Douglass recipient of EST/Sloan Project commission
Playwright alum Cayenne Douglass has been announced as a recipient of an EST/Sloan Project commission for the 2022-2023 season, for her play Girl Talk. Girl Talk tells the story of a female geophysicist and cartologist in the 1950s whose work is initially dismissed due to sexism but who wins over a skeptical male colleague. Congratulations, […]
Scheer’s ‘Laughs in Spanish’ at DCPA
Playwright alum Alexis Scheer’s Laughs in Spanish (which was Scheer’s thesis play, produced at BPT in 2019) has its first performance tonight at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. The play runs through March 12. Congrats, Alexis!
Alumni productions at C1 and BC
Congratulations to… …playwright alums J.C. Pankratz and Eliana Pipes, members of Company One’s Season 24 PlayLab Circuit Surge Lab, whose short plays are part of Company One’s digital event In Community We Trust. One night only—watch party tonight, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. (Playwright alum Cliff Odle also performs in one of the featured plays!) […]
Friendly faces
Adjunct Assistant Professor (and playwright alum) Melinda Lopez crossed paths with playwright alum Eliana Pipes at The Old Globe last week at the Powers New Voices Festival. Both had readings of plays-in-progress during the event—The Black Beans Project and Unf*ckwithable—respectively.
Yeh’s ‘Memorial’ at Pan Asian Rep
Playwright alum Livian Yeh’s Memorial (which was her thesis play, produced by BPT in 2016) has its first performance tonight, at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in NYC. Congratulations, Livian!
Noone’s ‘Smuggler’ bows at Irish Rep
Playwright alum and Adjunct Assistant Professor Ronán Noone’s The Smuggler (which played at BPT in 2019) has its first performance tonight at NYC’s Irish Repertory Theatre. The play runs through Feb. 26. Congrats, Ronán!
Snodgrass’ ‘Burning’ at The Hunt
Happy first preview to playwright alum (and Professor Emerita of the Practice of Playwriting) Kate Snodgrass, whose new play The Art of Burning is being produced by Huntington Theatre Company and runs through Feb. 12. Congratulations, Kate!
Pipes’ ‘Dream Hou$e’ published by Samuel French
Playwright alum Eliana Pipes’ Dream Hou$e (which had its world premiere in 2022 as a triple co-production at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Long Wharf Theatre in Connecticut, and Baltimore Center Stage), has been published by Concord Theatricals’ Samuel French imprint. Congratulations, Eliana!
Park wins monologue prize
Playwright alum Rick Park was honored with the Most Unforgettable Character Prize at the 2022 Hear Me Out Monologue Competition for his monologue “Sometimes, In Our Own Story, We Are the Victim, Sometimes the Martyr, Sometimes the Villain.” Congratulations, Rick! Here it is, performed by Caroline Lawton:
Neill’s ‘Funtown’ published by YouthPLAYS
Playwright alum Laura Neill’s one-act Funtown is now published by YouthPLAYS. Congratulations, Laura!