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Tyler English-Beckwith is a playwright, filmmaker, and actress originally from Dallas, TX, and currently based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the recipient of the 2020 Leah Ryan Fund for Emerging Women Writers, and the recipient of the 2018 Kennedy Center Paula Vogel Play Prize. Tyler is also a member of the 2020 Page 73 writers group Interstate 73. Her plays include: Mingus (2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2019 Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Play Conference Finalist), Maya and Rivers (2020 Fire This Time Festival), Bitch (Development: Page 73’s Interstate 73, Joust Theatre Company), and TWENTYEIGHT (The Vortex, Austin, TX). The series of original films Tyler wrote, co-directed, and acted in titled “Umbra” can be seen on meowwolf.com. Her screenwriting work can also be heard on the upcoming scripted podcast, “Daughters of DC”. Tyler holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch, and a BA in African and African Diaspora Studies from UT Austin. Tyler hopes to create worlds, in her writing, where black women live beyond the basic means of survival and have the audacity to be autonomous.

Website: tylerenglishbeckwith.com

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Katie Folger To Return To Austin With Her One-Woman Show GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN

Katie Folger brings her one-woman show GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN back to Austin, offering a unique theatrical experience that explores personal narratives and comedic storytelling.
Katie Folger To Premiere Her One-Woman Show GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN

Kaite Folger is set to premiere her one-woman show, GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN at El Portal in May 2024.
Katie Folger to Premiere One-Woman Show GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN in May

Indie-Film darling Katie Folger will present the premiere of her new show, Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man written by and performed by Katie Folger directed by Matrex Kilgore.
AMANI Extends for One Week at Rattlestick Theater

National Black Theatre has announced a one week extension of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.
Viola Davis, Jeff Daniels, Billy Porter And More Among 2023 Audie Award Finalists

The Audio Publishers Association has announced finalists for the 2023 Audie Awards®, the premier awards program recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Winners across 26 competitive categories will be revealed at the Audie Awards Gala on March 28. The ceremony will be streamed to the public from Chelsea Piers’ Pier Sixty in NYC. 
Cast Announced for AMANI World Premiere Presented by National Black Theatre & Rattlestick Theater

National Black Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.
Jason Gotay, and the World Premiere of GOOD ENEMY Upcoming at the Minetta Lane Theatre

Audible Inc. has announced additional live events from Audible Theater at the Minetta Lane Theatre, Audible’s creative home for live performances in New York. For three nights only, from Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 2, join Jason Gotay as he brings his breathtaking vocals and gift of storytelling to the Minetta Lane Theatre.
THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL to Release Anthology in March With Methuen Drama

On March 10, 2022 New York City’s Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival will release an anthology entitled 25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth and Black Theatre.
The Fire This Time Festival To Release Anthology With Methuen Drama

 On February 10, 2022 New York City’s Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival will release an anthology entitled 25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth and Black Theatre.
Page 73 Announces 2021-22 Interstate 73 Residents

Page 73 today announced its 2021-2022 group of Interstate 73 residents. The 2021-2022 Interstate 73 residents are Heidi Armbruster, Jahna Ferron-Smith, Dylan Guerra, Roger Q. Mason, April Ranger, Scott R. Sheppard, juliany taveras, and Max Yu.
DAUGHTERS OF DC Reaches Top Ten On Apple Fiction Podcasts Chart

Einhorn's Epic Productions & iHeartRadio have announces that Daughters of DC, a new, 12-episode YA political thriller scripted podcast series, has reached the Top Ten on the Apple Podcasts Chart for Fiction Podcasts today, October 7, 2020.
DAUGHTERS OF DC, New Teen Political Thriller Podcast, Launches Today

Einhorn's Epic Productions & iHeartRadio have announced that Daughters of DC, a new, 12-episode YA political thriller scripted podcast series, premieres today, September 22, 2020.
Playwrights Foundation Online Festival Announces Week Two Schedule for 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival

The Festival offers public readings live streamed and hosted on Vimeo in addition to panel discussions on Facebook Live, Youtube, and directly on Playwrights Foundation's website.  Tickets are available now on a sliding scale of $5-45 for wider accessibility. Theatre Professionals Weekend will take place July 24-26. Panels are free.
Playwrights Foundation Announces Online Festival THE 2020 BAY AREA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

The West Coast's premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights, Playwrights Foundation announces the artistic teams for the 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), featuring playwrights Tyler English-Beckwith, Stefani Kuo (e??a??ae??), Jordan Ramirez Puckett, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Noelle Viñas. The 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival runs July 17-26, 2020 in an online format available worldwide . 
2020 Playwrights Festival Artistic Teams Named For Online & Worldwide Festival

The West Coast's premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights, Playwrights Foundation announces the artistic teams for the 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), featuring playwrights Tyler English-Beckwith, Stefani Kuo (e??a??ae??), Jordan Ramirez Puckett, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Noelle Viñas. The 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival runs July 17-26, 2020 in an online format available worldwide . 
Playwrights Foundation Announces Online Annual 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights announces the lineup for the 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
Playwrights Foundation Announces 43rd Festival Semifinalists And Finalists

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights, has announced the semifinalists and finalists for the 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), which is scheduled to run July 17-26, 2020.
Applications Are Now Open Now for 2021 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship

PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Page 73) (Michael Walkup, Artistic Director; Amanda Feldman, Managing Director; Rebecca Yaggy, Director of Development; Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Founding Directors) announced today that applications are open for the 2021 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship and the Interstate 73 Writers Group.
Page 73 Has Named Emma Goidel the 2020 Playwriting Fellow

PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Page 73) (Michael Walkup, Artistic Director; Amanda Feldman, Managing Director; Rebecca Yaggy, Director of Development; Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Founding Directors) has named Emma Goidel the 2020 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow. Selected from over 400 applicants, Goidel will receive a $10,000 award and an additional $10,000 budgeted for developing several new plays over the course of the year.
Lineup Announced For the 4th Annual Festival Of New Plays At JAG Productions

Every February for the past three years, JAG Productions has invited African-American theatre artists to spend a week in White River Junction, Vermont to further the development of a new play or solo performance. Over the course of the one-week residency, three to five projects receive an intensive workshop, constructive feedback, and a staged reading for the public at Briggs Opera House. This year we are excited to announce a new partnership with the Hopkins Center for the Arts, where we will be concluding our festival with our final reading at the Bentley Theater!

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