Audrey Lang

Audrey Lang (she/her/hers) is a playwright, stage manager, and theatre educator born and raised in New York City. Currently, she is based in Summit County, Colorado, where she is a teaching artist in Theatre SilCo's VIVO after school program. Audrey's full-length plays include YOU HAVE TO PROMISE (2020 Pride Plays, dir. Jenna Worsham; 2023 Bay Street Theater Title Wave New Works Festival, dir. Blayze Teicher; 2021 Judith Royer Award Finalist), ALEX GETTING BETTER (2022 U.K. Premiere, Theatre Zima; 2020-2024 college, high school, community, and youth theatre productions around the U.S.), BIRDIE AND CAIT AND THE BOOK OF LIFE (2023 Jewish Plays Project Finalist; developed with Original Idiots 2020-21 and The Workshop Theater 2020), LILY INEFFABLE (2022 Jewish Plays Project Finalist, dir. Sara Rodriguez), and BALANCÉ (2022 Rooftop Reading with Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective, dir. Sophia Egner). Other favorites: two short plays at London's Theatre503 as part of their Rapid Write Response events, two Viral Monologues with The 24 Hour Plays. She is published in the 2021 Smith & Kraus anthologies for Best Ten-Minute Plays (WHO'S MOM AND WHO'S MAMA) and Best Women's Stage Monologues (YOU HAVE TO PROMISE). Proud alum of MCC Theater Youth Company Playwriting Lab and Ithaca College (B.A. Theatre Studies), 2017 SPACE on Ryder Farm resident. In addition to her work teaching elementary school students with Theatre SilCo, Audrey has also taught playwriting at the high school level for Bronx Science in NYC and Peak School in Frisco, CO. www.audreyglang.com

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Blood on My Mother's Apron

by Rachel Leighson

BLOOD ON MY MOTHER'S APRON is a thoughtful (and well-researched!) look at a challenging historical figure and, in particular, her daughter. Leighson embraces the complexities of Polly Dyer's life and utilizes a combination of court transcripts and original text to create a compelling story. I was thrilled to feature BLOOD ON MY MOTHER'S APRON and playwright Rachel Leighson on my podcast "Favorite Child"! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rachel-leighson-complicated-women…

BLOOD ON MY MOTHER'S APRON is a thoughtful (and well-researched!) look at a challenging historical figure and, in particular, her daughter. Leighson embraces the complexities of Polly Dyer's life and utilizes a combination of court transcripts and original text to create a compelling story. I was thrilled to feature BLOOD ON MY MOTHER'S APRON and playwright Rachel Leighson on my podcast "Favorite Child"! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rachel-leighson-complicated-women…
EIGHT NIGHTS

by Jennifer Maisel

Eight Nights is a beautifully constructed play delving into longstanding and generational trauma. Though so much comes to mind, so much has already been said in the numerous existing recommendations for this play! This is an extremely theatrical piece that doesn't shy away from difficult conversations, despite the central character's own resistance to having the most difficult one.

Eight Nights is a beautifully constructed play delving into longstanding and generational trauma. Though so much comes to mind, so much has already been said in the numerous existing recommendations for this play! This is an extremely theatrical piece that doesn't shy away from difficult conversations, despite the central character's own resistance to having the most difficult one.
Sarai's Knife

by John Minigan

This is a thought-provoking play on so many levels, among them race and art. It's a highly visual play that would be so fascinating to see staged. I also found it very compelling to watch Sarai's journey in finding herself -- something that felt surprising and unique, as so often stories follow students discovering identity, not their teachers.

This is a thought-provoking play on so many levels, among them race and art. It's a highly visual play that would be so fascinating to see staged. I also found it very compelling to watch Sarai's journey in finding herself -- something that felt surprising and unique, as so often stories follow students discovering identity, not their teachers.
Lucky

by Phanésia Pharel

LUCKY is a beautiful, layered journey. Both the Waitress and the characters from her world, as well as Lucky and the other characters from the world of the story-within-a-story, were drawn and painted with exquisite detail. I loved the way that the Waitress found herself and what she wanted from her own life as she told her protagonist's story.

LUCKY is a beautiful, layered journey. Both the Waitress and the characters from her world, as well as Lucky and the other characters from the world of the story-within-a-story, were drawn and painted with exquisite detail. I loved the way that the Waitress found herself and what she wanted from her own life as she told her protagonist's story.
ALEXANDRIA

by Vince Gatton

With just these five vivid and thought-provoking characters, Vince Gatton has shown us the entire world in ALEXANDRIA. Though I just finished reading the play, I immediately want to start again from the beginning and try to find new discoveries. ALEXANDRIA is an exciting page-turner that also has deep humanity; the reader or viewer is kept engaged in the plot and with each individual and unique character.

With just these five vivid and thought-provoking characters, Vince Gatton has shown us the entire world in ALEXANDRIA. Though I just finished reading the play, I immediately want to start again from the beginning and try to find new discoveries. ALEXANDRIA is an exciting page-turner that also has deep humanity; the reader or viewer is kept engaged in the plot and with each individual and unique character.

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Audrey Lang

Scripts

Blood on My Mother's Apron

EIGHT NIGHTS

Sarai's Knife

Lucky

ALEXANDRIA