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# Playwrights' Platform

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- [2024 New Play Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2024-festival/) - Playwrights' Platform is at Boston Playwrights' Theatre on May 11 at 7pm and May 12 at 3pm for a festival of new and exciting short works written by our members. Different plays each day. Tickets are $18 and available at: https://www.ticketsource.us/playwrights-platform
- [Volunteers Needed for Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/volunteers-needed-for-festival/) - Lawrence Kessenich If you can volunteer on May 11 or 12 please contact June @ bowserbarrett@hotmail.com ASAP please!
- [Molly Weinberg](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/molly-weinberg/) - Molly Weinberg is an actor, singer/songwriter, and clinical drama therapist and mental health clinician. Molly has an M.A. degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in Drama Therapy from Lesley University and has been an actor in the Boston theater scene for many years. Some of Molly’s favorite acting credits include Amy
- [MV Kartoz](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/maddie-kartoz/) - Playwright/Actor (they/them). Maddie "Mad Dog" Kartoz got started on the hard stuff (fantasy) a little early by her Dad, and now here we all are. Steeped in the weird and the wild, a deep-seated love for the natural world and presentiment of the climate crisis guide their writing. She writes things that have happened and
- [Sally Nutt](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/sally-nutt/) - Age range: 50+ Sally Nutt has been an actor-in-residence with Playwrights’ Platform since 2009. She fell for theatre during a 3rd-grade Arbor Day play and has forever after managed to find a stage no matter where in the world she’s been planted. Favorite productions in New England include ESCAPED ALONE (Firehouse Center for the Arts),
- [Jack O'Hara](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/jack-ohara/) - Jack O'Hara is a film actor and commercial producer looking to network, learn, and gain experience on stage. Contact Jack O'Hara
- [Maeve McCluskey](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/maeve-mccluskey/) - Maeve McCluskey is a Boston-area actor who specializes in stage theatre, comedy, and music. She is passionate about making people laugh and bringing them into the world she portrays on stage. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in May 2016 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Theatre. She has acted in a
- [Jack Tierney](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/jack-tierney/) - John McDonnell Tierney, aka “Jack McT”; male, age range 50-80, average height, Irish looking. Jack is a composer and playwright with an Off-Broadway track record and numerous plays and musicals in his portfolio. He began, however, as an actor at age 17, when he played the lead in his High School Musical. Bitten by the acting
- [Mei MacQuarrie](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/mei-macquarrie/) - Mei MacQuarrie (she/her) is an actor and theater educator who earned her B.S. in Biology and minors in Theater and Violin Performance from UMass Amherst. She is passionate about using theater as a medium to creatively invoke conversations and spark change and growth, as well as for discovering a leader in oneself. She currently works
- [Susanna Turner](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/susanna-turner/) - Susanna Turner (she/her) was born in Bogota, Colombia. Along with her adoptive mother, an international school principal from Newton, MA, Susanna has lived in six different countries: Colombia, Argentina, India, Pakistan, USA & Venezuela. She is passionate about telling stories about being an adoptee, growing up internationally, and being a Third Culture Kid. She is
- [Kathleen Monteleone*](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/kathleen-monteleone-aea-sag-aftra/) - After winning the Irene Ryan Award for Acting at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Kathleen trained and worked extensively in London, England on stage and also for BBC News, and participated in the International Mime Festival in Paris, France. After returning to the U.S., she worked professionally for nine years on the New York
- [Sue Van Phan](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/sue-van-phan/) - Sue Van Phan received her bachelors of arts in Theatre Arts from University of Massachusetts Boston in 2015. She is passionate about story telling through the art of acting. She first gained real life theatre experience and acting during year 2010 when she got accepted to the Celebrate Musical Theatre program at Citi Performing Arts
- [Lida McGirr](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/lida-mcgirr/) - Age Range: 37 plus LIDA MCGIRR Began her acting career at age 7 as a leprechaun singing and dancing at Nathan's Hot Dog Stand in Coney Island. She was one of the three found ing members of Little Theater on 26th Street in NY where she performed as the Logician and Mrs. Boeuf in "Rhinoceros."
- [Heather Ferrari](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/heather-ferrari/) - Heather is excited to be a part of Playwrights' Platform. Her favorite past regional productions include Les Miserables, Titanic, A Christmas Carol, The Secret Garden, Into The Woods, Carousel and Fiddler on the Roof. Heather graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a BA in Theater. She also studied voice at University College Cork in Ireland.
- [Amanda Hurley](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/amanda-hurley/) - Amanda Hurley is a Boston-based actress involved in the comedy community, as well as theater. She has been with independent sketch group World of Hurt for 2 years, has participated in one act festivals, including the Boston one-minute play festival, and self-produced "Seven Deadly Sins One Acts." Some of her favorite play characters have been
- [Lanny Rubin](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/lanny-rubin/) - I am a late middle aged man, still capable of playing older romantic types as well as a variety of dramatic and comic roles. I have acted in a range of productions from Shakespeare with the Town Cow Theater to several new plays with Another Country Productions. I took acting classes for a few years
- [Karen Dervin](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/karen-dervin/) - Karen is a 20-year veteran of the Boston-area theater world. A multi-award-winning Actor and Director, she has been a member of the Actor's in Residence group since its inception. Recent acting credits: The Realistic Joneses (Jennifer) with the Hovey Players, Blood Relations (Miss Lizzie) with the Footlight Club, In the Forest, She Grew Fangs (Ruth) with AKA Theatre, and Antigone (Nurse) with Flat
- [Margaret Gould](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/margaret-gould/) - Margaret Gould is a junior at Salem State University studying as a BFA Perfomance Student. Her most recent work includes The Servant in “Blood Wedding” (Dir. Blythe De Oliveira Foster), Tap Dancer/Lesbian 1 in “The Thing They Love” (Dir. Esme Allen), Paulette in Legally Blonde (Dir. Susan Choquette) and more. She has also participated at
- [Bill Miller](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/bill-miller/) - William (Bill) Miller - Age Range 50’s – 60’s - Preference is for Zoom readings. Bill spent 30 years as an actor performing in theaters across the country. He studied at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and trained professionally with the Cleveland Playhouse, completing the Equity Apprenticeship/Journeymanship program with CPH. He has appeared
- [Andrea Aptecker](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/andrea-aptecker/) - Andrea Aptecker is a teacher and playwright in Cambridge, MA. Her plays have been performed in theatre festivals in the United States and UK. She was a finalist in the 2023 Gary Garrison Playwriting Award for 10-minute plays (I’m Glad We’re Normal), and a 2022 semifinalist in the Garry Marshall Theater New Works Festival. Andrea
- [Marty Mason](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/marty-mason/) - Available for Zoom readings only. Marty Mason has been performing in and around the Boston area for the past 10+ years, and loving the performing arts for much longer than that. An accomplished actress, singer, and improviser, she has had the privilege of performing with several area companies, including the Hub Theatre Company of Boston, Flat
- [Peg Saurman Holzemer](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/peg-saurman-holzemer/) - Available for Zoom readings only. FILM Mikki - The Grey Lady - John Shea Mrs. Kennefick - The Departed - Martin Scorsese Lady in w/chair - Tel-Tale - Michael Cuesto A Follower - The Box - Utopia Prod Woman/at/Bar - Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck Deirdre - Neighborhoods - Dennis Lehane TELEVISION Mary
- [Ahaisibwe Cretus](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/ahaisibwe-cretus/) - Available for Zoom readings only. Ahaisibwe Cretus is a 22-year-old Ugandan actress. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Education Literature and English (2018-2022) at Bishop Stuart University in Uganda. She has five siblings and comes from the Kazo District of Uganda, located in the western part of the country. Ahaisibwe is
