Company in the News Oct-2021

See what PlayGround-NY Writers are up to as we begin the 2021-22 season!

Nina Kim’s play BROKEN ENGLISH will be a part of IAMA Theatre Company’s Pass the Mic Festival. Pass the Mic is a virtual play festival intended to “Pass the Mic” and amplify voices of the Global Majority consisting of an evening of short plays, live monologues, musical guests, and video montages of various diverse theatres across the country. This annual festival includes a town-hall-like discussion with artists and special guests to discuss what actions we all can take to continue supporting the movement beyond the evening. A portion of this evening will go to CAPE. Purchase tickets to the livestream at Annual Pass The Mic: A Play Festival Amplifying AAPI Voices

Jacob Marx Rice‘s short film, See Through, will screen at this year’s Austin Film Festival. The film stars Tony-Nominee Lauren Ridloff, who will appear in Marvel’s Eternals later this month. Jessie and Brian, a young deaf couple, recently discovered they are about to become parents. Their neighborhood coffee shop thrums with everything left unsaid, while they unearth new ways to communicate. Find the full festival schedule at 2021 Full Schedule

Phanésia Pharel is one of the recipients of the Greater Good Commission mini grants, which have been awarded to LGBTQIA+ Latinx playwrights to write short plays, innovative forms, that reflect the times. Her short play, DOMESTICATION, PLEASE, will be presented at the second annual Greater Good Theater Festival produced by the Latinx Playwrights Circle (LPC) and Pregones Theater/PRTT, streaming online in the fall. Find out more information and RSVP at https://www.latinxplaywrights.com/greater-good-commission-and-festival

Catherine Weingarten has a new app play called “I’m So Hot” available on iTunes and Google play to purchase co-produced by The Tank, Pocket Universe and New Light Theater Project. The piece is an adaptation of the French play, LA DISPUTE, by Marivaux. Find out more information and purchase the app here: https://www.newlighttheaterproject.com/imsohot

Maggie Fitzgerald Wilson‘s new musical, JOCKAMO, that she co-wrote with blues singer and solo performer Wayne Harris, runs October 1st, 7th, and 9th at The Marsh’s Festival of New Musical Voices in Berkeley, California. Learn more and purchase tickets here: Jockamo

Cate Wiley’s play TAKE IT BACK, will be featured in an upcoming short play festival in Winterfest, playing Nov 4th, 6th, and 7th. Learn more and buy tickets here: https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/take-it-back/