I tried to keep myself busy through January, with lots of rewrites, submissions (yes, submissions that I’m NOT counting), teaching, and reading of new plays. And I can say I for sure got a lot of reading done. The 52 Plays by Women challenge helps for sure, but I didn’t stop there… Here are all the plays I recommended last month on the New Play Exchange:
- Jump by Charly Evon Simpson
- The Invention of Time by Franky Gonzalez
- SOMEONE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
- Hashtag Jones by Liv Matthews
- A Monogamy of Swans by John Minigan
- Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett
- The Thing on the Floor by Megan Tripaldi
- Talking to Myself by Cameron Houg
- The Old Playground by Jeremy Cole
- Apple Season by E. M. Lewis
- Pussygrabber by Gina Femia
- COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES;IN ESSENCE A QUEER & OCCASIONALLY HAZARDOUS EXPLORATION; DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU READ ABOUT SHACKLETON & HOW HE EXPLORED THE ARCTIC?;IMAGINE THE ARCTIC AS A PUSSY & IT’S SORT OF LIKE THAT by Jen Silverman
- What we need at the end of the day… by Brian James Polak
- Protect and Serve by Brian James Polak
- Baxter by Liv Matthews
- Rights Restored (a monologue) by Liv Matthews
- POSITIVE by Emily Krause
- The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons by Rachel Teagle
- La Mujer Barbuda by Cristina Luzárraga
- How To Get Away With The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Ashley Lauren Rogers
- Purity by Claire Rice
- Choose Your Own Apocalypse by Claire Rice
- Ushuaia Blue by Caridad Svich
Such a wide variety of amazing new work!!! It was a really exciting month, and I hope to keep it up as 2019 continues. Happy February and happy Friday!