Uni Rizzo, Louis DeVaughn Nelson, and More Coming to Village Playwrights

The Village Playwright meet from 8 pm to 10 pm at the LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC. Everyone is welcome. Check out their upcoming events below!

Oct 11 --
60 mins., Uni Rizzo, Hey Day (the last act) -- screen play about the "hey day" of sexual freedom.
Uni Coglioni's credits include being a recipient of the McClinchee Award for his play "Short Changed", and a performance of his play "Family Picnic" in the Ravenswood's Play Festival. Uni is also the recipient of two Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Awards. He recently finished a screenplay titled "Hey Day" and would love to find the right producer! Coglioni7@yahoo.com

60 mins., Louis DeVaughn Nelson, "Monologues" -- A sociopolitical, psychosexual comedy in one act about a love quadrilateral between two directors and two actresses trying to gain each other's attention (and love) while rehearsing a new one-woman show.

Louis DeVaughn Nelson is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Hokum Arts. He studied dance and playwriting at DeSales University and Drexel University. Nelson was named Best New Choreographer by Philadelphia City Paper and has been recognized internationally for his theatre, dance and video work that delves into cultural and movement research. Credits Include : The Peekaboo Revue, English Theatre Berlin, The Berlin Music Video Awards, Social Media Week, Tanzbad 4, CTM - Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Arts, CIANT Festival for Film and New Media, Dark Matter Productions NYC, Exquisite Corpse Company NYC, Dixon Place. More info at Facebook : Hokum Arts

Oct 25 -- Queer Scare IV -- stage readings of short plays to celebrate Halloween

Nov 8 -- 60 mins., Griselda Steiner, a scene from the screenplay DaVinci's New World Order
Griselda Steiner is a playwright, poet, freelance and screenplay writer. Her plays have been read at The Actors Studio, the Page Torn Salon, the Episcopal Actors Guild andthe Woodstock Fringe. Her poems have been published in literary journals and in Scene4 online. She has shown her poetry DVDs in Westbeth and read at the Cornelia Street Cafe, the Mexican Consulate, the 92nd St. Tribeca Cafe, St. Johns and The Duplex, NYC. Her feature articles have appeared in The Mailer Review, American Theatre Magazine, Parabola, Filmmakers Newsletter and Scene4 online.

30 mins., Kevin Curley, "Summer Abroad" -- Three people, who attended the same upstate high school ten years before, meet by chance and recall events that changed all their lives.
Kevin Curley's one-act "Your Place or Mine?" was chosen for the 15th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His one act play "Things" was selected by The William Inge Festival 2016 (declined by me because of expenses); His short play, "Brothers" was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in April 2014. His ten-minute play "Improv & Proposition" were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre. Another, "Friendship," was performed in August 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. He has studied acting and holds a master's degree from New York University. kcurley01@aol.com

30 mins., David Diaz, "Drag Switcheroo" -- Four drag queens set out to right-a-wrong and 'send off' their beloved deceased matriarch in full drag when they discover 'her' mother has dishonored her sons wishes.
David Diaz is a playwright and filmmaker. His short plays"Love Birds" and "I'm a Work of Art" were part of Village Playwrights productions. You can see a trailer for his latest short film "Love Birds" at this link: https://vimeo.com/234766041

Nov 22 -- 2 hours, Michael Hixenbaugh, Lost -- Blanche gets lost in a twisted, whacked-out fairy tale land where her Prince Charming is enchanted with another prince.
Michael Hixenbaugh has been writing since high school and has had a poem published and two short plays performed in school. He has been out since college and is very interested in doing positive things for the LGBTQ community. He has also written five short screenplays and one feature length.

Dec 13 -- 2 hours available
Dec 27 -- 30 mins., Mervyn Kaufman
I feel blessed-to have been able to have plays I've written-long ones as well as short ones-read aloud and critiqued by Village Playwrights' discerning event attendees. I've come to playwriting relatively late in life and find the experience exhilarating and fulfilling. (Why did I wait so long?) For me, it's important to hear my pieces read aloud and to deal with the way my thoughts and words are interpreted. My short play "Faith, and Certainty" touches on issues that affect so many of us and our families as we age and, frankly, begin to lose it. 1 1/2 hours available

ABOUT THE VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS

The Village Playwrights meet at 8 PM on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at the LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th Street. Participation is open to all Playwrights and Screenwriters. Beginners are encouraged and helped. "This is a place to speak from the heart. This is a place to find one's voice. This is a place to take risks." For information about attending a Village Playwrights' meeting, call 614-285-2515 or e-mail villageplaywrights@gmail.com.

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