Staged Readings, Festivals and Events
Esther Frog Queen by Julie Marie Myatt
A play exploring who we give the right to have children.
This reading was produced in partnership with the Spontaneous Project Fund from Northwestern University’s MFA department and featured an evening of a staged reading, food, and community dialogue about the topics discussed in the play with the playwright and panel of mental health professionals and community experts.
STARRING Lawrence Grimm, Sandra Marquez, Lori Navarrete, Jordan Steve, Caroline Humphrey and Nathan Hiykel
Produced by Mel Brian Patrón + Francesca Patrón
Annice, A Slave by Josyln Housley (Staged reading)
A full-length drama for the 2024 New Play Festival
A child killer lands in Hell and catches the eye of Satan. When she believes she hears her dead children’s voices on the other side of a forbidden door, she enlists the help of a bombastic playwright, a soulless avatar, and a one-winged demon so that she might reunite with and make amends to her son and daughter.
STARRING Frederick Paul Williams, Kierra Bunch, Maddi Anderson, Zakariah Massoud, Kyle Ringley and Isaiah Alexander
PRODUCED by Danielle Roos and Thomas Bradshaw
STAGE MANAGEMENT by Audrey Michael
SET DESIGN by Andrew Boyce
LIGHTING DESIGN by Abby Letscher
SOUND DESIGN by Max Volpert
A dark comedy in one act produced for the 2025 MFA Writing Series, in the Writing for Stage and Screen MFA Department at
PRODUCED by Zayd Dohrn and Seth Roseman
STARRING David Diouf, Kierra Bunch, Mark H, Detra Payne, Zakariah Massoud, Kyle Ringley and Alexis Queen
Deaddy by Jaleel Ismail
CC: CODE BLUE by JEFFREY HUNTER JR.
STARRING Elliot Marvin Sims, Emefa Dzodzomenyo, Andy Johnston, Alexandria Crawford, Sarah Grace Goldman, Kevin Aoussou, and Kenyan Cole-Suggs
PRODUCED by Manna-Symone Middlebrooks
In collaboration with the Wirtz Center for the Arts, Downtown Chicago and the MFA in Writing for the Stage and Screen at Northwestern University.
