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ABOUT US
Founded in 2023 by autistic playwright and producer Anthony J. Piccione, Neurodivergent Plays - formerly known as 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.
Cast
Creative Team
RJ Beardmore
Meet the Company
Maysie Jane Kilgore
Maysie Jane Kilgore is a Brooklyn based performer, originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She’s a singer, actor, poet, visual artist, burlesque performer, and general freak. Maysie is lit up by queer stories, and uses her art to explore the relationship between humanity, revolution, and what we owe to each other. She is a lover of collaborative creation, and seeks to entrench every aspect of her life in art. She’s worked with emerging artists collectives like BoyzWithApple and The Organization With No Name, and done countless readings with Strange Girlzz. Maysie is a resident member of the Eleventh Hour Players, who perform Shakeseare as group work in bars. She is a founding member and producer of Time Slip Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast; the only consistently performing shadowcast in NYC that upholds the values of the queer community it is built upon by donating 100% of their proceeds from every show. She’s also made a home as Teeth!, the burlesque performer sweet enough to give you a cavity. Find her performing freaky, delicious, interactive pieces all over the city. Come chat after the show!
Connie Staub
Connie Staub is an actress based in Brooklyn. A graduate of Elon University's BFA Acting program, she is thrilled to make her New York debut in Swimming Lessons. She also makes music as Constance Stop and co-programs the Static Vision film series. Love to RJ — who got me back on stage.
RJ Beardmore
RJ Beardmore (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based writer. Their work spans several mediums, including prose, poetry, plays, and spoken-word drone music. They hold a BA in English Literature & Theatre from Suffolk University. Their poetry has appeared in Chill Mag, Strawberry Zine, and Venture Literary Magazine. Longer publications include Aging Ivy, Absent Sister (Flame Tree Press: Lost Atlantis Short Stories), and Orchard (Bottlecap Press, debut poetry chapbook). Their plays have been staged with Re/VENUE NYC and Fresh Binder Productions. RJ’s work explores matters of the subconscious world, identity disturbances, and the natural absurdism that exists within all of us <3
Join us for our last reading of our 2025-26 Season
on June 21st at 4:30pm:
Grift City
Written by Anthony J. Piccione
Directed by Sydney Dubitsky
In the year 2104, Raven Grimm is a cop-for-hire that is contracted under the Private City Police Department, in a sprawling metropolis where the entire local government has been privatized. After the disappearance of a notable young actress, Raven takes a new case that leads her down the path toward investigating the most influential quadrillionaire in the entire city, in this dystopian satire where the line between homo sapiens and artificial sapiens has become more blurred than ever.
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