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First Flight New Works Showcase
April 2025 (2nd Annual) — hosted by Teatro LATEA
A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH
by Erica Smith
directed by Julie Sandler
stage manager Joñi Chao Honeywell
Kaleb Baker — MICHAEL CASSIDY
Emily Hernandez — HONEYBEE CASSIDY
Krystal Ejesieme — SAYER​​
HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS
by Lindsey Walko
directed by Felicity Winter
stage manager Hope Phillips
Celeste Samson — SCOTT
Rachel Smith — KATHY
Moira McAuliffe — OLIVIA
Will Tway — JACKSON
Mary Brownlee — PRINCIPAL O'CONNORS / JANITOR
Malaika Tinashe — PLAYWRIGHT
NIGHTMARES SPRING FROM AMERICAN DREAMS
by Kathryn Ryan
directed by Alyssa Bernstein
stage manager Joñi Chao Honeywell
Zoe Donovan — JENNIFER
Will Tway — MARLOWE
DOWNWARD MOBILITY
by Dylan Gottlieb
directed by Téa Einarsen
stage manager Emma McGlashen
Sara Rosenthal — ELDER SIBLING
Chris Marzulla — YOUNGER SIBLING
producers: Emily Spence, Sal Ray Rubio, Alysia Homminga
lighting design: Z Cameron
sound design / technician: Colin Rankin
summer development series
2024 Workshop: let's talk about anything else
by Anthony Anello
Directed by Dennis Corsi, hosted by Playwrights Downtown
FEATURING
ROSALIE — Posie Lewis
WES — Jared Youmans
PINE — Patrick Daly
ENDA — Spencer Petro
CHARLEY — Rachael Chau
BECK — Sophia Carlin
MEG — Caroline Portante
A group of friends escape to the Berkshires for a week-long getaway, almost a year after one of their member's untimely passing. A play about bugs, strangers in the woods, and the unrelenting grasp of guilt.​
2024 Workshop: you are seen
by Bella Anaya Hathorne
Directed by Emma McGlashen, Hosted by Studio 45
FEATURING
LACI — Jill Zmolek
KENZO — Emma Spencer
NIAMH — Malaika Tinashe
RILEY — Anna Aubry
SOFIA — Sara Rosenthal
AMBER — Siah Harrell
A support group of high-achieving young women blur the line between found family and something darker as they strive for academic and personal perfection.​
2024 Workshop: Yes, But I Have To
by Addison Janney
Directed by Colin Rankin, Hosted by Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse
FEATURING
GRAFTON — Wander Boesjes
EMILY — Julie Sandler
GIRL — Shea Sprague
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Something has gone horribly wrong. We know only that there has been fear and travel and loneliness and death and now winter. But it is enough to understand that Emily and Grafton, a young couple temporarily stranded in a cabin in the mountains, are in the process of being distilled down to their barest selves.
Fishtown
by Michael Quinn
Workshop @ Under St. Marks, 2024
BOBBY — Augustus Childres
LENA — Kate Goorland
A powerful new drama-comedy by playwright Michael Quinn. Bobby O’Neill—a recovering heroin addict turned antiques collector—skips the O’Neill family Thanksgiving dinner. His sister Lena comes to find him at his apartment, hoping to fix the distance between them, and quickly learns that it was more than addiction that drove them apart.
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Followed by a short panel on opioid addiction in NYC, featuring representatives from The Bridge and Project Renewal.
Footage by Owen Engesser
First Flight Showcase of New Works
The Tank NYC, 2024
Many thanks to The Tank, a New York City home for emerging artists!
ABBIE'S MOM HAS CANCER
by Colette Weber Shaw
directed by Emily Spence
BEHIND THE SMILE
by Skyler Tarnas
directed by Jayda Jones
MISSED DISCONNECTIONS
by Samara Siskind
directed by Shenuque Tissera
A PLAY IN WHICH I USE 44 SCENES TO GET ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE
by Paige Esterly
directed by Francesca Volpe
2023 Mainstage
Diana Son's Stop Kiss
Produced in Partnership with: The Audre Lorde Project + The Lesbian Herstory Archives
New Voices Showcase, 2023
Photography by Matthew Kipnis
Hosted by Teatro LATEA & The Clemente Center
Charlie by Beth Polsky
Directed by Evan Rosen
featuring: Wander Boesjes, Sam Poznak, Nicole Catania, & Katrina Dykstra
The Do-Gooders by Jessica Moss
Directed by Emma McGlashen
featuring: Dylan Murphy, Kristiana Priscantelli, Kim Ivy Fuller, & Glenn Miller
House of the Holy Moment by Cary Pepper
Directed by Emma McGlashen
featuring: Stefanie Sambrano, Manami Maxted, Shenuque Tissera
Lemon Boy by Evan Rosen
Directed by Evan Rosen
featuring: Nicole Catania, Wander Boesjes, Jessica Miller, Henry Trueheart, Emily Spence, and Evan Rosen
Rubies Don't Bleed by Matt and Ariel Sanders
Directed by Emma McGlashen
featuring: Katrina Dykstra, Colin White, and Mason Van Gieson