- [Mary Barbara Alexander](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/mary-barbara-alexander/) - Age range: 45-60 - Available for Zoom readings only. Mary Barbara has been acting professionally since 1978. She has trained in acting, voice and dance in New York and Los Angeles and has performed in all media. She was a member of the Apple Corps Theatre in New York City and played a range of
- [Geralyn (G.L.) Horton](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/geralyn-g-l-horton/) - Geralyn Horton has been a member of Playwrights' Platform and written and directed and acted in plays for longer than she cares to recall -- mostly in church basements. Horton's writing career high point may have been the summer of 1990, when her play set in a Boston aborton clinic, Under Siege (aka Choices) was
- [Ansley Moore](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/ansley-moore/) - Ansley (she/her/hers) is a Boston based actor, intimacy director, & fight director. Originally from Nashville, TN, Ansley came to Boston in 2018 to attend Emerson College where she graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in Theatre Education & Performance. Her work is strongly influenced by the connection between the body & the voice, a love for
- [Greg Hovanesian](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/greg-hovanesian/) - Greg Hovanesian's plays have been produced and/or developed by Playwrights' Platform, Boston Actors Theater, Image Theater, Hovey Players, UAE Theater Festival, Jacklyn Thrapp LLC, Generic Theater, Centastage, and Ya Bird? Productions. In 2016, his one-act play WATER was awarded Best Play at the Playwrights' Platform's 44th Annual Festival of New Works. In June 2019
- [Greg Hovanesian](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/greg-hovanesian-2/) - Age Range: 25-40 Greg is a playwright, actor, and producer. As an actor, Greg has been cast in short plays written by John Minigan, Brandon Crose, Christine Power, and Jake Wilkinson. He has acted on stage in productions by Roxbury Repetory Theater (Hiberian Hall), Playwrights’ Platform (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), and the Watertown Plumbing Museum. He has
- [Sara Dion](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/sara-dion/) - Age range: 18 to 40 Sara did her first acting with her middle school drama club, and has been in love with the art ever since. Sara has been active in the Boston-area community theatre scene for the last several years. She has played the role of “Girmar” in the Post-Meridian Radio Players’ annual production
- [Kristen Fischer](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/kristen-fischer/) - Age range: late 20s to mid 40s Kristen studied theater in college in upstate New York. Locally, she has appeared in Alarms and Excursions at Hovey Players as well as in Hovey’s 24-hour Theater Festival, Hovey Summer Shorts, Acme New Works, and the annual Boston Playwrights’ Platform Festival. Contact actor below:
- [Alison Wachtler](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/alison-wachtler/) - Age Range: Late 30s to 60 Alison has been a professional actress for over 35 years. She has done readings for companies all over New England, New York and the mid-west. In Boston, she recently appeared on stage at The Wilbur Theater in Casey Sherman’s Saints Sinners and Serial Killers. Originally from New York,
- [June Bowser-Barrett](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/june-bowser-barrett/) - June Bowser-Barrett retired from teaching writing at Middlesex Community College. A resident of Sandwich, she is currently a member of the Sandwich Arts Alliance and Playwrights’ Platform, Boston. In 2009 and 2012, she appeared in the Image Theater’s (Lowell) City Stories Night with “Irish Spring” and “The Bad Dates Contest.” These were later expanded into
- [Nancy Temple](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/nancy-temple/) - Nancy Temple has a diverse background in the arts. She has written poetry, studied tapestry weaving, Art History, Interior Design, Arts Administration and playwriting. She was the resident weaver for seven years at the Leverett Craftsmen and Artists. Later, she taught design at Boston-area colleges and worked as a space planner. She has published two
- [David Beardsley](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/david-beardsley/) - David Beardsley joined Playwrights’ Platform in 2017. He is also a member of the Playwrights' Collective at New World Theatre (Londonderry, New Hampshire), Write On! (CentaStage, Boston), and The Dramatists Guild of America. His plays have been performed across the U.S., in Europe, and in Australia. davidbeardsley.com.
- [Eric Cheung - Executive Board, Chairman](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/eric-cheung/) - Phone: 617-816-7417 Age Range: 30 - 45 Eric Cheung has done stand-up for NBC’s Diversity Initiative; stand-up and sketch at The Comedy Studio; docenting for WGBH; voice work with WGBH, WBUR, WECB, WMFO, Learning Ally, Post-Meridian Radio Players, and Boston Podcast Players; stage acting with Theatre@First, the Mrs. Hawking play series (including led the spinoff production shot in Manchester,
- [Jane Wong](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/jane-wong/) - Jane Wong grew up in Hong Kong where she studied Cantonese Opera, including singing and acrobatics, as well as Shakespeare. After her studies at the Boston Conservatory, Jane has lived in Asia and Europe, playing and teaching music to populations suffering from trauma. Now working as a collaborative pianist, she accompanies dancers and singers and
- [Karielle Silk](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/karielle-silk/) - Karielle M. Silk is a NH based professional actor and director. She has a BA in Music Theatre Performance from Plymouth State University and performs with a unique focus in Alexander Technique. Previous roles include: Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet. Leading Player, Pippin. Emily Burke, Ray of Light: a one woman show. She is thrilled
- [Karla M. Sorenson](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/k-m-sorenson/) - Karla M. Sorenson, a native of Lowell, Massachusetts, has had plays and readings performed around the world, including Gallery Players, Actors Studio of Newburyport, Boston Theater Marathon, Arlington Friends of the Drama, Footlight Club, Playwrights’ Platform, Centastage, Firehouse Center for the Arts, ACME Theatre Productions, Shelterbelt Theater, Towne Street Theater, Lakeshore Players, Astor Street Opera
- [2022 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2022-festival/) - Playwrights' Platform 50th Festival of New Plays June 7, 7:30 pm EST on Zoom Cary Grant’s Glasses by Margie Semilof Directed by Rachel Ollagnon Kate - Rachel Ollagnon Chris - Phil Thompson Shakespeare and Juliet by Andrea Aptecker Juliet - Ashley Risteen Shakespeare -
- [Ben Gold](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/ben-gold/) - Ben Gold graduated Brandeis with a degree in Vocal Performance and Theater. After attending The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York and participating in a couple Off-Broadway/Off-Off Broadway productions, he's happy to be back in Boston. Most recently Ben has played Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption, Officer Nielsen in T: An MBTA Musical, and
- [Prreeti Tiwari](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/prreeti-tiwari/) - Prreeti’s journey as an actress started in 2012 in Los Angeles. As of May 01 2022, by the Grace of God, Prreeti has performed in 29 straight plays (15 in Los Angeles, 2 Off-Off-Broadway in Manhattan, 3 in CT, 6 in MA, 1 in RI, and two virtually during the shutdown). Prreeti has also had
- [Vivian Liu-Somers](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/vivian-liu-somers/) - Vivian Liu-Somers is an actor/writer/director based in the Boston area who has performed or participated in readings with the Asian American Playwrights Collective (AAPC), Asian American Theater Artists of Boston (AATAB), the Newton Theater Company, TC Squared, the Nora Theater Company, the Umbrella Stage Company, Company One, Chuang Stage,
- [Donna Sorbello](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/donna-sorbello/) - Donna Sorbello has performed in most local/New England professional companies, including Huntington Theatre, Lyric Stage, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Gloucester Stage, North Shore Music Circus, Boston Theatre Marathon, New Rep, and New Century, et al. Her work in NY included the 13th St. Theatre, the Gene Frankel Theatre, Equity Library Theatre, and several tours and stock companies
- [Evelyn Holley](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/evelyn-holley/) - Evelyn Holley (She/Her) is a Boston-based actor who loves to support new works. Previous Boston Theater Credits Include: Everyday Life and Other Odds and Ends (ArtsEmerson/Sleeping Weazel), Last Catastrophist (Fresh Ink Theatre), Vicuña (Zeitgeist Stage Company), Everyman (Apollinaire Theatre Company), She Did All That- Betty Ford: Speaking Out,Saving Lives (Birch Tree Productions), Gay Shorts 2: We are Family & Slam Boston (Open Theatre Project). Previous NYC Credits include: Layer Cake (Looking
