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Marissa Joyce Stamps is a Black, Haitian-American NYC-born and based writer, director, actor, and educator who creates vortexes that center, celebrate and amplify Black folks through an Afrosurrealist lens. She is the recipient of the 2023 Princess Grace Playwriting Award/New Dramatists Residency, is a member of Clubbed Thumb's 2023-2024 Early-Career Writers Group, is a Mercury Store Fall 2023 Lead Artist, is a New Georges Afilliate Artist, and was named a Finalist for The National Black Theatre's 2023 I AM SOUL Playwrights Residency. Recent plays: You Can Tell from the Twisted Juniper (2022 O'Neill NPC Finalist; Chautauqua Theater Company's 2021 New Play Workshop; The Workshop Theater's Fall 2020 Intensive), Blue Fire Burns the Hottest (Exponential Festival 2022; Orchard Project’s 2021 Performance Lab), deadbodydeadbodydeadbody (Ars Nova ANT Fest 2022), Letiche and The [Wondrous] Pursuit of Elvis (Bushwick Starr Reading Series 2023), Being Up in Here and All the Other Businesses that Don't Concern You OR If You See a Buncha Black People Running, What Do You Do? (Exponential Festival 2024, Brick Aux 2022), and Techno Paper Planes (Moxie Arts Commission 20/21).

Marissa has also collaborated with The Public Theater, The 24 Fire This Time Festival, Conch Shell Productions, Dixon Place, Irondale, The Anthropologists, New Ohio Theatre, Keen Company, Wild Project, BUFU, and more. She is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild and Playwrights’ Center. Marissa serves as The Workshop Theater's Literary Manager and also teaches in Brooklyn College's English Department. She graduated with her MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College, studying under haruna lee and Dennis A. Allen II. She also earned her BFA in Drama and BA in Journalism from NYU. marissajoycestamps.com @marissajoycestamps

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THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NEW VICTORY to be Presented in May


New Victory Theater and The 24 Hour Plays will present The 24 Hour Plays: New Victory, featuring seven short plays. Learn more!

THE ARCHIVE: New Works By Black Women Staged Reading Celebrates Black Women's Voices in Theatre


'The Archive: New Works by Black Women' is set to captivate audiences with a staged reading showcasing the powerful narratives of black female playwrights and black femme directors. This celebration of black women's voices in theatre promises an evening of compelling stories and artistic expression.

2023 Princess Grace Award-Winner Marissa Joyce Stamps' BEING UP IN HERE… Premieres January 2024


Staged January 5-13 at Brooklyn's Brick Theater, Being Up in Here and All the Other Businesses that Don't Concern You OR When You See a Buncha Black People Running, What Do You Do? will be directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps. The play garnered Stamps the 2023 Princess Grace Playwriting Award/New Dramatists Fellowship.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Reveals New Members For Youngblood Program


Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood program has announced new members for the 2023-2024 season: jose sebastian alberdi, Libby Carr, Hanna Novak, Audley Puglisi, Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, Marissa Joyce Stamps, Graham Techler and May Treuhaft-Ali.

Page 73 Reveals Semifinalists For 2024 Playwriting Fellowship


Page 73 has revealed the 12 semifinalists for the 2024 Playwriting Fellowship. Discover the talented playwrights in the running for this esteemed award.

THE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVAL Reveals 19 Participating Artists & Collectives


The Exponential Festival presents and promotes theatrical performances created by New York-based artists and exhibited across Brooklyn.  Learn more about the lineup here!

National Black Theatre Selects Five Artists for 2023 Soul Series Lab Residency Program


Learn about the five talented artists selected for National Black Theatre's 2023 Soul Series Lab Residency Program. Discover their unique work and get an inside look at this exciting opportunity for emerging artists.

The Fled Collective to Present SERIALS, Season 2, Cycle 9 This Month


Cycle 9 of SERIALS performances will be at Soho Playhouse on August 17-19 and August 24-26 at 9:00 pm. This will be the first time a cycle of SERIALS will be performed outside of The Flea Theater, though it will return to The Flea for Cycle 10 in October.

