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There Are Currently 247 Plays Published on Indie Theater Now

nyte small press — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:10:00 +0000

Here’s a continuation of the list of the plays and playwrights published in our anthologies and now on Indie Theater Now. From our newest book, Plays and Playwrights 2011 we have Amy E. Whiting’s G.I. Joe Jared, Based on One Really Bad Date. After we published Amy’s play, she took it to Edinburgh where it had a great reception. Next she put it up on Indie Theater Now where you can read it for as little as $1.29.

And here are some more Plays and Playwrights alumni with plays we published plus other of their plays we are now publishing for your enjoyment:

Jeff Cohen (Playing with Canons): The Soap Myth, Men of Clay, Man who ate Michael Rockefeller

Edmund De Santis (P&P 2001, 2002): Making Peter Pope, The Language of Kisses

Manuel Igrejas (P&P 2011): Sylvia and Hassan, Miss Mary Dugan

Rob Reese (P&P 2004): Survivor: Vietnam!, Frankenstein

Kelly McAllister (P&P 2006): Burning the Old Man

John Clancy (Playing with Canons): Captain Overlord’s Folly

Chris Harcum (P&P 2009): Green

Daniel Reitz (P&P 2009): Fall Forward, Three Sisters, Rules of the Universe

Ken Urban (P&P 2002): The Private Lives of Eskimos, The Female Terrorist Project

Julia Lee Barclay (P&P 2001): The Jesus Factor, Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!, Besides, you lose your soul

Frank Cwiklik (P&P 2004): Sugar Baby

Tim Errickson (P&P 2011): Endless Summer Nights

Eric Bland (P&P 2009): Jeannine’s Abortion: A Play in One Trimester

Burning the Old Man Screenplay Reading

nyte small press — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:18:23 +0000

This item from Kelly McAllister

The Harvardwood Actors’ Program, in association with the American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University Alumni Association will present a reading of Kelly McAllister’s screenplay Burning Man.

Photograph ©GretjenHelene.com
Burning Man photography provided by Gretjen Helene <www.gretjenhelene.com/burningman>

Photograph ©GretjenHelene.com
Burning Man photography provided by Gretjen Helene <www.gretjenhelene.com/burningman>
Monday November 14th
6:00 PM (reading will start promptly at 6:00 – please arrive a little early to grab a drink and find a seat)
Solas Bar
2nd floor seating area – no elevator access
232 E 9th St
Free admission
No reservations needed, seating is first come first serve on the upper level.
Trying to fulfill their father’s dying wish of having his ashes scattered at the Burning Man festival, two brothers who can’t stand each other find themselves stranded in the middle of the Nevada Desert. They have no money, no car, and only 24 hours before the festival ends. An epic story about two not-so-epic lives
*Christian Grunnah – MARTY
*Paul Murillo – BOBBY
*Rebecca West – JO
*Anna Rahn – CANDY
*Jason Beaubien – EARTH
*Tim Eliot – EDDY / THE OLD MAN
*Doug Chapman – LIQUOR STORE CLERK, GAS STATION ATTENDANT & BIKER DUDE
*Chudney Sykes – LADY BARFLY, Stage Directions
All actors are alumni from the American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre Institute at Harvard MFA program.

Kelly’s play is now available on Indie Theater Now.

Now We Are Up to 177 Plays on Indie Theater Now

nyte small press — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:02:20 +0000

Here’s a continuation of the list of the plays and playwrights published in our anthologies and now on Indie Theater Now. Most recently we put up three plays by Chiori Miyagawa including one we originally published in Plays and Playwrights 2002 – Woman Killer. Since that first meeting with Chiori we have seen just about all her subsequent work and she is a fascinating, intelligent writer. Her work always makes you think. Check out two of these later pieces, I Have Been to Hiroshima Mon Amour and Broken Morning.

And here are some more Plays and Playwrights alumni:

Elena Hartwell (2008) In Our Name, A Strange Disappearance of Bees

Kelly McAllister (2003) Last Call, Muse of Fire, Some Unfortunate Hour

Stan Richardson (2007) Another Brief Encounter, To Be Made Flesh Again

Adrian Rodriguez (2001) Cuban Operator Please…, Dismiss All the Poets, Mo(u)rning

Stephen Svoboda (2005) Odysseus Died From AIDS, Penquin Tango

Daniel Talbott (2008) What Happened When, Slipping

It’s a lot of pleasure for just $1.29

166 Plays on Indie Theater Now

nyte small press — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:26:12 +0000

And the latest one to go up is LOVE ME by Jason Grossman published in our latest anthology Plays and Playwrights 2011. Publishing the play on Indie Theater Now allows us to give the reader much more information about the play and the playwright. At no charge you can read the author’s bio, an excerpt from the play, production credits, and a review. And you can read the play at your leisure for the very small cost of $1.29 (buy a subscription and it’s even less).

And we have other plays we’ve published with more to come:

Julia Barclay (2001) Word to Your Mama plus two other plays
Brendon Bates (2007) Corps Values plus another play
Leslie Bramm (2008) Marvelous plus four other plays
Nat Cassidy (2010) Any Day Now plus two other plays
Tim Collins (2009) A Fire As Bright As Heaven
James Comtois (2007) The Adventures of Nervous Boy
David Dannenfelser (New Millennium) When Words Fail… and one more play
Colette Freedman (2009) Sister Cities and three other plays
Ashlin Halfnight (2007) Diving Normal and two other plays
Stephen Kaliski (2011) West Lethergy

And the rest of the list next post. Check these out and enjoy Indie Theater Now.