- [Kyle W. Porter](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/kyle-w-porter/) - Actor, director, and tea snob, Kyle W. Porter has worn many hats since graduating Summa Cum Laude from Dean College’s Bachelor of the Arts, Theatre program. He recently returned to America after living abroad in China for almost 5 years. While he was abroad, he taught English and Drama, produced and hosted different live events,
- [Phil Thompson](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/phil-thompson/) - Age range: 45 + Phil was last seen in Romeo and Juliet with the Apollinaire Theatre Company. Other recent productions include Saltonstall’s Trial as Judge Stoughton with Punctuate4 Productions; Winter Solstice, Apollinaire Theatre Company; Caroline Or Change, Moonbox Productions; The Visit, Apollinaire Theatre Co; The Unexpected Guest, Stage 284; The Return To Morality, Titanic Theatre Co.; Barefoot in the Park Moonbox Productions; To
- [Ben Scranton](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/ben-scranton/) - Ben’s plays have been performed across the U.S., most recently at the Equity Library Theater NY Summer Virtual Play Festival, the 49th Annual Playwrights’ Platform Festival and the Pittsburgh New Works Festival. He is the recipient of a Dramatic Writing Fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, winner of the Robert Lehan Playwriting Award at Westfield
- [Lawrence Kessenich](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/lawrence-kessenich-secretary/) - Lawrence Kessenich is a playwright, poet, essayist, novelist, and former amateur actor. He has had sixteen 10-minute plays produced at festivals, and one of them, Ronnie’s Charger, won the People’s Choice Award in a national competition in Durango, Colorado His full-length play Anne Frank Lives! was shortlisted for the Ashland New Play Festival. Kessenich studied
- [Vicki Meagher](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/vicki-meagher/) - Vicki Meagher is a full-time playwright writing full-length plays. She lives in Albuquerque, NM. Her short plays have been produced in several states. Her full-length plays are available on the New Play Exchange at newplayexchange.org/users/1301/vicki-meagher. See vickimeagher.com.
- [Yefim Somin](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/yefim-somin/) - Yefim Somin started his acting career at the age of ten, entertaining nurses while recovering from surgery at a children’s hospital in what was then the Soviet Union. Fifty years later, he returned to acting and has played roles in a variety of films on screen and TV, including opposite Corbin Bernsen. His stage credits
- [Heather Hannon](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/heather-hannon/) - Heather is thrilled to be a part of Playwrights’ Platform, and really enjoys working alongside writers and directors to bring their work and vision to life. Heather’s favorite roles include: Francesca in “Bridges of Madison County” (Majestic Theater), Betty in “Sunset Boulevard” (Arlington Friends of the Drama), Maria in “West Side Story” (Fiddlehead Theater Company), Cinderella in
- [Margie Semilof](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/margie-semilof/) - Margie Semilof has had her short plays produced in numerous festivals, such as the Group Rep, in LA, Hovey Players in Waltham, the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, Mass., the Greenbrier Valley Theatre New Voices Festival, Lewisburg, W.V., Theater East in New York, at ImageTheater's FemNoire in Lowell, Mass., at Stray Kats Theater
- [2021 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2021-festival/) - Playwrights' Platform 49th Festival of New Plays! At the 2021 festival, Playwrights' Platform presented 12 plays on Zoom Webinar, one play each day, from June 1 to June 13 at 7PM (EST) (no show on June 7). Playwrights, plays, and schedule are shown below. Tues, June 1: Corona Came Calling by Barbara Lewis, directed by
- [Imani Powell](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/imani-powell/) - My Name is Imani Powell and it has always been my greatest desire and utmost passion to be an actress, both onstage and in film. I come with stage experience in addition to some minimal camera work. My range of other work includes, but is not limited to, singing and dancing. I welcome the opportunity
- [Dayenne CB Walters](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/dayenne-cb-walters/) - Dayenne CB Walters recently finished producing and acting in an online production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day's Journey into Night (Mary Tyrone). Past roles include Tituba/Rebecca Nurse/Francis Nurse/and Mercy Week in The Crucible (Central Square Theater/Bedlam and Connelly Theatre, NYC,); The Doctor in Exit the King (Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Boston); Doctor Rieux in The Plague (Praxis Stage/Boston); Vivian Bearing
- [Ralph Tufo / Board Member](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/ralph-tufo/) - Ralph Tufo has written several short plays, over 50 songs, and a musical about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina entitled The Katrina Roadhouse which was performed in September, 2015 at the Winthrop School of Performing Arts. He’s had several staged readings of plays at the following venues: North Shore Community College, Internal Matter in South
- [2020 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2020-festival/) - PLAYWRIGHTS’ PLATFORM 48TH FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS Below are the plays and playwrights selected for the 2020 festival. Congratulations to all! Dates: June 3 to 7 and June 10 to 14 - One play each evening! Time: 7pm Where: Zoom Wed, June 3: THE TAMED Written by William Ivers Directed by Haris Lefteri Thu, June
- [2019 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2019-festival-line-up/) - Below are the plays selected for Playwrights' Platform 47th Festival of New Plays. Congratulations to all! Going to See a Man About a Horse by June Bowser-Barrett You Are What You Are by Ron Radice Whales by Doc Laaki Kafka in Palestine by Inez Hedges Primary Reasoning in a Small D Democracy by Geralyn Horton
- [2020 Festival Announcement!](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/2020-festival-announcement/) - Below are the plays and playwrights selected for Playwrights’ Platform 48th Festival of New Plays. Congratulations to all! Due to Coronavirus restrictions, the festival will take place on Zoom over the first two weeks of June (exact dates and times to be determined). PLAYWRIGHTS’ PLATFORM 48TH FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS HEART BROKER by Maryanne Truax
- [Mark LeDoux](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/mark-ledoux/) - Mark LeDoux began researching and writing plays ten years ago while living on the west coast of Maui. His full-length "Jack & Joe" tells the story of fathers-in-law locked in mortal marital combat. That play spawned the development of short plays including "Ratón" and "Switcheroo at the Third Pew". Before all this, Mark advised organizations
- [Sam Fidler](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/sam-fidler/) - Sam Fidler is a stage actor, voice artist, and writer from the Greater Boston area. He is a graduate of Emerson College’s BFA Theater and Performance program, where he worked on a devised theater piece with Grammy Award-winning performance artist Rinde Eckert. Sam has apprenticed with the Acadia Repertory Theatre in Downeast Maine, where he
- [Melissa Bergstrom](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/melissa-bergstrom/) - Melissa Bergstrom is a Boston, MA based actor, writer, and teaching artist who is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of The Perpetual Visitors Theatre Company, a Boston based troupe that produces documentary theatre. Melissa has been involved in a number of stage and screen projects throughout New England, including Mirabiles and Letters to Medford with Two Roads Performance Projects, I
- [Arthur Williams III](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/arthur-williams-iii/) - Arthur Williams III is an Actor/Model and native of Boston who started his work in entertainment, at the age of five years old, singing acapella in the Playhouse in the Park. While attending high school he performed in stage plays and sang in the Family Singer’s choir, which toured cities in the US and in La
- [Marshall Berenson](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/marshall-berenson/) - Born in Boston, Marshall is an actor, writer, musician and filmmaker. A member of SAG-AFTRA he has appeared in major motion pictures and on television as well as local stage productions and worked as an acting coach and trainer with a NYC Based acting conservatory. Contact Marshall:
- [Kathy LaShay Berenson](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/kathy-lashay-berenson/) - I have been a professional actor for almost 10 years now. Film, stage, TV, commercial, I love it all! Some of my many roles include a murderous substitute teacher, Idaho park ranger, hard scrabble lawyer and grieving mother. I reside in Cambridge with my actor husband, Marshall. Please visit www.kathylashayberenson.com or imdb.me/kathylashayberenson to find out more. Contact Kathy:
