Emerging Playwrights Program: Season 2
The Attic's Emerging Playwrights Program produces three staged readings of unpublished plays by emerging playwrights each season. We seek to collaborate with writers that demonstrate rigorous commitment to their craft, and cultivate the American classics of tomorrow. Our primary goal is to give writers the chance to hear their work aloud, read by professional actors and matched with directors we believe will further the development of the piece. Previous writers have included Jonathan Larson Grant Award Winners, graduates from acclaimed MFA programs, writers for The Daily Show, and many other talented artists. All EPP works are considered for both workshops and full productions with The Attic.
Confessions of an Eighth Grade Nobody by Christopher Dimond
Directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
Presented at The Button Theater, October 6, 2011
Featuring Liam Rhodes, Phoebe Strole, Michael Wieser, Jeff Omura, Ted Caine, Gabriel King, and Monica Hammond
Christopher Dimond is perhaps best known for his work with composer Michael Kooman, with whom he received a 2010 Jonathan Larson Grant. The duo's works, which include Dani Girl, Homemade Fusion, and Golden Gate, have been developed and produced at institutions such as the Kennedy Center, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and American Conservatory Theatre. Their debut album, Out of Our Heads, is available on iTunes. Chris's short film Flour Baby will premiere this fall. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.
Presented at The Button Theater, October 6, 2011
Featuring Liam Rhodes, Phoebe Strole, Michael Wieser, Jeff Omura, Ted Caine, Gabriel King, and Monica Hammond
Christopher Dimond is perhaps best known for his work with composer Michael Kooman, with whom he received a 2010 Jonathan Larson Grant. The duo's works, which include Dani Girl, Homemade Fusion, and Golden Gate, have been developed and produced at institutions such as the Kennedy Center, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and American Conservatory Theatre. Their debut album, Out of Our Heads, is available on iTunes. Chris's short film Flour Baby will premiere this fall. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.
Commandments by Matthew George
Directed by Laura Savia
Presented at The Directors' Company, November 14, 2011
Featuring Carrie Heitman, Kathryn J Kates, Joanna Simmons, Sam Gooley, and Ted Caine
Matthew George is a recent graduate from Yale University with a B.A. in American Studies. At Yale, Matthew studied under Donald Margulies, Paula Vogel, Deb Margolin and many others. His play Cow Play was performed at the 2011 NY Fringe Festival and was runner-up for the National Student Playwriting Award for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, which included a two-week stay at the O’Neill Center in Waterford, CT. He also co-wrote and performed in the original musical extravaganza Cold Turkey, which was seen in Ars Nova’s 2010 ANT Fest. This past summer he was a member of the Core Company at the Orchard Project, a summer theater workshop run by The Exchange. Commandments was originally part of the Yale Playwriting Festival and received third place in the Fourth Annual Texas Playwriting Contest held by Stage West.
Presented at The Directors' Company, November 14, 2011
Featuring Carrie Heitman, Kathryn J Kates, Joanna Simmons, Sam Gooley, and Ted Caine
Matthew George is a recent graduate from Yale University with a B.A. in American Studies. At Yale, Matthew studied under Donald Margulies, Paula Vogel, Deb Margolin and many others. His play Cow Play was performed at the 2011 NY Fringe Festival and was runner-up for the National Student Playwriting Award for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, which included a two-week stay at the O’Neill Center in Waterford, CT. He also co-wrote and performed in the original musical extravaganza Cold Turkey, which was seen in Ars Nova’s 2010 ANT Fest. This past summer he was a member of the Core Company at the Orchard Project, a summer theater workshop run by The Exchange. Commandments was originally part of the Yale Playwriting Festival and received third place in the Fourth Annual Texas Playwriting Contest held by Stage West.
Real Girls Can't Win by Merri Biechler
Directed by Kimberley Faith Hickman
Presented at Atlantic Theater Company's Studio, December 1, 2011
Featuring Gina Marie Jamieson, Monica Hammond, Jaselyn Blanchard, Jessica Rothenberg, Nissa Perrott and Lucy Sheftall
Merri Biechler (playwright) received her MFA in playwriting from Ohio University. Her plays include Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver (Finalist, Princess Grace Award; Winner, Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award; Finalist, Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition; Participant, WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory; Readings in NYC, Atlanta, New Orleans, Jacksonville and throughout Ohio; recipient of over $40,000 in grants to develop the play as a teaching tool for medical students); Bombs, Babes and Bingo (Semi-finalist, P73 Playwriting Fellowship; Finalist, Clubbed Thumb Theater Biennial commission); Occupation (Finalist, Perishable Theatre's International Women's Playwriting Festival); Real Girls Can'tWin! (Nominee, Stavis Playwriting Award); Dolley Madison and the Secret History Club (Kennedy Center/White House Historical Association commission); and The Bathtub Play (Winner, Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award). She worked at ABC Television for three years writing scripts and treatments for their Movie-of-the-Week division.
Presented at Atlantic Theater Company's Studio, December 1, 2011
Featuring Gina Marie Jamieson, Monica Hammond, Jaselyn Blanchard, Jessica Rothenberg, Nissa Perrott and Lucy Sheftall
Merri Biechler (playwright) received her MFA in playwriting from Ohio University. Her plays include Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver (Finalist, Princess Grace Award; Winner, Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award; Finalist, Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition; Participant, WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory; Readings in NYC, Atlanta, New Orleans, Jacksonville and throughout Ohio; recipient of over $40,000 in grants to develop the play as a teaching tool for medical students); Bombs, Babes and Bingo (Semi-finalist, P73 Playwriting Fellowship; Finalist, Clubbed Thumb Theater Biennial commission); Occupation (Finalist, Perishable Theatre's International Women's Playwriting Festival); Real Girls Can'tWin! (Nominee, Stavis Playwriting Award); Dolley Madison and the Secret History Club (Kennedy Center/White House Historical Association commission); and The Bathtub Play (Winner, Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award). She worked at ABC Television for three years writing scripts and treatments for their Movie-of-the-Week division.