Brooklyn College Playwrights Present 15th WEASEL FESTIVAL This June


Brooklyn College MFA Playwriting Program's Bring a Weasel and a Pint of Your Own Blood returns for its 15th year at The Brick Theater on Friday, June 9th and Saturday, June 10th, 2023 at 8pm.

Moxie Arts NY Joins WP Theater As Newest Resident Of The WP Space Program


This June, WP Theater will welcome Moxie Arts NY as its second Space Program Residency as Moxie brings three world-premiere plays by emerging artists to the WP stage.

bb brecht's HOLIDAY YULETIDE SPECTACULAR to Kick Off New Georges' 30th Anniversary Season


New Georges will kick off its 30th Anniversary season with a one-night-only special presentation of bb brecht’s Holiday Yuletide Spectacular, created by Miranda Haymon. On Wednesday December 14, 2022, audiences are invited to spend their holiday party season with bb brecht and his friends at Dixon Place.

AFTERSHOCKS Screening to be Inclusive To Spanish Speaking And Hearing Impaired English-Language Audiences


Conch Shell Productions will present the screening of feature film 'Aftershocks: A Tetralogy Of Our Times' on Filmocracy.com streaming platform Saturday July 30th, 2022 at 2pm. Spanish and English subtitle options are available to audiences.

THE 24 HOUR PLAYS Announce 2022 Nationals Company With A Return To The In-Person Program


The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals will take place in person in New York City for the first time since 2019 at Theatre Row on Monday, July 25th. Tickets for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals 2022 performance will be offered exclusively through a lottery system.

Conch Shell Productions to Celebrate Caribbean Heritage Month With AFTERSHOCKS: A TETRALOGY OF OUR TIMES


Conch Shell Productions will celebrate Caribbean Heritage Month with the company's first in person screening of 'Aftershocks: A Tetralogy of Our Times' at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning on June 10th, 2022 at 7pm.

Conch Shell Productions Celebrates Caribbean Heritage Month Screening Of AFTERSHOCKS: A TETRALOGY OF OUR TIMES


Conch Shell Productions' celebrates Caribbean Heritage Month with the company's first in person screening of 'Aftershocks: A Tetralogy of Our Times' at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning on June 10th, 2022 at 7pm.

BRING A WEASEL AND A PINT OF YOUR OWN BLOOD Infamous Festival Of New Plays Is Back!


Weasel Festival (whose full official Mac-Wellman-given title is Bring a Weasel and A Pint of Your Own Blood) has served as a showcase for recent graduates in Brooklyn College's MFA playwriting program for the last 14-odd years. Alumni include: Tina Satter (Is This a Room), Annie Baker (The Flick), Young Jean Lee (Straight White Men), Sarah DeLappe (The Wolves), Jess Barbagallo (Weekend At Barry's), Clare Barron (Dance Nation), Haruna Lee (Suicide Forest), Dennis Allen II (When We Wake Up Dead) and many more!

15 Shows Announced for Ars Nova's 14th Annual ANT Fest


Ars Nova has announced the lineup for its 14th Annual ANT Fest featuring 15 shows, 13 of which will premiere in-person and online at Ars Nova Supra with the first two shows premiering exclusively online.

The Anthropologists' NO PANTS IN TUCSON Available For Limited Time On Demand


The Anthropologists' three-camera digital capture of their critically acclaimed subversive comedy, No Pants in Tucson, is available for viewing online from December 1-15. No Pants in Tucson, draws upon blatantly bigoted state laws from the 19th and 20th centuries that made it illegal for women to wear pants in public.

The Anthropologists' “No Pants In Tucson” Adds YouTube Live Roundtable On Gender And Public Policy With Dr. Lisa Merrill


The Anthropologists' new subversive comedy, 'No Pants in Tucson,' draws upon blatantly bigoted state laws from the 19th and 20th centuries that made it illegal for women to wear pants in public, courageously blending time and form to untangle the generational impact of gender oppressive laws. The world-premiere of 'No Pants in Tucson' begins November 5 and runs through November 14, 2021, at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 W 53rd St., New York 10019.

Magaly Colimon-Christopher Awarded $5000 Through 2021 City Artist Corps Grant


Queens-based Haitian-American Actress Writer Producing Artistic Director Magaly Colimon-Christopher is the recipient of a $5,000 City Artist Corps grant for NYC-based working artists disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

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