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6:15 BARRY’s Forum Tutorial
6:30 RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE
6:45 J. LOIS DIAMOND
7:00 LIONELLE HAMANAKA
7:15 NICHOLAS HART
7:30 RAYMOND ALVIN
7:45 TONY BARONE
8:00 MADELINE PUCCIONI
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8:30   MICHAEL DIGAETANO
8:45   DONALD LOFTUS
9:00   JASON HUNTER
9:15   STANLEY HATHAWAY
9:30  DIRK BURROWS
9:45   REX MCGREGOR

Unavailable: Diane, Barb, Pam, Suzanne, Caroline, Mahmood, Tener, Lauren, Stan, Rocco, Joan (Petra avail 8-End)

Updated 9/26 11:22a <b>

IN THE FORUM AREA for MEMBERS ONLY:

  • ALL, Museum of City of NY, exhibit; Of Interest
    Playwrights, NYC Fringe apps 9/23-10/31
  • 1-Acts wanted for annual festival in NJ for Feb
  • Women Playwrights, new opporunities from Grace
  • Wanna be a Playwright? 15-wk LIVE NYC course-Oct
  • Premiere Stages (Kean U/NJ) seeks 3-State full Length
  • Macy's Parade (for Actors)
  • ALL Creatives: Check Odd Jobs Document

DON LOFTUS and STEVE ZACKIM’S new musical, "ILLUSION," directed by RONNY DUTRA, will receive a staged reading as part of THE SPARKS FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023 AT 7:00 PM. The theatre seats 100. May be able to do a matinee on the same day if it sells out quickly. If you can attend, let DON know asap at (EMAIL). FLYER/TICKET INFO

JANE IVES is (BASICALLY) only character in a short film, made a year or so ago. ‘GONE BEFORE YOUR EYES’ ( It has no dialogue/ all reactions shots ) about a painter descending into Alzheimers. So far, and still counting, it will be shown at: Woodstock Film Festival, Avail online Sep 27-Oct 1 & Live Sep 30 @ 5p (INFO), Newport Beach Film Festival Oct 17 (INFO), Mill Valley Film Festival Oct 11/12 & streaming 16-22 (INFO), Buffalo Film Festival Oct 8 (INFO)……. IMDB

SUZANNE GOLDENSOHN & STAN SAJA direct/perform in ‘70s CABARET’ (also featuring LAUREN), for West Milford Players @ W Milford Presbyterian Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd, W Milford NJ, Fri-Sat Sep 29-30 - FLYR/TIX

LINDA PALLOTTA’ ‘SUNSET PHENOMENA’ (starring ARTHUR & MARTIN P), chosen to be prt of Equity Library Virtual Theater Summer in Festival - View on YouTube, then text title to 631-898-4205, to vote, to help it to try to win Best Play - Deadline: Sep 30 -Winner receives Manhattan Prod - YOUTUBE

BOB MCKAY’ ‘WHEN THE SPIRIT HITS YOU’ (featuring ROCCO), will have its NY Debut & REX MCGREGOR’ ‘MONSTROUS VILLAINY’ (directed by DEBORAH) will be part of the 12th Annual SPF BOO!, Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St, Thurs-Suns, Oct 5-8 & Oct 19-22 - TIX - Use Code: CAST

CLAUDIA UNGER will be 1of the featured Artists in a FREE Special Highlights performance of ‘HERE I AM: A NEW MUSICAL’, in Celebration of Natl Coming Out Day! Oct 11/12 @ 730p, 6 River Terr, Battery Prk City - CAST - TIX

ART FEINGLASS’ ‘MISSISSIPPI SUMMER’ (written & directed by), will have its debut by Seattle Jewish Theater Co @ Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Sat/Sun Oct 21/22 thru Nov 19 - FLYER

TONY BARONE’ ‘WHISPERS’ has been accepted into NYTheatre Winterfest for Dec 7, 9, & 10 - (featuring BERNIE, MARK C., SUE & VICTORIA) - INFO TBA

JOE KANIEWSKI directed ‘CLASH OF THE SUBSCRIBERS’ & MARK CUNNINGHAM was featured in ‘HOPES & DREAMS’ for DwF’s monthly Zoom 1-acts, Mon Sep 18,7p PDT/10p EDT - INFO

SUE PHILLIPS presented a fun, interactive SCENT MEETS SOUND event on Mon Sept 18 @ 6p and would love you to come and share this with your colleagues and our PAGES friends - INVITE

NICHOLAS BOMPART (w/us when we were LIVE), has started his own Sun Writers Wrkshp - LINK

EMMA WOOD’ ‘MR BENNET’S BRIDE’ by Canberra Rep, has received not 1, not 2, but 3 reviews from highly regarded, local reviewing organization Canberra Critics Circle - #1 - #2 - #3

MICHELLE MACAU Co-Hosted ‘TRANSFORMING A PLAY INTO A MUSICAL’ for the Open Eye Theater Playtime on WIOX Radio 91.3 & WIOXRadio.org, Tues Sep 12, 6-7p EDT - INFO

KAILI Y. TURNER’ show ‘SHEEN THE MUSICAL’ (which she created, wrote and directed) went up Sun Sep 10 @ 7pm @ Brooklyn Comedy Collective. It's a Grease parody with all original songs and music and loads of fun. -Besides THAT, she’s received following honors: Lucille Lortel Nominee, Best Ensemble:The Nosebleed 2023. Collective Five Showrunner Program 2023. Native American Tv Writers Lab 2022. SNL/Second City Fellow 2021. Kaili’s Website with more info.