- [Shelley Brown](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/shelley-brown-2/) - Shelley Brown joined the AIR program at the time of its founding in 2006. She has participated in numerous Playwrights’ Platform and Boston Playwrights readings as well as the Playwrights’ Platform festivals. She is a founding member of the Titanic Theatre Company (Rita in The Lyons, Luella in Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them; Peg
- [Jonathan Brandl](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/jonathan-brandl/) - Originally from Newton, I entered the world of stage and film a short ten years ago. In addition to my stage experience, I have appeared in featured films, commercial and broadcast TV as well as print ads. Some of my stage appearances include: The Witches of Macbeth and Streetcar Named Desire – The Psych Drama
- [Carolyn Palo](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/carolyn-palo/) - Carolyn is a writer, playwright and storyteller and is honored to be part of the Playwrights' Platform community. Her first short play, “Business Lunch” was performed at the 42nd Annual Playwrights’ Platform Summer Festival in 2014 and “The Secret Button" was selected for the 46th in 2018. She has appeared on both stage and screen
- [Joshua Wolf Coleman](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/joshua-wolf-coleman/) - Joshua Wolf Coleman (Understudy, A Man) has worked with some of the great luminaries of the stage including Edward Albee, Joseph Chaiken and Anne Bogart. He has worked at the Guthrie Theater, Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the La Jolla Playhouse. Joshua has played a myriad of roles including title role in Macbeth, Norry the drag
- [Dave DiLillo](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/dave-dilillo/) - Age Range: 50 to 60 Dave DiLillo has over 10 years experience as an actor. He was an original cast member of "Fishnet.Net.com". He has appeared in theater productions of "Warmth of Jupiter", "And Then There Were None", "Glen Gary Glen Ross", "Burn This", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" the SLAM Boston Festival, and
- [Tori Clay](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/tori-clay/) - Up until about a year and a half ago, I was the moderately successful, local, sagaftra, actor Vic Clay. At that time, I began my transition to female. Now, my union card says Tori Clay. The only negative in my transition to this point has been lack of gigs and even auditions. Currently,
- [Alicia Zipp](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/alicia-zipp/) - Age Range: 35 plus Alicia M. Zipp is very pleased to be part of this season’s Playwrights Platform Actors in Residence program. Most of her work in the last few years has either been in film - working those crazy twelve hour days on numerous movie and TV sets, or in music - as lead
- [Paul Russell Wybieracki](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/paul-russell-wybieracki/) - Non-Union Cell: 617-529-4755 Ethnicity: Caucasian Hair: Salt and Pepper Eye: Hazel Height: 5’11 Age Range: 45-60 Film: Casual Dating Music Video, Paul, Olemchenko/Future Teens Theater: A Christmas Carol, Twill / ensemble, Norwell Company Theatre Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mitch Mahoney, Hull Performing Arts White Christmas, ensemble, Norwell Company Theatre Office Hours, Henry, North River Theatre
- [Inés de la Cruz](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/ines-de-la-cruz/) - Inés de la Cruz is a Boston based actor. She has performed in various productions with TC Squared Theatre Company. She is a Board Member and actor for the Spanish language theater troupe Escena Latina Teatro. Inés has been featured in Emerson and MassArt student films, as well as ESL and Spanish language educational videos. You can
- [Anita Harkess](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/anita-harkess/) - Anita Harkess has participated in Playwrights’ Platform readings since late 2016, and appeared as Jennifer in Wrong Place, Right Time in the Playwrights’ Platform 45th Festival of New Plays (2017). Since moving from Denver to the Boston area in 2015, Anita has played the Player King in Hamlet (Salem Theatre Company), Celia in As You
- [Christina R. Chan](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/christina-r-chan/) - Christina Chan is an actor, playwright and director. She attended Trinity Rep Conservatory, RI and the Royal National Theater, London, UK. She is a member of Screen Actors' Guild and is Actors' Equity Association eligible. She has received several Somerville Artist Fellowships, a Massachusetts Artist Commission and Boston Center for the Arts' Artist in Residences.
- [Lou Fuoco](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/lou-fuoco/) - Age range: mid 50’s to mid 70’s Bitten by the acting bug in college, Lou has been feeling the effects ever since. Over the past 50+ years his theater credits include a wide range of characters such as Speed in ‘The Odd Couple’, Morris Kolowitz in ‘Enter Laughing’, Gaston in ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’, Otto
- [Eric Skoglund / Board member](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/eric-skoglund/) - Age Range: 22-30 Eric Skoglund is honored to be a member of the AiR program for Playwrights' Platform. He has appeared on stage and in film, commercials, and print throughout the New England area. In 2009, Eric was awarded the NHCTA Best Actor award for his performance in Check Please. Notable past roles include Frank in [sic],
- [A Finale of One-Minute Holiday Plays, and Our 2014 By The Numbers](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/a-finale-of-one-minute-holiday-plays-and-our-2014-by-the-numbers/) - Last night, for the Holiday Party portion of our final meeting of 2014, we were treated to five one-minute Holiday plays – a growing tradition at Playwright’s Platform. Here’s a recap… From Nick Hennesey, a New Year’s Eve countdown of unrequited love, because of his love, not for another her, but him--self, that is (and
- [2018 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2018-festival/) - The 46th Annual Playwrights' Platform Festival of New Plays was held at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre on May 31, June 1, and June 2. 2018 Festival Winners were: Best Play: MUTE, written by Lawrence Kessenich Best Actress (tie): Kim Anton Myatt, for Colleen in MUTE by Lawrence Kessenich Katie Suchyta, for Rachel in FRANK AND RACHEL
- [Hortense F. Gerardo](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/hortense-f-gerardo/) - Hortense Gerardo is a writer and anthropologist. Her full-length play, THE TOKEN FALLOPIANS OF MIDDLETON HEIGHTS was selected for Fresh Ink Theatre’s 2017- 2018 staged reading series. Other recently featured works include: VIRTUOUS REALITY (Boston Theater Marathon XX, 2018 Anthology of Best Ten-Minute Plays by Smith and Kraus) and THE SONG OF ODD (MBL Club). Her
- [Margaret Gooch](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/margaret-gooch/) - Margaret Gooch joined the Playwrights’ Platform in October, 2015. She was pleased to have her play “A Promising Start” chosen for production at Platform’s 45th Festival and included in the accompanying anthology, 2107, also pleased that the Cambridge Center for Adult Education included another, “The Ws,” in its November, 2017, “Evening of New Play Readings.” Self-publication
- [George Smart](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/george-smart/) - George Smart is a Boston-based playwright whose thirty 10-minute plays have been produced in Boston, Chicago, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, San Capistrano, Minnesota, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Texas, Ireland, England and the Philippines. His full length play “Mr. Teddy (not a children’s story)” had its world premiere in Boston in June 2014. His group of
- [Pamela Newton](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/pamela-newton/) - Pamela Newton is a playwright and choreographer. In addition to teaching choreography and stage movement, she has been choreographer and movement advisor for many theatrical productions at Boston College and in the greater Boston area. Pam co-developed Dreaming Shakespeare with director John Houchin using improvisation, self-texting, and storytelling in a reconstructed script. She also spent
- [Ray Arsenault](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/ray-arsenault/) - Ray Arsenault is a psychologist by day and a playwright, director and producer by night (making for long but happy nights). In the ten years that he has been writing plays, Ray has had the good fortune to have his works produced from coast to coast. In 2009 his short work “No Parking” was published
- [Jack Rushton](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/jack-rushton/) - Jack Rushton: playwright, director, actor. Two dozen of Jack's short plays have been produced at theaters around the country, including The Fusion Theater's The Seven, where "George's Radio" was selected The Andaluz Award winning play of the 2017 Festival. Jack is also a founder of The Weekend Writers Workshop, Newburyport, MA.
