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A Eulogy for the Lesley MFA Program

"The Lesley University MFA Program has just held its final residency, and I wanted to honor the program in a meaningful way. This list includes scripts by writers who were inspired by dedicated and exceptional mentors over the last two decades. Consider it my eulogy for an exceptional program."—playwright (and Lesley faculty member and alumni) Cassie M. Seinuk

Mr Bunny by Hugh MacKay

Exit Interview 10Min by John David Westby

Tattoo You by Lisa Kenner Grissom

Step On Me by Lisa Wagner Erickson

ACCIDENTAL DEATH, a ten minute play by Anne Marilyn Lucas

Nature of Light by Erin Grogan

Who's There by Sari Boren

An Honest Lesson in Self-Defense by Patricia Lynn

Speed Dating by Curt Strickland

Black Jesus by Fabiola R. Decius

Mumble Bumble by Ana Guigui

Black Diamond by Matt Greene

The Space Between Us (10-minute) by Julie-Anne Whitney

Waiting, or Something Equally Tragic by Leila Teitelman

The Eleven O'Clock Number by Julie Weinberg

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Evan Baughfman recommended Erstwhile or The Importance of Being Ernst Weil by Nora Louise Syran

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More than mere wordplay, this monologue analyzes our past, our present, our future. A powerful and resonant piece!

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Dan West recommended Vanya is Dick by Edward Gilmartin

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This multi-layered meta-theatrical dramatic comedy will keep your audiences on their toes. A pastiche of Chekhov’s plays that has one foot set in the world of Russian Lit while the other appears to explore an area somewhere in between Christopher Durang, early Stoppard, and Paul Auster’s New York Stories. Clever, witty, and literary; “Vanya is Dick” is a play gone wrong that gets it right.

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Ken Love recommended Erstwhile by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn

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As someone who is experiencing the dilemma of a loved one who has slipped into dementia, Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn's "Erstwhile" invaded my heart and my senses. There was not a single false note in this piece. And the ending will give you a wry laugh as well as tug at your beating heart. Beautifully done!

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Ken Love recommended Erstwhile by Brent Alles

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When I had the great fortune to hear a reading of this work, the elements of surrealism and absurd comedy took hold right away. And being familiar with Mary Anderson's story added a tinge of heartbreak to the piece. Brent Alles' "Erstwhile" was yet another example of this writers skill and heart.

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The NPX Index

Scripts written by non-binary, genderqueer, and genderfluid authors
6773
Scripts written by cis and trans men
32860
Scripts written by cis and trans women
28694

Featured Writer

Isabel Bolyn

Isabel Bolyn is a playwright, psychological astrologer, lifelong classical pianist, and a progressive activist artist. She has a background of diverse artistic expression that spans music, photography, documentary film creation, community theater acting, extensive acting training and writing poetry. She’s excited to debut her first script, Into the Fire, which is deeply informed by years of psychological inquiry into family dynamics, and a yearning for justice. She believes narrative storytelling and performance have the power to deepen and enliven the human experience, and our understanding of ourselves and each other.

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Featured Script

By The Dawn's Early Light by Mike Brannon

We're at the Empire Lounge at LaGuardia Airport. The date is September 11, 2001. The time is 8:58 AM – twelve minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and five minutes before United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower.

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CYNTHIA GRANVILLE

Cynthia Granville has focused on new work in development throughout her career. Her stage credits include The Clean House, The Quality of Life (NY premiere), Love Letters, Talley’s Folly, and countless world premieres including Jeffrey Sweet’s Westport Confidential (Theatre Row). Onscreen credits include High Maintenance, Onion News Network, The Fisherman’s Wife (Best Actress, Comicpalooza). Directing: webseries (Mis(s)Communication), films (In Memoriam), many regional and world premieres including Zeta Dawson-Godboalt's Down Home Sausage Meat and At the Therapist by Barry Malawer (dead dog park). She served for 10 years as Casting Director/Associate Producer of NYU Gallatin's Theatre Lab. When not in a theatre or on set, Cynthia is proud to be a standardized patient helping medical students build communication skills and exam techniques, and providing instruction in forensic exam assessment as well as trauma-informed communication techniques, through role play, for sexual assault nurse examiners.

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Featured Organization

The Open Eye Theater

A small not-for-profit in the rural Catskill Mountains of New York, serving a culturally diverse audience of all ages. We develop and produce new plays. We also produce plays that have had previous produced. We have a local acting pool, many of whom are senior adults. We also have talented young teens. Our theater is a b lack box style, seating 50 + people. We produce one or two full length play, and a...

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