DONALD LOFTUS’ ‘AMUSING WILLIE’ once again, produced by THE OPEN-DOOR PLAYHOUSE in LA, as part of their terrific podcast - LINK

TAMIR was part of Sacred Music Concert in a cavernous space: 150 thousand square feet and there were thousands in the audience. LINK

CAROLINE PLEASANT performed in ‘BRADFORD’ (written & featuring MICHAEL BLIZZARD) for Incarn Live Virtual Theater, Sun Aug 20 - FB LIVE LINK

CAROLINE PLEASANT gives a wonderful performance as a woman on a mission to get NASA to make a big change in ‘FARSIGHTED’ by REX McGREGOR. 
The video was produced for The Pocketfull Project, Haywire Theatre, North Wales UK - YOUTUBE

From BeeGees to REAL Respect, more time traveling from FRANKIE & the Nanny - YOUTUBE

BARCELONA INDIE AWARDS Summer Edition 2023 officially selected LINDA PALLOTTA’s feature screenplay, “The Friend” and “30,000 Strong (Mother Ukraine-Layers of War)” series as top projects to participate in their LIVE screening event festival in Mar 2024, which she hopes to attend. Both of these projects were developed through PAGES readings. The underlined titles above link to their respective flyers.

MARTIN PFEFFERKORN featured in the pilot ‘180 DAYS’, screened @ the Big Apple Film Festival, Fri May 19, as part of the 9p Episodic/TV/Streaming Block 2, @ Cinema Village NYC - SOLD OUT! - Now viewable on YOUTUBE

DONALD LOFTUS’ ‘EDDY & EDNA’ was selected (out of 355), to be 1 of 8 plays in The Open Eye Theaters’ ‘Summer Shortcuts XIII’, in Margaretville NY, Aug 17-27, Dir: Elizabeth Sherr - INFO

DIRK BURROWS’ ‘FACES’ (starring JASON), was presented along w/‘ROMANCE W/ORION’ by James Jennings, American Theater of Actors, Beckmann Theater, 314 W 54th St (btwn 8th & 9th Aves), Aug 23-Sep 3 - POSTER

GEORGE SAPIO’ ‘NIGHT WITCH’ had its 1st reading on Zoom, Wed Aug 23, 5p PDT/8p EDT - INFO

DONALD LOFTUS’ play, ‘The Archway,’ had its first air date by the prestigious Los Angeles Dean Productions Theatre Company of their podcast production on Tuesday, August 15th. Info about this, and availability of DON’s play ‘Per’ - also online - at INFO.

DONALD LOFTUS’ New Musical ‘ILLUSION’ (Music by STEVE ZACKIM), premiered @ Colorado 4th Annual New Musical Festival, Aug 18-20

WAYNE JOSEPH featured in ‘THE INVINCIBLE EDDIE VINCENT’, in Act One One Act Festival @ Secret Theatre in Queens, reached FINALS! (But, unfortunately, didn’t win) Sat, Aug 19 @ 7:00p

“MOTHER UKRAINE-LAYERS OF WAR” by LINDA PALLOTTA selected FINALIST this summer, for micro-shorts,  ‘Best Friend’ and ‘30,000 Strong’ in the PARIS INTL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (starring FRANKIE & MARK G)

DONALD LOFTUS' 'The Springvale Armadillo' was presented August 12th at the Tyler Civic Theatre Center's '2023 New Play Festival. FLYER

STEPHANIE SCHWARTZ was in the Chorus of ‘WHISTLEVILLE: SOUTH NORWALK 1907’, a new, partly historical, musical by Cheryl E. Kemeny @ Crystal Community Theatre, 66 Bayview Ave, Norwalk CT, Fri-Sun Aug 4-6 - INFO/TIX

J LOIS DIAMOND’ comedy "On The Turnpike" was included in The Grange Playhouse's NJ themed festival in Howell, NJ. August 4-6. - FLYER

MIRIAM KULICK was part of a Zoom reading, showcasing just herself, Sun Aug 6th from 4 - 5 PM EDT, in Suze Allens’ event called ‘Memoir Church’. It's very informal; this is a work in progress shes’ developing and would be delighted if you could be there in her journey. Tix: $5 - (Event postponed due to illness)

LINDA PALLOTTA’S “BEST FRIEND” in her “Mother Ukraine-Layers of War” series has been selected as Semi-Finalist in Best Short Screenplay category for SEATTLE FILMMAKER AWARDS Fall Festival. FRANKIE VERROCA & MARK GORDON & Cosmo star.

