PlayGround-LA Company in the News January-2020

Posted by on January 7, 2020

See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we prepare to for the January 13th Monday Night PlayGround.

Andrew Crabtree‘s film, INHERIT THE VIPER, is coming out in theaters and On Demand this Friday! It’s playing in theaters in LA, NYC, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix, and Ft Lauderdale. Click here for the trailer.

Jonathan Josephson‘s adaptations of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW and LA LLORONAS will be produced at high schools in Leon, Kansas and Casper, Wyoming respectively. These represent the 26th and 27th states that have hosted productions of his plays! Both plays are available in the Wicked Lit: Volume I collection on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Lit-1-Jonathan-Josephson/dp/1946259144) and can be licensed through Stage Rights (https://www.stagerights.com/allshows/wicked-lit/). More about Jonathan and his work at www.jonathanjosephson.com

Frieda de Lackner co-produced the feature film HOLD ON, which is one of 344 films eligible for the Oscars.

Rondrell McCormick is directing a play titled SHE in Antaeus Theatre Company’s Lab Results.

Mildred Lewis‘s piece MAGI appeared on the Little Black Dress Ink podcast (podmatic) exploring the “Gift of the Magi” in December.

Forrest Hartl’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s TORTILLA FLAT will be read through CTG’s free library play readings. For info, click here.

Jully Lee is directing WHERE I’M FROM by Howard Ho in the short play festival at Company of Angels (opening March 21). Jully will also be performing in the staged reading of SEAMLESS by Dorinne Kondo on February 24 at USC’s Visions and Voices and is cast in the upcoming production of TEA by Velina Hasu Houston at Hero Theatre (opening April 10).

Allie Costa‘s play BOXES ARE MAGIC, which began at PlayGround-LA, is nominated for Best Comedic Script – Click here to vote now!https://hivechannel5.com/featured/best-comedic-script/ Allie recently booked and shot a comedy pilot, and she’s looking forward to other fun new projects on the horizon.