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Playwrights' Platform is a not-for-profit cooperative organization of playwrights based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The organization has been in existence since 1973 and is "the most established and longest-lived playwrights' group in the area". [1] It was founded by writers Steven Lydenberg, Allen Sternfield, and Saul Zachary. [2]
During the summer of 2020, the company furloughed 46 staff members, laid off 11 people, and eliminated positions. [7] In July, 2020, the company launched a series of miniature audioplays, collectively known as "Dream Boston," challenging local playwrights "to imagine favorite locations, landmarks, and their friends in a future Boston." Critics ...
David McLaughlin is an American writer, director and producer best known for co-writing the 1998 dramatic film Southie. [1] [2] In 2006 he directed, wrote and produced the independent feature On Broadway. [3] It was based on his upbringing in a neighborhood of Boston and drew from his past experience as a playwright. [4]
The Gustin Gang was one of the earliest Irish-American gangs to emerge during the Prohibition era and dominate Boston's underworld during the 1920s. The name "Gustin Gang" came from a street in South Boston ("Southie"), which was off of Old Colony Avenue, not from the name of any "members."
John Shea (born February 10, 1964, in Somerville, Massachusetts) is an American playwright. [1] [2] Most of his plays are set in his hometown of Somerville, an old industrial suburb of Boston which has gentrified rapidly in the early 21st century. [3]
April 15-May 7, 2011 at the Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre. New England Premier. Fringe Wars; Learn to be Latina, by Enrique Urueta, directed by Greg Maraio. May 14-June 5, 2011 at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre. The Mountain Song, by PigPen Theatre Co. June 10–25, 2011 at the Calderwood Pavilion, Hall A. A representation of ...
David Lindsay-Abaire (né Abaire; born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations.
Kate Snodgrass is an American theater director and playwright. She was the artistic director of Boston Playwrights' Theatre until 2022. [1] [2] [3] She is a professor of the practice of playwriting in the English Department of Boston University. [4] Snodgrass won the 2012 Elliot Norton Award for Excellence. [5]