Maureen McGranaghan (Playwright, Tenderness) Tenderness is a play about a young woman who wakes up to see her one-night stand trying to slip out the door. Maureen is intrigued by the subtleties and paradoxes of intimacy. She believes that is why, time after time, she has returned to Tenderness. The original scraps of dialogue have [...]

Marisa Smith (Playwright, Total Expression) Total Expression is a play about an American woman getting some very surprising advice from a young Russian model named Katerina. Total Expression was inspired by real events, in particular, by an evening spent talking with a real Katerina who “left a big impression on me and made me realize [...]

Laura Shaine Cunningham (Playwright, Fugu) Fugu is about two couples who have an ongoing culinary rivalry. Over the years it has turned from a fun get-together into a vicious battle over who can prepare the most obscure haute gourmet dinner. Fugu is brand new. I am just finishing a full length play called BITE - [...]

Jacqueline Goldfinger (Playwright, Lannie’s Lament) Lannie’s Lament is a Southern Gothic tale about Little Lannie and her grandfather’s funeral. When Jacqueline was younger she can remember being at her grandfather’s funeral. Her mother took her to see the body before it was cremated and that made a lasting impression on her. She was “totally freaked out [...]

Mikhail Horowitz (Playwright, The Story) The Story is an absurdist play about two men who are stuck in a cave, while telling a story about two men who are stuck in a cave. When asked where the idea came from, Mikhail thought back to a rainy day last spring when he was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic [...]

Sara Cooper (Playwright, Things I Left On Long Island) Things I Left On Long Island is a play about three generations of women trying to find a deeper connection to each other and family. This play is actually a 10-minute version of a full length play by the same title. Sara won a 2012 grant from [...]