- [Cynthia Arsenault](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/cynthia-arsenault/) - Cynthia Arsenault, psychologist by day, writer by night, is a former director, whose playwriting group, co-founded in ’08 and aptly named Group, encouraged her to take up the pen. Four years later, she is published this year in “Best of 5 Minute Plays for Teens,” “Best 10 Minute Plays of 2017,” and at Monologuebank.com. There
- [Marika Barnett](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/marika-barnett/) - Born in 1934 in Budapest, Hungary. Survived the Holocaust by hiding with a Gentile family in the industrial section of Pest; hiding in a Roman Catholic convent, located in the Buda Hills. In the last weeks of the war (hiding in a coal-cellar) she and her family were protected by the German SS from the
- [Roy Olesky](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/roy-olesky/) - Roy Olesky has been a member of the Playwrights' Platform since 2015.
- [2015 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2015-festival/) - 43rd Annual Playwrights' Platform Festival of New Plays The lineup for our 2015 Festival of new plays: "Spice" by David Susman "Finding Zeus" by Jack Rushton "The Phlebotomist" by Charlie Edwin Fisher "Libertarian at a Speed Date" by Vicki Meagher "The Engagement" by Hortense Gerardo "Here, Not Here" by George Smart "Big Daddy, Junior and The
- [2016 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2016-festival/) - 44th Annual Playwrights’ Platform Festival of New Plays SERIES 1 (Performances on Thursday, June 2 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 4 at 2 p.m.) FAST CASUAL by David Susman DOG PARK AFTERNOON by Nancy Temple THE SISTERS by Sherri Stepakoff PITCHFEST by Patti Cassidy NEMATODES by Ron Radice THEATRE PEOPLE by Jack Rushton SERIES
- [2017 Festival ](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2017-festival/) - 45th Annual Playwrights’ Platform Festival of New Plays 2017 Festival Winners: Best Play: MERCY, written and directed by Lawrence Kessenich; roles played by Thomas Grenon and Eric Skoglund. Best Actress: KATHLEEN MONTELEONE, for portraying the title character in MRS BROOMHAUSEN by Margie Semilof. Best Actor: MATTHEW LUNDERGAN, for Rhett in VIRTUOUS REALITY by Hortense Gerardo.
- [2014 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2014-festival-cool/) - 42nd Annual Playwrights' Platform Festival of New Plays 2014 Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival Series A: May 29 ,30, 31– 8:00pm Series B: June 5, 6, 7 – 8:00pm Series A "My Tea With Cocoa" - Jack Rushton "Invalid Diagnosis" - George Smart "Growing Up" - Lawrence Kessenich "Jack & Diane" - Amanda Russell-Bolio "Solitude, Silence" -
- [Winners of the 2014 Playwrights Platform Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/winners-of-the-2014-playwrights-platform-festival/) - Week One: Best Actress: Linda Goetz as Raechka in Ludmila Anselm's play The Return. Best Actor: Jacob Sherburne as Dan in Vicki Meagher's play Loving Dick Cheney Best Director: Megan Nussle for Vicki Meagher's play Loving Dick Cheney Week Two: Best Actress: Tracy Bickel in Lawrence Hennessy's play Long Time Best Actor: Jim Manclark in Lawrence Hennessy's play Long Time Best Director:
- [Sandra Weintraub](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/sandra-weintraub/) - After a career as a psychologist in industry, I began writing stage plays about five years ago, after the publication of a non-fiction book,The Hidden Intelligence, Innovation through Intuition. Within the last four years, I have had plays produced in Boston, Boca Raton and San Francisco among other venues. Currently working on screenplays and stage plays.
- [Directors needed](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/directors-needed/) - CALL FOR DIRECTORS - OTP’s GAY SHORTS by George Smart Open Theatre Project is pleased to present its inaugural evening of short plays about gay men by award winning local playwright, George Smart on March 30-April 2 at Club Cafe. We are currently looking for 2-3 Directors to produce eight 10 Min Plays featuring prominent
- [If you are in the Phillipines in October 2016](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/if-you-are-in-the-phillipines-in-october-2016/) - My short play "It Doesn't" will be performed the 3rd & 4th week of October until 1st week of November at Power Mac Spotlight, Makati, Philippines. If you are in the area I would love to hear how it went.
- [Stefan Lanfer](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/stefan-lanfer/) - Stefan Lanfer has been a member of the Playwrights' Platform since 2012, and served as president during the group's 2014-15 to 2015-16 seasons. Stefan's plays include Hadron Collision Therapy (Boston Theatre Marathon, FRESH PRODUCE’d, NYC), Helicopter Parents for Hire (Playwrights’ Platform, Vermont Playwrights Circle), Cry, The Beloved Country (Book-It Repertory Theatre), Gary Grinkle’s Battles with
- [Charlie Edwin Fisher](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/charlie-edwin-fisher/) - Charlie has been a member of the Platform since 2014. He has had readings and performances of his works in playwriting festivals locally and in different parts of the country. His play "The Phlebotomist" has been performed in festivals in Sydney Australia, Boston, New York City and San Diego, CA. Charlie is a graduate from
- [And this year's audience choice winners are...](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/and-this-years-audience-choice-winners-are/) - Each year, our Summer Festival of New Plays culminates in Audience Choice Awards, where audience members identify their selections for Best Play, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director. For our 2016 Festival, the winners are... Series A: Best play: DOG PARK AFTERNOON by Nancy Temple Best director: Diana Kerry, THEATRE PEOPLE Best actress: Gloria
- [Seamus (Jim) Lucason](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/seamus-jim-lucason/) - An award winning playwright with several plays produced in Ireland and America, Jim Lucason has been a member of the Playwrights' Platform since 2016. Here are some samples of how his work has been described: William Gibson: "Lucason’s tongue is gifted with a kind of Irish gayety, witty and charming." Norman Mailer: "To declare that
- [Announcing Plays and Playwrights for our 44th Annual Festival!](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/announcing-plays-and-playwrights-for-our-44th-annual-festival/) - We are pleased to announce the plays and playwrights for our 44th Annual Festival of New Plays! 1. FAST CASUAL by David Susman 2. WATER by Greg Hovanesian 3. SAVING FACE by Margie Semilof 4. THE DEBT by Charlie Edwin Fisher 5. DEATH IN VENICE BEACH by Hortense Gerardo 6. PITCHFEST by Patti Cassidy 7.
