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Lighting Designer - Jackie Cabrero Sound Designer - Katie Brown House Manager/Founding Artistic Director - Anthony J. Piccione |
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ABOUT US
Founded 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.
Mr. Piccione is an award-winning writer, producer & teaching artist whose eclectic canon of plays have previously been presented in NYC and regional venues such as The Tank, the New York Theatre Festival, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, Midtown International Theatre Festival, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, and more. His debut full-length play A Therapy Session with Myself premiered in January 2019 at the Hudson Guild Theatre before transferring in May to the Kraine Theater for an extended year-long run. Since then, his second full-length play One Empire, Under God made its live premiere at The Tank in November 2021 after previously premiering via Zoom earlier that year and is now published and available for licensing at Next Stage Press, while his next full-length play The Lone Wolf Society received a staged reading at The Tank in November 2022 and is slated to be published at Next Stage Press in 2024. Additionally, his short drama What I Left Behind was named the New York Theatre Festival’s Best Short Play of Winterfest 2018, and his short film The Fire That Won't Stop was named an official selection at the Venice Short Film Awards, the Paris International Short Festival, and the Hollywood International Golden Age Festival. He is also the Founding Artistic Director of the Talking It Out Virtual Arts Festival, which is dedicated to promoting mental health awareness through the arts and was nominated for Festival of the Year at the 2023 Young-Howze Theatre Awards. He has previously worked as a scriptwriter-for-hire whose work has been commissioned by Sesame Workshop and various other clients, as well as a contributing writer to OnStage Blog from 2015 to 2019, and he has taught playwriting at EPIC Players and Broadway Weekends. Visit www.anthonyjpiccione.com to learn more.
Located in East Williamsburg, the Vino Theater is run by Sour Grapes Productions. Founded in 2007 by Genny Yosco and Chris Weigandt, incorporated in New York in 2014, and turned into a non-profit in 2019, Sour Grapes Productions was a resident company of FRIGID New York from 2018 to 2021. In April of 2019 they created SILENT BUT DEADLY: A Mime Experience, and September of 2019 they launched CHEMICAL X: The Powerpuff Girls Improv Show. In 2021 they started THE ADDAMS PARODY Improv Show, and in 2022 they added JOKE & DAGGER: Dungeons, Dragons, and Improv to their monthly show roster as well. They started the So Many Shakespeares Festival, which has been running since 2019, and the Down to Clown theater festival, which launched in 2021. They continue to present monthly festivals at the Vino Theatre as of 2021. Visit www.sourgrapesproductions.com to learn more.
The Neurodivergent New Play Series is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to directly offset production costs for the Neurodivergent New Play Series, please visit https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/piccione-arts-production-fund/general_support
Cast
Creative Team
Andy Boyd
Maggie Dunn
Sylvie Goodblatt
Madeleine Yu-Phelps
Jackie Cabrero
Katie Brown
Meet the Company
Kendall Dodd
Kendall Dodd (She/Her) is a current B.A. Acting Major at Pace University, specializing in devised and collaborative theatre. She is a member of the International Performance Ensemble having recently studied at the Institute of the Arts Barcelona. Kendall is so excited to be a part of this production and is especially honored for the chance to tell stories focusing on plus size characters. Past performances of hers include: Confirmed (Daisy Theatricals), Fleabag (Dir. Isabel Dirks), She Stoops To Conquer (Institute of The Arts Barcelona), and Summertime (Stand Up! Productions). She would like to thank her friends and family for all of their love and support!
Gretchen Schneider
I am a Brooklyn based actor originally from West Virginia. In my 10 years in New York I have graduated from Circle in the Square Theater School ‘17 and gone on to work on numerous plays throughout the city. I was a Best Actress Nominee for New York Summerfest in 2019 right before the world shit down. You can catch me at 54 Below serving up fancy cocktails and sometimes on that stage as well! It has been such a joy to get back to work on the stage with new actors and new material! Thank you all for coming out and continuing to support the theater arts.
Katherine Alberta
Katherine Alberta (Beth) is an actor/playwright currently based in New York City. A recent graduate of the Acting cohort in Pace University's International Performance Ensemble, she is passionate about devised theatre and the development of new works. She spent a year and a half devising an adaptation of David Rabe’s short story “Uncle Jim Called” with three of her classmates at Pace and most recently produced and directed a staged reading of her original play A Brand, A Lifestyle for her Honors thesis. Katherine is so grateful for the opportunity to bring a new piece of theatre to life with such a lovely team.
