $22.00, available at:www.plays411.com./womenwowalls or https://goo.gl/juDQp8. There will be talk-backs with Director Frances Loy, the cast and Artistic Director, Danielle Ozymandias on Sunday November 15th and on Sunday, December 6th with Playwright, Robin Rice, Frances Loy and the cast. More information at www.BroadsWordTheatre.org.

A Midnight Clear: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by Donna Latham.

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Are people capable of peace? In this historical World War I drama, war scatters a group of dear friends. Action swings between the trenches and London’s home front. Percy, promised he would be home for Christmas, battles in No Man’s Land. He grapples with his religious beliefs and moral compass in the face of war’s new rules. With her loved ones entrenched in a war of attrition, Eugenie is entrenched in the home front. She defies Grandmama to take a nursing position in the hospital, determined to do her bit to help the war effort, hone her skills in medicine, and maintain hope. In the most horrific of places, the historic Christmas Truce of 1914 sweeps across the Western Front. With an agreement forged from the trenches, weary soldiers take a leap of faith to halt brutal battles. Enemies wage a fleeting peace. British and German soldiers unite to celebrate Christmas. They bury their dead, share goodies from home, swap trinkets, and join voices in song.

Produced by The Batavia Arts Council at historic Shannon Hall, East Side Community Center in Batavia, IL, at 14 North Van Buren, corner of Wilson Street, Friday, December 18, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 19, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, December 20, 6:00 p.m.

Walking After Midnight by Allie Costa.

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Walking After Midnight is an original, fantasy-free retelling of Cinderella in which a young woman searches for her way home – and her ever after.

Produced by Queensbury Theatre in Houston, Texas, December 9th through December 19th.  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2420568.

A New Year by Allie Costa.

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Should old acquaintance be forgot? Home for the holidays, Asha runs into her old best friend and she’s not too thrilled about it.

Produced by Charles Stewart Howard Playhouse in Los Angeles this December as part of Hard Candy Christmas. http://hcc4.brownpapertickets.com/

Don’t Shoot the Messenger Pigeon by Allie Costa.

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Produced by Gypsy Stage Rep, and December 1st in St. Petersburg: https://www.facebook.com/events/1481826015457594/.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas: The Musical by Kris Bauske. 

Produced by The Barn Dinner Theatre at 120 Stage Coach Trail in Greensboro, NC, December 17 – 23, 2015. Contact the box office at 800-668-1764 FREE or check out their website.

Produced by Showcase Productions in Amherst, Nova Scotia B4H 4B9 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, and Theatre Off the Square at 114 N. Denton Street in Weatherford, TX, December 4 – 20, 2015. Tickets are available now. Call the box office at 817-341-8687 or check out their website at http://www.weatherfordtots.org.

Produced by Mount Washington United Methodist Church, December 4-7, 2015. Please contact the church for more information.
253 Flatlick Road, PO BOX 6, Mt. Washington KY 40047, 502.538.6756, Email: kathy@mwumchurch.org.

Produced by Navasota Theatre Alliance at 104 W. Washington Avenue in Navasota, TX (near Houston), December 3 – 13, 2015. Contact the theatre for info at 936-825-3195. Tickets are $12 for Adults, $10 for Seniors & Students, and $5 for Children 10 and under. Email them at NavasotaTheatre@gmail.com.

READINGS:

Cut and Run by Allie Costa. 

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A hairstylist and a customer who learn that, in this hair salon, it’s live and let dye.

Produced by Arts Tri-State in West Virginia, December 5th. http://www.artstristate.org/

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister by Kris Bauske.

Multiple readings in February 2016 by the Tennessee Stage Theatre in Knoxville, TN.

To submit to the January 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.

LADIES FIRST ISSUE #1: NOVEMBER 2015 UPDATE

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:

A Box of Yellow Stars by Natalie Parker-Lawrence.

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Based on true events from World War II, a Christian man travels to Europe 15 times during the Holocaust, marries fifteen women destined for the concentration camps and divorces them in America, thereby saving them and their families. The play opens at his funeral in the 1990’s where a few of the ex-wives show up. Tragic, poignant, and sometimes funny.

Produced by the Women’s Theatre Festival of Memphis at Theatreworks in Memphis, TN, November 13-22. 

Hope Throws Her Heart Away by Susan Goodell.

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Hope has spent her life pleasing everyone else, attempting to be all things to all people … except herself. But in this show — which is equal parts absurd, quirky comedy and dramatic, poetic realism — Hope’s life is about to change. Directed by Elayne LeTraunik and featuring Katie Binger, Lily Sauvage and Tricia Rogers.

