The PlayGround Experiment Will Host Inaugural P-G-EXPLORATIONS Festival of New Plays
The festival features 13 new works at Marjorie Deane Little Theatre by playwrights including Erin Moughon and Kendra Augustin
To celebrate the 11th anniversary of the PlayGround Experiment's groundbreaking new play development series, the company has announced its first ever P-G-Explorations Festival. This three week series of fundraising galas will feature staged readings, performances, and community discussions of thirteen original plays and musicals that were all developed through the PlayGround Experiment's flagship bi-monthly' Volumes' series. Beginning April 22nd and lasting until May 10th, this exciting festival invites New York audiences to the Marjorie Deane Little Theatre on West 64th Street to take part in the development of new plays and celebrate the work that the PGE has fostered.
The festival features new works by longtime PGE members Erin Moughon, David Ceci, Denisse Estefany Mendoza Valdez, Orlando Rodriguez, Adam Parrish, Kendra Augustin, Kit Goldstein Grant, Lucas Hal-Jones, Marina Barry, Odd Johnson, Jacob Marx Rice, Evan Edwards, David Davila, and PGE Artistic Director Mike Lesser. The plays will be performed by the PGE's roster of talented actors and collaborators, and each staged reading will be followed by a community talk-back with the playwright.
Founded by Mike Lesser in 2015, the PlayGround Experiment is a home for theatre artists to explore, test, and develop new work while finding inspiration and support from the community that it creates.
Week One
WED 4/22 7:30pm
My Fiancé's Best Friend at My...Our Wedding by Erin Moughon
SAT 4/25 7:30PM
Unfamiliar: A Maidstone Tale by David Ceci
SUN 4/26 2:00pm
Save me Toño Robens by Denisse Estefany Mendoza Valdez
SUN 4/26 7:30pm
Angustias by Orlando F. Rodriguez
Week Two
WED 4/29 7:30pm
Bridge to NoWhere by Adam Parrish
FRI 5/1 7:30PM
J, Turtle, Loverboy and the Asshole Father by Kendra Augustin
SAT 5/2 7:30pm
Coppélia at the Animatronic Pizza Arcade
Book/Lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant Music by Lucas Hal-Jones
Week Three
Wed 5/6 7:30pm
In An Instant by Marina Barry
Fri 5/8 7:30PM
Dolphinarium by Odd Johnson
SAT 5/9 2:00pm
Good Dads by Jacob Marx Rice
Sat 5/9 7:30PM
Dragged Through the Mud by Mike Lesser
Sun 5/10 2:00pm
Mixed Messages by Evan Edwards
Sun 5/10 7:30pm
The Good Oligarch by David Davila
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