“The anglophone playwriting book market thrives on a variety of manuals that naturalize hegeturgy as the toolkit of the field, without which a playwright cannot write “good” plays. This publication contributes to opening an important window that allows us to peek into other scenarios and redefine playwriting for ourselves.”

“...this collection points to the need to continue making more room in “official spaces” (such as academia) for ideas and practices that disrupt the ideological norm that informs theatrical apparatuses in the Global North. By legitimizing these counterhegemonic efforts through scholarship, the editors and authors are making an important step toward the redefinition of the playwriting field. Hopefully many more works like this will follow.”

“You are tethered to historical concepts of what you are, what you can do and be, when THERE IS NO NORMAL. You are building your model of the world this very instant.”

“We are honored to invite you to this thought-provoking and beautifully crafted sonic experience. This piece is a meaningful opening to this audio series because it signifies and encapsulates feelings and energies that we at the Jungle, and certainly many in the world, are grappling with today - discomfort with the flood of disturbing media we can’t seem to stop ourselves from looking at, deep questioning about our varied and individual racial, cultural, and political identities, and a restless readiness to engage with ourselves and one another more honestly than we have ever dared before. We admire Eric Micha Holmes and Omar Zubair’s bravery and artistry in this piece. The Jungle is excited to present this work to you, our beloved audience, and we are so happy that you are taking this risk with us - we have jumped into the world of audio drama with this ambitious, moving, and bold new play.”

“Although, in the case of Mondo Tragic, I’d get so into the storytelling and my own imagination, that I’d lose track of what row I was on in my knitting pattern. The result is a scarf with a bumpy pattern, interrupted by a couple smooth rows, then the pattern resumes. Maybe that’s somehow a metaphor for what’s happening right now. Everything is the same, same, same, until you hit a bump, causing some chain reaction, then back to the same, same, same. ”

“This play blurs the line between fact and fiction, between reality and fantasy, so much so that after I listened I had to do a bit of googling to remind myself what was true. The ending leaves us with a bit of a cliffhanger, and a “tune in for the next episode,” but there isn’t one. It’s really a brilliant use of the medium (it sounds as if it were written as an audio play, instead of being adapted from a staged production), of mixing history, media depictions of race, and fiction to really get at the idea of the social construct we call race, which is so complicated and hard to get at. And it’s also fantastic and compelling storytelling.”

“Sounddial is an installation that transforms light into sound. This iteration was created at Djerassi’s Old Barn. As the sunlight moves through the space and over a series of sensors, voices are triggered and fill the space with humming.”

“Audible’s newest class of playwrights is comprised of incredibly gifted creatives that are harnessing the power of voice to create theater that can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime. ”

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. ”

“The Fellows program is a nine-month intensive where ten playwrights and musical theatre writers meet together to develop full-length pieces under the guidance of Program Chairs Michael Korie (War Paint), Laurence O’Keefe (Heathers), and Diana Son (Stop Kiss). The program offers writers the time, space, and guidance to hone their crafts and develop their authentic voices. Several esteemed arts organizations, including SPACE on Ryder Farm and the MacDowell Colony, also offer Fellows-exclusive developmental partnerships for graduates of the program. Alumni of the program include Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Frozen), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen), and Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo).”