PlayGround-LA Company in the News December-2019

See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we prepare to for the December 9th Monday Night PlayGround.

Tiffany Cascio’s “THANKSGIVING: The Audio Play” is now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Allie Costa just booked a recurring role on a new streaming comedy series. Other recent projects include a psychological thriller, a modern-day drama, a dark comedy, and an interactive film where, like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, viewers will be able to make choices that affect the narrative as the story progresses. Learn more about these and other projects here. 

Jonathan Josephson’s JORGE HOSTS CHANUKAH will receive its world premiere at Winter Holiday One-Act Festival at Dover Little Theatre (Dover, NJ). After award-winning productions in Los Angeles and Dublin, his THIS HUNGRY CHURCHYARD was recently Shortlisted for Short+Sweet Sydney. Coming up on December 15, his THE GROVE OF RASHOMON will received a staged reading as part of Wicked Lit Staged Readings at A Noise Within. 

Mildred Lewis‘ new short play DEDICATIONS will be produced in the Company of Angels spring one act festival.

Sylvia Blush directed Best Emerging Actor Oscar Emmanuel Fabela in his one person play DON CARLOS PRINCE OF ASTURIAS at the United Solo Festival in New York.

Watch Stephanie T. Keefer play a corporate villain in the feature A GIRL, A GUY, A SPACE HELMET on Amazon Prime.

Christina Wren was featured in Voyage LA for her work as a producer and actor via her production company, Two Kids with a Camera. 

This December, the Apprentice Company of the Actor’s Theater of Louisville will workshop and present a staged reading of Daniel Hirsch’s play THE SISYPHI.

Krystal Mosley just shot a short film this past spring called THE GATEKEEPER premiering this December! 

Daysha Veronica Edewi’s  10 minute play, LEGACY, was selected for Celebration Theatre’s inaugural WriteHer New Play Festival and Meet Cute LA. Celebration’s performances will be on December 13th at 8pm, and December 14th at 2pm at Celebration Theatre at the Lex . Meet Cute’s performances on December 17th and 18th at 8pm at the Broadwater.

The trailer for Andrew Crabtree’s upcoming film, INHERIT THE VIPER has recently dropped. It can be seen here, The movie premieres in theaters and on VOD on January 10th!

Desiree’ York‘s play, THE PUPPETEER will receive its world premiere at Detroit Repertory Theatre running January 9-March 15, 2020.  For more info and tickets visit: http://www.detroitreptheatre.com/thepuppeteer   She will be directing IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOWS by Katherine Cortez at California State University Fullerton in the Spring of 2020.

David Meyers recently performed in staged readings at The Road and EST/LA, with an upcoming performance at Son of Semele. And check out One Dish Dining with fellow Playground LA actor Kurt Kanazawa.