MICHAEL DIGAETANO had a reading of his new two-hander ‘THE CHRISTMAS LETTERS’ Sun July 30 at noon at Studio 353, 353 W 48th St

MARTIN PFEFFERKORN portrayed “Athelstan” in the short screenplay Zoom reading of ‘A SWORD IN HAND’, Sun Jul 30, 11a PDT/2p EDT

DON LOFTUS' 'THE SPRINGVALE ARMADILLO’ was chosen to be in the New Works Festival July 21 & 29 by the prestigious Cincinnati Lab Theatre. FLYER

SUZANNE GOLDENSOHN directed ‘HOOK, LINE & SINKER’ (which took Best Playwright & Best Male & Female Actor) & LAUREN was in ‘THE ALL NEW DATING GAME!: THE VIDEO GAME EDITION’ & ‘MINOR DEVIATIONS’, 3 of 9 1-acts in the Annual One Act Jamboree @ Stageworks Theatre Grp, Studio 237, Jul 21-23, Pompton Lks, NJ - FLYER

Blast frm Past: Our own FRANKIE VERROCA atop Hollywood sign, 43 yrs ago, during SAG strike of ‘80 - YOUTUBE - YOUTUBE/NOW

MICHELLE MACAU directed ‘ANTIGONE’ (which featured DEBORAH DELORENZO) for Open Eye Theater Jul 13-23, in Margaretville NY - FLYER

LINDA PALLOTTA’s “The Friend,” has been chosen by Vancouver Movie Awards and the Paris Awards Film Festival, as Semi-Finalist in summer line-up of their Best Original Screenplay category. AND, Palm Beach Shorts nominated Linda’s one-act, “The Unknown Soldier” as Best Unproduced Short Script Semi-Finalist.

LINDA PALLOTTA  recently had three poems published in ‘Review Americana’ this past Spring and in the July 2023 journal ‘Literature Today.’ 

Our own FRANK BOWMAN on the barricades! - INSTAGRAM

WAYNE JOSEPH was featured in ‘TEQUILA SUNSET’ by Laurel Lockhart, 1 of multiple 1-acts as part of Small Plates, an AEA benefit for/at the Episcopal Actors Guild, Little Church, 1 E 29th (@ 5th Ave), Thurs Jul 20 @ 7p - FREE (Donations accepted)

MARK CUNNINGHAM starred in ‘MOON VIXENS’ & MARTIN PFEFFERKORN directed ‘ONE MORE WAKING’, 2 of 4 One-Acts by Sam Hurwitt, presented by Drama w/Friends on Zoom, Mon Jul 17, 7p PDT/10p EDT - INFO

MARTIN PFEFFERKORN will be featured as a “Further Demon” in ‘INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR’, in theaters starting Fri Jul 7

REX MCGREGOR’ 45 min original play ‘LADY GODIVA DOESN’T RIDE AGAIN’ (featuring VICTORIA as “Godiva,” MO as "Leofric," MARK G as “Thomas” & SHARLENE as “The Narrator”) was in the 1st half & NICHOLAS HART’ ‘COMING OUT ON A LIMB’ (ALYSON, BERNARD & MARK G) was in 2nd, of Virtual Globe Workshop’ Zoom reading, Wed Jul 5, 6-8p EDT - YOUTUBE/REX

Incarn Live Virtual Theater presented ‘THE WIDOW’S MITES’ by MICHAEL BLIZZARD, featuring himself & VICTORIA FREEDMAN, Sun Jul 16 @ 5p EDT - FLYER - PROMO

MARTIN PFEFFERKORN portrayed “Karl Marx”, in the short screenplay Zoom reading of ‘COMMUNIST MANIFESTO’, presented by ATC Studios ‘Fridays at the Studio’ Fri Jul 14 @ 730p EDT - FLYER - YOUTUBE

LINDA PALLOTTA just garnered ANOTHER, ANOTHER AWARD!!! Best Emotionial Short in the Dona Paula Intl Film Festival for her ‘Best Friend: Mother Ukraine - Layers of War.' ANNOUNCEMENT

REX MCGREGOR’ Mono ‘OLIVE STRUTS & FRETS’ was performed on Zoom @ Virtual Globe, Wed Jul 12 @ 6p EDT

SUE PHILLIPS was on Scentbird live discussing Summer Scent School with  Sue Phillips!! there are 3 Giveaways! Her book “The Power of Perfume”; plus two more incredible Custom perfume giveaways. Watch & send comments to @ScentfullySue, see how you can win your own Custom Fragrance! - INSTAGRAM

CAROLINE PLEASANT was featured in the INCARN Live Virtual Theater play, "FAMILY REUNION"! Her role was: Aunt Myrtle. The show was Sunday, July 9, at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Zoom. It was simultaneously shown on Facebook LIVE and it was recorded. FLYER - VID