- [Sherri Stepakoff](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/sherri-stepakoff/) - Sherri Stepakoff has been a member of the Playwrights' Platform since 2016.
- [My what a year! A 2015 #NewPlay Highlight Reel](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/my-what-a-year-a-2015-newplay-highlight-reel/) - As 2015 winds to a close, I asked members to share a few of their theatrical highlights from the year. Here is a sampling: New productions of new plays, including at the: FemNoire 2015 festival Silver Springs Stage Co ATHE New Play Development Series Winthrop School of Performing Arts MBL Club Piney Forks at the
- [Amy Mevorach](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/amy-mevorach/) - Amy Mevorach has been a member of the Playwrights' Platform since 2015.
- [Ronny Almog](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/ronny-almog/) - Ronny Almog joined the Playwrights' Platform in the fall of 2015.
- [Richard Westcott](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/richard-westcott/) - Richard Westcott has recently renewed his playwright ambitions. The Image Theater in Lowell, MA read the 10 minute plays “CAULK” and “BACHELOR PARTY” in their 2010 Naughty Readings. “CAULK” was then fully produced by The Provincetown Players as part of their 2011 Spring Festival. In addition to writing, Richard has acted in Northeastern University’s Silver
- [New musical by Chris King and Wil Breden Feb 8](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/new-musical-by-chris-king-and-wil-breden-feb-8/) - We invite you to attend a staged reading of IMAGES, a new musical. The script is by Chris King with Music and Lyrics by Wil Breden. The reading will be held on Sunday, Feb 8, at 2:00 PM, at the Common Street Community Church in Natick. The church is located alongside the common in Natick Center.
- [Take our 2015 Festival Home with You](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/take-our-2015-festival-home-with-you-2/) - Each year, an independent reading committee selects a vibrant collection of member scripts to be produced in our annual festival. These new short plays include comedies and dramas that directed and performed by local artists, including many from our talented Actors-in-Residence program. In concert with our June, 2015 festival - our 43rd (!) - are thrilled to offer
- [The Playwright's Three P’s - Marketing Wisdom from Pat Gabridge](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/the-playwright-three-ps-marketing-wisdom-from-pat-gabridge/) - “The best thing you can do for your own career is help others.” – Pat Gabridge At our January 25th meeting, Playwrights’ Platform members were treated to a terrific talk and discussion with Boston Playwright, Pat Gabridge, on strategies to more effectively market and promote our work. As highlights, I offer the Playwright’s Three P’s:
- [The Playwrights' Platform "village": keep those comments coming, folks!  ](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/the-playwrights-platform-village-keep-those-comments-coming-folks/) - I know there are playwrights who want only general, not specific, comments on their plays. But I'm not one of them. I've read three full-length plays at the Playwrights' Platform meetings over the past year and the feedback from the other playwrights and actors has been tremendously helpful. Each play was read in two readings.
- [Keep Your Eyes and Ears Open](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/keep-your-eyes-and-ears-open-3/) - My 10-minute play, The Eulogy, which will be read this Sunday at Playwrights' Platform, is a perfect example of how inspiration can come from anywhere at any time — so you need to keep your eyes and ears open. I often make little notes about things I’ve seen or bits of conversation I’ve heard or
- [Scott Welty / Resident Photographer](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/scott-welty-resident-photographer-secretary/) - If there is one through line in Scott Welty's life it is playwriting. From the time his parent's trundled him off to Lakewood Little Theatre's Children's Theatre and up to the present Scott has been writing plays. While in his teens, from his scenario, Scott co-wrote with Ed Dee and Cathy Theobald the children's play
- [Pam Newton's new play](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/1222/) - Dear George, I am embedding my newsletter regarding a full performance of the play I started at Playwright's platform. It was called "Sassy" when I had a couple of readings with all of you, and the name has changed to Songs From the Moon. Here is the information with the most recent information. Thanks and
- [“Never Give Up Your Vision”: An Interview with George Smart](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/never-give-up-your-vision-an-interview-with-george-smart/) - Note: George Smart served as president of Playwrights’ Platform from September 2010 to September 2014. As he prepares to transition out of that role, he agreed to share his thoughts on his work, Playwrights’ Platform, and the challenge of writing for the stage. How long have you been a playwright? I took my first (and
- [The Art of Saying No](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/the-art-of-saying-no/) - The no thank you note said other things too. But two words stood apart: “Please refrain.” “In the future, please refrain from submitting your work...” was their fuller context. Over the years I have been writing and submitting plays, I have received a few memorable replies beginning, “Congratulations!” Most, however, say, in so many words,
- [Mr Teddy (not a children's story)](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/mr-teddy-not-a-childrens-story/) - Just a reminder that my play has three more performances June 12,13 and 15. Hope to see some of you there. It's a great cast and an enjoyable theater experience.
- [Caution! Therapy in Progress!](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/caution-therapy-in-progress/) - In the summer of 2012, a New York Times cover photo caught my eye. It was of a lecture hall full of grey haired men women, all smiling, laughing, and raising their arms in giddy triumph. The accompanying article, "Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe" was about something called the Large Hadron Collider,
- [Great Beginnings](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/great-beginnings/) - What makes the beginnings of great plays great? What gets audiences leaning in from the moment lights go up? What keeps that theatre literary manager (or intern) from putting your script down after they draw it from the slush pile? Last Sunday, a dozen Playwrights’ Platform members explored these questions in a workshop with Kate
- [Dan Bancroft new plays](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/dan-bancroft-new-plays/) - Some good news. The one-act we read at PP in the fall was accepted to the 2014 Arundel Festival in sunny England! It was also accepted to the Last Frontier theater Conference in Valdez Alaska, but I'm not able to attend. See you Sunday. Dan Bancroft
- [Hortenese Directs Proof](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/hortenese-directs-proof/) - Greetings, Fellow Survivors of Winter 2014, I trust this finds you well and looking forward to warmer days, as surely am I. I've been working with four talented student actors in a production of PROOF by David Auburn. Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play Here's a description of the
- [Check out new Gallery Pages](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/check-out-new-gallery-pages/) - Historical documents from the Playwrights Platform past courtesy of Geralyn Horton
- [A Playwright’s Guide to Audience Feedback](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/a-playwrights-guide-to-audience-feedback/) - Three keys to gracefully getting what you need (without getting depressed) Whenever I am in the middle of a new project, I can’t help the flights of fancy. I daydream about opening nights, rave reviews, and the answers I’ll give about my inspiration and creative process when I sit for interviews. With that as the
- [New Pictures in Gallery](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/new-pictures-in-gallery/) - Check out pictures from the December 2012 PP Winter Celebration
- [We have a Twitter account](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/we-have-a-twitter-account/) - We already know members can pack a punch in the 10-minute form. How about 140 characters? I am pleased to introduce the Platform's new Twitter profile. For updates about the Platform, member news, and writing opportunities, check it out and follow at: www.twitter.com/PlaywrightsPFM. We are excited to try this out as a profile raiser and
- [Welcome to our new Website](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/welcome-to-our-new-website/) - We are delighted to have our new website up and running. Playwrights may have a problem seeing their profiles for the next week or so as we are working out a bug in the system. Our thanks to Kenyon King who designed the new site to make it easier for everyone to access it and
- [2008 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2008-festival/) - Playwrights' Platform 2008 New Plays Festival! Series A Program: June 12, 13, 14 - Curtain 8PM SHORT CUTS by Christopher L. King A play in which two lady barbers discover that a long friendship is like a long haircut; sometimes you have to just cut it short. POLE DANCING by R. Eliot Ramsay When a man goes
- [2009 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2009-festival/) - Series A – June 11, 12, 13 ENVIA! - At Work & Play Kelly DuMar If you won't tell ENVIA! your zip code, will you at least let her guess? Whether she's auditioning for your show, ringing up your purchase, offering you a free sample of perfume in the mall or a second opinion in
- [2010 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2010-festival-lineup/) - Series A – June 10, 11, 12 Perfect Match Marika Barnett On Speaking Terms G. L. Horton You Don't George Smart The HSP Phyllis Rittner Model Behavior Hortense Gerardo Essence of Oleander in Buttercup Tea Judith Plummer Least of These Chris King Oy Yea, Oy Vey Robert Boulrice Series B – June 17, 18, 19
- [2013 Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/2013-festival-lineup/) - At Boston Playwrights’ Theatre 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02466 (directions) Tickets: $15 ($12 seniors, $10 students) To purchase tickets, visit Boston Playwrights’ Theatre http://www.bu.edu/bpt/ and click the Calendar & Tickets tab, or call 866-811-4111. Series A – June 6, 7, 8 For the Love of Egon Hortense Gerardo Remembering Elizabeth Jack Rushton Where'd You Go Ron Radice Humorless David Susman
- [6th annual SWAN Boston](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/6th-annual-swan-boston/) - - 6th Annual - SWAN Boston 2013 Come out to see the new work of 16 local women artists as we celebrate SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day!!March 16 at 2pm at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre A 2.5 hour program of short plays, poetry, music & words and musical numbers with an exhibit of art. Followed by light refreshments.
