I love working as a #newplay dramaturg because there’s just something so thrilling about sitting with a playwright and helping them dream up or clarify a whole world. It stretches my brain in a way nothing else really does.
Q9, and last official question of the hour! Besides your own work, which is obviously glorious: What play do you wish was being produced in every city in the country this season? #newplay
So many FUNNY LIKE AN ABORTION by Rachel Bublitz
REFUGE by Satay Chavez and Andrew Rosendorf
THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER by Deborah Zoe Laufer
RIFT by Gabriel Jason Dean
CLOSE TO HOME by Sharifa Yasmin
AMERICAN Fast by Kareem Fahmy
BUILDING THE WALL by Robert Schenkkan and more
Which theater will be the first to produce the #steveyockey Planetary Cycle? sign me up for tix!!!
BTW, shameless plug, NPX will be launching an Actor platform SOON, so actors can find audition monologues from living playwrights that suit them. If you're a playwright & this kind of representation for characters & actors is meaningful to you, I encourage you to add your scripts' monologues on NPX.
Yes! I do not understand why every theater needs its own moldy closet full of costumes it is never going to use! Maybe we need an #NPX for shared resources!
Q5: (And some of you have already started touching on this -- keep going!) What changes would you like to see in how new plays get produced—or to the theatre ecosystem more broadly? #newplay
Q7: (Asked in a legit non-snarky way): Why do you keep writing plays? What keeps you making theatre? #newplay
I have a series of short plays (my "Non-Fungible" cycle) that take on very of the moment tech issues... and that world moves so fast that the first play, and its evisceration of NFTs, is now definitively set in early 2022. It's fascinating to watch things become period pieces as you write them.
#newplays New play sweet spot! I believe that empathy, education, and experience should be right up there with the other “e” - entertainment. - as a part of every live theatrical event.
I love that idea Andrew - TBA for TBN (the breaking news?)
Q2: How do current events affect your work? Are you making changes or adjustments to meet the moment? #newplay
I've had folks tell me they write for the demographics of the city they live in, and others because they don't see themselves in stories and want to write authentically. You can reply to the thread, noodle on it, or use the #newplay hashtag.
Q1: 1. As you're writing plays or choosing projects to work on, how do you think about representation for various communities? #newplay
Today, we're thrilled to be partnering with our friends at @newplayexchange.bsky.social to lead this chat. NPX and HowlRound are both community-driven platforms that are only as powerful as what people contribute to them, so we're always excited to have opportunities to work together. #newplay