MICHAEL BLIZZARD starred & CARLO FIORLETTA was featured in ‘THE STORY OF THELONIOUS MONK’ thru Incarn Live Virtual Theatre, Sun Jun 25 @ 5p EDT - FLYER - VID

ROCCO SPOON can be seen as a Bartender serving Carrie & her friends in ‘AND JUST LIKE THAT’ Seas 2 Epsd 2 ‘The Real Deal’ on Max - PIX

FRANKIE VERROCA can be seen VERY briefly, in ‘THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL’ Seas 5 Epsd 6 ‘The Testi-Roastial’ on Prime - PIX

MICHAEL BLIZZARD was featured in ‘GOLD PAINT’, an Orig Full length play by Morey Norkin, (directed by MARTIN PFEFFERKORN), presented by ATC Studios ‘Fridays at the Studio’ Zoom reading, Fri Jul 7 @ 730p EDT - FLYER - VID

MARGARET ENGEL completes her Fulbright scholarship in Bosnia Jun 29 & returns to NYC!

LINDA PALLOTTA won Honorable Mention in the ATHENS Int’l Monthly Art Film Festival, one of top three in the category of Best Original Script, 'Mother Ukraine-Layers of War' for event in 2024. She was also selected Semi-Finalist in both SAN DIEGO Int’l Film Awards and The VANCOUVER Film Awards in Best Unproduced Feature Script category for 'The Friend.' LINDA's play, 'Vamos' was just published in Mini Plays Review Journal. She sends “a big hug" to PAGES thespians who helped her fill in the skeleton of her play 'The SHRIEK' published this June in Fresh Words horror plays anthology.n

DIRK BURROWS’ ‘COLLAPSE’ (w/NICK A & JACKIE L) & ‘SIXTY’ (ROSINA & MARK G; directed by DIRK) were part of POLY PLAYS V: 2 Playwrights & Poet, Producers Club, 358 W 44th, Royal Theater (near 9th Ave), Jun 22-25 - FLYER - COLLAPSE/VID

MARK CUNNINGHAM was in 2 of 6 One-Acts @ ‘THE MARSHALL PLAYWRIGHTS SHOWCASE’ thru Players Guild of Leonia, Leonia NJ, Jun 16-18 - ARTICLE - PERFORMANCE VID

SHERRY FRIEDMAN's full length play "Zombies" had a staged reading at OutCast Productions in Washington state, Jun 24/25. "Thanks to all PAGES members." ~SF -

J LOIS DIAMOND’ full length play ‘LADY OF THE CELLS’ had Zoom reading thru ‘RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE’ ‘States of Play’, (featuring MEREDITH & MARTIN P doin SDs), Thurs Jun 22, 730p EDT

SACHI PARKER was featured in ‘DANCING FOR BRIGID’, a new play by Terence Keyes, which premiered @ Manhattanville College Jun 8-10

LINDA PALLOTTA’ ‘30,000 STRONG’ (featuring GREG & STANLEY) chosen as BEST PROJECT OF THE WEEK Jun 19 for Barcelona Indie Awards - INFO

COLLEEN KENNEDY took part in H.B. Studios Triangle Play Festival,  thanks to Polaris playwright Rachel Petite, whose play,  "The Three Graces" was read. Jun 20

“When the Moon Dances on the Water,” by PAUL K. SMITH will be a Zoom-style reading from Indianapolis. POSTPONED - Link TBA - OTHER INFO

"The 'Mona Lisa' Women" (by PAUL K. SMITH) POSTPONED publication till Sep 29. The play first saw life here at P.A.G.E.S., on March 7, 2023. ROSINA FERNHOFF played "Kat'rina" and DEBORAH DELORENZO played "Mona Lisa." Each actress gave the heart, warmth, soul, and "ruach" (the breath of life) that brought life to their roles. More Info TBA

MARTIN PFEFFERKORN directed ‘BOOMERTOWN’ & was featured in ‘AT THE WATERING HOLE’ as part of Drama w/Friends presentation of 1-acts by Cathy Midori Stonie, Mon Jun 19, 7p PDT/10p EDT on Zoom

VICTORIA FREEDMAN was featured in ‘MY OLE MAN’ thru Incarn Live Virtual Theatre, Fathers Day, Sun Jun 18 @ 5p EDT - FLYER

MARK GORDON starred as “Fiorello H. La Guardia” in REX McGREGOR's ‘SUNSHINE IN EVERY WINDOW’ (also directed by Rex) at the Rogue Theater Festival, streaming as Video on Demand from June 5 to June 18.