- [George Smart has Play at Salem Theatre Company](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/george-smart-has-play-at-salem-theatre-company/) - MOMENTS OF PLAY TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL - July 10 - 14. — with Libby Schap, Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, J Garner Redmond, Robert D. Murphy, Allen Vietzke, Meredith McAlister, Val Cozzens, Gregory Hischak, Emily Grove, Tim Fairley,Jason Schaum, Martyna Majok, Julia Short, George Smart, David Wesson, John Fogle, Andrew Winson, Elizabeth Jelinek,Jamie Wilkinson, andrew ianacci, Mitch Kyle, Emma Cavaliere and Gary LaParl. My Play- Philosophy of Dogs was read at the Platform this season.
- [Ron Radice](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/ron-radice/) - After studying with Neil McKenzie, Obie winner at Bard College, Ron's first play, "Pickpocket", was written in 1969 and produced in Woodstock, NY by the Performing Arts of Woodstock in March 1970. It went on to win awards at various small theater competitive venues. In 1972, the play was produced by the New York Theater
- [Christopher King ](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/christopher-king/) - Chris enjoys finding a home at Playwrights' Platform, where the depth of talent is impressive and the feedback from other playwrights so insightful. Chris began penning plays after college with S.P.A.C. a short play about student protests. For many years his primary scripting was for educational videos and recordings. In the last decade he has taken
- [Ludmila Anselm](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/ludmila-anselm/) - Ludmila Anselm was born in Siberia, where she lived through the war and studied until entering Leningrad State University. She graduated in 1956 and did research in solid state physics for many years until she decided she was more interested in theater than in atoms. She has been living in Boston since 1997. She is
- [Sherry Alpert](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/sherry-alpert/) - Single Again is Sherry Alpert's first play. She took a playwriting course with nationally acclaimed playwright Kirsten Greenidge at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education in Cambridge, MA, and has been working with Greenidge in subsequent revisions. Alpert has also taken several fiction writing courses, including advanced creative writing in the MFA program at Emerson College.
- [Swan Days](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/swan-days/) - 6th Annual Boston SWAN DayS (Support Women Artists Now) Our Voices Festival, March 24, 2012, Regis College Fine Arts Center Black Box Evening of Staged Readings to be held Saturday March 24, 2012, 7:00 p.m., in the Black Box Theatre, Fine Arts Center, Regis College, Weston, MA. This event is FREE and open to the
- [LULU’S LAST RIDE by Ron Radice in Spring Playwrights Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/lulus-last-ride-by-ron-radice-in-spring-playwrights-festival/) - SPRING PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL Friday and Saturday performances at 8PM. Sunday matinees at 2PM. The reading on Saturday the 12th is at 3:30PM. All performances at the Provincetown Theater and call is one-hour before the performance time. Plays for the first weekend May 4-6 Act I MAXWELL By Jody O’Neil Directed by Jody O’Neil POKER NIGHT By
- [Little Left of Centerfest- Don Tongue's Plays](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/little-left-of-centerfest-don-tongues-plays/) - Little Left of Centerfest The plays VOID and School Portrait Monologues, by Platform Playwright, Donald Tongue, will be performed at the Little Left of Centerfest on Thursday May 10th and Friday May 11th at 7pm at the MCC Theatre - Merrimack Building, 5 E. Merrimack St., Lowell, MA.
- [Playwrights Platform on Cable TV](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/playwrights-platform-on-cable-tv/) - Just a quick note to let you know (or remind you) that Scott and I will be appearing this evening on Paul Antokolsky and Leslie Hearn's cable program, Taking Care, in part to promote the Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival. The date for the TV show is Wednesday, May 30th, between 6 and 7pm. Your segment
- [Eric Skoglund in Pajama Game](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/eric-skoglund-in-pajama-game/) - Hey everyone, Here’s your chance to see another show! The Pajama Game is a classic. The characters are fun and the songs catchy. I've got a duet and two solos plus I'm dancing! I hope you can make it. November 16 (Friday) and 17 (Saturday) at 8pm and November 18, 2012 (Sunday) at 2pm. The
- [Lydia McGir in Play](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/lydia-mcgir-in-play/) - Roxbury Repertory Theater Presents The Diary of Anne Frank featuring talkback with Playwright Wendy Kesselman Area Events Cost: $10.00 - Registration is required. $5 for students and seniors. November 02, 2012—08:00 PM to 10:30 PM Roxbury Community College Mainstage, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02120 Playwright Wendy Kesselman's powerful adaptation and an ensemble of diverse actors tell
- [Exploring the Craft and the Mysteries of Playwriting: A Monthly Master Class with Lila Rose Kaplan](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/exploring-the-craft-and-the-mysteries-of-playwriting-a-monthly-master-class-with-lila-rose-kaplan/) - Exploring the Craft and the Mysteries of Playwriting: A Monthly Master Class with Lila Rose Kaplan Nov 15, 2012 : Hi George, I was wondering if you could pass this along to the Playwrights Platform members. There is an interesting workshop class on playwriting being offered at the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, RI (about an
- [March 10 meeting- Kate Snodgras](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/march-10-meeting-kate-snodgras/) - Please join us for an evening with Kate Snodgras from 6:30 to 8:00 at Lasell College in the Winslow Sargent Room 201 on March 10, 2013. Kate is Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights' Theater and a professor of play writing at Boston University as well as the Producer of the Boston Theatre Marathon. She has
- [SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY MARCH 10 AT 7pm](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/save-the-date-sunday-march-10-at-7pm/) - KATE SNODGRAS- BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WILL SPEAK TO THE PLATFORM MEMBERS ON : FULL LENGTH PLAYS AND THE STATE OF THE THEATRE
- [Jack Ruston's Play to be part of the Northern Writes Project](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/jack-rustons-play-to-be-part-of-the-northern-writes-project/) - From PP Member Jack Rushton "NeverLand Station" is one of only three shorts to be included in The Northern Writes Project put on by The Penobscot Theater Co. at The Bangor Opera House. The dates are May 3-5 (see below) and I don't know yet which night the play will be heard, but I'm definitely
- [Platform meeting and Board meeting canceled for 2/24/13](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/288/) - Due to the weather we are canceling todays meeting and Board meeting. Stay warm and dry and we will see you on the 10th
- [Jack Rushton has Remembeing Elizabeth in the BPT](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/jack-rushton-has-remembeing-elizabeth-in-the-bpt/) - I've got some more news to share! My short "Triple Sec" will be at The Manhattan Repertory Theatre (303 West 42nd Street) from May 7-11, taking part in their Spring One Act Competition. "Remembering Elizabeth" is a part of Boston Theater Marathon XV. And, I'm having a show of my work called "Tales of Attraction
- [Jack Rushton has Play in Vermont in August](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/jack-rushton-has-play-in-vermont-in-august/) - Jack Rushton's "My Tea with Cocoa" has been selected for The Vermont Playwright's Circle 6th annual TenFest with performances August 15-19th in Montpelier, VT.
