New Productions

February 20, 2012

We are always proud and pleased when plays we have published get new productions and it’s always great to see new work from this same group of talented playwrights.  ODYSSEUS DOA which we published in Plays and Playwrights 2005 and is currently available on Indie Theater Now is having a production February 23 – March 4, 2012 at Connecticut Repertory Theatre.  It will be directed by the playwright, Stephen Svoboda. If you can’t get to see the show, do look it up on Indie Theater Now.

Woodie King Jr’s New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, will present Court-Martial at Fort Devens by Jeffrey Sweet. You can see it beginning March 8 til April 1.  Jeffrey’s solo show, You Only Shoot the Ones You Love is available on Indie Theater Now – a great way to learn about the playwright, his style, his background.

And we just learned The National Jewish Theater will  present a limited Off-Broadway run of The Soap Myth, by Jeff Cohen, from March 23 – April 22.  Read about the play on Indie Theater Now and purchase a digital copy to read for only $1.29. An earlier play by Jeff, Uncle Jack, is part of Playing With Canons.


There Are Currently 247 Plays Published on Indie Theater Now

January 10, 2012

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


Julia Lee Barclay’s We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve

January 8, 2012

This item from Julia Lee Barclay

Julia Lee Barclay’s We live in financial time, Part 1: Blackberry Curve first had a staged reading in 2010.  You can read it here on Indie Theater Now.  It will have a staged reading at The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (Bank & Bethune) on January 20 & 21 at 7:30pm. (includes talk-back with speakers from OWS and banking industry – should be a rollicking good time!).

We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve is a darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story (in the form of Mike and James, investment bankers alone with an angry female voice they do not understand) collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble.  Global capitalism as tragic farce.

Want reservations?  Sure you do!

You can reserve directly through Brecht Forum at: 

https://brechtforum.org/civicrm/event/info?id=12129&reset=1 (for Friday, January 20)

https://brechtforum.org/civicrm/event/info?id=12130&reset=1 (for Saturday, January 21)

Director: Rik Walter; performers: Marietta Hedges*, Matt Higgins, Terry Runnels, Kevin Scot, Alyssa Simon*


Indie Theater Now Collections

January 5, 2012

At Indie Theater Now there are currently 241 plays to choose from. It’s easy to browse by playwright or to look at specific plays but you can also check out our collections.  Currently there are nine collections available:

These collections are available for purchase as collections and you can save by buying the whole collection.  Take a few moments and browse Indie Theater Now Collections


Indie Theater Now E-Gift Cards

November 28, 2011

5-play-gift-cardTis the season for gift giving.  Here’s a gift that should please anyone on your list that has an interest in new indie plays – actors, teachers, students and play lovers.  The e-gift cards come in three denominations: 5 plays $5.89, 10 plays $10.99, 25 plays 20.99.  And they will be sent direct to the person you choose.  Plus you can enclose a personal message.  Check it out at here.


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