JESSICA FEDER-BIRNBAUM’ ‘TOPPINGS AND SIDES’ & J LOIS DIAMOND’ ‘OPEN PALMS’ were part of a FREE evening of Monos thru Honor Roll! & Proj Y Theatre 8th annual WIT Festival, celebrating women playwrights over 40, A.R.T./NY Theatres, 502 W 53, Wed Jun 14 @ 730p

DONALD LOFTUS’ acceptances (so far) for ‘23 - LIST

MADELINE PUCCIONI'S full-length 'The Cassandra Murders,' (workshopped with Anthony Clarvoe and P.A.G.E.S), has WON ‘Best Mid-length Stage or Audio Play’ in the Scriptwriters & Co 2023 International Festival, Bath, UK (REX MCGREGOR’ ‘Speechless’ was Semi-Finalist, also)

LINDA PALLOTTA’ ‘PRIME RIB WEDDING” chosen as 1 of 8 winners in the Jun 2023 10-min plays VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS PRIDE FESTIVAL (w/Sharlene, Bernard [also directng], Mark G., Frank, [Michael B., Miriam, & Tennille as U/Ss]) Jun 12, 7-9pm. - CAST

FRANK BOWMAN was featured in ‘THE BREAKING POINT’, 1 of 2 One-Acts being presented on Zoom by JT & Brown & Brown’s Prods, Sat Jun 10 @ 7p EDT w/Q&A after; (Encore Sun Jun 11 @ 2p EDT)

REX McGREGOR's ‘AMAZONS OF TOMORROW’ was on stage at the NYC/Short Play Festival, The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St, Jun 8-11.

KUBBI directed a staged reading of ‘BALDWINS’ NI$$ER’ for the Sixth Festival, Balance Arts Ctr, 151 W 30, 3rd Flr, Sat Jun 10 @ 7p

LINDA PALLOTTA has been selected a nominee for Best Feature Screenplay Award for “The Friend” in the Hawaii International Film Awards. Also, selected Semi-Finalist for micro-short film “ Best Friend” of her series (starring FRANKIE VERROCA & MARK GORDON) at the Santa Barbara International Movie Awards along with her script “Mother Ukraine Layers of War.” She credits PAGES for her success.

BOB OST’ TRU Virtual Benefit, ‘TRU SPEAKS, HEAR OUR VOICES’, celebrating 30 yrs; Five 1-acts rethought as films, 1 by GLENN ALTERMAN & 1 produced by AMY DRAKE, now avail On-Demand; use Discount Code: PAGES-25 for 25% off $25 tix - INFO

MIRIAM KULICK performed an original Mono (1 of 5) for Roland Tec’s ‘SOME1SPEAKING’ on Zoom, Mon Jun 5 @ 6p EDT - Tix: $5

Past members MIKE JANKOWITZ & DONNA ROESEL were part of a FREE reading of CARLOS JEROME’ ‘VESTED INTEREST’ @ Dramatist Guild, Mon Jun 5 @ 6p

MICHELLE RISSE’ ‘Unmasked’ will be produced at the Pioneer Park Civic Center in Fairbanks, AK in Mar ‘24 - FLYER

RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE’ ‘THE WAY HOME’ had a Virtual Reading, Sun May 28 @ 630p EDT (With: Mark G, Jack, Miriam) - FB Link

SANTA FE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL has selected LINDA PALLOTTA’ feature screenplay. “The Friend,” as Semi-Finalist this Spring. - LAUREL

RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE’ ’Crossing the Line’ chosen to be part of The MAC 1-Acts Play Reading Festival in Middletown NJ, Thurs May 25, 7p, FREE

SUE PHILLIPS had a book signing, for her ‘THE POWER OF PERFUME’ @ Bice Cucina, Tues May 23 in eve.

RAY ALVIN's 'Apparently Alvin' (<---link) is coming this Fall. 'A collection of short scenes and brief principles.'

LINDA PALLOTTA’ script ‘THE FRIEND’ was just selected by IMDb listed BROOKLYN  INTERNATIONAL SHORT AWARDS as Semi-Finalist!
“Two women become friends but their relationship rides on a roller/coaster of thrills & frills in New York’s Williamsburg.” Thank you PAGES actors for helping me visualize so I could fill-in the ‘skeleton.’ - Laurel

‘THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER’,  a one-act by LINDA PALLOTTA, was selected as Semi-Finalist by the Intl Washington Film Awards this Spring. The timeless story of two strangers sharing their personal lives on a NYC subway station, was the first play Linda originally wrote for the stage. Laurel

MADELINE PUCCIONI’ ‘FINDING MEDUSA’ was done as Zoom Staged Reading @ PlayCafe, Mon May 22 @ 7p PDT/10p EDT

RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE’ ‘THE UNDERSTANDING’, had LIVE reading at NLT (Readers' Theatre), 47 Erie Pl, Nutley NJ, Sun May 21 @ 2p

JANE IVES was in Josh Liveright’ ‘COUGH’, part of ‘Cafe Plays’ @ Buunni Coffee, 4961 Bwy (btwn 207th St & Isham), Inwood, Sat May 20 @ 8p - Beer & Wine, & yummy food available!

CARLO FIORLETTA, featured in ‘SURVIVNG FAMILY’ (written by his wife, MARA LESEMANN; her 1st Feature), is now on Sling TV’s HER channel; next showing Tues May 16 in morn.

