| Terrence McNally New Works Incubator - Cycle 2 Fellows Announced | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 06:21 pm EDT 05/09/24 | |
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| RATTLESTICK THEATER TERRENCE McNALLY FOUNDATION TOM KIRDAHY PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCE TERRENCE McNALLY NEW WORKS INCUBATOR CYCLE 2 FELLOWS NEW YORK (May 9, 2024) – Rattlestick Theatre, the Terrence McNally Foundation, and Tom Kirdahy Productions (TKP) announced today the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Cycle 2 Fellows: playwrights Jesse Jae Hoon, Sam Mueller, and Eliana Theologides Rodriguez. As a continuation of Terrence McNally's singular legacy of mentorship, and his commitment to fostering bold new voices in the American theater, the New Works Incubator is designed to support these ambitious early-career playwrights by giving them time and space to develop their work, professional mentorship with veteran playwrights, and access to the community of artists and work being developed at Rattlestick and Tom Kirdahy Productions. Inaugural fellowships were awarded in 2023 to Molly Herron Bicks, HyoJeong Choi, and Haygen-Brice Walker. "We are thrilled by the success of our inaugural cohort in 2023, and could not be more excited to develop the work of the exceptional playwrights in our second cohort," adds Will Davis, Rattlestick Theater Artistic Director. "We are so thankful to partner with the Terrence McNally Foundation and Tom Kirdahy Productions to offer this crucial, one-of-a-kind fellowship to emerging writers in New York." "We are also honored to be partnering with our beloved village neighbor, the LGBT Center of NYC, who has graciously agreed to host the incubator while Rattlestick undergoes its long-awaited renovation," adds Santino DeAngelo, the Terrence McNally Foundation's Executive Director. The Cycle 2 Fellows were selected from a pool of 500 applications, in consultation with the Playwrights Advisory Council, which includes: Sheila Callaghan, Halley Feiffer, Madeleine George, Mike Lew, donja r. love, Rehana Mirza, and Lynn Nottage. This year's Incubator Finalists include Marvin González De León, Mary Hamilton, Chad Kaydo, Stefani Kuo, Elia Monte-Brown, Gage Tarlton, and Max Yu. STRUCTURE OF THE INCUBATOR PROGRAM STIPEND Each McNally Fellow will receive a one-time stipend of $7,500 to be used as the playwright sees fit to best further their goals. MENTORSHIP In consultation with Rattlestick Theater and Tom Kirdahy Productions, each McNally Fellow will be paired with a veteran playwright mentor who will read a minimum of two drafts and offer one-on-one feedback, in addition to attending a workshop rehearsal and/or final presentation subject to their availability. THREE-WEEK INCUBATION After the initial mentor meeting, the playwright will revise and develop their play for three weeks. This is time for rigorous thinking, dreaming, and writing outside the constraints of a product-oriented rehearsal space. In addition to mentor feedback, the playwright will meet with the literary teams at both TKP and Rattlestick to discuss their work and process. McNally fellows will be invited to participate in a series of Rattlestick events where they will have the opportunity to get to know the teams at TKP and Rattlestick as well as the other McNally Fellows and other industry professionals. WORKSHOP The second part of the incubator will take the form of a developmental workshop culminating in a public presentation. BIOGRAPHIES JESSE JAE HOON is a playwright, organizer, and actor whose work combines raucous comedy with a deeply felt sense of urgency to investigate power, class, hope, and our responsibility to the collective good. 2022-2024 CRNY Resident Artist, Ma-Yi Theater Company; 2023-2025 member, Public Theater Emerging Writers Group; Winner, 2023 Ollie Award; 2024 MacDowell Fellow; 2022-2023 Writing Fellow, The Playwrights Realm; under commission from Theater J; 2023 Radio Roots fellow, The Parsnip Ship; inaugural member, Orchard Project Adaptation Lab; member, The TANK NYC's LIT Council, Page Break. MFA in Playwriting from Hunter College, BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch. jessejaehoon.com SAM MUELLER [they|she] is a Chicago-born, Florida-raised, New York-based playwright. Their work primarily explores bodies, public spaces, and the search for security to live as one's authentic self. Their plays include PIN. (2024 O'Neill Finalist, 2023 EST/Sloan First Light), Laced (2022 Princess Grace Semifinalist, 2020 Kilroys List, 2019 O'Neill Finalist), and 70.3 (2020 Hearth Theater Virtual Retreat Commission). Sam is a proud member of EST/Youngblood and an alum of the Ucross Foundation. They feel most at home in the pit of a punk show. The plays (and Sam) are all very queer. BS: Northwestern University. ELIANA THEOLOGIDES RODRIGUEZ is a