I’ve been awarded a grant from Barnard College, where I teach playwriting, to support the writing and development of “Moseley.”
“Moseley” will draw upon the troubled and troubling history of my Mississippi forebears, many of whom were enslavers. Via this history, and via a personal lens, an examination of my own place in the world, I hope to uncover and explore links between the past and the present.
I’ve worked on much of this material in prose form, am taking a different approach here as I write a play on the subject. The grant will support travel to Mississippi, and also a workshop of the script, once it is completed.
I’m delighted to have been awarded a 2022 NYFA Fellowship in Playwriting. The support will help with the further development of “To the Playground”.
https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships/fellows/
I’m delighted with this edition of these two plays, originally produced in 2013 and 2019. Order directly from NU Press, via Amazon, or elsewhere!
I wrote libretto for this piece back in 2009, collaborating with my dear friend John Ellis. We’re back for two nights only: February 14th and 15th at The Jazz Gallery.
Tickets and more info available here.
Yesterday, we closed Notes on My Mother’s Decline after a three week run. Many more photos are available on my Instagram page (@andybragen). And more will be posted soon at www.andybragentheatreprojects.com. In the meanwhile, here’s a production photo taken by Julieta Cervantes. I’m grateful to so many people, including Director Knud Adams, actors Ari Fliakos and Caroline Lagerfelt, who were so brilliant in the piece, our wonderful designers, and of course my co-producers at Playco. It has been a thrilling, and exhausting several weeks. Onward!
April 2019: Awarded a Nancy Quinn Fund Grant from A.R.T./New York
March 2019: A workshop of "Notes on My Mother's Decline" at New Dramatists.
February 2019: Awarded an LMCC Creative Engagment Grant.
June 2016: ABTP awarded a Creative Space Grant from A.R.T./New York
November 2015: Upcoming - Playtime at New Dramatists - a workshop of my new play "Monster".
July 2015: A reading of "Don't You Fucking Say a Word" at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival
June 2015: I'm a guest artist, will be teaching at The Missoula Colony
9/19: Upcoming 9/27 and 9/28: Open Studio Weekend on Governor's Island
5/29: John and I talk Mobro with Kevin Laskey: http://bit.ly/1murXcE
5/13: Mobro released today with Parade Light Records. Get it here on itunes.
5/3: Upcoming Mobro concerts (May 30 and 31), featured in The Village Voice.
4/25: David Barlow nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance in This is My Office.
Mobro available for preorder on itunes. Official release is May 13.
Up next, a workshop of The Two Tanyas at New Dramatists, as part of their Creativity Fund.
A nice interview with me about the This Is My Office production in TDF Stages.
This Is My Office begins previews on November 5th - read the piece on Broadway World here.
May 2013: a reading of Don't You Fucking Say a Word in Pittsburgh, in City's Theatre Company's Momentum Festival.
On Friday, May 10th at 3pm, there will be a public reading at New Dramatists of Don't You Fucking Say a Word, directed by Erik Pearson. For more information visit New Dramatists.
Playwrights Center Dialogue interview with me about my upcoming workshop of The Dowager: http://tinyurl.com/aj9v27p.
Up next, a week long workshop of my newest play, Don't You F*cking Say a Word, directed by Erik Pearson, with the brand-new company Brooklyn Shakes.
A nice shout-out in the NYTimes from Rachel Chavkin about Loop Tape: http://tinyurl.com/bfqfe8z.
2/4/13: Just finished a one day workshop of The Dowager, at New Dramatists, directed by Erik Pearson. Erik will be directing the Playwrights' Center workshop of the play in late March.
Coming up in April, at Ohio Northern University, a production of Shu Matsui's The Proud Son, which I'm co-translating with Kyoko Yoshida. Desdemona Chiang will direct.
The Dowager will be workshopped at The Playwrights Center as part of their Ruth Easton Series in late March/early April.
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