Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1.I have a reading coming up March 18 in NYC. It's another big hearted ensemble play that's meant to be inclusive (although it is admittedly kind of Christmas centric.)
Please come if you ca…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:55PMWednesday, December 28, 2022
Hi everyone! Happy New Year or soon to be New Year! Here is the photo we take in front of my parents' tree every year.
This year we went camping twice, visited VA and Cape Cod both tw…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:48PMMonday, December 5, 2022
Photo Credit:Seina Shirakura Photography
Julia B. RosenblattHometown: Hartford, CTCurrent Town: Back in Hartford!Q: Tell me about Can't Make This Sh*t UpA: About two months ago Tjasa Ferme…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 02:11PMTuesday, November 15, 2022
TyLie Shider
Hometown: Plainfield, New Jersey
Current Town: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Q: Tell me about The Gospel Woman.
A: The Gospel Woman is a traditional American family drama set in …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:12PMMonday, October 3, 2022
photo by Melinda Hall @snappynyc
Emma Goldman-ShermanHometown: Philadelphia, PACurrent Town: New York CityQ: Tell me about FUKT.A: FUKT was written in a few days from a prompt from Aar…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:52PMTuesday, July 26, 2022
I tried writing some new things the last couple of years. The jury is still out on what will happen to the YA novels I wrote. But another thing I tried was writing new monologues. For about …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:03PMThursday, July 7, 2022
Isaac ByrneHometown:Oh, I grew up moving constantly. If you get count all the times I lived with extended family, I think I moved about 21 times by the time I was 18. I was born in Riverton …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:23AMWednesday, June 8, 2022
Jake BraschHometown: Denver, COCurrent Town: New York, New YorkQ: What are you working on now?A: This morning I cleaned the freezer. It was the most difficult project I’ve taken on in …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:33PMSunday, May 22, 2022
Nia Akilah RobinsonHometown: Harlem, NYC. Current Town: Harlem, NYC. Q: What are you working on now? A: A play surrounding Black History Month in a New Jersey High School. Q: Tell me…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:31AMTuesday, April 12, 2022
Steve Harper Hometown: I was born in Brooklyn, NY. And we lived there (in Fort Greene) until I was 5. I grew up on Long Island. Current Town: I currently live in Inglewood, CA - which i…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:59PMFriday, February 4, 2022
Talene MonahonHometown: Belmont, MA.Current Town: Brooklyn, NY.Q: Tell me about Jane Anger:A: I call it a Jacobean feminist revenge farce. I wrote it early on in the pandemic when ev…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:08AMFriday, January 14, 2022
Dave Osmundsen
Hometown: Pompton Plains, NJ
Current Town: Pompton Plains, NJ (by way of Sarasota, FL and Tempe, AZ)Q: What are you working on now?A: I’m working on a few projects (inc…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:45PMMonday, January 10, 2022
Sharon Yablon
Hometown: Los AngelesCurrent Town: Los AngelesQ: Tell me about “A Garden of Terrible Blooms.”
A: “A Garden of Terrible Blooms” started out as a collaboration with my…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:18AMThursday, December 30, 2021
Hi Everybody! Here is our Christmas Card.
Hope you're well. We are still pandemic-ing. Although our son is back at in person school and that is a relief. I have also been back in …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:03PMMonday, November 8, 2021
Wi-Moto NyokaHometown: Portland, ORCurrent Town: Philly!!!Q: Tell me about Eden in the Sciene In Theater Festival.A: Eden, a sci-fi play, is the story of a scientist, a doctor, and a pati…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:56AMMonday, October 25, 2021
Francisco MendozaHometown: Mendoza, ArgentinaCurrent Town: Brooklyn, New YorkQ: What are you working on now?
A: A couple of things! I’m taking a second pass at a TV pilot, a dramedy …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:08AMFriday, October 22, 2021
Photo Credit: Tiffany McCulloughMariah FredaCompany: The Anthropologists Role: Lead Deviser/PerformerHometown: Sea Isle City, New Jersey (That’s all the way at the bottom. Yes, below Atlan…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:35AMTuesday, October 19, 2021
Andy Boyd
Hometown: Phoenix, ArizonaCurrent Town: Brooklyn, New YorkQ: Tell me about Occupy Prescott.
A: Occupy Prescott play begins in the fall of 2011, when a libertarian rancher, …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:29PMFriday, October 8, 2021
photo credit: Mikiodo Peter Michael MarinoHometown: Queens, NYCurrent Town: Manhattan, NYQ: Tell me about "Planet of the Grapes Live:A: “Planet of the Grapes Live” is the result of w…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:21AMFriday, September 3, 2021
Michael EichlerHometown: Buffalo, NYCurrent Town: San Diego, CAQ: What are you working on now?A: I am working on a play about four undergraduates in 1969. Interspersed throughout the sto…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:39PMFriday, August 27, 2021
Amanda Erin MillerHometown: San Diego, CACurrent Town: Brooklyn, NYQ: Tell me about Smile All The Time.A: “Smile All The Time” is a virtual solo puppet-filled tragicomic romp in whic…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:28AMThursday, June 24, 2021
1100 Playwright Interviews
ASean AbleyRob AckermanE.E. Adams
Johnna AdamsLiz Duffy Adams
Tony AdamsDavid AdjmiKeith Josef AdkinsNiccolo AeedNastaran AhmadiDerek AhonenKathleen Akerl…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:05AMBrittany FisherHometown: Richmond, VACurrent Town: New York City, NYQ: What are you working on now? A: So I’m currently about to start the production process for my first short film, e…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:59AMThursday, June 17, 2021
Gabriel TorresHometown: Bucaramanga ColombiaCurrent Town: New York City, NYQ: Tell me about Haus of Dust.A: Haus of Dust is a new campaign to bring awareness about substance use in latin…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:03PMThursday, June 10, 2021
Deena MP Ronayne
Hometown: Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The son of my grammar school music teacher was a
background illustrator for The Simpsons and the Springfield town hall on the series …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:59AMFriday, May 14, 2021
This is a workshop of a new play -- a commission from The Chance Theater. It's also a sequel of sorts of my most produced play, Hearts Like Fists.
Showings are June 10 and 13. Tickets a…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:50AMSunday, December 27, 2020
Every year since '07 I've been doing a year in review about my writing and about my life a little bit.
So . . . 2020.
Before the pandemic hit, I was on my way to having a record year in ter…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:52AMTuesday, December 15, 2020
Nicole Cox
Hometown: I was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, but I grew up into myself in Chicago. Current Town: Washington, DCQ: Tell me about Abomination.A: Abomination is the st…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:25AMTuesday, November 10, 2020
Kevin KautzmanHometown: Mandan, North DakotaCurrent Town: Minneapolis, MinnesotaQ: Tell me about Moderation.A: MODERATION is a new play recently adapted into a podcast you can hear a…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:22AMThursday, October 15, 2020
Cavan HallmanHometown: Orlando! – You have to sing it, like in The Book of Mormon.Current Town: Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It’s harder to sing, but a really good place.Q: Tell me about Night …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 03:24PMMonday, October 5, 2020
My play The Parking Lot closed last week in Cedar Rapids at Mirrorbox Theater and is up in Vegas right now at Majestic Rep.
It's about a couple deciding the fate of their relationship an…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:14AM 
