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"If you missed the play in 2018, now is your chance to submerge yourself in its wondersand if you've seen it, it's time you heard it. Nothing can replace the visual and emotional power of Magellanica in a theater, but the transformation of Lewis' creation into a rush of voices and sounds yields a transcendent, unexpectedly intimate listening experience. ...Yet to describe Magellanica as being accidentally about the pandemic is to diminish Lewis' brilliance. She has written a tale for 2018, 2020 and every year after. Survival never goes out of style, especially in a play that fearlessly confronts death even as it embraces life."

The play follows five scientists, one cartographer, and two crew members to an international research station at the South Pole, the most inhospitable place on the surface of the earth, Acena writes. Some of them are there to study the newly discovered hole in the ozone layer. Some are there to escape their own pasts. Some are doing both at the same time. Eight people, spending eight months in the coldest, darkest, and most remote place on the planet: It’s a little like Real World meets a David Attenborough nature documentary. People stop being polite and start getting real. But with a lot more science.

A five-part audio drama, adapted from Mellon Playwright-in-Residence and Steinberg Award winning playwright, E.M. Lewis’ epic play Magellanica that Artists Rep premiered in 2018. Now you can listen to the Audio Drama. "With epic scope in the tradition of The Kentucky Cycle or Angels in America, this play takes its inspiration from the true story of the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer at the height of the Cold War. Part historical adventure, love story and mystical foray into the unknown, it’s about a world that can either tear apart or come together for its own survival. It’s a vital story for today and an extraordinary excursion for audiences to the ends of the Earth." https://artistsrep.org/perform/magellanica-the-audio-drama/

"The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has awarded Stephanie Alison Walker with the 2019 Francesca Primus Prize." I’m hopeful that this extraordinary recognition from the American Theatre Critics Association means that more people will become aware of this story and learn the truth about what happened when a country disappeared 30,000 of their own people, continued Walker in a statement. I’m hopeful the story will inspire people in this country to action. To march, to organize, to vote. Stephanie Alison Walker @americantheatremag @theatre_critics #2019primusprize #newplays #womenempowerment #womenwriters #womenover40 @littof

Congratulations to Paul William Kruse on being part of the Audible Third Round of Emerging Playwrights! #newplays #emergingplaywrights #LGBTQIAplaywrights

"...Alone, Together, a collection of 39 Zoom-friendly short plays and monologues written by a stellar group of 24 playwrights and commissioned by UCSB’s acclaimed new-play development program, LAUNCH PAD." The lineup includes plays bu Yussef El Guindi and Jami Brandli.

Tori Keenan-Zelt writes curiosity-chasing plays that sniff out in-between spaces in big theatre to change the world. Many of them decide to be comedies. Originally and proudly from Pittsburgh, she lives in NYC and grows plays around the country. Recent works include How the Baby Died (Bay Area Playwrights Fest, Ingram New Works), Seph (Araca Project, Princess Grace Finalist, Fresh Ground Pepper), Air Space (Kilroys Top 5, Ingram New Works), Truth/Dare (Project Y, Best Ensembl...e Pittsburgh Fringe, Nashville Top 10), How to Be a Widow (Ellie Award), Egypt Play (InterAct Finalist, Playwrights Center Mentorship), Episode #121: Catfight! (Yale Cabaret), and others. Having written for Colonial Williamsburg's Emmy Award-winning PBS education series, Tori has been named an Emmy Nominee, Kilroys Lister, Jerome Finalist, 3-Time Princess Grace Finalist, 2-Time O'Neill Semifinalist, Playwrights of New York Nominee, and some other things. She is affiliated with The Lark, The Playwrights Center, New Georges, Ensemble Studio Theatre Playwrights Unit, Fresh Ground Pepper, & the Dramatists Guild. Currently, she's a member of Project Y Playwrights Group. Some of her short plays are published by Next Stage Press. AB, Harvard. MFA, NYU Tisch Asia (Singapore). See more

Visiting Hours by Jami Brandli The Road's SPF #11 August 15th @ 5pm EST / 2pm PST The link to watch the video: https://roadtheatre.org/eve/summer-playwrights-festival-11/ Visiting Hours link on The Road site: https://roadtheatre.org/event/spf-11-visiting-hours/