Perfect gift for the grad

nyte small press — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:18:24 +0000

I have always felt that our anthologies are the perfect gift for the graduate. If they have just finished high school and are entering college with an interest in theatre, our books give a sampling of so many of the kinds of theatre being made and offer a glimpse into the work of so many playwrights. We’ve published 174 to date.

If they are done with college and possibly pursuing a theatrical career in any manner, our books offer hundreds of monologues for auditions or scene work – tailored to the individual taste of the reader.

And now that we have branched out into ebooks, there is even more choice. Check out our books and those available on kindle and nook and give a thoughtful gift to your favorite graduate.

Plays and Playwrights 2011 Now a Nook

nyte small press — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:06:00 +0000

Our latest book is now available your favorite way. Buy the print version and curl up on the sofa for a hilarious read of Jason S. Grossman’s Love Me. Or download to your kindle or your pc or mobile phone and read a bit, work a bit all the way through til the surprise twist at the end of Amy E. Witting’s G.I. Joe Jared, Based on One Really Bad Date. And now you can get your copy from Barnes and Noble’s Nook store to read on your nook, or via any of the apps for other devices and you’ll just adore Tim Errickson’s Endless Summer Nights.

That’s only three of the eight plays. The other five are well worth your checking out – Fault Lines by Rebecca Louise Miller and Post Modern Living by Richard Sheinmel and Clay Zambo PLUS Manuel Igrejas’ Hassan and Sylvia and West Lethargy by Stephen Kaliski — and don’t forget Floradita, My Love by Javierantionio Gonzalez.

Each and everyone is a great read – and an ever greater production. And so many ways to buy the book.

Burkhardt and Richardson–Limited Engagements

nyte small press — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:29:52 +0000

Conversation Storm (published in Plays and Playwrights 2009) by Rick Burkhardt will soon be hitting the Hollywood Fringe. Here’s the info from Yolanda Seabourne/Managing Director:

We are Uranium Madhouse, a theater company founded by Artistic Director, Andrew Utter in 2010. The June Fringe entry will be our inaugural production, officially titled “Uranium Madhouse: Conversation Storm/The House of Cards.” Official Hollywood Fringe performances will be June 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25. There will be a preview performance on June 9th. We’ll be performing at The El Centro Theater in Hollywood, 804 N. El Centro, 90038.
Tickets are $18 with a super-affordable $5 price for the preview. Tickets for both the regular dates and the preview are available through the Hollywood Fringe site at http://hollywoodfringe.org/project/view/502.

and check out this promo piece: http://hollywoodfringe.org/learn/content/577

Stan Richardson (published in Plays and Playwrights 2007) is back for one night only. Here’s the info from Kevin P. McAnarney, publicist:

The award-winning “Veritas” by Stan Richardson will be presented on Thursday, June 16^th at 7:00 pm at The Laurie Beechman Theater (located inside West Bank Café) at 407 West 42nd Street (@ Ninth Ave) as part of the New York International Festival presents THE FringeBENEFITS SERIES; which is offering a taste of 15 of the most beloved shows from the past 15 years of FringeNYC. “Veritas” is the story of a group of young men at Harvard in 1920 whose promising futures fell prey to Harvard’s “Secret Court”: a gay witch-hunt conducted by school administration to purge Harvard of all homosexuality. The reading is directed by Mr. Richardson. Tickets are $20 plus a $15 food/drink minimum. To purchase tickets please call 212-352-3101 or purchase on line.

Plays and Playwrights 2011 up on Kindle

nyte small press — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:45:31 +0000

Something new this year. We are releasing our latest anthology, Plays and Playwrights 2011 both as as ebook and as a print book. Whatever your preference, you can purchase our newest book and enjoy.

More information about what’s in the book can be found on our website NYTE Small Press. Go to the Kindle store on amazon.com to get a look at the ebook version. You can download a sample – you get to read the Introduction and part of the first play.

Let me know what you think of this newest collection of work by emerging playwrights. We are very pleased.

PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2011 Has Arrived

nyte small press — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:32:48 +0000

It’s here! Our twelfth anthology of new plays by emerging playwrights. You can read all about the new book on our website, NYTE Small Press. The introductory offer of $15 per book will continue to be available until May 31.

Order yours today and be among the first to read eight brand new plays. Perhaps you seen work by some of these playwrights – Rebecca Louise Miller, Richard Sheinmel, Clay Zambo, Amy E. Witting, Jason S. Grossman, Manuel Igrejas, Javierantonio Glonzalez, Stephen Kaliski, Tim Errickson.

Once you read these plays I guarantee you’ll be looking for their next work or a new production of these plays. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Pre-order Plays and Playwrights 2011 and Save

nyte small press — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:49:56 +0000

Our newest anthology Plays and Playwrights 2011 is at the printer. We should have copies in hand by mid month. Now is your chance to pre-order. The book will retail for $19. Orders received before May 30 will cost only $15. And, of course, we don’t charge for shipping. And you will receive your copy before it hits the stores.

This is your chance to be one of the first to read a representative sampling of last year’s season in indie theater. You get to sample eight plays that will entertain. These plays are ripe for new productions. These are the playwrights of today and tomorrow. Be among the first to discover their work.

Don’t delay – this is a limited offer.