Remember when we said yesterday was the last day to make a donation and receive a trading card? JUST KIDDING! You still have a week. But ONLY a week! Next friday is the REAL deadline. You have a second chance to get Mary Shelley, Pina Bausch, Elizabeth Bishop, or Stella Adler to enter your home in the form of a fun, collectable trading card. Happy April Fools Day!
Tag Archives: New Plays
HERSTORY
The official press release for HERSTORY, one of NOplays’ new work festivals coming this April!
When it comes to documenting his-tory, men have always had the upper hand. Until now!
NOplays presents: HERSTORY, two evenings of staged readings by emerging female writers about women who shaped our world.
About the Project:
HERSTORY is NOplays fourth production. We’ve produced festivals across New England from Bennington College in Vermont to Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, NY, to right here in New Haven. Our mission is to promote and produce the works of underrepresented voices in the American Theatre, specifically emerging female writers. We want the wild, fun, and unique stories told by these writers to be heard!
The plays featured in HERSTORY are part of 365 Women a Year. This international playwriting coalition involves over 200 women across the world who have signed on to write one or more one-acts about extraordinary women in history. The project’s ambitious yet focused goal is to write women back into the social consciousness as well as empower and promote female playwrights, and plant seeds of herstory around the country.
HERSTORY will take place at the Silk Road Art Gallery in New Haven, CT, April 29th-30th at 8pm. Plays include Mountain Dew written by J.Lois Diamond and directed by Teresa Langston, Little Swan written by Allie Costa and directed by Brooks Appelbaum, and Making Frankenstein written by Natalie Osborne and directed by Moira Malone. Coffee, tea, and dessert from Koffee? will be available free of charge. Doorprizes will be given out to the first audience members to arrive, including gift cards to Rainbow Gardens Restaurant and Cloud 9 Day Spa. There is a $5 suggested donation for entry. Tickets are available at the door, first come first serve. We hope to see you there!
If you would like to support this and other NOplays projects, consider making a donation.
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.
We’ve also updated our logo. Get a peak at NOplays new look!
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!
$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!
(Look at how cool that card is!)
Donate today! Click Here.
Only Two Weeks Left to Donate!
There’s only two weeks left to donate! Every bit you can give counts, and you only need to give $5 to win a historical women’s trading card!
Thank you for your support!
In Her Name
NOplays, as an associate producer, presents:
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
50 w 13th Street.
You can also support this event, and other NOplays events, by making a donation.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
365 Women a Year Part II!
Tonight’s your last night to see 365 Women a Year Part II at Hubbard Hall! The performance starts at 8pm in the Freight Depot. Come support local artists and greater gender parity in theatre.
Check out these highlights from the rehearsals. See what you missed? Don’t miss out again!
Buy tickets here.
365 Women a Year Part II TONIGHT!!
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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