Right To Play

Gina and Ashley are BACK BABY!  Today they're going to talk about what theatre has looked like in self-isolation!  Zoom Plays, pre-recorded theatre, and evaluating what theatre should be when we can come back to shows IRL.  

NELSON DIAZ-MARCANO (PLAYWRIGHT) is a Puerto Rican playwright based in New York City. Nelson is a 2020/21 Sloan Commission recipient. His play Rabiosa was one of the winners at the distinguished Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival and will be published later in the year. Other awards include Outstanding Play at the Fresh Fruit Festival for The Diplomats (now published by OWP) and Best Play at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2016 for his play Radical. Other recent credits include: “Into The River I Went” (Troy Foundry Theatre Company,) “Revolt” (World Premiere - Vision Latino Theatre Company,) “El Yunque in English” (Fresh Fruit Festival 2018,) “Paper Towels” (The Brick, EAT New Work Series,) “Promised Lands” (Stable Cable Lab Co’s,) and “Prison Song” (Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2013.) Nelson's main artistic mission is to raise awareness about the contrasting cultures that form the communities of this nation and in doing so, explore how they all fit together in the American experiment.

Nelson's website is here: ndmstrikes.com

Nelson's NPX Page is here: https://newplayexchange.org/users/10377/nelson-diaz-marcano

Ashley sits down with Al and Iyvon of The Parsnip Ship: https://www.theparsnipship.com/!

They chat about how TPS got started, what theatre in the digital age looks like, and how can playwrights write for audio-focused products at this time and beyond!  Gina and Ashley are both Parsnip Ship alums, with Gina's The Mermaid's Parade and Ashley's The Last Ring having been adapted for their format, and Gina is currently a part of their Radio Roots Writers' Group to create new original content for TPS!

Ashley's play The Last Ring will also be receiving a live-stream listening part TONIGHT at 8PM on Facebook live!

The Parsnip Ship is currently seeking applications for pieces by writers who identify as Queer!  

Ashley met and shared a story-telling event with Greg at a Steampunk convention in Detroit MI.  Greg Pizzino is a multi-talented theatre artist originally from Dearborn, Michigan, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University and a certification from the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan. As The Neighborhood Theatre Group’s Technical Director, he successfully built the set for A.M. Dean’s original musical Dispatches from the Dumb Decade which included two revolving platforms and several other large moving set pieces. He has also constructed storage units for our stage lights and cables and is responsible for our technical production inventory. On the NTG stage, Greg has appeared in Black Cat Cabaret and as Bud Steeves in Cryptic. His first one-act play, Whatever Happened to Captain Future? was performed as a staged reading in December 2018. Fun Fact about Greg – In addition to performing with Neighborhood Theater Group, Greg also hosts the bizarre film podcast Cinema Guano (available on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify).

Gina and Ashley talk about some of their favorite writers, imposter syndrome, and whether it's OK to sound like your favorite writers...

Ashley sits down with Janelle Zapata Castellano, co-founder/Artistic Director of Step 1 Theatre Project, and the director of Mahogany Brown and the Case of the Disappearing Kid by Gina Femia!

http://bit.ly/MahoganyBrown for tickets!

Ashley and Gina talk about Playwrights and royalties

Gina and Ashley couldn't POSSIBLY define all of independent theatre, could they?!  Of course not... BUT they do sit down and chat about what indie theatre means to them and their experiences within the indie theatre community.

For more information about SCOWL: Laddermageddon, click the link or visit SCOWLFight.com

Come see the recording of Ashley's play "The Last Ring" presented by The Parsnip Ship for FREE in Brooklyn

Ashley and Gina talk about write for combat and movement-based theatre! 

(Episode Image of Ashley and Rachel Weekley taken by Aliyah Hakim from SCOWL: Fight For Your Rights dir. by David Charles) 

For more information about SCOWL: Laddermageddon, click the link or visit SCOWLFight.com 

For More Information about "For The Love Of" in New York City visit Takes Chops Productions' Website. 

Come see the recording of Ashley's play "The Last Ring" presented by The Parsnip Ship for FREE in