Abingdon Theatre Company Selects Four Playwrights To Showcase In February
by Brendan M. Allen
Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Producing Artistic Director) has announced the four playwrights that they will highlight during the month of February as a part of their Virtual Festival of Short Plays. Each selected playwright will receive a stipend to further their development on the selected play, which is made possible by V (formerly Eve Ensler), N. Rose, and Katherine Kline.
After evaluating the submissions of BIPOC playwrights across the country, the selections are Multiple Loads by Nicholas Pilapil, Good Grief by Marcus Harmon, La Mer by Ayibatari Owei, and SCABS by Adrienne Dawes.
Abingdon Theatre Company’s mission is to produce and develop brave, new American work by emerging and established artists. Abingdon’s Virtual Festival of Short Plays exists to provide a platform for underrepresented voices across the country in the New York theatre community.
“We are ecstatic to support these four talented playwrights throughout the month of February,” shared Artistic Associate Leon Jones. “It is of utmost importance to continue the support of emerging BIPOC playwrights to promote the development of these extraordinary plays.”
“We are thrilled to add these emerging playwrights to ATC’s slate to further support the development of plays that depict the shared human experience,” added Associate Director of Marketing Kate Bell.