Miciah Wallace
is a young artist making his way in NYC. Originally from the Midwest, Miciah has embarked on a journey to build his career as a performer primarily in Theatre. Credits include work with TheatreNow, National Black Theatre, New Light Theatre Project, and OCTC. Miciah is thrilled to be joining and contributing to this body of work.
Melissa Jennifer Gonzalez
(She/They) is a Colombian-American singer/actor on the Autism spectrum. Has recently starred in their first lead role in the award-nominated short film ‘Cripfished’ for the 2023 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. Melissa premiered a workshopped adaptation of their self penned semi-autobiographical musical at The Tank NYC. Their creativity continued during the COVID-19 pandemic by filming an original sketch for YouTube called ‘Corona & The QuaranTinas’. Followed by the virtual cabaret ‘The Nasty Aspie Show’ with Emir Productions. THEATRE: You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Tempest / FILM: Seeking Alice (2017 NOVA Film Festival winner), In The Heights / TV: Gotham, And Just Like That / ONLINE: She Kills Monsters - Virtual Realms.
Andy Boyd
Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He is a graduate of the playwriting MFA at Columbia University, where he studied with David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, Charles Mee, Kelly Stuart, and Doug Wright. His plays have been produced by Otherworld Theatre, Theater in Asylum, Naked Theatre Company, and IRT Theater. His plays have been developed or presented at Pipeline Theatre Company, The Gingold Group, The Assembly, Dixon Place, The Kennedy Center, Roundabout Theatre Company, Out Loud Theatre, Contemporary Theater Company, The Trunk Space, Columbia University, Marquette University, and Harvard University. His play The Trade Federation is published by NoPassport Press. His chapbook of short play Lil' Sweetums is published by Bottlecap Press. He is the host of the New Books in Performing Arts Podcast and the co-host with Danny Erickson of the socialist theatre podcast Better than Shakespeare. His work has been supported by the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts.
Maggie Dunn
Maggie Dunn (she/her) is an internationally trained director based in New York City. She studies directing at Pace University and is a member of the International Performance Ensemble. Her selected directing credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Lake Bryn Mawr Camp), CONFIRMED (Daisy Theatricals), Ancestra (The Vino Theater), and Undying Wishes (The Tank Theater). As a neurodivergent artist, Maggie is ecstatic to be a part of The Neurodivergent New Play Series and to raise money for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Maggie would like to thank Andy, Anthony, and the entire team behind this production.
Sylvie Goodblatt
Sylvie Goodblatt is honored to be a part of this exciting new workshop series and this play as her first stage management project. Sylvie is a New York based director and playwright. She will be graduating in 2026 with a degree in directing from Pace University’s International Performance Ensemble.
Madeleine Yu-Phelps
Madeleine Yu-Phelps (they/them) is a NYC based playwright, director, producer, and actor who is thrilled to be assistant directing The Flight Patterns of Migratory Birds. They are currently pursuing a BA in Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media at Pace University.
Select credits include: Bull in a China Shop (director/producer) with TheatreLab, Ǝverything Okay (writer) with the ?!:New Works Festival at The Brick, and Butch Ado (Ben) with Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Madeleine is interested in developing work that interrogates the entanglements of human nature and imagines what can bring us together rather than tear us apart.
Jackie Cabrero
Jackie Cabrero is a Mexican/Cuban-American Lighting Designer based in the New York City Metropolitan area. She's a recent graduate from SUNY Purchase with a BFA in Theatre/Design Technology. She is thrilled to be apart of Flight Patterns of Migratory Birds and has had a wonderful time with all the cast and crew. She would like to thank her friends and family for all their love and support, enjoy the show!
Katie Brown
is a director and theatre artist based in NYC, originally from Palo Alto, California. She is an incoming senior in the BA Directing program at Pace University and currently an Executive and Creative Operations Intern at Jujamcyn Theaters. Katie recently sound designed Confirmed and Manic Pixie Dream Girl both at Daisy Theatricals. She would like to thank Maggie and the Neurodivergent New Play Series for this opportunity.
Our next scheduled readings at the Vino Theater:
Skinny Legend - Written by Liv Shoup and directed by Jaye Hunt - October 15th at 2pm EST
Impossible Theories of Us - Written by John Mabey and directed by Zinc Tong - November 19th at 2pm EST
Axioms - Written by Aubrey Clyburn and directed by Abigail Gabor - February 18th at 2pm EST
No Entrance - Written by Courtney Taylor and directed by Emma Cavage - March 17th at 2pm EST
Stay tuned December 2023 to hear more about
our April, May & June 2024 play selections
AND
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