Company in the News December 2025

See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this November including: Evan Baughfman, Andy Lowe, Allie Costa, Jully Lee, Scarlett Redmond, Jonathan Josephson, and Steve Harper.

Evan Baughfman‘s collection of animal-attack horror fiction, MAULS OF THE WILD is NOW AVAILABLE! “They bite. They slash. We scream… In this twisted collection of animal-attack fiction, no one is safe from razor-sharp teeth, mandibles, pincers, talons, and powerful jaws! Not World War II sailors escaping a torpedo-ravaged ship. Not a group of thrill-seekers ziplining along an idyllic mountainside. Not even extraterrestrial beings visiting from outer space. All of these folks (and more!) encounter relentless, hungry creatures in the fang-and-claw-filled tales of horror wrangler Evan Baughfman.” Twenty-eight stories, including a stage play, a found-footage “transcript,” and “This Little Piggy”– a tale about a killer guinea pig (yes, you read that right)! Get your copy of MAULS OF THE WILD on Amazon or HERE

Andy Lowe will be performing for Rogue Artists Ensemble’s December event, “Puppetry and Prose” A Literary Salon with a Puppet Twist! Do you love going to literary readings and salons, hearing writers and poets read their poems, essays and fiction? Do you love watching puppets? Have you ever wanted a puppet to read a poem to you? Well this is the literary reading series FOR YOU! The evening includes writers & storytellers alongside special puppet guests sharing their new work. Presented by Rogue Artists Ensemble on Monday, December 15 at 8 pm. At the Valley Relics Museum, 7900 Balboa Blvd, Stagg St, Van Nuys, CA 91406. Tickets are free and available HERE!

Allie Costa recently booked and filmed Anemics Anonymous, a dark comedy about vampires, as well as two new animated films – Stay tuned! She also performed in developmental readings of two new musicals and was interviewed in a documentary about acting. Catch her piece This Little Tree December 5th through 7th at the Gimme A Minute Play Festival in New York. For more information, visit http://www.alliecosta.com and http://www.imdb.me/alliecosta

Jully Lee is directing a workshop production of the new musical comedy SUPPORTIVE WHITE PARENTS by Joy Regullano December 4-6 at Outside In Theatre. As an actor, she will also be workshopping new plays by Keiko Green at The Fountain Theatre and Seayoung Yim at The Old Globe in December. jullylee.com, Tickets available HERE!

The trailer for Scarlett Redmond‘s latest feature project THE CONSPIRACISTS just dropped! The comedy mockumentary film premieres in Jan 2026! Watch HERE!

Jonathan Josephson has a few plays going up the first weekend of December! Theatricus is presenting a staged reading of These Violent Delights on Dec 6 at 2pm at PT at Lamanda Park Branch Library in Pasadena. Dark Druids and Their Dark Jars will be included as part of Holiday Spirits at FRIGID NYC at Under St. Marks, Dec 6-7 at 7pm ET (streaming available!). And his The Birds is Coming will be part of PlayGround’s own A Very Hitchcock Christmas, Dec 6-7 at 7pm PT. In addition, his flash thriller Run, Peanut, Run was just published in the London Writers Salon Magazine. Learn more HERE!

Steve Harper has been admitted to the 2026 cohort of the WGA Showrunner Training Program, an in-person class designed to help writer-producers learn the skills necessary to become successful television showrunners. Learn more HERE!