Company in the News April 2023

See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this April!

Jully Lee will be in the world premiere of COLEMAN ’72 by Charlie Oh, directed by Chay Yew at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA. April 23 – May 14. Learn more and get tickets here.

Betsy Rosen is making her Broadway debut in LIFE OF PI as Richard Parker, the Bengal Tiger, as well as many other puppetry animals in the show. Previews begin March 9th at the Schoenfeld Theater, with Opening on March 30th. Tickets are available on the website and TodayTix.

SANCOCHO at WP Theatre has officially opened! Tickets are for sale until April 9th. Use discount code: CHRISTIN or WPFRIENDS. (Discounted tickets are limited each night, on a first come first serve basis). Simmering between two Puerto Rican sisters is a family tension that finally comes to a boil. Forced to confront the reality of their father’s rapidly declining health, Renata and Caridad clash over cultural divides, unearth old wounds, and reveal long-buried secrets. As Caridad’s sancocho bubbles on the stove, will the two sisters reconcile their past resentments to face their uncertain futures – together? A searing Off-Broadway Premiere play by Christin Eve Cato.

Jacob Marx Rice‘s play A Brief List of Everyone Who Died is premiering in London at the Olivier Award-nominated Finborough Theatre May 16 through June 10th. It will be directed by Alex Howarth, who directed Jacob’s play Chemistry at the Finborough in 2019 in a production the Guardian hailed as “Remarkable for its tender compassion” and the Stage called “A moving, insightful love story.” Get tickets here.

Nathaniel P. Claridad recently directed a workshop of two time Tony winner Greg Kotis’ (Urinetown) new musical “The End of All Flesh” at Out of the Box Theatrics. This summer he will direct “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Weathervane Theatre, and this fall he will direct “The Prom” at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Alexander Perez‘s play ‘The Bad in Each Other’ will be presented as part of the 2023 Downtown Urban Arts Festival at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons on June 10th. Tickets go on sale 04/01! Get tickets here.

Alex Shafer was in an episode of Law and Order (Deadline S22/E16) that recently aired. Christian Haines was also in the same episode. Watch it here.

Dana Leslie Goldstein‘s short play FRAGILE will be produced by the Red Brick Theatre in Manchester, England in March and April. Get tickets here.

Jack Feldstein is now the Director of Outreach and Filmmaker Liaison for CHAIN THEATRE, 312 W36th St, Manhattan. With the organization WE MAKE MOVIES NYC, monthly meetings screening rough cuts and workshopping film scripts have created a welcoming filmmaking community at Chain Theatre. Please do come along if you are interested in film and filmmaking. Visit the website for more information.

Jayne Deely is a 2023 recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Latinx Playwriting Award; they also received the honor of Distinguished Achievement for the 2023 Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting, both for their thesis “unqle play.”

Kathryn Ryan‘s latest one-act play, WHAT HELP LOOKS LIKE, will be included in the Valdez Theatre Conference Play Lab in June. Her latest full-length play, ALL YOU NEED, will be produced by Round The Bend Theatre in the summer.