Voices of BTM XXIII: Jack Neary
Tell us a little about your play. Kick the Tires, Alma features three characters created over 20 years ago, for the very first BTM. (I can’t do the math, so somebody figure out the year.) Back then, the play was called Oral Report and the actors, under the direction of Adam Zahler (for I think, […]
Voices of BTM XXIII: Nick Malakhow
Tell us a little about your play. Thrasher is about two close friends—Gabby and Taj—who are arguing about whether or not to go to a party that Gabby was invited to by her “cool” (and totally white) new friends. Taj is trying to convince Gabby that they should just hang out together at Gabby’s house […]
Voices of BTM XXIII: Sophie McIntosh
Tell us a little about your play. Ipswich follows a pair of sisters as they examine the effect that one sister’s anxiety disorder—a severe case of aquaphobia—has had on their upbringing and relationship. What made you want to tell this story? Irrational anxieties have always fascinated me. Knowing that something cannot hurt you, while simultaneously […]
Voices of BTM XXIII: Mark Evan Chimsky and Zev Burrows
Tell us a little about your play. We’re excited that we have the only ten-minute musical in this year’s Boston Theater Marathon! As a musical theatre writing team, we seek to create meaningful musicals celebrating a shared humanity with an eye towards social change. Our musical Albert, based on the life of transgender pioneer Albert […]
Voices of BTM XXIII: Nina Mansfield
Tell us a little about your play. Out Damn Spot is a short relationship comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It’s similar to many of my other 10-minute plays which usually involve a husband and wife dealing with relationship issues in a comic way. Without giving away too much, this relationship issue deals with laundry. What […]
Voices of BTM XXIII: Laurie Lee
Tell us a little about your play. Okay is all about both the ability and inability to connect. It is difficult for the four characters of the play to have a genuine interaction amidst a global pandemic because their form of communication is restricted to a laptop screen. It is also difficult because it is […]
BTMXXIII: Special Zoom Edition schedule of plays
Boston Theater Marathon XXIII: Special Zoom Edition features readings of ten-minute plays by New England playwrights in collaboration with New England theatres, via the video conferencing tool Zoom. BTM XXIII is a free event; audiences are encouraged to lend their support to area theatre companies and to the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, which provides financial […]
Plays and playwrights of BTM XXIII
John Oluwole ADEkoje’s Auditioning for Mary Miranda Austen ADEkoje’s The Come Up Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro’s A Nasty Piece of Work Jeanne Beckwith’s The Grand Reality Amy Bennett-Zendzian’s Mother Goose’s Grave