LINDA PALLOTTA’s script “The Friend,” won an Award of Merit Special Mention and her short script “Mother Ukraine - Layers of War” winner in 2 categories as Writer & in Contemporary Issues/Awareness Raising in renown IndieFEST Film Awards this month.

ARTHUR J LUNDQUIST’ ‘A REALLY GREAT FIRST DATE’ was a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Award thru Constellation Stage & Screen ‘23/‘24 season.

VICTORIA FREEDMAN was featured in ‘The Quest of Momma Lucille: The Ruby Bridges Story’, Incarn Live Virtual Theater, Sun May 14 @ 5p EDT & also performed 1st Act of it LIVE @ Mt Pisgah Baptist Church, Brklyn - Flyer

ERIKA K. CROCCO performed in The Jackie Mason Musical with the West Milford Players May 5th 7:30pm, May 6th (Erika's Birthday) 2:00pm & 7:30pm, May 12th 7:30pm & May 13th 2:00pm & 7:30pm, Mothers Day Matinee added! May 14 @ 2p - Flyer & more info. - Borscht Belt Museum article - Article - Interview

BERNARD BOSIO & MARTIN PFEFFERKORN were featured in Zoom reading of ’Operation: Clutterbuck’, ’Fridays @ Studio’ thru ATC Studios, Fri May 12 @ 730p EDT - Flyer - Vid

STANLEY HATHAWAY & GREG THOMAS star in LINDA PALLOTTA’ '30,000 Strong' video from the "Mother Ukraine-Layers of War" series - Vid of Week

KUBBI performed w/‘We Are Actors’ in ’A Night of Scenes’ thru Frigid NYC at the Kraine Theatre, 85 E 4th (nr 2nd Ave), Wed May 10th at 7:30p

ARTHUR LUNDQUIST sang with The Dalton Chorale on Tuesday, May 9th at 7 pm in a performance of the Mozart Requiem at Church of the Holy Trinity (316 East 88th Street).

MICHAEL DIGAETANO had a LIVE Table Read of his farce ’Location, Location, Location’ (Mark G, Sharlene, Tenille, & Deborah were part of the cast) Sat May 6, @ OUR old location, 353 W 48, basement

DAWN JAMIESON performed BOTH days, Wed May 3 & Thurs May 4, @ 8th Annual YIPAP New Native Play Festival in New Haven CT,

VICTORIA FREEDMAN & STAN SAJA were featured in ’Hidden Figures’ (based on the screenplay) by Incarn Virtual Theatre on Zoom, Sun Apr 23 - Flyer - Vid

LINDA PALLOTTA’s script, “The Friend,” was nominated Semi-Finalist in three categories (Best Feature Screenplay, Best Drama, & Best Action/Fantasy) of IMDb listed ‘Filmhaus Berlin’ this season & will also be entered in its yearly film festival competition in November. A big shout out to PAGES actors/playwrights for assisting her in its process❣️🎬🎭 - Laurel - Laurel - Laurel

LIONELLE HAMANAKA’ Crossways Theatre Presents: Womens Festival 2023 including pieces by Lionelle (Dir: MICHELLE MACAU) & JILLIE SIMON (amongst others), featuring: MARK C., VICTORIA, WAYNE, ROCCO, GREGORY, DIANE Q., DEBORAH DeL. & JILLIE - RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 30th at 2:00 pm.

MARTIN PFEFFERKORN was featured in a reading of ’Ashland’; an original full length, embued w/music & Shakespeare, dealing w/homelessness in OR, @ Actors Studio Apr 26

MICHELLE MACAU Co-Hosted ‘Open Eye Theater Playtime Presents’ on WIOX- FM 91.3 (& streaming) Playwright Jean Bergantini Grillo & selected scenes from her play ’Cradle’, Tues Apr 25

CARLO FIORLETTA was featured in ’Divine Cardboard’ as part of ‘Rainy Day Artistic Collective Presents:New Works, New Writers’ on Youtube, Sat Apr 22 & Sun Apr 23

SACHI PARKER starred in ’THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE’; the world premiere of a play by Matthew McLachlan, at THE CHAIN Theater, it ran in Apr, as limited engagement - ENCORE Streaming was available THRU APR 23 - Photos and Storyline.

DIANE QUINN created a promo video for the 13th Annual LIVE Shakespeare Sonnet Slam, sharing her creativity and inviting you to share yours, as either a sonneteer or reader Sat, Apr 22 in NYC. Link to Diane's YouTube Video

LINDA PALLOTTA’ ’Mother Ukraine—Layers of War' has been selected a semi-finalist in San Francisco Art House Short Festival. Linda is dedicating this piece to our ROSINA FERNHOFF, for her "inspiration to writing this important drama on the war." Pertinent stuff.