playwright, dancer, and Dance Moms historian. Her work includes Marble Rooftop, Emma Has Church (2024 O'Neill Finalist, 2021 Princess Grace Semifinalist, 2020 John Golden Award for Excellence in Playwriting), Indian Princesses (2024 Seven Devils Finalist, 2023 Playwrights Realm Fellowship), Poor Queenie (2021 Playwrights Realm Fellowship Finalist, 2021 Goldberg Play Prize Finalist, 2020 Kennedy Center Playwrights Workshop), and Juniperfect (2021 commission with Adventure Theatre MTC). She is currently under commission at South Coast Repertory and is a proud member of EST Youngbloods. An upcoming production of Poor Queenie is scheduled for 2025 at Subtext Studio. https://newplayexchange.org/users/48302/eliana-theologides-rodriguez * * * ABOUT RATTLESTICK THEATER Founded in 1994, Rattlestick Theater has been steadfast in producing diverse, provocative, and expansive new work to foster the future voices of the American theater. From its historic West Village theater, Rattlestick has produced the first plays and early works of some of today's leading voices, including Martyna Majok (Ironbound), Diana Oh (mylingerieplay), and Heidi Schreck (There Are No More Big Secrets). Rattlestick is where some of our nation's most celebrated playwrights are encouraged to test their boldest ideas, including Dael Orlandersmith (Until the Flood), José Rivera (Massacre, Sing to Your Children ), and Samuel D. Hunter (Lewiston/ Clarkston, nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play). rattlestick.org ABOUT THE TERRENCE McNALLY FOUNDATION The Terrence McNally Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to supporting bold new voices in the American theatre by providing financial and institutional support to early-career playwrights. Created by Terrence McNally and supported through the royalties of his work, the Foundation is also committed to supporting LGBTQ+ causes, as McNally did throughout his life. terrencemcnallyfoundation.org ABOUT TOM KIRDAHY PRODUCTIONS Tom Kirdahy Productions (TKP) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning commercial production company whose projects have spanned Broadway, off-Broadway, the West End, national and international tours. TKP is driven by a belief in the transformative power of live theatre, and committed to bringing soulful, ambitious, unforgettable work to audiences across the world. With a values-driven approach to commercial producing that centers and empowers artists, TKP has fostered the work of visionary theatre-makers, and continues to develop and produce game-changing projects by some of the most exciting artists in the industry. Current projects include the film adaptation of John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally's hit musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, written and directed by Bill Condon and starring Jennifer Lopez; the Broadway smash-hit Hadestown (8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical), as well as the current Olivier Award-nominated West End production and the first American national tour; the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors (Drama Desk Award, Best Revival); and the NYTimes Critic's Pick Here We Are, Stephen Sondheim's final musical with a book by David Ives and directed by Joe Mantello. He recently produced Matthew López's epic, two-part play The Inheritance (4 Tony Awards, including Best Play; 4 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play) directed by Stephen Daldry; the first Broadway revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson (Drama Desk, Best Revival), starring Samuel L. Jackson with direction by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, which recouped its original investment; and the new play Grey House by Levi Holloway, starring Laurie Metcalf, Tatiana Maslany and Paul Sparks, with direction by Joe Mantello. Select Broadway credits: New York, New York (9 Tony nominations, including Best Musical) from legendary songwriting team John Kander and Fred Ebb, with additional lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and direction/choreography by Susan Stroman; Terrence McNally's Frankie & Johnny in the Clair De Lune starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon (2 Tony nominations, including Best Revival); the global smash hit Anastasia; the box office record-breaking It's Only A Play starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick; The Visit starring Chita Rivera (5 Tony nominations). Select West End credits: The Jungle, Edward Albee's The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? Select off-Broadway credits: the world premiere of The White Chip, The Jungle, White Rabbit Red Rabbit (all of which were NYTimes Critic's Picks). Additional Tony nominations: Mothers and Sons, After Midnight, Ragtime, Master Class. |
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