Company in the News Apr-2025

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

Betsy Rosen is performing as Richard Parker, the Bengal Tiger, in the National Tour of Life of Pi throughout 2025. She is also serving as the Assistant Puppetry and Movement Director and Puppetry Captain for the tour. More info and tour dates here

Danielle E. Moore’s musical Ink & Paint will be featured excerpts in Theatre on the Verge’s Songs & Scenes Cabaret at the Media Theatre, part of their Festival of New Musicals, on April 11th, directed by the Arden Theatre Company’s Nick Hatcher. Tickets can be found here

Kathryn Ryan’s short play, Nightmares Spring From American Dreams, will be produced by Murmuration Theatre Company as part of their First Flight Showcase from Thursday April 3- Sunday April 6th at Teatro LATEA on the Lower East Side: https://murmurationtheatre.wixsite.com/murmuration-theatre/upcoming-shows

Her one-act play, An Order Of Prevention With A Side Of Fries, will be presented at the Valdez Theatre Conference Play Lab in June.

Howard Ho is the music director and sound designer for FOOD BANK INFLUENCER, a new solo show by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kristina Wong. It premieres at ASU Gammage on April 5th. More information here

Dana Leslie Goldstein’s short play POWERLESS, originally written for PlayGround, will be seen in Stoic Theatre’s Ampersand VI Festival in Houston, TX. Closer to home, POWERLESS will also be presented by the Remember the Women Institute in New York City, with a cast that includes the amazing Sarah Guilbault. At the end of the month, Dana’s full-length romantic farce COURTING will be seen in St. Pete, FL, produced by American Stage Company. For more information about POWERLESS click here

Michael Hagins’s F***ed Up Fairytales – Your Favorite Childhood Bedtime Stories with an Adult Twist NYC’s Newest 21+ Interactive Theatrical Adventure Get ready for a wild ride with F***ed Up Fairytales, where classic fairy tales collide with modern chaos and you’re in control! The Brothers Grimm are back, presenting their most beloved stories with jaw-dropping, contemporary flair. Here’s the twist: each night, the audience decides which three stories are told. With a bevy of interactive elements, plus drinks on tap to keep the fun flowing, every night will be a new adventure full of old familiars and new favorites. With the outcome of each show depending on the stories selected, the audience interactions and a rotating cast, we guarantee no two shows are the same! Come back each night for a brand new experience! Will these fairy tales stand up to their modern makeovers? Join us and shape the story yourself!

Eleanor Evans-Wickberg’s play Hope Springs Internal will be performed in Chicago April 1st and 7th as Black Cat Theatre’s third staged reading+. Her play He’s Not Like That, which explores sexual assault on a college campus, will perform April 22nd at 7PM as part of a pop-up with RE/VENUE at the A.R.T/NY mezzanine theater. More information here