MARIANA MOTT NEWIRTH’ BIG announcement for ’24! - Info

MARK CUNNINGHAM is featured as the filmed ”Mr. Callister” in ‘The Vagabond Hotel’ at ID Studios in the Bronx, FREE Previews extended for Immigrant Heritage Wk/Bronx Wk starting Apr 21. This play is an English translation and adaptation of Hotel de Vagabundos by Manual Zapata Olivella and combines 3 actors on stage with 22 filmed roles. - Info - VIMEO

RACHEL RUBIN-LADUTKE’ one act comedy, ‘CROSSING THE LINE’ (featuring JACK HENRY) was part of an evening of short plays Zooming through ‘States of Play’, Wed Apr 19th

LINDA PALLOTTA’ ’Putin & The Priest’ (starring MARTIN PFEFFERKORN & BARRY REITMAN) selected as Semi-Finalist @ Paris Intl Short Festival - Laurel

DONALD LOFTUS' 'Dress Blues' was chosen by Open Door Playhouse CA for a podcast performance starting Wednesday, Apr 12. Free admission

LINDA PALLOTTA’ one-minute play ‘Vamos’ is going to be published this month (Apr) in an anthology of one-minute plays in the international journal ‘Literature Today.’  It’s about the pressure for teens/adolescents to join Ecuadorian gangs, especially in the Bronx. - Cover Image

FRANKIE VERROCA & MARK GORDON in LINDA PALLOTTA’ ’Best Friend’, part of ’Mother Ukraine - Layers of War’ - Videos of the Week

LONDON INDIE SHORT FESTIVAL selected LINDA PALLOTTA as a semi-finalist for Best Script (unproduced) ‘The Friend.’ Several PAGES actors assisted her in its’ creative process. - Laurel - Image

RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE's play 'The Way Home' was presented by States of Play, a virtual reading series she curates, on Monday, Apr 3 on Zoom. PAGES members involved include JACK HENRY, MARK C. and MARK G. Segments have been presented at P.A.G.E.S.

CAROLINE PLEASANT featured in ‘Golden Girls’ w/Incarn Virtual Theatre - Link

BARBARA LITT's play, 'Ernest and Haley Take the Staten Island Ferry,' was selected by Sundog Theatre for "Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry" competition AND Barbara's play 'Resilient Patient Healthcare Symphony,' won Best Overall Play in West Milford Players Short Plays performances.

TONY BARONE's novel 'Culebra Cut' has been published by Wordwooze. It was partially drafted at P.A.G.E.S. Link to Amazon page.

LINDA PALLOTTA’ ’The Friend’ screenplay is a Semi-Finalist @ NY Intl Women Festval, Mar 2023 - Laurel - Image

“Cherry Blossoms for Mom,” a short play by LINDA PALLOTTA, was part of the international presentation by the Tiger’s Heart Players on Zoom Sun Apr 2. This was originally created by Rosina and Frankie @ PAGES.

DIRK BURROWS' ‘Briefs’, ‘Lily’, & ’Chekov’s Gun,’ featuring NICK AMBROSE, ROSINA, MARK G., KUBZ, JACKIE L., and SUE P, with direction by DIRK, MARK G., JASON, was presented at the ‘2 Playwrights 1 Ticket Spring 2023 Event’ at Producers Club, in Mar. - Lily - Briefs - Gun

J.LOIS DIAMOND’ play In Alabama was part of "The F Word- Forceful Tales of Femininity" program at Polaris North in March.

Our own MADELINE PUCCIONI is among those being celebrated this Mar by LA’s Towne St Theatre for Women's HERstory Month - Info

LINDA PALLOTTA’s “Re-in-WHAT!?-Change is Good,” was chosen to be part of the Equity Library Theater’s Winter Festival 2023 and may be viewed on YouTube. Our own TENER BROWN stars as the burlesque gal, formerly Al Capone.

From LINDA PALLOTTA: “On the evening of the 95th Academy Awards,  I was pleasantly surprised when I opened an email and received  a  notice that my short script for ‘Sunset Phenomena’ was selected as a semi-finalist in the Dublin World Film Festival. I want to thank PAGES🌹”

BARRY REITMAN & MARTIN PFEFFERKORN in LINDA PALLOTTA’s ’Putin & the Priest’, part of ’Mother Ukraine - Layers of War’ - Videos of the Week

FRANK BOWMAN was featured in ’Son of Anarchy’ by Eugene A. Melino, as part of the Queens Short Play Festival in Mar.

WALTRUDIS BUCK stars as the psychiatrist to a bipolar girl (Dir/Writer Alex Heller); Steve Buscemi and J. Smith Cameron play her parents in the independent film THE YEAR BETWEEN - Trailer

‘Sunset Phenomena' by LINDA PALLOTTA featuring ARTHUR LUNDQUIST & MARTIN PFEFFERKORN in Vid of the Week

MARTIN PFEFFERKORN in ’Emancipation Glory’ from Incarn Live Virtual Theatre - Video

STEPHANIE SCHWARTZ read the role of Philinte in THE MISANTHROPE by Moliere for Upstart Arts on Zoom, Feb 25th - Additionial info

DONALD LOFTUS, is the subject of legendary publishing executive Michael Clinton's monthly newsletter about professional and business leaders who build "life layers" following their initial success. The newsletter is a spinoff from Clinton's highly successful book, "ROAR into the Second Half of Your Life." The article.

