FROM PAGE TO STAGE
As a new play development collective, we have the unique opportunity to work with artists at all different stages of their development timelines. In order to accommodate individual needs, we aim to provide resources for any projects at any stage. For projects that have already completed a developmental workshop, we can provide the opportunity to present a public staged reading at no cost.
While developmental workshops focus more on structure and content, staged readings are designed to help the playwright see the transition from page to stage. We aim to discover how putting a play on its feet can shape, and hopefully improve, a playwright's developmental process.
BABYLON & TWIST
By Monique Giroux
Babylon and Twist are childhood friends with hard-knock pasts. They are on the verge of becoming famous as the comedy duo: Babylon and Twist. But will simmering jealousies, insecurities and an inclination to self-sabotage ruin their chance at the big times?
BABYLON & TWIST was presented as a reading with Daisy Theatricals on September 22, 2024 at New York City Center.
CAST
Seynique Smythe as Babylon
Leorah Wood as Twist
Leah Raymond as Jane
Jake Steinberg as Sam
Stacey Raymond as Sally
THE FEMININE URGE
By Caleb Dukes
Carson, a trans sex worker turned serial killer living in New York City, deals with giving into expectations, processing and accepting her thirst for revenge, and the nature of feminine and masculine relationships. Meant for mature audiences, "The Feminine Urge" grapples with what it would be like to give into the queer villainy trope in a comedic, unfiltered way. Can you justify violence?
THE FEMININE URGE was presented as a reading with Daisy Theatricals on July 21, 2024 at New York City Center.
FEATURING
T Anthony
Sophie Sam
Mike Newman
Thomas Grube
Miles Purinton
Ron Zak
Patrick Elizalde
DROWNED DIVAS
By Dylan Gurerra
Does Shakespeare suffocate you like a fish out of water? Do you need glamour more than a Floridian politician needs to get Hooked on Phonics? Hamlet’s Ophelia and Hollywood’s Natalie Wood have news to share from beyond their watery graves. With new love for a dreamy man ~Narcissus~ and a new outlook on (after)life, will these women leave you gagged or just gagging? As the Bible said, pretty hurts…and it hurts so good in this post-mortality drag diptych inspired by countless hours of unbiased, academic research (none of which was done on Wikipedia or X). Drowned Divas puts history to bed and tackles the age-old questions: Was my MFA worth anything? Will I be a star, or will I eat day-old ramen out of a spaghetti-stained plastic Tupperware for dinner...again? And why on earth do men suck harder than the RNC party bottom?
DROWNED DIVAS was presented as a reading with Daisy Theatricals on April 15, 2024 at New York City Center.
Directed by Maeve Kelly Baker
Dramaturgy by Allyson Broyles
FEATURING
Yan-Carlos Diaz as Ophelia/Natalie Wood
Catherine Luckenbach as Narcissus/Stage Manager/Special K
THE FANTASTICAL SEVEN: A Sword & Sorcery & Steampunk Spoof
By Andrew Agress
THE FANTASTICAL SEVEN tells the story of a magical heroine destined to save the planet... until she fails and it's up to her ragtag fellowship of misfit friends to aid her. Spoofing fantasy works and satirizing the myth of the individual, the show engages the entire audience. Saving the world isn't a job for just one person, after all.
THE FANTASTICAL SEVEN was presented as a reading with Daisy Theatricals on August 24, 2023
Directed by Phoebe Brooks
Produced by Joey Nasta
Stage Managed and Assistant Directed by Lauren Linsey