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SANCTUARY CITY by Martyna Majok   Just published Exclusive Q & A!
TRW PRESENTS: SHORT PLAYS, VOLUME 2  Edited by Craig Pospisil
LES DEUX NOIRS by Psalmayene 24
ROMEO AND JULIET WALK INTO A BAR by Joe Foust & John Maclay
JABARI DREAMS OF FREEDOM by Nambi E. Kelley
DRACULA  and EMMA by Kate Hamill
MACBITCHES  by Sophie McIntosh
WITCH HUNT and BORN WITH TEETH by Liz Duffy Adams  
FAIRYCAKES by Douglas Carter Beane

Acting Edition just released: ELEANOR!

Playwright Mark St. Germain brings to life Eleanor Roosevelt, the most influential First Lady the world has ever seen. From her “Ugly Duckling” upbringing to her unorthodox marriage to Franklin, Eleanor puts her controversial life, loves and passions on the stage... [MORE]

Foxes NYC Premiere at 59E59 opens June 7!

FOXES by Dexter Flanders

If one kiss had the power to destroy everything, would you risk it?  

Foxes follows Daniel, a young black man trying to keep up with his life in London’s Caribbean community while balancing his own goals with his family’s expectations. When his relationship with best friend Leon brings an unexpected change it creates turmoil, bringing a taboo into his family home that has the power to tear the closest and most loving relationships apart.

A deeply moving and complex story of family, community, and sexual identity, Foxes tackles the Black gay experience with tenderness and beautiful depth.

Winner of a Black British Theatre Award and an Offie Award

Click HERE for FOXES show page.

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EXCLUSIVE from TheatricalWrites!

Pulitzer Prize winner, Lucille Lortel award-winner, recent recipient of the 2023 Obie Award for Playwriting, and now Tony Award nominated: Martyna Majok’s legacy has only just begun.

Her work is urgent, exploring pressing stories of the American experience that demand to be told.

Although she is deep in the throes of writing the musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby (with music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett), Martyna found some time to spend with TRW's Katie Stottlemire, discussing her play SANCTUARY CITY and revealing some of her writing process.

KATIE STOTTLEMIRE: SANCTUARY CITY follows two characters, B and G, over the course of their friendship. Together (and sometimes separately), they face the challenges of living as an undocumented person in the United States. In a New York Stage Review by Elyse Gardner, SANCTUARY CITY is said to “transcend politics as only the best and most humane art can.” How did you approach the creation of this story, and what was important to you as you crafted B and G’s narrative?

MARTYNA MAJOK: I tried to approach this story, and most of my plays, from the human and the personal. The characters in my plays are often loose composites of people I know or have been, combinations of aspects of myself and people I grew up with. And the political is an active given in their lives. History and policy dictate certain circumstances and challenges to their lives and futures in this country. As does class and race and limitations of means. And the reasons for and way in which the immigrant characters may have come to America, where and how they’re living, the help of their communities here or lack thereof. The political isn’t really separate from... [READ]

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THRICE UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR

A Triptych of Three Actor Trysts

Off-beat Comedy, Short Play

by David Overton

Just In (March 1, 2023)  David Overton's screenplay of this play is a 2023 SCREENCRAFT SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY COMPETITION QUARTERFINALIST! On to the next round! [MORE]

Thrice Upon a Midnight Clear gives audiences a peek into the unlikely—but hilarious—conversations of The Three Wise Men, The Three Wise Women, and The Three Not-So-Wise Shepherds in this traveling triptych as they follow the Star of Bethlehem contemplating... [MORE]

THE CHRISTMAS CAROL FARCE

Featuring the Five-Minute Christmas Carol

Comedy, 30-minutes

by Jon Jory & Michael Bigelow Dixon

Charles Dickens’ ghost arranges for a high school production of A Christmas Carol to be broadcast on TV. The cast is ecstatic, until they learn their performance must be cut to one hour. At the TV studio, they... [MORE]

ON THE FARCE DAY OF CHRISTMAS

Comedy, Full-length 

by Ken Levine

To keep her religious mother from knowing she's divorced, Wendy pays her ex to pose as her husband and go home for the holidays. Havoc ensues. [MORE]

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NOVEMBER ON THE BANKS OF THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT LAKES

Dark comedy, Full-length

by Kate Benson

For those of you just tuning in, Thanksgiving is already in progress here at Wembly kitchen. The stands are nice and full; it’s quite a crowd that’s gathered. They’re in for a real treat. [MORE]