| TERRENCE McNALLY NEW WORKS INCUBATOR - Submissions for Cycle 3 NOW OPEN! | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:14 pm EST 11/14/24 | |
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| RATTLESTICK THEATER, THE TERRENCE McNALLY FOUNDATION, and TOM KIRDAHY PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCE APPLICATIONS FOR CYCLE 3 OF PLAYWRIGHTS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL INCLUDE SHEILA CALLAGHAN, CHRISTOPHER CHEN, HALLEY FEIFFER, DAVID HENRY HWANG, LYNN NOTTAGE, AND PAULA VOGEL (New York, NY) Rattlestick Theater , the Terrence McNally Foundation, and Tom Kirdahy Productions are proud to announce the opening of submissions for Cycle 3 of the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator. 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 a multi-pronged program designed to support 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. Since 2023, fellowships have been awarded to Molly Herron Bicks, HyoJeong Choi, Jesse Jae Hoon, Sam Mueller, Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, and Haygen-Brice Walker. As part of our growing commitment to connect our fellows with world-class artistic collaborators, each McNally Fellow will also receive a developmental workshop that culminates in a public reading featuring industry-leading professionals. Recent directors have included Tea Alagic, Arin Arbus, and Dustin Wills. "We could not be prouder of how the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator has grown to become an integral part of New York City's playwriting ecosystem," says Santino DeAngelo, Executive Director of the Terrence McNally Foundation. "Under the brilliant guidance of Rattlestick Artistic Director Will Davis, we nurture bold voices and groundbreaking stories with the same passion and integrity that defined Terrence's legacy. It is a space where creativity thrives, craft is honed, and the future of the American theater is shaped." "The Rattlestick's Terrence McNally Incubator is a peerless program, fostering unique voices by pairing them with like-minded mentors and benefiting them both in the process. The opportunity to then further develop the work in a 29-hour workshop with top-tier creatives is a dream-come-true for any writer. The Rattlestick has always been a haven for daring new voices and this initiative only furthers that singular aim by cementing the future of ambitious playwriting in a strong and salient way," notes playwright Halley Feiffer, who serves on the Playwrights Advisory Council for the Incubator. "Every step of the process — finding a director and a mentor, how to use my three-week incubation time, what we prioritized in the 29-hour workshop — was driven by what the play (and I!) needed at that moment in time. My time was spent feeling centered in myself and supported by every single person around me," says Terrence McNally Incubator Cycle 2 playwright, Sam Mueller. Applications for Cycle 3 are open now at www.rattlestick.org and will close January 9, 2025 at 11:59pm (ET), or when 500 applications have been received. Each application is thoughtfully reviewed by a broad reader pool of industry professionals. Semi-finalists and finalists are selected through two rounds of consideration. Finalists are granted an interview with a selection panel, including representatives from Rattlestick and Tom Kirdahy Productions. In consultation with the Playwrights Advisory Council, three playwrights will be awarded the Fellowship in the spring 2025. Playwrights Advisory Council members include Sheila Callaghan, Christopher Chen, Halley Feiffer, David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, and Paula Vogel. 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. Core collaborators (director, dramaturg, actors) will be chosen in consultation with the selected playwright, TKP, and Rattlestick and will be compensated for their time. * * * ABOUT RATTLESTICK THEATER Founded in 1994, Rattlestick Theater has been steadfast in supporting diverse, provocative work and fostering the future voices of the American theater. Our mission is to produce adventurous new plays that are formally inventive and theatrically expansive. Now led by Artistic Director Will Davis, the first transgender person to run an off-Broadway theater, Rattlestick is redoubling its efforts to support theater artists who are responding to the complexities of our culture through the radical distribution of resources toward the creation of new theatrical work. From its historic West Village theater, Rattlestick has produced the first plays and early works of some of today's leading voices, including Annie Baker (The Aliens, Obie for Best New American Play), Martyna Majok (Ironbound), Diana Oh (mylingerieplay), and Heidi Schreck (There Are No More Big Secrets). We are proud to make Rattlestick a place where some of our nation's most celebrated playwrights feel safe to test their boldest ideas, including Dael Orlandersmith (Until the Flood), Jose´ Rivera (Massacre, Sing to Your Children), Samuel D. Hunter (Lewiston/Clarkson, nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play), and Arturo Luíz Soria (Ni Mi Madre, which won a 2023 Obie Award for Best Solo Performance). www.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 motivated 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. His current projects include the upcoming revival of the iconic musical GYPSY starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald as Rose, and directed by six-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe at the legendary, newly renovated Majestic Theatre; the upcoming new musical JUST IN TIME, starring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin and directed by two-time Tony Award winner Alex Timbers; 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 became the highest-grossing August Wilson play in Broadway history; 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. Tom Kirdahy, President of TKP, is a recipient of the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theater Producing; the Miss Lilly Award, a prize in recognition of his advocacy for women in a male-dominated industry; the 2023 Medal of Honor from the Entertainment Community Fund; and an NYU Distinguished Alumni Award. Kirdahy serves on the Broadway League Board of Governors, the Executive Board of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and is a member of the Harry Ransom Center Advisory Council at the University of Texas. As an attorney he spent nearly two decades providing free legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS and served for many years on the Executive Committee of the NYC LGBT Center. Graduate, New York University School of Law, NYU CAS. ### |
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