- [Meet & Greet for the Dramatists Guild](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/meet-greet-for-the-dramatists-guild/) - Dear Friends, Hope you're all well and still enjoying summer as am I. Just a heads-up that I'll be hosting a Meet & Greet for the Dramatists Guild at 5:30 PM on Monday, September 16 at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre. (see announcement and details below.) Sorry if you're already a member of the DG and this
- [Pam Newton's Dreamscape Project](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/pam-newtons-dreamscape-project-2/) - Dear Colleagues and Friends, The Dreamscape Project, under my artistic direction, is presenting a staged reading of "Songs From the Moon" on September 19, 2013. This is a collaborative performance piece I have created with composer Chris Renna and with performers Elizabeth Addison, Chien-Hwe Carol Hong, Laura Kessenich, and Wendy Lawson. Aryn Pryor and Taleen

## Pages

- [Keep watch for 2026 updates!](https://playwrightsplatform.org/) - Playwrights’ Platform is a non-profit, Boston-area cooperative of playwrights, directors, and resident actors. Since 1972, Playwrights’ Platform has helped develop new theater by providing a forum to explore the process of creating dramatic work and to present this work in public. Membership provides these benefits: Regularly-scheduled meetings, where you can hear your work - short
- [Resources](https://playwrightsplatform.org/resources/) - Festivals, Contests, and Submission Opportunities 1234 For the Show Notice Board NYCPlaywrights Blog Playwrights' Center of San Francisco Notice Board Playwright Listings Playwrights on the Web Doollee.com: the free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays. Casting Resources New England Casting Publishers Samuel French Stageplays.com Playscripts.com Eldridge Plays & Musicals Writer's Organizations and Business
- [Membership](https://playwrightsplatform.org/join-us/) - Playwrights’ Platform is a non-profit, Boston-area cooperative of playwrights, directors, and residentactors. Membership provides these benefits: Regularly-scheduled meetings, where you can hear your work - short and full-length - performed by actors and receive thoughtful critiques. Support for public-facing play reading events in Boston and surrounding areas. Access to the Actors in Residence program. Ability to
- [Festival](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/) - [Please don't attempt to edit this space, it won't appear anywhere on the site] Festival entries are Posts of the Category type "Festival". https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/ displays the most recent Festival Post, then an archived list of older posts.
- [Calendar](https://playwrightsplatform.org/calendar/) - We are on Zoom - and in person! Calendar to come for 2026.
- [Actors in Residence](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors-in-residence/) - The Playwrights' Platform Actors in Residence (AiR) program is comprised of a troupe of actors dedicated to helping playwrights develop and improve new work. From the Playwrights' Platform website, members can locate the right individual for a role and contact them directly. Actors can be used for both readings and productions outside of Playwrights' Platform.
- [About Us](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/) - Playwrights' Platform is a Boston-based, non-profit cooperative of local - and some remote - playwrights, actors, and directors, dedicated to mutual assistance in the work of developing new plays. Our goals include the following: Help playwrights develop their work in a supportive environment with fellow theater artists. Improve playwrights skill and craft. Provide a place
- [Donating to Playwrights' Platform](https://playwrightsplatform.org/donate/) - Playwrights' Platform is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501c3 organization. Thank you for your support.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/faq/) - What is Playwrights' Platform? What do you do? When do you meet? Where do you meet? What are the benefits of being a member of Playwrights' Platform? When is the festival and where does it take place? Scheduling a reading at Playwrights' Platform. Do you have any submission guidelines? How do I get my play
- [Contact Playwrights' Platform](https://playwrightsplatform.org/contact/) - For information about Playwrights' Platform, including how to attend readings (currently on Zoom and in person at Boston Playwrights' Theatre) and how to become a member, send email to playwrightsplatformboston@gmail.com. Someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
- [Where We Meet](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/meeting-address/) - Playwrights' Platform members meet regularly on Zoom and also in person, at various locations, to read members' plays. Zoom access information (meeting ID and passcode) will be sent to members prior to the reading. Go to Calendar for the currently scheduled meeting times.
- [Board of Directors](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/board-of-directors/) - The Board of Directors functions as the governing body of Playwrights' Platform and consists of the President and members of the Executive Board and the Advisory Board.
- [Mailing Address](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/contact-information/) - To be supplied . . .
- [Success Stories](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/awards-grants-and-future-success/) - We are often asked what happens to a play or a playwright after having a reading at Playwrights' Platform. Awards and grants won by our playwrights include: Finalist, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama Samuel French Short Play Festival IRNE Award, Best New Play Onassis Foundation Award Group Theatre Minority Playwrighting Massachusetts Playwrighting Fellowships Off-off Broadway
- [Books of Festival Plays](https://playwrightsplatform.org/resources/links/) - Books of plays written by members and featured in past Playwrights' Platform festivals are available on Amazon.com. Click on the links below to purchase. 45th Annual Playwrights' Platform Festival 44th Annual Playwrights' Platform Festival 43rd Annual Playwrights' Platform Festival
- [What They're Saying](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/what-theyre-saying-about-us/) - "I'm really impressed with the work of Playwrights' Platform" -- John Guare (The House of Blue Leaves) "I've had a long association with Playwrights' Platform and am aware of no other organization in New England so consistently and enthusiastically devoted to developing, shaping, and presenting new plays." -- A.R. Gurney (former Playwrights' Platform member, The Dining Room,
- [Upload Scripts](https://playwrightsplatform.org/upload-scripts/)
- [Constitution and Bylaws](https://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/constitution-and-bylaws/) - To see the Playwrights' Platform constitution and bylaws, contact a board member.

## Categories

- [News](https://playwrightsplatform.org/news/)
- [List of Actors](https://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/) - The actors listed in the pages below are members of the Playwrights’ Platform Actors in Residence (AiR) program, which is comprised of a troupe of actors who are available to member playwrights for readings and productions. David Beardsley is the director of the AiR program. There are several pages of actors. Use the navigation buttons below the photos to move between pages.
- [Playwrights](https://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/) - Some of our playwright members are shown below.
- [Festival of Member Plays](https://playwrightsplatform.org/festival/) - Playwrights’ Platform presents public festivals of short plays written by members and selected by independent readers. Plays are solicited in the spring and submitted anonymously. Playwrights produce their own plays with the assistance of Playwrights’ Platform, often utilizing the Actors in Residence program.

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