JESSICA FEDER-BIRNBAUM has 2 excerpted works (monologues) from her play ‘NO FEE’ included in the Smith and Kraus, Inc. The Best Women's and The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2023.

CARLO FIORLETTA interviewed in CanvasRebel mag - Interview

ROSINA FERNHOFF in LINDA PALLOTTA’ ’Mother Ukraine’, part of ’Mother Ukraine - Layers of War’ - Video of the week

J.LOIS DIAMOND's play ‘A Siri-Ous Situation’ had a live staged reading @ Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL in Jan. Post Reading Podcast.

JASON HUNTER presented a Preview/Showcase of his ’Ignore: Roe v Wade’ (featuring himself & ADRIENNE UNAE; directed by DS BURROWS, and Production Asst MARK GORDON) at The Triad Theater in Feb (75 mins) w/Q&A afterwards - Additional Info

JILLIE SIMON’s multi-award winning short film "A Chance" screened in Jan, at the Cutting Room (W 32nd St.) Intern’l Short Film Festival and she WON Best Actress in an LGBTQ Short.

DONALD LOFTUS’ ‘Eddy & Edna’ has been selected to be a part of SMITH & KRAUS' (PUBLISHER) "THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS OF 2023",  with a planned publication date in October 2023.

 A monologue from J.LOIS DIAMOND's play "Palak Paneer" has been selected for inclusion in Smith & Kraus' BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES for 2023.

RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE is thrilled to announce that two monologues from THE WICKHAM WAY have been selected for inclusion in this year's Smith & Kraus anthologies: A monologue by Charlie in BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2023 & A monologue by Liza in BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2023.

TONY BARONE's screenplay Boricua was a finalist in the LA Intl Screenplay contest.

MADELINE PUCCIONI’ ’Wonder People’ also praised at the Actors' Theatre annual 10-minute play festival in Santa Cruz, Calif. (unfortunately, omitted by name) - Review excerpt

DONALD LOFTUS' "Eddy & Edna" highly lauded at the Actors' Theatre annual 10-minute play festival in Santa Cruz, Calif. Review excerpt

MICHAEL BLIZZARD & CARLO FIORLETTA in ’MLK’ from Incarn Live Virtual Theatre - Video

Mara Lesemann (CARLO FIORLETTA’s wife) interviewed by Canvas Rebel mag about making her Features ‘Detours’ and ‘Surviving Family’ (featuring Carlo in both) - Link

H U N G E R ‘ a poem by Linda Pallotta, & also DON LOFTUS’ "SAY IT ISN'T LOVE", (which he wrote years ago for his musical ‘ABBEY VICTORIA!’), will be published in the Jan 2023 issue of ‘Literature Today’ with their theme (of course) of love. Mag cover

SHERRY FRIEDMAN's play ‘Waiting For Godzilla’ has been published in the Hello Godot! Vol. 4 international anthology. Copies may be purchased at Lulu.com, discount code WELCOME15 for a 15% discount.

"An (Updated) Christmas Carol" by TONY BARONE featuring ALYSON, SUE, MICHELLE, COLLEEN, and VICTORIA is the Video of the Week in Members Only.

CARLO FIORLETTA’S wife Mara Lesemann writes: delighted that the short screenplay "Asian Thread" is an official selection of the Austin Revolution Film Festival in TX! I wrote the screenplay from a story by Carlo; workshopped at PAGES.

DONALD LOFTUS had two of his plays, “When the World Falls In Love” and "Perhaps a Sidebar on Christmas" in the Winters Theatre's 8-play, 10-Minute Holiday Play Festival Dec in Winters, CA. Details here. A full listing of upcoming (and past) productions of Don's plays is Here.

KUBBI as ”Mary Sunshine” in ’Chicago’ (NOT the Musical) by the Out of the Box Theatre Co. - Link to Review

MARK CUNNINGHAM's NYU Tisch Grad Short - Youtube

TOM DINARDO in Seas 1 Epsd 6 of "East New York." on CBS  & streams on Paramount+ Link here.

SHARLENE HARTMAN stars in short film “Lunch with Leslie”  Trailer and Poster.

DIRK BURROWS' play "Bobblehead" has been published by Next Stage Press. It's one of ten short plays available at their website.

DIANE QUINN has been interviewed for a podcast called Brave New Women — a site about giving ordinary women a platform and a voice. Link to the podcast.

DAWN JAMIESON has an article in the Dramatists' Guild online site about the Zooming success of P.A.G.E.S. and what it means to her. Link to Article

SUE PHILLIPS in Women’s Wear Daily!
Link to Article

DONALD LOFTUS' full-length drama, "DRIFTWOOD" has been named a finalist in PANNDORA PRODUCTIONS of Long Beach, CA's New Play Festival!



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