Village Playwrights Announces Upcoming Events

The Village Playwrights meet the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Everyone is welcome. $5 suggested donation.

The March 14 and 28 meetings will be at Studio 150, 150 W. 46th St., NYC, 7th Floor in Room 3.


Thursday, March 14, 2 hours, Cayenne Douglass -- Excerpts from two new plays! Reborns: A look into a community of people who collect silicone baby dolls and variant oddities that quell the loneliness of being human; Atlantic City Seagulls: An examination of how one can (or cannot) hold on to their moral compass in a world that betrays them.

Cayenne Douglass is a New York City based playwright. Plays include, The Architects of Time (Manhattan Repertory Theater and Village Playwrights) If You See Something...(ESPA Primary Stages, Detention Series and The Big Apple Theatre Festival) The Spare Change of Strange Angels (The Living Room Theater and The Driftwood Players) We All Begin Again (Midtown International Theatre Festival) Oh My - Goodness (New Perspectives Theatre) She's an alumni of The New Perspectives Theater Women's Work Lab and The Living Room Theatre Short Play Lab Incubator. She Attended CalArts School of Theater and graduated from Goddard College with a BA in Individualized studies.

Thursday, March 28
30 minutes, Mervyn Kaufman, "Hector Hartwell Makes a Play" -- An aging actor touring the sticks has some surprises.

Mervyn Kaufman's came late to playwriting. . .after saying, years ago, that I wanted to be a playwright. But when he came to NYC, he got diverted-into book and magazine publishing. And when that career ground down, in the heat of the recent recession, he decided it was time to pursue his dream. Writing plays is the most challenging and - ultimately-most satisfying thing he has ever tried to do.



90 minutes, Lora Manley, RoMayOh and Juliet -- a rewrite of a reworking of the classical play Romeo and Juliet where Romeo is an undocumented immigrant and Juliet is an artist from Chicago.

Lora Danley is a New York City based playwright who originally hails from Virginia. Her work has been performed as part of the Detention Series at the Einhorn School of Performing Arts, the South Street Players, the Players Centre for the Performing Arts, the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, the New York Public Library Equity Play Series, and the Park Slope Gallery Players. In 2017 she was a member of the Living Room Theater's New Play Incubator and her full-length play, "Surprise, Surprise" won third place in the Las Vegas Little Theatre's New Works Competition. She is a participant in the Theater Resources Unlimited 2017/2018 Producer Development and Mentorship Program and the Superhero Clubhouse Eco-Theatre Salon and is a member of the Dramatist Guild. When she's not writing, she can be found teaching chemistry, practicing yoga, training for a marathon, or walking around the city with her camera.

April 11 -- No meeting

April 25 -- 30 mins., Wayne Paul Mattingly, "Valentine Shrugged" -- Who gets married on Valentine's Day?

Wayne Paul Mattingly lives in NYC and has been involved in theatre for decades. Since focusing on playwriting in 2005, his plays have won multiple awards, produced in NYC, Westchester and Putnam, Los Angeles, San Francisco; Bangor, Maine; Denton & Houston, Texas; Valdez, Alaska, and London, England. 2014 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artists Fellowship, 2014 Ronald Duncan Literary Prize Finalist, 2014 & 2015 Disquiet International Literary Program Short Play short-list scholarships, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014 Best Women's Monologues, Smith & Kraus. Founding member, The Misfits Ensemble, L.A., Founding Artistic Director, Tiger's Heart Players, N.Y. Member: NYC Playwrights, Axial Theatre, The Dramatist Guild, & Actors' Equity Association. www.waynepaulmattingly.com

90 minutes available
May 9 -- 2 hours available
May 23 -- 2 hours available
June 13 -- 2 hours available
June 27 -- Staged Reading of 10 minute plays to celebrate Gay Pride at LGBT Community Center

The Village Playwrights meet twice a month. Participation is open to all Playwrights and Screenwriters. Beginners are encouraged and helped. "This is a place to speak from the heart. This is a place to find one's voice. This is a place to take risks." For information about attending a Village Playwrights' meeting, call 614-285-2515 or e-mail villageplaywrights@gmail.com

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