Company in the News December-2022

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

Two monologues from Sam Affoumado‘s full-length play, THE PANIC DEFENSE, have been included in a newly released Smith & Kraus anthology, WE/US: Monologues for THE GENDER MINORITY. It is one of the first anthologies to give voice, on stage, to characters who represent all of our beautifully unique differences. A special thanks to Debbie Lamedman (Editor) for choosing my work.

Nathaniel P. Claridad is currently in A Tuna Christmas at Portland Stage, running until December 24th. Learn more here.

Jack Feldstein‘s play in development LOVE AND SEX BETWEEN PRIME NUMBERS will be presented Dec 8th, 6pm @ AMT THEATER, 354 W45th St, Manhattan. All are invited and welcome. (No charge). Learn more here.

Dana Leslie Goldstein‘s new short play SILENT MORNING will be part of The Workshop Theater’s Out of the Hat Festival, happening the week of 12/6-12/9. Dana’s full-length GO DOWN, MOSES will be presented on zoom by Just Write! Lakeland on December 19th. Learn more here.

Rebecca Kane will be hosting a benefit reading of a play about SantaCon on December 12th at 8:00pm at the St. John’s Lutheran Church on 81 Christopher St. All proceeds will go towards a production of her other play, Tight (Haha Nice), a play centered around issues of women’s sexual health and pleasure, in 2023. Learn more here.

Abigail Rosen will be associate director on RED EYES by Michael León, a workshop produced by the Off-Broadway non-profit OUT OF THE BOX THEATRICS. Final presentation will be on Monday, December 12 at 7:15pm. Learn more here.

Kathryn Ryan‘s play, GETTING IN, was produced in Oakland, California as part of Pan Theatre’s Anything Can Happen In 10-Minutes Festival. Pan Theatre will be producing the play again in early 2023.

Marcus Scott presented his black comedy sports drama Joy Comes In The Morning with The Road Theatre Company in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, November 27 via Zoom. It will receive an in-personal developmental workshop in Spring 2023. Joy Comes in the Morning follows Joy and Marisol, two girl grapplers who strike out to prove they have what it takes to be the next big thing in professional wrestling. When a major sports entertainment company begins casting for a reality TV show to find that next female wrestling superstar, the two are put through the ringer with the condition that only one will walk away with a contract and a chance at greatest. Will these two friends get their shot at glory or are the simply destined to watch from the bleachers? Joy Comes In The Morning explores sexism, misogynoir, and exploitation in the world of contact sports, deconstructs the mythos of strong black women and stereotypes surrounding women of color, investigates identity and alter egos while examining female sexuality and homoeroticism in contract sports.