The Public Theater: Emerging Writers Spotlight Series

Monday, April 21 at 1:00PM and 6PM

SAVED, PART ONE: THE GIRL AND THE SKY is the first play in a two-part drama about the South Korean adoption industry, from its Cold War origins to its transformation into a lucrative business empire built by systemic fraud and negligence. Three epic stories spanning six decades across Oregon; Washington D.C.; Vermont; Seoul; and Jeju Island, SAVED explores what happens when we kill the parents and raise the children.

By: Jesse Jae Hoon, Directed by Taylor Rynolds

With: Kelley Curran, Michael Gaston, Christine Heesun Hwang, Daniel K. Isaac, Zoë Kim, Jully Lee, Liz Leimkuhler, Kelly McAndrew, Joe Tapper, Shannon Tyo, Jeena Yi and Estelle Lee

RSVP: thepublic.nyc/ewg2025

The Emerging Writers Group is a fellowship at The Public Theater for playwrights and other generative artists at the early stages of their professional careers. For over 15 years, EWG has brought artists together to create and develop their work in conversation with their peers and The Public Theater community. EWG is a cornerstone of The Public’s mission to celebrate and support new generations of storytellers.

EWG cumulates in the Spotlight Series, a collection of free performances where members of the current cohort present their full-length plays. The staged readings will run from Monday, April 21 through Tuesday, May 20.

The 2025 Spotlight Series will feature full-length plays by members of the 2023-2025 Emerging Writers Group: Karina Billini, Tommy Endter, Jesse Jae Hoon, Humaira Iqbal, Celeste Jennings, Nina Ki, Gloria Oladipo, Valen-Marie Santos, Amita Sharma, and Al Sierra.

We invite you to RSVP to one of the free readings

Fiasco Theater's STAND IN →

Kelly McAndrew in the workshop production of Crystal Finn’s “Stand In” with Fiasco Theater. Directed by Emily Young.

“Best friends, Claire and Claudia, try to make it BIG in the movies. But is there room for two stars? Or will one of them always have to be just…. “The Stand In?” An absurdist romp through the madness of the artist’s journey and the toll it can take on what one holds dear.

Presentations are March 28th at 4 PM and March 29th at 12 & 7 PM

Reserve your tickets here.

"A Black Billed Cuckoo" in DNA New Works at La Jolla Playhouse

A BLACK BILLED CUCKOO

By Mat Smart
Directed by Shelley Butler

Thu, Dec 5 at 7pm and Sat, Dec 7 at 7pm
PDC at La Jolla Playhouse

Over the span of 24 hours in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, a close-knit birding group is turned upside down when some of its members see a rare bird and some don’t. A quiet comedy about healing, the power of wonder, and how to move on after missing out.

La Jolla Playhouse DNA New Works runs December 5-15, 2024

Source: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/dna-2024/

Kelly McAndrew takes over BLOOD OF THE LAMB

Kelly McAndrew takes over the role of Val in Blood of the Lamb at 59E59 Theatres.

By Arlene Hutton
Directed by Margot Bordelon

With Meredith Garretson and Kelly McAndrew

A pregnant woman finds herself detained in a Texas airport with an unexpected adversary: a court appointed attorney assigned to represent her baby. This electrifying thriller features two women with opposing beliefs, forced to navigate the bureaucratic chaos of post-Roe America. 

Blood of the Lamb is an urgent new play about choices: The choices that are taken from us and the choices we can still make.

Runs: September 14 - October 20, 2024

Source: https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/bl...

Cast of Majken Holmquist's STARGAZERS at Page 73 →

Full casting has been revealed for Page 73's upcoming world premiere of Majkin Holmquist's Stargazers, running April 8-May 4 at The Connelly Theater Off-Broadway. Opening night is April 20.

The new work centers on a grieving mother as she contemplates selling her Kansas farm on the advice of the ghost of her daughter. 

Starring will be Lizzy Brooks (Macbeth) as Clementine, Baize Buzan (To Kill A Mockingbird) as Jessica and Bridget, Andrew Garman (Greater Clements) as Al and Dedham, Fernando Gonzalez (Skinnamarink) as Avery and Andy, Miles G. Jackson (Endlings) as Casey and Jim, Keren Lugo (Privacy) as Aracely, and Kelly McAndrew (The Thin Place) as Rita.

Colette Robert is directing, leading a creative team that includes scenic designer Lawrence E. Moten III, costume designer Alicia J. Austin, lighting designer Reza Behjat, sound designer Tosin Olufolabi, and prop designer Caitlyn Murphy. Kate Croasdale is the production stage manager, and Carolyn Reich is the assistant stage manager. Casting is by Taylor Williams.

Visit Page73.org.

Read the full Playbill.com article here.

South Carolina New Play Festival →

Derrick Baskin, Miguel Cervantes, Grace McLean, More Join South Carolina New Play Festival Lineup

Running August 10–13, the SCNPF takes place in a variety of venues in Greenville.

A Black-billed Cuckoo by Mat Smart, directed by Shelley Butler, will play the Greenville Theatre at 7 PM. The company will include Jo Garcia-Reger as Sadie, Kelly McAndrew as Ruth, Jennifer Naimo as Tessa, Samuel Stricklen as Ed, and Mimi Wyche as Marge.

Greenville Theatre on Friday, August 11 at 7pm. Tickets available HERE.

https://www.southcarolinanewplayfestival.org/

Happy Opening to The Thin Place!

The Thin Place opens tonight at Playwrights Horizons!

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Directed by Les Waters, the new play transforms the theatre into an intimate seance.

Read the full Playbill.com article here.

The Thin Place runs through Jan 5, 2020.

The Thin Place is now in previews! →

Tickets are going fast for The Thin Place at Playwrights Horizons! Buy your tickets now: https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/thin-place/

Kelly McAndrew, Randy Danson, Triney Sandoval, Emily Cass McDonnell

Kelly McAndrew, Randy Danson, Triney Sandoval, Emily Cass McDonnell

Casting announced for THE THIN PLACE at Playwrights Horizons →

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Playwrights Horizons cast and creative team for Lucas Hnath's The Thin Place, directed by Les Waters. From Broadway World:

Since his The Christians made its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons in 2015, Hnath has received acclaim for two major Broadway productions (A Doll's House, Part 2 and Hillary and Clinton). He now returns to Playwrights with his most arrestingly intimate work to date. In the burgeoning friendship between two women-one who's recently experienced a strange loss, and another who communicates with the dead-Hnath crafts an unnerving testament to the power of the mind, and one mind's power to influence others. The Thin Place makes its New York premiere at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons (416 W 42nd St), running November 22, 2019, through January 5, 2020.

The production features Randy Danson (Playwrights: Arts and Leisure; Broadway: Wicked, Wonderful Town; Other Off-Broadway: Venus, Love and Information) as Linda, Kelly McAndrew (Playwrights: Men on Boats; Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Other Off-Broadway: Novenas for a Lost Hospital) as Sylvia, Emily Cass McDonnell (Off-Broadway: The Antipodes, Mercury Fur, Grasses of a Thousand Colors; Film: Ben Is Back, A Master Builder) as Hilda, and Triney Sandoval (Broadway: Marvin's Room, Macbeth, A Free Man of Color, A Man for All Seasons, Frost/Nixon) as Jerry. The creative team includes Mimi Lien (Scenic Designer), Oana Boatez (Costume Designer), Mark Barton (Lighting Designer), Christian Frederickson (Sound Designer), and Paul Mills Holmes (Production Stage Manager).

Read the full Broadway World article here.