Company in the News November 2026

See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Brynn Hambley, karl hawkins, Howard Ho, Austin Ku, Amanda Ng, Kathryn Ryan, Henrietta Steventon, and Jordyn Stoessel!

Amanda Ng is producing CHOKE, a new play opening November 20-22 at Life World Brooklyn. In a new reality television competition show hosted by Yung Gravy, women eat hot dogs as fast as they can for fame, glory, and a large cash prize. Peaches is the sexy one. Delicious is the seasoned veteran. Baby is the innocent newcomer with everything to prove. CHOKE is a body horror comedy for reality television lovers and haters alike. We’d love to see you there! Get your tickets HERE.

Jordyn Stoessel’s play Synesthesia will be featured in Ghost Light Theatre Company’s Bright Lights Reading Festival on November 12th at The Makers’ Space. Get your tickets HERE.

Henrietta Steventon will present her one woman musical ’16/32′ on November 15th at 5pm. Written by Henrietta Steventon and Jacob Iglitzin, 16/32 premieres as part of Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Musical Theatre Festival NYC. Get your tickets HERE.

Brynn Hambley has a reading of her play, PIETA, with Neurodivergent Play Series on November 15th at 7pm at Brooklyn Art Haus! Get your tickets HERE.

karl hawkins has begun rehearsals for a playwriting project thesis at Northeastern University (formerly Marymount Manhattan College) in NYC that they will direct. The play, El Grito de Boriken, written by Daniel Alejandro Ortiz Malave y Pérez, follows two siblings who return to their childhood home in Puerto Rico after the death of their father as they wrestle with memories from the past, seek solutions for the present and embrace the unknowns of the future. Production dates are December 5 and 6. All performances will take place on the Northeastern campus.

Howard Ho is teaching a class on musical theatre writing based on his book HOW HAMILTON WORKS, which will be officially released on February 3rd, 2027. On November 18th, Howard will teach a class that condenses his 300-plus page book into a 2-hour exploration, helping musical theatre writers discover how to apply the show’s storytelling and musical techniques to their own work, while giving casual fans a chance to dig deeper into the show’s many secrets. Learn more HERE.

Kathryn Ryan was one of 5 writers selected to participate in the 2026 Cry Havoc Playlist development program. In October, her play LIVING HISTORY, was presented at Playwrights Horizons Downtown at the conclusion of the program.

Austin Ku co-narrated a new queer fantasy romance audiobook now available! Check out The City That Shattered the World on Audible, Libro.fm, etc. Get the audiobook HERE.