Annie LaRussa

Annie LaRussa

Annie LaRussa is a playwright/actor. She graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Theatre Program and is so happy to be living in NYC again! She has worked as an actor at The Public Theatre, South Coast Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Kenyon Festival Theatre, and many other wonderful theatres. Her recent plays include: BEA AND EDITH (LaMama Umbria reading series 2020), JANE (New Play...
Annie LaRussa is a playwright/actor. She graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Theatre Program and is so happy to be living in NYC again! She has worked as an actor at The Public Theatre, South Coast Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Kenyon Festival Theatre, and many other wonderful theatres. Her recent plays include: BEA AND EDITH (LaMama Umbria reading series 2020), JANE (New Play Reading Series TBG 2018, made first cut PlayPenn 2018, Studio Tisch Workshop 2019), FLESH AND BLOOD (finalist newTACTics New Play Festival 2018), FIERCE TEARS, THROBBING (Friday@TBG 2017), GO (Jimmy's No 43 2017), SALLY'S DAY, BRACE (Pittsburgh New Works Festival 2018, WIPF 2018,Silverthorne Theater Company’s Short & Sweet Festival 2020) and YOU MOTHER (TBG The Playwright's the Thing 2018, She Plays 2019, Inge Festival 2019). She has won 3 Drama-logue Awards and 2 LA Weekly Awards.

Plays

  • JANE by Annie LaRussa
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: acquaintance rape
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: acquaintance rape
    It's 4 a.m., Jane wakes up outside a frat house after a wild party. Jane is
    disorientated, bleeding, and she can't find her underwear. Jane, and those who love and surround her, must grapple with the ramifications and reverberations of what happened during the night.
  • THE GOLDENS by Annie LaRussa
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    John is late but tonight Mary is waiting up for him! This is a modern MEDEA tale told in 10 minutes.
  • YOU MOTHER by Annie LaRussa
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: gun violence
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: gun violence
    Twp mothers, trapped in a bathroom, confront the aftermath of a school shooting. One mother lost a daughter, the other mother is the mother of the shooter.

Recommended by Annie LaRussa

  • LADY CAPULET by Melissa Bell
    22 Sep. 2020
    “ ROMEO AND JULIET is a play close to my heart. In LADY CAPULET, Melissa Bell imagines the world that created R and J, centered around Juliet's mother. Melissa imagines for us - Why the feud? Why is Lady C so invested in Tybalt ? Why is Lady C so cold to her daughter? It is smart and captivating with the huge added bonus of a complicated female lead!!! What more could one ask for??? ”
  • WALLS LIKE CURTAINS by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    11 Feb. 2020
    “ Lovely and gentle as two women navigate life and love not to mention mothering. Saw it at Village Playwrights Reading. Brava! ”
  • DREAM TALK by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    11 Feb. 2020
    “ Love the twists and turns of this piece. Never sure what is what or who is who and that is delicious as the journey is always interesting. It's a tight, enjoyable, thought provoking yet so simple to produce play. ”