The Theater Project Thinks About...

1st Prize winner of our 2026 Young Playwrights Competition, Emily Ommerborn introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, To Be. Followed by an interview with 3rd place winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger.

Our Audio Engineer was Kevin Carver, the audio description was by Gary Glor, and Our Theme music was by Gail Lou and Demien De Sandies

References:

Hamlet — William Shakespeare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet

Our Town — Thornton Wilder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town

Little Women — Louisa May Alcott; film adaptations discussed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women

Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen; adaptations discussed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice

The Effect of Gamma Rays on-Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds — Paul Zindel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Effect_of_Gamma_Rays_on_Man-in-the-Moon_Marigolds

The Wolves — Sarah DeLappe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolves_(play)

Are the Bennett Girls Okay? — Emily Breeze

https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/are-the-bennet-girls-ok/

Wonder — film directed by Stephen Chbosky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_(film)

Barbie — directed by Greta Gerwig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_(film)

Lady Bird — directed by Greta Gerwig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_(film)

The Virgin Suicides — directed by Sofia Coppola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_Suicides_(film)

David Mamet — playwright, screenwriter, and director

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet

Alexis Kozak — Emily’s playwriting teacher and mentor

https://www.alexiskozak.com/

David Meenan — Emily’s theater coach and a playwright

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-j-v-meenan-840850121

Christopher Corey — Emily’s theater and film mentor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-corey-55175178

Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy

https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson

Middletown High School South

https://south.middletownk12.org/

Playwright Brigid Amos sits down with colleagues Joe Vitale and Martin Coren to discuss their experience with regional productions.

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

References:

Brigid Amos

https://www.brigidamos.com/ 

Joseph Vitale 

https://www.josephvitale.net

Martin Coren

https://newplayexchange.org/users/16460/martin-coren

Mary Ianneli sat down with the General Manager of The Theater Project, Gary Glor, to discuss the challenges and benefits of script-in-hand staged readings. 

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

References:

Bill Mesce

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-mesce-jr-750a6015/

1st place prize winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Gail Drake introduces an audio reading of her award winning play, Buried Treasure. Followed by an interview with 3rd place prize winner of our 2024 Young Playwrights Competition, Jaylen Mingo.

Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy

https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson

Delaware Valley Regional High School

https://www.dvrhs.org

montclair.edu

https://www.montclair.edu › montclair › state

Heathers

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Heathers

Hamilton (musical)

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hamilton_(musical)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Percy_Jackson_&_the...

Dionysus

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dionysus

Pinterest

Pinterest

https://www.pinterest.com

Artist vs. Poet

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Artist_vs

Stick Together

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Stick_Together

Netflix

https://www.netflix.com

CASEY MCQUISTON

caseymcquiston.com

https://www.caseymcquiston.com

Leigh Bardugo - #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Leigh Bardugo

https://www.leighbardugo.com

Maximum Ride

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Maximum_Ride

Marvel.com | The Official Site for Marvel Movies, Characters ...

https://www.marvel.com

Mark Spina sat down with Derek Crosby and Jack McManus to talk about what steps they have taken to create their own opportunities after facing the void out of college.

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

Derek Crosby

https://derekcrosby.squarespace.com/about

Jack McManus

https://newplayexchange.org/users/72403/jack-mcmanus

Young Playwright’s Competition

https://www.thetheaterproject.org/young-playwrights-competition#YoungPlaywrights2025

1319 Press

https://www.1319press.com/

All at Once: 40th Anniversary Remaster

https://newplayexchange.org/script/2039913/all-at-once-40th-anniversary-remaster

The Tank

https://thetanknyc.org/

Producers Club

https://producersclub.com/

Raul Garza

https://newplayexchange.org/users/23270/raul-garza

New Play Exchange

https://newplayexchange.org/get-started

The Ninety-Nine Cent Players

https://ninetyninecentplayers.com/

Giovanna DiSanto

https://www.giovannadisanto.com/

New York State Puppet Festival

https://www.newyorkstatepuppetfestival.org/

Bunraku

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunraku

Alex Church Gonzales

https://www.alexchurchgonzales.com/

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

https://spellingbeenyc.com/

Godspell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godspell

Brigid Amos sits down with David Quang Pham to discuss how he combines his love of musical theater with science to educate and entertain.

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

David Quang Pham is an award-winning songwriter, theatre and filmmaker, recognized for creating musicals that personify science to explore the human condition and social issues. His notable work includes plant-based comedy Turnover: A New Leaf, evolutionary fantasy The Living Fossils, and astrophysics family drama Ellipses. They have been produced Off-Broadway, nationally, and internationally. His talent has been recognized with numerous accolades, including a Working Title Playwrights apprenticeship, Playwrights Foundation fellowship, 2024 Great Performances Fellowship Award, and appearance at the 78th Tony Awards on CBS. Be up to lightspeed at science.studio and @ScienceTheatre

Tour (2019): A musical revolving around subatomic educators competing in an academic accelerator. It was a finalist at the 2019 Downtown Urban Arts Festival.