Produced by Genesis Theatrical Productions at The Alley Stage, The Alley Stage, 4127 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, November 27-December 20. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm.
For tickets go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1900048.
A limited number of discount tickets are available on Gold Star.

SAFE by Donna Hoke.

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In 2011, a young gay teen hangs himself after being bullied–but the events leading to the suicide began decades before. In 1986, Nancy is a sheltered high school girl who swallows her guilt over her best friend’s torment. Twenty-five years later, married to the controlling Kirk, Nancy is confronted by another bully–her son.

Produced by Saginaw Valley State University Theatre Department, 7400 Bay Rd, University Center, MI 48710, November 18-22.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 7:30pm
Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 3:00pm
Performance location: Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts.

Ticket Information:
$13.00 – General Admission
$10.00 – Senior Citizens (60+)
$10.00 – Students
For more information or to order tickets, please contact the Box Office at (989) 964-4261.

What Will Happen to Daisy? by Patti Cassidy.

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Directed by Megan Smith and starring Valentine Aprile. Zelda Fitzgerald finally reveals the Great Gatsby’s true story- but is it too late?

Produced by Midtown International Theatre Festival, Short Play Lab, Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, November 7 – 7PM
Nov 8- 4PM.

Don’t Shoot the Messenger Pigeon by Allie Costa.

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This dark comedy was originally developed at PlayGround-LA and had a staged reading at the Zephyr Theatre in Hollywood last year.

Traveling through Florida this November and December as part of Gypsy Stage Rep’s short play series.

http://www.gypsystage.com/
http://www.alliecosta.com/

Plays by Hillary DePiano. 

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The Love of Three Oranges.

A modern adaptation of Carlo Gozzi’s commedia classic! A comedic slapstick fairy tale for all ages!

Produced by Dickinson High School Drama Department, Dickinson ND, November 19-21; Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA, November 19-21; Charles County Public Schools, Waldorf, MD, November 19-21; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tory, NY, November 13-21; EAV Guerrilla Theatre, Atlanta GA, November 13-21; Wichita High School East, Wichita, KS, November 12-14; Juanita High School, Woodinville, WA, November 12-21; La Salle High School, Pasadena, CA, November 7-21; Anselmian Abbey Players, Manchester, NH, November 5-7; Baines Middle School, Missouri City, TX, November 5-15; Scribner- Snyder Community School, Scribner, NE, November 18-December 5.

The Green Bird.

New this fall, this modern adaptation of Carlo Gozzi’s commedia classic gets a new twist in this slapstick comedy about families and fairy tales.

Produced by Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield CT, November 12-21; Norton Community School, Norton Kansas, November 14-15; Phoenixville Area High School, Phoenixville, PA, November 13-22.

Daddy Issues and Three Padded Walls.

Amelia’s been looking for love in all the wrong faces. But when she meets a strangely familiar man in the subway, she’ll finally have to confront the ghost of her past; They’re ready to lock Jenny away for good. But how can she be crazy when she’s the only one who knows what’s really going on?

Produced by EF Academy, Thornwood, NY, November 20.

READINGS:

La Cancion de Los Pajaritos by Mercy Vasquez.

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The Song of the Little Birds – A story about mothers, daughters, sisters and secrets. Sometimes the choices we make to protect, can also destroy.

Produced by Company of Angels Theater (Downtown LA), 206 W 6th Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90013, Sunday, November 22nd, 7pm.

Weak Days by Hillary DePiano

Weak Days zooms out and looks at our daily routines from a new perspective as all five weekdays play out at simultaneously across the stage in a comic ballet where timing is everything because it’s all we have. Follow a three week journey to shake up the daily routine and figure out what it means to live a little.

Produced by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, Burnsville, MO, November 7.

PUBLICATIONS:

We Are Theatre by the Guerrilla Girls on Tour! 

27 short plays by women on gender parity.  Originally a speak out at the Cherry Lane Theatre produced by Guerrilla Girls on Tour! in 2012. Available for $10 at http://guerrillagirlsontour.com/we-are-theatre/.

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.

LADIES FIRST Deadline Approaches

The deadline for the first LADIES FIRST newsletter is this Sunday!

If you’re a theatre or female playwright who has a reading, production, or workshop coming up this November, remember to submit your event to the LADIES FIRST newsletter.

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

The goals of LADIES FIRST are to:

A.) Promote woman writers and the theaters that produce their works.

B.) Create a wider network of female playwrights.

C.) 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.

And a huge shout-out to the Dramatist for this months amazing issue on The Count! We’ve got a lot a work ahead of us in order to create gender parity in theatre, so let’s get to it!