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ONSTAGE on Hiatus

I started the Female Playwrights ONSTAGE Festival nine years ago with the kind of innocent gumption that gets all sorts of characters into trouble. I had no idea the blood, sweat, and tears I would pour into it. I also … Continue reading

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And the 2018 Female Playwrights ONSTAGE Festival Theme is…

WOW – it’s official!  Our 2018 festival theme is here, and we’ll begin accepting submissions on June 1!  (So check back here on the 1st… but you can get writing now!) This year’s festival theme is VOLUME CONTROL.  Playwrights are … Continue reading

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And the 2017 Festival theme is…

HOLY MOLEY!  Is it that time again already?  It feels like we just wrapped up our 2016 ONSTAGE festival… oh, wait… we did! And it was such a huge success!  We seriously cannot thank our 2016 supporters, playwrights, partner producers, … Continue reading

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ONSTAGE Playwrights 2016: Meet C.J. Ehrlich

C.J. has been a semi-finalist in two previous ONSTAGE fests, and as a result, we’ve really enjoyed getting to know her.  Our opinion?  She kind of rocks!  This engaging and creative writer has been a huge supporter of the peer … Continue reading

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ONSTAGE Playwrights 2016: Meet Rachel Hall

Talk about small worlds!  Rachel hails from Houston and is friends with one of last year’s playwrights, Kira Rockwell (author of With My Eyes Shut).  Because of this connection, Rachel attended last year’s reading at Samuel French Bookshop in LA, … Continue reading

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ONSTAGE Playwrights 2016: Meet Reina Hardy

I have a confession – I love a good monologue.  Much like my affinity for scenelet-driven pieces, monologues can fit nicely between pieces and move us to laughter or tears with a single voice.  Plus, I have an actor’s pedigree, … Continue reading

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ONSTAGE Playwrights 2016: Meet Donna Hoke

Every once in a while a playwright will land two plays in the semi-finalist round of our ONSTAGE project and then – if you’re Donna Hoke – both of those plays advance to the Finalist round as well!  It’s an … Continue reading

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ONSTAGE Playwrights 2016: Meet Amy Drake

When I read Amy’s play, Model Behavior, I immediately understood why it had scored so high in our peer review process.  It’s short, fun, and totally on point with this year’s theme: Curves Ahead.  Of course, it also helps that … Continue reading

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Announcing the 2016 ONSTAGE Final Line-Up!

Welp, it’s been a seriously rough couple of weeks for this producer: this year’s ONSTAGE Finalists were all so fantastic that narrowing the list down to a producable number was heart-breakingly difficult!  I can only say that after a lot … Continue reading

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2016 is Going to be our Biggest Festival Yet

Little Black Dress INK is thrilled to announce that our Female Playwrights ONSTAGE Project will receive its first rolling premiere in 2016 through a partnership with Acadiana Repertory Theater (ART) in Lafayette, LA!  Little Black Dress INK is a female … Continue reading

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