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You don’t have to do anything was mentioned in the NY Times as a bright spot in ny theater! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/theater/off-broadway-oh-mary-eddie-izzard.html
YOU DON’t have to do anything had some recent features in Playbill and The Daily Beast
We opened! some really great reviews from THE NEW YORKER , Vulture , Theater Mania, Theater Scene and Lighting & Sound America
Tickets are now Available for You don’t have to do anything: purchase here
https://here.org/shows/you-dont-have-to-do-anything/
You don’t have to do anything will have its world premiere production presented by Will Arbery at Here Arts Center feb 9-23. Learn more here:
https://playbill.com/article/ryan-drakes-you-dont-have-to-do-anything-will-premiere-at-nycs-here
BIG FEELINGS will have 15 min shown as part of The Brick’s Quick + Dirty
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING was awarded an Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant
COURTSHIP will have a reading at New York Theater Workshop as part of their Mondays @ 3 on May 22nd
SCHEMERS will have a workshop at The Brick Aux in July
COURTSHIP had a weeklong movement workshop at Mercury Store directed by Ryan Dobrin w/ Carsen Joenk doing sound design and Carina Goebelbecker doing Movement/Choreography
Tickets are on sale for YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING: BUY THEM HERE: http://irttheater.org/3b-development-series/you-dont-have-to-do-anything/
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING will have a workshop production directed by Ryan Dobrin as part of IRT Theater’s 3B Residency Oct 13-16.
here’s a link to sign up for updates: https://youdonthavetodoanything.splashthat.com/
SCHEMERS was a finalist for the 2022 Playwrights’ Center Core Apprentice Program
HOMESICK was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2022 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
you don’t have to do anything is getting a workshop directed by Ryan Dobrin at Mercury Store
HOMESICK is currently a semi-finalist for the 2022 Premiere Stages Play Festival. 35 of 655 submissions were chosen!
HOMESICK was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2022 Bay Area Playwrights Festival
I Was identified as a semi-finalist for the 2022 Ars Nova Play Group
I’ve been selected as one of 10 Semi-Finalists for the 2022 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship!
I have been commissioned by Ethical Culture Fieldston School to write their Fall Drama, which will be happening in October
I’m an Adjunct Professor at Hunter College this fall semester, teaching "Advanced Playwriting” to the undergraduates!
you don’t have to do anything was a Semi-Finalist for the 2021 Princess Grace Playwriting Award
I signed with Brandy Rivers at Industry Entertainment for TV/FIlm Management. Yay!
I was the recipient of Hunter College’s Rita & Burton Goldberg Playwriting Prize for my play HOMESICK, OR SACRED HETEROSEXUAL SPACES!
HOMESICK was a Finalist for the Playwrights’ Center Core Apprentice Program
I graduated from Hunter College with my MFA in Playwriting!
My thesis play HOMESICK will have a workshop as part of the 2021 Hunter MFA Playwriting Festival directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar. Cast Included: Maryann Plunkett, Jay O Sanders, Keilly McQuail, Yaron Lotan, Heidi Armbruster, Alex Gibson, and David T Patterson. May 4th at 4pm, streaming for the following 4 days!
Courtship was a Semi-Finalist at the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival
My online production of my commission from Ethical Culture Fieldston School “worst life I ever lived” will be presented Nov 13th at 7:30 https://youtu.be/dkg219DIJU4 and Nov 14th at 7:30pm https://youtu.be/99KdPhVZof8
As part of Hunter College’s Roundtable Reading series, I will be presenting Homesick Directed by Annie Tippe on December 9th. Cast Included: Ethan Dubin, Christine Woods, Annie McNamara, Tom Riis Farrell, Alex Gibson, RJ Hatanaka, and Keliher Walsh
Table Work Press put Roller Dynasty on their list of 2020 Top 13 Recommended Plays! “Roller Dynasty” was selected from 880 Submissions
I’ve been commissioned by Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York to write a one act for their Studio Theater Series that will be performed on zoom in early November
“Hey You Never Asked How I Died”, the short film I wrote & directed, was accepted into The Oregon Short Film Festival & The Adirondack Film Festival
I’ll be having a workshop reading of you don’t have to do anything directed by Jake Beckhard on June 30th via zoom. Cast Included: Fernando Gonzalez, Alex Kramer, Gabby Beans, Matt Stango, & Vince Ryne
I’ll be presenting my new play Courtship as my Roundtable Reading in celebration of finishing my first year at Hunter’s MFA Program on Friday, April 24th at 3pm at the Baker Building Library
I’m directing a short film I wrote ‘Hey, You Never Asked How I Died?” this upcoming weekend upstate!
I’ve been accepted into Hunter College’s Playwriting MFA Program and I’ll be attending this Fall!
‘Fresh Apron’, a comedic short I directed, will be screened at Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival
Get Tix HERE: http://ironmulefest.com/ROLLER DYNASTY is having its WEST COAST PREMIERE at The Actor’s Company Theater in Los Angeles, CA. March 28-30, April 4-6, 11-13
Directed by Emma Pasarow. Tickets can be found here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4093627ROLLER DYNASTY was featured on both KTLA and ABC7 news. Clip for ABC7 news attached:
https://abc7.com/entertainment/college-friends-skate-across-the-stage-in-new-play-roller-dynasty/5246010/