Turnover: A New Leaf is an award-winning plant-based musical by David Quang Pham that follows Vietnamese cilantro Rau Ram trying to earn a green card while running a salon and raising her son, Parsley, in "Dirty City". The story, inspired by Pham's childhood, explores immigrant assimilation, queer identity, and photosynthesis through a comedic, dramatic lens.

Aliyah Curry

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8550270/

Dr Quincy Thomas

https://www.queertk.org/bios/dr.-quincy-thomas

Queer Theatre Kalamazoo

https://www.queertk.org/

Janelle Lawrence

janellelawrence.com

Gonzalo Valencia Pena

http://www.gonzalovalencia.com/

Cải Lương is a form of modern folk opera that originated in southern Vietnam in the early 20th century. Often translated as "reformed theater" or "renovated theater," it represents a cultural fusion that combines traditional Vietnamese music and folk songs with Western stage techniques and modern spoken drama.

Today TTP is thinking about...up and coming playwrights.  Prize winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, College. Followed by an interview with past honoree, Jaylen Mingo.

3rd Place Prize winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, College. Followed by an interview with former prize winner, Jaylen Mingo.

Our Audio Engineer was Kevin Carver, audio description provided by Gary Glor and Our Theme music was by Gail Lou and Demien De Sandies

Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy

https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson

Kean University: Home

Kean University

https://www.kean.edu

Five Nights at Freddy's

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Five_Nights_at_Freddy's

Montclair State University

Montclair State University

https://www.montclair.edu

New Jersey Fencing Alliance

New Jersey Fencing Alliance

https://www.njfencingalliance.com

The Simpsons

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Simpsons

Marvel.com | The Official Site for Marvel Movies, Characters ...

Marvel.com

https://www.marvel.com

Spider-Man : Earth Infinite

Rebirth Productions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrEd0n_8fYU

The Office (American TV series)

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Office_(America...

The Good Place

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Good_Place

Starbucks Coffee Company

Starbucks Coffee

https://www.starbucks.com

Russ Columbo

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Russ_Columbo

Quentin Tarantino

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Quentin_Tarantino

Arthur Miller

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Arthur_Miller

Angels in America

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Angels_in_America

Tennessee Williams

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tennessee_Williams

Elizabeth Olsen

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Elizabeth_Olsen

Daniel Radcliffe

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Daniel_Radcliffe

Mary Iannelli sits down with Playwright and Screenwriter, Sarah Congress to discuss the role of the script doctor.  What do they do?  What value do they add to a project, the skills needed to do the job and the pitfalls you may encounter.

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

Sarah Congress

https://sarahcongress.com/

Playwrights Horizons

https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/

Downtown Urban Arts Festival

https://www.duafnyc.com/

Jersey Shore Film Festival

https://jerseyshorefilmfestival.com/

Nabisar Films

https://www.nabisarfilmsus.com/

SUNY Purchase College

https://www.purchase.edu/

Caryn Whitman

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/caryn-whitman

Vasana Ventures

https://vasanaventures.com/

"Delulu" by Sarah Congress

This play was a semifinalist in a new play festival and was scheduled for a reading in October 2025. Sarah Congress is a playwright and script doctor, but her professional websites and social media do not offer the full script for public access. It is a new work still in the process of development and production.

Centre Stage

https://centrestage.org/

Actors Guild 

https://www.actorsguild.org/

Ego Actus

https://egoactus.com/

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

Mark Spina

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-spina/

Harry Patrick Christian

https://www.facebook.com/harry.p.christian.3/#

Pushcart Players

https://pushcartplayers.org/

Ruth Fost

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-fost-617a2111/

Turrell Fund

https://www.turrellfund.org/

Lenny Vega

Website (without actual link)

Viola Spolin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Spolin

A Cracked Christmas Carol, a radio play, was one of the first virtual productions produced by The Theater Project during the pandemic.  We invite you to enjoy listening to the show as a podcast or watching it on our website. To view it, go to:  www.TheTheaterProject.org/Podcast



Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

Lionel Barrymore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Barrymore

The Vienna Boys Choir

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Boys%27_Choir

David Alberts (Playwright)

https://www.playscripts.com/playwrights/bios/1405

Gruel Recipe:  

• 2 tablespoons ground oats (Scottish or steel-cut work well), 
• 1 cup water or milk,
•  pinch of salt. 
• Optional: sugar, cream, cinnamon, or a splash of brandy for flavor.

Instructions:

• Rub the oats with a little cold water to make a paste.
• Bring the remaining water or milk to a boil in a small pot.
• Stir in the oat paste and a pinch of salt.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes, or until it reaches the desired consistency.
• Season to taste with any optional ingredients.

Gary Glor (Actor)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-glor/

Terri Sturtevant (Actor) 

https://www.facebook.com/terri.sturtevant/

Ilana Beth Schimmel (Actor)

https://www.ilanaschimmel.com

Lili Summer (Stage Manager)

https://www.facebook.com/lili.summer.14/

Andrew Falcon (Video Editor)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-falcon-b26b54132/