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TRW Plays 2023-2024 Catalog

TRW has the hottest new play collection available, from a roster of playwrights who are delivering stories with new voices that are resonating with audiences around the world.

Featured This Week: Abby Rosebrock

Abby Rosebrock is a Brooklyn-based writer and actress from South Carolina. Her plays have been commissioned, developed and produced throughout New York City and across the country. We are excited to announce the release of DIDO OF IDAHO, BLUE RIDGE and SINGLES IN AGRICULTURE.

Explore these great titles from TRW Plays

THE WOODEN HEART · Adam Szymkowicz

Sophie McIntosh · macbitches

Joe Calarco · SMILE LINES & 295N

JUST RELEASED: WHICH WAY TO THE STAGE by Ana Nogueira & THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN by Jessica Huang & PUBLIC SPEAKING 101 by Mark St. Germain

Kate Hamill · DRACULA a feminist revenge fantasy

Ifa Bayeza · THE TILL TRILOGY

Keith Bunin · THE COAST STARLIGHT

Craig Pospisil · TRW Presents: SHORT PLAYS, Vol. 2

Stan Zimmerman & Christian McLaughlin · YES, VIRGINIA

Matthew López · ZOEY'S PERFECT WEDDING

Liz Duffy Adams · BORN WITH TEETH

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Holiday Plays

Holiday Plays!

Get your holiday titles lined-up now with one of our TRW Plays seasonal selections.

THRICE UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR

A Triptych of Three Actor Trysts

Off-beat Comedy, Short Play

by David Overton

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]

New Partnership Will Give Publishing and Licensing Opportunities to The Black List Playwrights

Theatrical Rights Worldwide will publish a six-play collection, the first of an annual series, from online submissions. [READ at Playbill.com]

MORE INFORMATION at blcklst.com

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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YES, VIRGINIA

by Stan Zimmerman & Christian McLaughlin

Comedy-Drama, Full-length, 75 minutes

The story of two older women navigating the perils of aging in suburban Detroit. Virginia Campbell was a longtime housekeeper for Denise Miller and her family, helping Denise raise her children during a difficult divorce. But when she shows up for work, Denise is very confused. Especially since she thought she had let her go...[MORE]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Rob Melrose Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens

Full-length Holiday Classic

Inspired by the original novella, Melrose captures Dickens’ witty wording and evocative style to surprise audiences with parts of the familiar story they didn’t know were there! A Christmas Carol tells the beloved story of Scrooge and his miraculous transformation. This new adaptation of a holiday tradition is the perfect way for families to recapture the nostalgia of Christmases past and to create memories for many... [MORE]

YOUR SCHOOL THEATRE DIRECTOR'S PLAYBOOK

by Jim Hoare

This is a comprehensive guide on how to be a school theatre director, from the very first steps of forming a club to after the strike party. Whether you're a first time director or a seasoned pro, this indispensable guide book by industry legend Jim Hoare will take your next show to the stars!