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• CRITTERS

  - New Circle Theatre Company workshop production directed by Eric Nightengale. Inspired by the paintings of Bob Barnett. Starring Donna Jean Fogel, Donna Kaz, Starr Kirkland, Lilli Stein, Jo Twiss, Nikki Walker. Feb. 2025
  
  - A pop-up exhibit of Bob Barnett's Critters paintings and play readings directed by Martha Banta. Produced by Orange Thoughts Productions at LARAC Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls, NY.
  
  - Ensemble Studio Theatre Memberfest reading directed by Abigail Zealey Bess
  
  - Published in The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2024
  
  - Finalist: Liepāja Puppet Theatre International Competition in Latvia
  
  A community of strong female animals navigates the joys and dangers of life in the woods. The cast includes bears, deer, an owl, a stinkpot turtle and a seductive fox (6-8F). 

• 42nd WILLIAM INGE THEATRE FESTIVAL

  Upcoming
  Riverbed at the 8th Annual New Play Lab
  Independence, Kansas, April 17-19.

• 2025 Valdez Theatre Conference

  Upcoming
  Slap at the Play Lab in the 33rd Annual Conference. Valdez, Alaska. June 7-14.

• Uncovered Scenes from Ukraine

  Upcoming
  A short play festival. 30 playwrights interviewed Ukrainian residents to inspire new short plays. 6 plays will be presented in NYC and at Vinnytsia Theater, Ukraine. 

• KINGS HIGHWAY

  - Ensemble Studio Theatre Memberfest Play Reading directed by Abigail Zealy Bess
  
  - Selected for The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2025
  Edited by Debbie Lamedman (Smith & Kraus)

  Inspired by recently discovered family history, the story of two strong Jewish sisters finding their way in Brooklyn as the 1939 World’s Fair is opening, and war is about to ignite across Europe.

• KADDISH

  2024 Jewish Plays Project’s Ten-Minute Play Festival, produced with the Berkshire Theatre Group – Semi-finalist
  
  Rob and his boyfriend Earl must uncover the past so they can begin to move forward.