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ABOUT US
Founded in 2023 by autistic playwright and producer Anthony J. Piccione, the Neurodivergent New Play Series is dedicated to presenting matinee readings on the 3rd Sunday of every month - with seasonal breaks in December, January, July, and August - of plays written entirely by neurodivergent and disabled playwrights (i.e autism, ADHD, dyslexia, OCD, Tourette syndrome, etc.) as part of a growing resident company of playwrights whose interests and specialties span a wide range of subjects, genres & structural approaches, with each play personally selected from a neuroinclusive resident company of directors.
If you would like to make a donation to directly offset production costs for the Neurodivergent New Play Series, please visit https://ko-fi.com/neurodivergentplays
Cast
Creative Team
Megan Lummus
AJ Rose
Meet the Company
Katherine McCrackin
Katherine McCrackin (any pronouns) is an openly autistic and multiply disabled artist working as an actor, fight coordinator, and intimacy director. She most recently appeared at Boston Theater Marathon in the new work Through the Valley. Select previous credits include Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing; Chris in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime; Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Marianne in Constellations; Jo in Little Women. Katherine recently spoke at BroadwayCon 2025 on the panel Politics on Stage. When not acting, Katherine explores disability accessibility in other areas of theatre through her podcast Breaking Boundaries: Accessible Paths in Theatre for Disabled Artists.
River Dakota (He, They)
Justin Murray
Justin Murray (he/him) is new to the stage. Having previously studied film, this is his first theatre outing.
River Dakota
River is thrilled to return to the stage for the debut of such a beautiful and impactful script. They are honored to bring this new work to life and to play a small part in their fourth performance of an AJ production.
Roles you may have seen them in before may include: Adrian in Love Isn't Real, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, and Laurie in Little Women.
Laura Walter
Laura Walter (she/they) is thrilled to be part of this show. Previous theater credits include Satan in A Very Merry Immigrant Christmas at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Lissa in The Room of Falsehood! at Under St Marks and Monica in Vagina Rights at the Theatre At St Clements. Laura holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the New York Film Academy. www.laurawalter.nyc
Megan Lummus
Megan Lummus (she/her) is thrilled to be back working with Neurodivergent New Play Series and so excited to direct another AJ show! Megan is an openly queer, neurodivergent, and multiply disabled theatre director. She currently serves as the Accessibility Chair/Board Member for Studio Theatre Worcester. Recently, she was a panelist at the BroadwayCon 2025 panel: Politics on Stage, and direct a devised show through First Kiss's FebLab 2025. Selected Credits: Through the Valley by Anna Kraffmiller (Boston Theatre Marathon/Studio Theatre Worcester), Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare (FRIGID NYC Little Shakespeare Festival), Evidence! by AJ (The Gordon Community Arts Center) , The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens (A Common Thread Theatre Company). She has been featured in The Theatre Times and Playbill for her work in creating more accessible spaces in the theatre.
AJ Rose
AJ is a storyteller from Pensacola, FL. She received a BFA in Theatre for Youth from Samford University. As a writer, she strives to share bold and bittersweet stories both on the stage and the page. In 2020, she won BroadwayWorld Birmingham's Original Script of the Decade for her play Love Isn't Real. When she isn't writing, AJ spends her time encouraging the passion for the arts in her students and dancing whenever and wherever she can.
Our next scheduled readings coming in 2025:
AcaDeca - Written by Alexandria Passanisi & directed by Megan Lumnus - February 16th, 2025 at 2pm
Epoxy Resign Nightmare - Written by Annabel I. Webster & directed by Madeleine Whitehead - March 16th, 2025 at 2pm
Is This Beauty - Written by Bailey Jordan Garcia & directed by Em Hausmann - April 20th, 2025 at 2pm
Revolution - Written by Kyle A. Smith & directed by Dave Osmundsen - May 18th, 2025 at 2pm
...and more readings in TBA in the near future!
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